Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
If we had all players available last night and Benitez started the game with that XI I could see the basis for being upset. But he didn't.
The captain and only RB at the club, the GK, the number 1 and 2 strikers plus bodies like Delph all out and seemingly way off coming back. That meant that the PL had to be prioritised because more injuries to that lot would be catastrophic.
Ilm not one of those people who thinks that we're too good to be dragged into a relegation fight under the wrong circumstances - we have no strength in depth and need to prioritise getting to safety first then build from there this season. That's back to the Moyes philosophy, but then again we're back again in the Moyes era spending bracket now.
We have a DoF who has orchestrated a disaster at this club in terms of squad quality and we no one in good conscience can blame this manager for eyeing up the Norwich game ahead of that one last night, even though he did eventually give a run out to our best avaialble by the end of the night.
Absolutley no blame attached to the manager on this for me.
The captain and only RB at the club, the GK, the number 1 and 2 strikers plus bodies like Delph all out and seemingly way off coming back. That meant that the PL had to be prioritised because more injuries to that lot would be catastrophic.
Ilm not one of those people who thinks that we're too good to be dragged into a relegation fight under the wrong circumstances - we have no strength in depth and need to prioritise getting to safety first then build from there this season. That's back to the Moyes philosophy, but then again we're back again in the Moyes era spending bracket now.
We have a DoF who has orchestrated a disaster at this club in terms of squad quality and we no one in good conscience can blame this manager for eyeing up the Norwich game ahead of that one last night, even though he did eventually give a run out to our best avaialble by the end of the night.
Absolutley no blame attached to the manager on this for me.
But we still had Doucoure, Allan and Gray available to start.
We didn't, which as I've said previously here made it even worse to still rest Allan, Doucoure and Gray. We were already up against it.
The argument of "no Everton manager fields a strong team" doesn't wash - Ancelotti put a stronger team to Salford and Fleetwood than Benítez did to Huddersfield and QPR. Koeman likewise. Silva put out strong teams to Lincoln and Sheff Wed.
Benitez treated the competition with contempt - we're not good enough to do that.
How Long Since Everton Last Won A Trophy?
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Daytripper
Player Valuation: £40m
Can’t say I enjoyed his post interview much, working hard is a bare minimum requirement and with the greatest respect we were playing QPR, a side in the championship.
PaddyJames
Player Valuation: £25m
Yes.
He didn't put out a stronger team v Salford.We didn't, which as I've said previously here made it even worse to still rest Allan, Doucoure and Gray. We were already up against it.
The argument of "no Everton manager fields a strong team" doesn't wash - Ancelotti put a stronger team to Salford and Fleetwood than Benítez did to Huddersfield and QPR. Koeman likewise. Silva put out strong teams to Lincoln and Sheff Wed.
Benitez treated the competition with contempt - we're not good enough to do that.
How Long Since Everton Last Won A Trophy?
The last time Everton won a trophy was the FA Cup in 1995, beating Manchester United 1-0 with a Paul Rideout goal in the 30th minute.lastwonatrophy.co.uk
All mangers rotate in the early rounds of this competition. In every single club .
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Let's be honest, it's just Doucoure and Gray he left from the squad. We don't know what their fitness levels were post Villa which was a tough game, especially for Gray who had to play up top after Rondon went off.
I would get if either of / both DCL and Richarlison were available and he left them out why you'd be fuming, or if we'd went out on pens with Pickford available. The reality is the squad is quite injury stricken now and we already had questions about some of our 2nd strigners.
I would get if either of / both DCL and Richarlison were available and he left them out why you'd be fuming, or if we'd went out on pens with Pickford available. The reality is the squad is quite injury stricken now and we already had questions about some of our 2nd strigners.
Home to Salford and away to QPR with crowd are hardly similar opponents.
We didn't take the competition or the opponent seriously.
In fairness, it would be our only achievement since 1995.
And both first choice centre halves
At what point are people going to accept Godfrey and Holgate are not our best defenders? They were abysmal last night and are enormously overrated on here.
Keane and Mina every single day of the week
windymiller
Player Valuation: £60m
That neatly summarises what 50% of the forum has been saying for the past 50 pages of this thread.
My point is every manager rotates on some level. It's the nature of the competition.
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