Relegation

[matty1878]

He'd write the Dooms day book

jog on you

 

[matty1878]

i think @matty1878 would be a book on his own tbh, he has even found religion

shall i? lol

 

[TGW89]

Faltering at already relegated club's has been an issue for us for a few years. However, we've typically had little to play for in those games.

Now we've everything's to play for.

A massive opportunity to pull away when you look at Burnley and Leeds fixtures.

Just no messing, go there and get the job done.

Can imagine it being a tad like this

ToffeeWeb Match Report: Ipswich Town v Everton, 1994-95

 

[coollino]

shall i? lol

yeah please, no editing at all, just go for it

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Worried me after seeing the Watford keeper Ben Foster calling the players out as not good enough and giving up after 60 mins.
They could have a point to prove and didn't they beat us 5-2 at Goodison?
Just want us to get enough points to be safe asap.

Not too worried about them having a point to prove as a team, if they were the sort of team to take that mentality they’d have taken it in the games that matter.

My concern is the shop window factor now. Better players like Sarr etc who may have seen relegation as beneficial to getting them a move may suddenly come to life.

 

[The Binman]

Worried me after seeing the Watford keeper Ben Foster calling the players out as not good enough and giving up after 60 mins.
They could have a point to prove and didn't they beat us 5-2 at Goodison?
Just want us to get enough points to be safe asap.

So do we not have a point to prove also?

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Obviously we've got to be aiming for three points against Watford but its worth remembering that a point isn't something to be sniffed at either as every single one counts at this stage.

 

[Aries]

Just had a read of that forum. If they think they’re getting 50 million each for Sarr and Dennis then they’re going to be incredibly disappointed..

 

[The binman chronicles]

They've lost 11 home matches in a row.

Statistically, scientifically, there's no better place to go if you want an away win in the Premier League.

I'm not saying we'll definitely win, but raw probability is on our side.

Statistically there was little chance of Burnley scoring against us but they did.

We just have to treat it like a cup final and if not out play them, out work them. I'm confident we can get something but I'm also apprehensive that there could be something like a sending off/injury/VAR decision that goes against us taking the result with it. Playing on paper is easy, we just need to go and do it.

 

[Drico]

Obviously we've got to be aiming for three points against Watford but its worth remembering that a point isn't something to be sniffed at either as every single one counts at this stage.

Agreed. I think we MUST go there in search of the win - FFS, they have lost 11 in a row at home and are relegated - but we absolutely MUST NOT lose. Frankly, if we lose there we deserve whatever comes to us because we would have lost at Norwich, Burnley, and Watford. That series of results demands demotion.

 

[blue to the bone]

i think @matty1878 would be a book on his own tbh, he has even found religion

It would be a trilogy.
One would be all about his burning of his season ticket 6 times a season

 

[allen]

Statistically there was little chance of Burnley scoring against us but they did.

We just have to treat it like a cup final and if not out play them, out work them. I'm confident we can get something but I'm also apprehensive that there could be something like a sending off/injury/VAR decision that goes against us taking the result with it. Playing on paper is easy, we just need to go and do it.

Yep, anything can happen. Any complacency needs stamping out, but I don't think the away fans will allow that to creep in.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Faltering at already relegated club's has been an issue for us for a few years. However, we've typically had little to play for in those games.

Now we've everything's to play for.

A massive opportunity to pull away when you look at Burnley and Leeds fixtures.

Just no messing, go there and get the job done.

Faltering at relegated clubs is part of a bigger problem that still has me worried- going back to Ancelotti and beyond we’ve really struggled in general against poor teams. We get great results against better teams because we can soak it up and counter but the last few years we have really struggled in games where we are expected to make the running, because we lack the creativity to do so.

That’s why Watford and Brentford games still worry me, although the Brentford cup game hopefully provides a blueprint. Gomes ran the show that day and it may be worth putting him into a three in one or both of those games.

 

[jamieni]

Yep, anything can happen. Any complacency needs stamping out, but I don't think the away fans will allow that to creep in.

The players must know now what’s required for the final few games. Of course things can go against us but I’d be confident that we’ll be safe as long as the players keep putting in the same amount of effort they have for the last few games.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

What a great win that was! We have an already relegated Watford away next, and then it's two home games back to back, against Brentford and Crystal Palace.

We win all three of those games, and safety might be secured before that final game at Arsenal. I hope i'm not jinxing things here, but it looks like that the corner has been turned.