Those dark arts are working SO well for Richarlison and Everton, aren’t they? Just look at Burnley: they’re in the brown stuff too but, having ditched Dyche, they’ve realized that actually attempting to win football matches as opposed to some imaginary being a nob/dark arts championship is the best way of beating the drop.
I’m not quite sure what this Simeon’s-lite approach of rolling around on the ground, diving all over the shop and committing snide fouls, which Richarlison exemplifies, is in aid of. Bad as you are, you still have more quality than your direct rivals for the drop. The Simeone approach isn’t playing to the team’s strengths and is the surest guarantee of Championship football next season.
In hindsight it might’ve been better for you if Richarlison had received the red he deserved for lashing out at Henderson. A trio of Gray, Iwobi and Gordon interchanging and feeding DCL or even Rondon should, all else being equal, be sufficient to get you the points you need.
like if Richarlison actually lobbed a smoke bomb at evertonians for whatever mad reason they would be laughing thier heads of. But they are making it out that way and acting like they are worried about us.
