barneygumble
Player Valuation: £60m
I think you've got to give him time. He's inherited a hugely deteriorating, unconfident and vastly overrated team. However, if this fella is picking up £6m a year (£115k a week), to manage this team, I expect to see SOME improvement from last season.
Some of us go home and away week in, week out, and will earn close to what he earns in a week, in 5 years. It's frustrating as hell to watch, as the reality is, if we've struggled to show any creativity or even enthusiasm on the pitch now, since the West Brom game, and it's hugely concerning.
Last season, the majority of fans, were hugely critical or Martinez's final 6 months was his inability to change it (his lack of plan B, if you like), and how the 4-5-1 was a nightmare, as teams would just double up on Lukaku, and isolate him. This season, we're lining up against a bang average Watford with Gueye, Barry and McCarthy, THREE holding midfielders. We witnessed the introduction of Valencia against United, change the game, and cause their defenders to panic, and allow us a way back into the game. So you can imagine how annoyed most of us were, when instead of starting two up top yesterday, we brought in an extra defensive minded player. Valencia, Holgate etc... must me scratching their heads at what they have to do to get a game?
I think I speak for most Evertonians that we like to see our team playing good football as well as picking up results, but if we're playing unpleasing football and collecting results, then who cares? We crave European football, and to be honest, with our financial clout, and so called stars (Lukaku, Barkley etc..), we really should be looking at 7th place as our expectation and anything greater, is a huge bonus.
I'm not writing Koeman off yet, but when he signed, my initial thought was he flopped at Valencia which was a big role, and this too, is of similar stature, I wonder if maybe isn't quite the right role for him? I guess we'll find out (Oh and are fans are bad div's for having a pop at him for his christmas tree ffs).
I think the frustration is building in the fans. We've been promised this fresh 'new start', where 'nothing will be the same', yet it's identically the same. Same frustrating football (except we hoof it far more now), and same end product. Our 'Huge' summer, saw us sign Bolasie, Williams and Gueye, and whilst they've all done a job, we're still hugely under resourced.
Give it time i guess!
Some of us go home and away week in, week out, and will earn close to what he earns in a week, in 5 years. It's frustrating as hell to watch, as the reality is, if we've struggled to show any creativity or even enthusiasm on the pitch now, since the West Brom game, and it's hugely concerning.
Last season, the majority of fans, were hugely critical or Martinez's final 6 months was his inability to change it (his lack of plan B, if you like), and how the 4-5-1 was a nightmare, as teams would just double up on Lukaku, and isolate him. This season, we're lining up against a bang average Watford with Gueye, Barry and McCarthy, THREE holding midfielders. We witnessed the introduction of Valencia against United, change the game, and cause their defenders to panic, and allow us a way back into the game. So you can imagine how annoyed most of us were, when instead of starting two up top yesterday, we brought in an extra defensive minded player. Valencia, Holgate etc... must me scratching their heads at what they have to do to get a game?
I think I speak for most Evertonians that we like to see our team playing good football as well as picking up results, but if we're playing unpleasing football and collecting results, then who cares? We crave European football, and to be honest, with our financial clout, and so called stars (Lukaku, Barkley etc..), we really should be looking at 7th place as our expectation and anything greater, is a huge bonus.
I'm not writing Koeman off yet, but when he signed, my initial thought was he flopped at Valencia which was a big role, and this too, is of similar stature, I wonder if maybe isn't quite the right role for him? I guess we'll find out (Oh and are fans are bad div's for having a pop at him for his christmas tree ffs).
I think the frustration is building in the fans. We've been promised this fresh 'new start', where 'nothing will be the same', yet it's identically the same. Same frustrating football (except we hoof it far more now), and same end product. Our 'Huge' summer, saw us sign Bolasie, Williams and Gueye, and whilst they've all done a job, we're still hugely under resourced.
Give it time i guess!
