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Ronald Koeman discussion

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We could be getting the best of Koeman now, he learning his trade and now seems to have suss it and got a good partnership with his brother.
 

Proper made up with him, was absolutely dreading the first 3 games. Spurs are generally a boss side and last season could and probably should have won the league. West Brom are anti football and stink of Pulis, Stoke have still got the stench of Pulis and love defending.

To get 7 points from them games is a great start, plus all the signings he's made have come straight into the team. Hoping for a couple more to make us a bit stronger on the bench but I'd be happy to go with what we've got.
 
After 2 years in the wilderness it's great to have a manager that has given us our self-respect back isn't it ? 7 points from the first 3 games with the promise of much more improvement and strengthening to come.

We are no pushovers anymore, the Blues are BACK.

It's enough to make your heart go wwwhhhooooooaaaaaahhhhh.....
 
squonk said:
After 2 years in the wilderness it's great to have a manager that has given us our self-respect back isn't it ? 7 points from the first 3 games with the promise of much more improvement and strengthening to come.

We are no pushovers anymore, the Blues are BACK.

It's enough to make your heart go wwwhhhooooooaaaaaahhhhh.....
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You're right in my book mate, it's nice to know he will watch and make decisions, substitutions early as in the West Brom game.
Change the system depending on who we're playing.
Getting them fitter.
Strong type of players who will fit his style, not just buy for the sake of it.
Treat the press with disdain, let's face it most of them deserve it.

I'm not trying to say we will win anything, but at least we've got a chance, at least he has got a clue, a plan, and ideas.
 

Fair mini-report on Koeman's influence from the groaniad, the bolded bit especially:

Ashley Williams was only named in one press conference, and it wasn’t by the manager who committed £12m to bring him to Goodison Park. Yet while Stoke’s Mark Hughes complained about the Everton newcomer’s part in securing the debated, decisive penalty, his impact was apparent in both boxes. Ronald Koeman took heart from the clean sheet his side kept. That owed much to Williams, a paragon of solidity in his newly formed partnership with Phil Jagielka. They have a combined age of 66 and their experience was allied with that of a still older centre-back: the manager himself.

Koeman introduced Ramiro Funes Mori and removed Ross Barkley in the closing stages, successfully protecting the lead by deploying a five-man rearguard. Such pragmatism was welcome at Goodison Park. While Stoke only recorded one shot on target, this felt the sort of game Roberto Martínez’s self-destructive team would have contrived to find a way not to win. Koeman’s side emerged with three points. Last season Everton only mustered six home league victories at Goodison Park, five against the eventual bottom five. While Stoke prop up the table now, they are probable mid-table finishers. So although this may seem a routine home win and came coated in controversy, it represented progress nonetheless.
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