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Stanley Parker
Player Valuation: £15m
It may not be easy at Bournemouth, but they are hardly at their strongest.
Seven games without a win, Lukaku against Distin - this is an opportunity to get an away win.
Seven games without a win, Lukaku against Distin - this is an opportunity to get an away win.
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
Agreed. Just don't see the cricket score that some do, or failure to pagger them is a barometer of how we will do this season.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
More praise for Bobby :
http://www.squawka.com/news/everton-2/531097
How Roberto Martinez’s Everton is pushing the Premier League forward
By Alex Keble
Posted on November 27, 2015
The considered nature of Martinez’s approach clashes horribly with the English mentality, where the Fergie model has etched short-termism into our DNA; the spluttered cries of “attack, attack, attack” aimed at a United side one point behind the league leaders speaks volumes, as did the media’s assumption that Martinez’s vision was doomed last season, when in fact it was merely suffering a mini-blip in a long journey towards highly-educated football. As we should have expected, Everton are back on form – and better than ever.
Only Leicester City and Manchester City have scored more goals than Everton in the Premier League this season.
Everton’s tactics closely resemble the best systems in Europe. They transition from a narrow, compact defensive position into a swarming counter-attacking shape in seconds, they press the ball in central midfield in perfect intervals, and distribute to the front four with neat triangles that exude a confidence and technical ability that only comes with fastidious coaching. These patterns are seared into the players’ muscle memories.
Their back four are superb on the ball (87% pass accuracy) and the midfield duo of Gareth Barry and James McCarthy are wonderfully in-sync when feeding passes towards the final third. But the star players are at the top end. Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley, and Gerard Deulofeu all possess the attributes of world-class footballers, albeit in a form still too raw to perform consistently week-in week-out.
Deulofeu’s directness is a magnet for opposing defences, opening up the pockets of space for Barkley and Lukaku to barge towards goal unattended; the speed of their interplay is further testament to the intricacy of Martinez’s tactical training. This is hard to capture in cold hard statistics, but there is some evidence: Everton are fouled the sixth-most (11.5 times per match), and score the most from crosses (14 this season) despite crossing the 3rd least in the league (18.2 per match); they are both bamboozling to play against and clinical in their decisions.
Gerard Deulofeu has completed 17 take ons in the league this season.
Last season’s dip was largely the result of snowballing low morale. In a short-passing system, low confidence tends to hit harder and longer, since decision-making and technical ability are the first things to be affected by poor self-esteem; refreshed from the summer and no longer burdened by a disappointing league position, results were bound to improve. But Everton did also make one notable change.
Everton have begun playing a slightly more direct game this season, looking to find Lukaku at earlier opportunities in order to speed up the transitions and prevents opponents from having time to scramble back into formation. Last season Everton attempted 427.4 short passes per game, and this season they average 397.3 per game, whilst Phil jagielka’s long balls have risen from 5.8 to 7.6 per match.
Transitional speed is a vital component of a short-passing philosophy, hence why the signing of Deulofeu – a quick, agile player offering piercing width – has seen them flourish in seasons either side of his absence. Aaron Lennon filled a similar role after Christmas in 2014/15, and it is no coincidence that Everton’s results dramatically improved from this point on.
Free-flowing football: Not one of Everton’s 24 goals has come from a set piece this season.
Everton are serious contenders for the fourth place spot that has yawned open since Chelsea’s slide into obscurity, but there are, of course, still areas that need improving. Interestingly, Everton are still considered to be inconsistent or unpredictable in spite of results proving otherwise.
Though they are losing games, the pattern is very consistent: Everton’s only three defeats this season have come against Arsenal, Manchester United, and Manchester City, whilst they have dropped two points against Liverpool, Tottenham, and West Ham. Put simply, Everton need to learn how to grind out results against the bigger teams if they are to maintain a top four challenge.
The most efficient way Everton can achieve this is signing a combative, box-to-box central midfielder in January; Gareth Barry’s ageing legs have made him even slower on the turn, making central midfield Martinez’s most vulnerable area. Although Muhamed Besic and Tom Cleverley are soon to return from injury, a sturdy but dynamic player could benefit Everton against stronger opponents; Ross Barkley played in each of Everton’s three league defeats, averaging 0.75 tackles and 0.5 interceptions. It may be worth calling Louis van Gaal to discuss a Marouane Fellaini homecoming.
Gareth Barry has been successful in 45% of his tackles so far this season.
