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It's not the FA Cup final squad mate, he's picked some random mid week game I think.

That's what I thought at first but it states it was "an example of our squad from that year in our biggest game of the season".

That looks to me like he means it was the Cup final team.

I don't recall Castillo playing though.
 
You just dismiss everything to suit your agenda, budgets, tables, results, you've been ruined here.

What? To bring the table into the argument at this stage is just ludicrous. If we get snotted by Chelsea in a couple of weeks we could drop to around 14th, does that prove me right? Of course it doesn't, it's absurdly early to be using it as any sort of barometer.

I'm merely voicing concerns about the tactics we employ because I think it stifles the very talented squad we have.

The budget Everton manager's have to spend is an absolute insult and I appreciate it's a difficult job, but do you honestly think we don't have the 7th best squad in the league? That's what I expect from us this year. Not winning the league, not European qualification, just to be the best of the rest.
 

That's what I thought at first but it states it was "an example of our squad from that year in our biggest game of the season".

That looks to me like he means it was the Cup final team.

I don't recall Castillo playing though.

Tbh the cup final was the biggest game but that was Anfield away in the Cup.
 
That's what I thought at first but it states it was "an example of our squad from that year in our biggest game of the season".

That looks to me like he means it was the Cup final team.

I don't recall Castillo playing though.

Saha missing from it as well. I think it was the massive game against Sunderland in February or something...
 
We got a point though mate, something we wouldn't have done in the last 2 years on the whole.

You didn't like that we weren't getting the results, I call today a result.
I want to see us evolve and create chances mate.
The 2 defensive midfielders don't work and we gave the ball away far too easily.
We need to play with more tempo as well.
In his 1st season he was great but for some reason he is stuck and can't get back what we had
 

What? To bring the table into the argument at this stage is just ludicrous. If we get snotted by Chelsea in a couple of weeks we could drop to around 14th, does that prove me right? Of course it doesn't, it's absurdly early to be using it as any sort of barometer.

I'm merely voicing concerns about the tactics we employ because I think it stifles the very talented squad we have.

The budget Everton manager's have to spend is an absolute insult and I appreciate it's a difficult job, but do you honestly think we don't have the 7th best squad in the league? That's what I expect from us this year. Not winning the league, not European qualification, just to be the best of the rest.

I'm not sure where to start. I'll say this though, you talk of 7th, and of course we have a TEAM to finish in the top 7, squad might be pushing it. Everyone will expect us to be in the top 7 I think.

So our expectations are possibly on the same wavelength. The problem is, it's August, not April. You're having a go at our team for something it hasn't done yet. I just can't get my head around it.

@davek
 
I want to see us evolve and create chances mate.
The 2 defensive midfielders don't work and we gave the ball away far too easily.
We need to play with more tempo as well.
In his 1st season he was great but for some reason he is stuck and can't get back what we had

I reckon it's because we don't have anyone capable of playing the no.10 role sufficiently, so he'd rather play another player in defensive midfield who knows his role. If we sign that player, I think he'll drop a defensive mid.
 

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