Relegation 2022/23

[NathDogg]

Leeds fixtures are horrendous, after Forest play Southampton there's are horrendous, and I think Southampton could best them leaving them in a perilous position.

That being said Southamptons and Leicester are pretty rough too. I think ours have some winnable games in it, but the problem is we have been chronically poor. I come out of Goodison against Newcastle thinking we wouldn't get another point this year. Just hope I'm wrong!

Forest go to frank lampards chelsea mate - nothing horrendous about that fixture.

 

[Bluelenny1984]

Forest go to frank lampards chelsea mate - nothing horrendous about that fixture.

Haha true mate

 

[NathDogg]

Probably a bad thing if they sack him. Always the risk of a bounce and any win at all now is priceless. They may feel they have nothing to lose.

Agreed, still mad that they are even thinking of sacking him like, even though he has been awful.

Fair play to them for listening to chairman bill and following the what would Everton do playbook.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Someone else on here says 5...

Who is right, it`s defo not 2 though.

I just posted on the Sean Dyche thread, under Dyche our Goals Conceded is 1.69, under Lampard 1.40, that was the one metric I expected to improve under Dyche.

It was the same tired old cliche used to justify Benitez’s appointment “he will make us hard to beat though lad.”

 

[evertony]

Just a reminder that we're playing Leicester City, not Barcelona or Real Madrid tonight.
That's the Leicester City that have conceded in their last 18-19 games and who are in the same lowly position as us. Home advantage can quickly turn sour when you expect to win easily but don't make a break-through in the first 20-30 minutes, the home crowd turn on the players in frustration and the players feel the pressure ramped up. Mistakes start to be made, the pressure gets heavier.
We have to go there and start like we did against Newcastle. Take the game to them.
DCL to make up for missing so many games tonight.

 

[Robbo05]

Well, the day has arrived. Other results have gone our way.

Now it’s over to the manager and players

Gulp

 

[Wat Tyler]

It's grim though mate. I'm not for cancel culture despite my post but that's among the worst I've seen on here.

Mr Happy is now Mr Judgmental is he? He’s apologised, get over it mate.

 

[Swartzy]

Hickey is showing exactly what we missed out on - and for half the cost.

He was the latest RB off the SPL production line not the dud Everton bought.

He is also playing tho, albeit at a better managed team which always helps.

Until Patterson gets a proper lasting run In the team, I'm not writing him off. ( Especially just for the fact he played for Rangers )

 

[Wat Tyler]

They aren’t gonna get anyone decent in for 4 games so what would be the point?

Well we all thought that with Burnley last season and that Jackson feller got a couple of wins, if Leeds got the same they’d be safe and we would likely be relegated. I’d rather he stay.

 

[overkill]

It’s a difficult situation we are all in, I am sure the other teams are also thinking the same, you want to twist because 3 points is huge but sticking at least will potentially add a point to the board, I just think there is a point difference between drawing and losing, where we don’t really make up any ground taking the last week into account (not just this weekend), but with a win, the difference is huge. I think Dyche will go safety first which is probably the only way this team can play - they are not a front foot football team.

Were certainly not front foot, be hanging on all game hoping to nick something from a set piece.

One thing is, if we win tonight then it's in our own hands, drawing although not over would mean us hoping forest & Leeds drop enough points

 

[Robbo05]

I'm not saying we're unlucky, but if we fell into a barrel of tits we'd come up sucking our own thumbs.

Not saying we are unlucky but if we went to a funeral we’d catch the wreath

 

[windymiller]

The difficulty I have with a draw, is that we will be a week further on, one game less and will be two points worse than Forest from this time last week, 1 point worse than Leicester, and we will have restored parity with Leeds. This, with having four games to play of which two are away and one of the two home games vs City. It doesn’t feel enough progress for me.

We need a win tonight. No doubt.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Probably a bad thing if they sack him. Always the risk of a bounce and any win at all now is priceless. They may feel they have nothing to lose.

its what we should be doing.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

We need a win tonight. No doubt.

It’s the hope that kills us mate

 

[Saint Domingo]

It was the same tired old cliche used to justify Benitez’s appointment “he will make us hard to beat though lad.”

Bit worrying though isn’t it when Koeman Silva Allardyce Benitez and Dyche can’t sort a decent defence out. These managers made their names in organising defences.

It took probably the greatest manager of all time to get this lot playing passably and even then he had to sack off the fullbacks to do it and it lasted about 4 months.

At what point do we just conclude that the defenders are crap?