The modern football pitch is an intellectual battleground of delicately articulated tactical moves, of considered passing patterns thought out several phases in advance, and of one long, winding plot that unfolds in waves of momentum. It takes years to harness the arena successfully, and Everton are reaping the benefits of sticking with their manager through a sticky patch in their development – even whilst some fans, misunderstanding his methods, doubted the unfamiliar territory of modern tactics.
Along with Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman, Jurgen Klopp, Louis van Gaal, Manuel Pellegrini, and even Remi Garde, Martinez is quietly shaking England out of its comforting but sterile fascination with the past. His tactical tweaks, adaptive style, and strong squad (Leighton Baines, Aaron Lennon, Tom Cleverley, and Darron Gibson are all waiting in the wings) make Everton one of the most exciting prospects in English football.
The team finishing in fourth has averaged 71 points over the past ten years, but since Leicester hold the lowest points tally of league leaders since 1998 it may not require so many this season. And, although Everton are currently falling short of the required figure, if they win their next two games against Bournemouth and Crystal Palace their points-per-game average would land then on 66 come May.
What’s more, they have already dealt with all the tough fixtures in this half of the season: the next six, all winnable, will define the strength of their top four challenge. It may seem an unlikely feat, but it would be unwise to bet against them. Martinez has a long history of defyingexpectations.
http://www.squawka.com/news/everton-2/531097
How Roberto Martinez’s Everton is pushing the Premier League forward
By Alex Keble
Posted on November 27, 2015
The considered nature of Martinez’s approach clashes horribly with the English mentality, where the Fergie model has etched short-termism into our DNA; the spluttered cries of “attack, attack, attack” aimed at a United side one point behind the league leaders speaks volumes, as did the media’s assumption that Martinez’s vision was doomed last season, when in fact it was merely suffering a mini-blip in a long journey towards highly-educated football. As we should have expected, Everton are back on form – and better than ever.
Only Leicester City and Manchester City have scored more goals than Everton in the Premier League this season.
Everton’s tactics closely resemble the best systems in Europe. They transition from a narrow, compact defensive position into a swarming counter-attacking shape in seconds, they press the ball in central midfield in perfect intervals, and distribute to the front four with neat triangles that exude a confidence and technical ability that only comes with fastidious coaching. These patterns are seared into the players’ muscle memories.
Their back four are superb on the ball (87% pass accuracy) and the midfield duo of Gareth Barry and James McCarthy are wonderfully in-sync when feeding passes towards the final third. But the star players are at the top end. Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley, and Gerard Deulofeu all possess the attributes of world-class footballers, albeit in a form still too raw to perform consistently week-in week-out.
Deulofeu’s directness is a magnet for opposing defences, opening up the pockets of space for Barkley and Lukaku to barge towards goal unattended; the speed of their interplay is further testament to the intricacy of Martinez’s tactical training. This is hard to capture in cold hard statistics, but there is some evidence: Everton are fouled the sixth-most (11.5 times per match), and score the most from crosses (14 this season) despite crossing the 3rd least in the league (18.2 per match); they are both bamboozling to play against and clinical in their decisions.
Gerard Deulofeu has completed 17 take ons in the league this season.
Last season’s dip was largely the result of snowballing low morale. In a short-passing system, low confidence tends to hit harder and longer, since decision-making and technical ability are the first things to be affected by poor self-esteem; refreshed from the summer and no longer burdened by a disappointing league position, results were bound to improve. But Everton did also make one notable change.
Everton have begun playing a slightly more direct game this season, looking to find Lukaku at earlier opportunities in order to speed up the transitions and prevents opponents from having time to scramble back into formation. Last season Everton attempted 427.4 short passes per game, and this season they average 397.3 per game, whilst Phil jagielka’s long balls have risen from 5.8 to 7.6 per match.
Transitional speed is a vital component of a short-passing philosophy, hence why the signing of Deulofeu – a quick, agile player offering piercing width – has seen them flourish in seasons either side of his absence. Aaron Lennon filled a similar role after Christmas in 2014/15, and it is no coincidence that Everton’s results dramatically improved from this point on.
Free-flowing football: Not one of Everton’s 24 goals has come from a set piece this season.
Everton are serious contenders for the fourth place spot that has yawned open since Chelsea’s slide into obscurity, but there are, of course, still areas that need improving. Interestingly, Everton are still considered to be inconsistent or unpredictable in spite of results proving otherwise.
Though they are losing games, the pattern is very consistent: Everton’s only three defeats this season have come against Arsenal, Manchester United, and Manchester City, whilst they have dropped two points against Liverpool, Tottenham, and West Ham. Put simply, Everton need to learn how to grind out results against the bigger teams if they are to maintain a top four challenge.
