Relegation 2022/23

[evertony]

I said in May 2021 that if we dont replace DCL and add some creativity we are DOOMED.

I said in August 1992 we’d go down in 29-32 years from now.

 

[ForeverEverton]

We all know our away form is worse than turgid, just heard another stat, no wins in the last 12 away games and failed to score in 9 of them. Which won`t surprise many, I cant believe that last away win at Southampton was 13 games ago and we have sleepwalked to where we are now.

 

[davek]

Looks like Leeds' injury woes are getting worse. Cooper and Wober injured now weakening an already chronic defence.

 

[JohnRoss23]

Leicester and Wolves away. Think we will get points at both. Still don’t think Wolves is all that.

 

[Saint Domingo]

The thing is if we go down you won’t say that we’ve deserved it, you’ll cry about FFP being rigged against us and kopite referees or something. We will indeed finish where we deserve to, I’m prepared to accept that, are you?

Absolutely, if we stay up though will you be admitting you were wrong, or is the w word difficult to say for you?

 

[Swartzy]

I said in May 2021 that if we dont replace DCL and add some creativity we are DOOMED.

I said in April 2023 that if we don't finish above 3 teams than we're down....

 

[Swartzy]

If we stay up then there’s three clubs worse than us. Ergo we don’t ‘deserve’ to go down. If you want to condemn Everton for some morality reason due to financial impropriety, owners saying crazy things, boards that have misled fanbases, and general poor performance on and off the pitch then you’d be condemning the majority of teams at one point or another.

Fortunately the table only deals in sporting merit. If we finish ahead of three teams we deserve to stay up no matter how much you might hate Everton.

Nah, sorry on this one m8. Optimism/Pessimism go out the window on this fact. Not a single fan could say otherwise if the dreaded happens. we've been run so badly for so many years now. If we do this, we will be looking up thanking the heavens for another miracle.

Realistically whether we like to admit it or not, we are Hoping/Banking on other clubs failures rather than doing this on our own now..

( And that's not a pessimistic outlook, It's real life !!!!

 

[SussexToffee1980]

The lowest scoring team gets relegated. Last time that didn't happen was 2011-12 and Villa scored 37 to be the lowest scoring team. This team is on pace to finish below 30 goals which is beyond a joke.

Stats don't lie, this is dire.

 

[Swartzy]

I said this in the snap poll thread, but the next 7 days will be a good indicator of what happens IMO. After that, Leeds and Leicester have significantly harder final 4 games than Everton.

Leeds: @ Man City, Newcastle, @ West Ham, Tottenham (#2*, #3, #13, #5 in the current table); West Ham would be 3 days after their ECL semifinal 2nd leg
Leicester: @ Fulham, Liverpool, @ Newcastle, West Ham (#9, #7, #3, #13 in the current table)
Everton: @ Brighton, Man City, @ Wolves, Bournemouth (#8*, #2*, #14, #15 in the current table); Man City would be right between their 2 CL legs with Real Madrid
*Brighton and Man City have played significantly fewer games than most of the League (29 and 30 respectively), so their position on the table might be misleading

If Everton is within a point of Leeds, or even with Leicester going into the final 4 I really like their chances. (This is where Everton sits relative to both those teams right now). All three of these teams are awful, but thankfully, 2 of them probably get to stay up. Also, I'm massively assuming that Nottingham Forest isn't going to get hot and pull itself out of the bottom 3.

All 3 of them are awful run ins, we can't take Bournemouth for granted given what they've already done to us this season.

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

Let's not do the kopites' job for them. We are far from down yet. The jubilation that would be seen across the red half of our city if we were to be relegated to the lower divisions would be so unbearable that I'm considering emigrating!

I remember Wimbledon and I remember Coventry. I remember the trepidation and ultimately the sheer joy and relief of the occasion - our great club had survived against impossible odds. I didn't write us off when we were 2-0 down against Wimbledon and needed to win to stay up, so with 24 points still to play for and with 3 dire teams still below us I refuse to give up.

Dyche, rather uncharacteristically, made some mistakes against Fulham and against Palace. We have also sorely missed Doucoure since being sent off. However, our overall home record under Dyche is solid and that will keep us up... as long as we Blues keep the faith.

We fans need to treat every remaining home game as a cup final, just as we did last season. With just a few games to go last season we were actually in the relegation zone and Burnley were very much in the ascendency. But we stayed up and maintained our Premier League status... just as we will this season.

We are Everton. We don't do relegation. In our entire 140-year history we have been relegated just twice and we have enjoyed more seasons in the top division than any other club.

Resigning ourselves to relegation achieves nothing. It simply plays into the hands of those who would love to see us on our knees and relegated to the oblivion of the lower leagues.

Keep the faith, Blues.

I must admit that I was disheartened after the Fulham defeat and I had all but thrown in the towel, but with Onana back and Doucoure back and DCL a bit sharper we can definitely beat the likes of Leicester and Wolves and Bournemouth.

And if Goodison is rocking who knows what might happen against the likes of Newcastle and Man City? We recently drew with Man City away from home and we beat Newcastle at Goodison last season under the lights.

 

[johnjoeefc]

i think leeds should be the target for us to overtake. We should want Leicester to beat them and then goal difference dependant a draw would take us above them when we play Newcastle.

Leeds are a much worse side then Leicester and are far less likely to pick up points in remaining games.

 

[Gareth Gibson]

As a non Everton or Aston Villa fan, allow me to say, Everton are not getting relegated this season. If it was gonna happen it would have absolutely been last season under the clueless Lampard and universally hated Rafael. Even if you don’t think Everton can do it themselves there are at least three worst teams than you. Chill out. Enjoy BM stadium cos you’ll be playing PL football in it soon enough.

The voice of reason.

 

[If You Know Your History]

Well, doucs had 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 prior to getting a red and dcl does score. Laughable to suggest we are not better off without them four back

Spot on. We are a very different animal with Doucoure in the team.

 

[If You Know Your History]

If we had dcl and doucoure I think the Fulham result would have been different

Without a shadow of a doubt.

 

[If You Know Your History]

Pinched a point off City at full strength at the Etihad, we can pinch a point anywhere

Bang on