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Relegation 2022/23

Are Everton going to stay in the Premier League?

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Some really tough fixtures for teams arround us this next weekend. We absolutely have to take advantage with 3 points. On paper, this is as good as the best chance for a home win that we have left.

It's a really weird last 8-- the easiest matchups are generally away, while the toughest ones are at Goodison. The upside is that they can take points in any of their last 8 (maybe at Brighton is the least likely). The downside is that there are no gimmes. The only exception would be Bournemouth at home, but that's the last game of the season-- and I really hope they're not in the position of needing 3 points that day against a team that's outscored them 7-1 so far this year.
 
It's a really weird last 8-- the easiest matchups are generally away, while the toughest ones are at Goodison. The upside is that they can take points in any of their last 8 (maybe at Brighton is the least likely). The downside is that there are no gimmes. The only exception would be Bournemouth at home, but that's the last game of the season-- and I really hope they're not in the position of needing 3 points that day against a team that's outscored them 7-1 so far this year.
It's a fine series of matches for a side with anything about them.

I'm very relaxed about these games because I don't want Everton to stay up by default. I see no benefit in that at all. I want to see the side give us a little pride by proving their right to Premier League status. I've no interest in staying up with seven defeats because Leicester also lose seven games and draw with us.

So, if we cannot glean the necessary points from the 24 available - 10 should likely do it - then so be it. No sleepless nights from me. I would like it to be cut and dried one way or the other by the final day, though, because being in the margin of error on decision day can do strange things to people and their hearts.
 

We beat Fulham if one of our players doesn’t absolutely sabotage us with a suicide play.

I genuinely can’t see them creating that many chances at Goodison against us without Mitrovic as long as one of the usual balloons like Keane Gueye or Coleman doesn’t suddenly think it’s a good idea to try and dribble across their own penalty area and then play a blind pass
 
I'm feeling much more pessimistic than I was before the weekend

Results weren't kind to us - Wolves, Palace and West Ham all look like they're pulling clear

Bournemouth continue to pick up the odd surprise result and you wouldn't consider them favourites anymore

Leeds are ones to watch and obviously Leicester are now right in the thick of it, but so are we and I think overall the picture feels a little worse than before the weekend as some clubs are just about getting themselves safe, leaving us fewer clubs to bail us out

You'd assume Southampton and Forest will go, but the 3rd spot feels like it could be any from Leicester, ourselves, maybe Leeds and maybe Bournemouth (although my money would no longer be on Bournemouth at all)

A defeat at United wasn't unexpected or a disaster, but it does mean that we now need a minimum of 6 points from the games against Fulham, Crystal Palace and Newcastle
Feels like that after a bad weekend of results i am trying be positive as still out of the bottom 3 after this tough set of games.
Going on that basis Dave then surely Everton should not have employed SD?

Smith, JT and Shakey have the experience of successfully getting a PL club out of the mess that Leicester is in. I think you are looking through blue tinted glasses thinking that Leicester will be cut adrift.
Still said before do they have enough time and will the players respond to them as being on a short term deal. Could go both ways might work but also to go wrong, can not compare dyche to him at all having a full time deal, worked with some of the squad before.
 

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