The most efficient way Everton can achieve this is signing a combative, box-to-box central midfielder in January; Gareth Barry’s ageing legs have made him even slower on the turn, making central midfield Martinez’s most vulnerable area. Although Muhamed Besic and Tom Cleverley are soon to return from injury, a sturdy but dynamic player could benefit Everton against stronger opponents; Ross Barkley played in each of Everton’s three league defeats, averaging 0.75 tackles and 0.5 interceptions. It may be worth calling Louis van Gaal to discuss a Marouane Fellaini homecoming.
Gareth Barry has been successful in 45% of his tackles so far this season.
The modern football pitch is an intellectual battleground of delicately articulated tactical moves, of considered passing patterns thought out several phases in advance, and of one long, winding plot that unfolds in waves of momentum. It takes years to harness the arena successfully, and Everton are reaping the benefits of sticking with their manager through a sticky patch in their development – even whilst some fans, misunderstanding his methods, doubted the unfamiliar territory of modern tactics.
Along with Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman, Jurgen Klopp, Louis van Gaal, Manuel Pellegrini, and even Remi Garde, Martinez is quietly shaking England out of its comforting but sterile fascination with the past. His tactical tweaks, adaptive style, and strong squad (Leighton Baines, Aaron Lennon, Tom Cleverley, and Darron Gibson are all waiting in the wings) make Everton one of the most exciting prospects in English football.
The team finishing in fourth has averaged 71 points over the past ten years, but since Leicester hold the lowest points tally of league leaders since 1998 it may not require so many this season. And, although Everton are currently falling short of the required figure, if they win their next two games against Bournemouth and Crystal Palace their points-per-game average would land then on 66 come May.
What’s more, they have already dealt with all the tough fixtures in this half of the season: the next six, all winnable, will define the strength of their top four challenge. It may seem an unlikely feat, but it would be unwise to bet against them. Martinez has a long history of defyingexpectations.
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
What a load of pretentious guff.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I'll condense that if you like:More praise for Bobby :
http://www.squawka.com/news/everton-2/531097
How Roberto Martinez’s Everton is pushing the Premier League forward
By Alex Keble
Posted on November 27, 2015
The considered nature of Martinez’s approach clashes horribly with the English mentality, where the Fergie model has etched short-termism into our DNA; the spluttered cries of “attack, attack, attack” aimed at a United side one point behind the league leaders speaks volumes, as did the media’s assumption that Martinez’s vision was doomed last season, when in fact it was merely suffering a mini-blip in a long journey towards highly-educated football. As we should have expected, Everton are back on form – and better than ever.
Only Leicester City and Manchester City have scored more goals than Everton in the Premier League this season.
Everton’s tactics closely resemble the best systems in Europe. They transition from a narrow, compact defensive position into a swarming counter-attacking shape in seconds, they press the ball in central midfield in perfect intervals, and distribute to the front four with neat triangles that exude a confidence and technical ability that only comes with fastidious coaching. These patterns are seared into the players’ muscle memories.
Their back four are superb on the ball (87% pass accuracy) and the midfield duo of Gareth Barry and James McCarthy are wonderfully in-sync when feeding passes towards the final third. But the star players are at the top end. Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley, and Gerard Deulofeu all possess the attributes of world-class footballers, albeit in a form still too raw to perform consistently week-in week-out.
Deulofeu’s directness is a magnet for opposing defences, opening up the pockets of space for Barkley and Lukaku to barge towards goal unattended; the speed of their interplay is further testament to the intricacy of Martinez’s tactical training. This is hard to capture in cold hard statistics, but there is some evidence: Everton are fouled the sixth-most (11.5 times per match), and score the most from crosses (14 this season) despite crossing the 3rd least in the league (18.2 per match); they are both bamboozling to play against and clinical in their decisions.
Gerard Deulofeu has completed 17 take ons in the league this season.
Last season’s dip was largely the result of snowballing low morale. In a short-passing system, low confidence tends to hit harder and longer, since decision-making and technical ability are the first things to be affected by poor self-esteem; refreshed from the summer and no longer burdened by a disappointing league position, results were bound to improve. But Everton did also make one notable change.
Everton have begun playing a slightly more direct game this season, looking to find Lukaku at earlier opportunities in order to speed up the transitions and prevents opponents from having time to scramble back into formation. Last season Everton attempted 427.4 short passes per game, and this season they average 397.3 per game, whilst Phil jagielka’s long balls have risen from 5.8 to 7.6 per match.
