Relegation

[Ducans elbow]

We would have the best stadium in the championship

 

[Blue 1]

We're in a battle, but I don't think there's much chance of us going down. There's a decent enough gap atm and we're significantly better (not saying a lot) than all the teams below us. I know a lot of people don't want to hear it and this isn't me being complacent, but I just don't see it.

Are we though?

Norwich ran rings around us and Watford put 5 past us.

 

[MikeH72]

Staying up this season is only the start of the battle. Next season is going to be hideous.

 

[blu87554]

We need about 20 points to reach safety. There are about 7 winnable (well, more or less) games left this season. 3 of them in february. The first scrap is the next game vs Newcastle. That game will show a lot about us, and them. It doesnt look good tbh.

 

[Mozza1987]

Calm heads, we are not going down, I get that it is concerning though. We will have a new manager by the end of the international break, if not before. We can easily achieve enough points to stay clear of the bottom three. it does help that they are worse than us.

How can you say we are definitely not going down? We currently easily the worst team in the league. Bloody Norwich are have been rock bottom for ages and only 3 points behind us.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Staying up this season is only the start of the battle. Next season is going to be hideous.

Thankfully most of the waste in the squad will be gone, either OOC or sold, then we can rebuild with more savvy spending

 

[MikeH72]

Thankfully most of the waste in the squad will be gone, either OOC or sold, then we can rebuild with more savvy spending

Mate most of our supposedly “good” players are actually pretty crap if we’re being brutally honest with ourselves.

 

[Runub]

We need about 20 points to reach safety. There are about 7 winnable (well, more or less) games left this season. 3 of them in february. The first scrap is the next game vs Newcastle. That game will show a lot about us, and them. It doesnt look good tbh.

We have just played three winnable games and lost them all

 

[BlueStevie35]

Mate most of our supposedly “good” players are actually pretty crap if we’re being brutally honest with ourselves.

They’re still good enough to not be sucked in though mate, a good clear out of the last of the Walsh/Brands signings and a solid manager and we’ll be fine

 

[MikeH72]

We have just played three winnable games and lost them all

2 of our next 3 are away too and we can’t win away.

 

[deipnosophist]

Anybody who does not acknowledge the possibility (nay, probability) of relegation is living in cloud cuckoo land. In critiquing the performances this season of our brave lionhearts, I have cut them some slack because, many, many years ago, after spending a week on a camp with Ross Pottinger, I appreciate the ravages of homesickness. Potty was a blubbering wreck that whole camp and I am not proud of my telling him to stop being a pansy and my deserting him and going to find a new cabin...but heck, I was only ten and hence not yet 'woke'. Decades later, I appreciate that men wearing dresses (i.e Eton Dom), and needing daily contact with their mummy (i.e Snail Keane and Crab Iwobi) are things to be celebrated, to be considered inspiring. This present crop of Everton players, this band of brothers, our brave, brave lionhearts, are thus very inspiring...and this won't change even when they're struggling the next few seasons in the lower leagues.

NSNO.

 

[MikeH72]

They’re still good enough to not be sucked in though mate, a good clear out of the last of the Walsh/Brands signings and a solid manager and we’ll be fine

I’m just concerned because we appear to be appointing Fabio Cannavaro as our manager.

 

[toffee matt]

The Millwall games will be fun at least

 

[steven]

2 of our next 3 are away too and we can’t win away.

We can’t win anywhere so I doubt location matters at this point.

 

[coollino]

If 90% of the football staff go then just relegate Everton today, such a mess