Transitional speed is a vital component of a short-passing philosophy, hence why the signing of Deulofeu – a quick, agile player offering piercing width – has seen them flourish in seasons either side of his absence. Aaron Lennon filled a similar role after Christmas in 2014/15, and it is no coincidence that Everton’s results dramatically improved from this point on.
Free-flowing football: Not one of Everton’s 24 goals has come from a set piece this season.
Everton are serious contenders for the fourth place spot that has yawned open since Chelsea’s slide into obscurity, but there are, of course, still areas that need improving. Interestingly, Everton are still considered to be inconsistent or unpredictable in spite of results proving otherwise.
Though they are losing games, the pattern is very consistent: Everton’s only three defeats this season have come against Arsenal, Manchester United, and Manchester City, whilst they have dropped two points against Liverpool, Tottenham, and West Ham. Put simply, Everton need to learn how to grind out results against the bigger teams if they are to maintain a top four challenge.
The most efficient way Everton can achieve this is signing a combative, box-to-box central midfielder in January; Gareth Barry’s ageing legs have made him even slower on the turn, making central midfield Martinez’s most vulnerable area. Although Muhamed Besic and Tom Cleverley are soon to return from injury, a sturdy but dynamic player could benefit Everton against stronger opponents; Ross Barkley played in each of Everton’s three league defeats, averaging 0.75 tackles and 0.5 interceptions. It may be worth calling Louis van Gaal to discuss a Marouane Fellaini homecoming.
Gareth Barry has been successful in 45% of his tackles so far this season.
The modern football pitch is an intellectual battleground of delicately articulated tactical moves, of considered passing patterns thought out several phases in advance, and of one long, winding plot that unfolds in waves of momentum. It takes years to harness the arena successfully, and Everton are reaping the benefits of sticking with their manager through a sticky patch in their development – even whilst some fans, misunderstanding his methods, doubted the unfamiliar territory of modern tactics.
Along with Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman, Jurgen Klopp, Louis van Gaal, Manuel Pellegrini, and even Remi Garde, Martinez is quietly shaking England out of its comforting but sterile fascination with the past. His tactical tweaks, adaptive style, and strong squad (Leighton Baines, Aaron Lennon, Tom Cleverley, and Darron Gibson are all waiting in the wings) make Everton one of the most exciting prospects in English football.
The team finishing in fourth has averaged 71 points over the past ten years, but since Leicester hold the lowest points tally of league leaders since 1998 it may not require so many this season. And, although Everton are currently falling short of the required figure, if they win their next two games against Bournemouth and Crystal Palace their points-per-game average would land then on 66 come May.
What’s more, they have already dealt with all the tough fixtures in this half of the season: the next six, all winnable, will define the strength of their top four challenge. It may seem an unlikely feat, but it would be unwise to bet against them. Martinez has a long history of defyingexpectations.
"...a long journey towards highly-educated football."
Indeed.
Woolly Blue
Player Valuation: £80m
It's OK to be happy occassionally now and then mate. I mean, obviously it's asking for trouble to be happy, and it'll normally end in disappointment, but now and then something good happens and it leads to something better ...
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
Ah yes, Phil Jageilka, a player well know for his long defence splitting passes.
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
Dave.
It would be foolish to predict where we will finish.
But lets do it anyway.
What you reckon?
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
It is though, isn't it?
Everton have played some good football at times this season, particularly the last 2 home games.
Don't need some rubbish that would get rejected from RAWK for being embarrasing to say that do we?
Muscle memories indeed!
Kiwi
Say NO to Ginger Managers
Never heard of him
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
7th. Very decent if/when we get it because it'll mean we've hit 60 points or more in a season when we're bedding in a new generation of players who can go on to play together and we can build a future on.
So, 7th and hopefully at least a SF spot in one of the two cups available.
loooweee
Player Valuation: £10m
tbh he seems to do his best long passes with hi left leg interesting technique but a bit slow for counter attacking thing
Woolly Blue
Player Valuation: £80m
Aye, probably, but I come from an era when I was used to us being boss so, more than a tad out of character, when it comes to Everton, I'm a glass half full kind of guy !
MassBlue
Player Valuation: £500k
If you're going to be such a stickler for comparing us with Spurs, then compare the finances too. Have a look at the excellent recent discussion of our finances at The Swiss Ramble....http://swissramble.blogspot.com/
We all want the moon on a stick, but sometimes it's a tricky business...
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