Ronald Koeman discussion

[ijjysmith]

You never seen a school of science Everton team did you?

No idea what that has to do with today.

To be clear I’ve not once said we played well today. Not once.

 

[ijjysmith]

I’m also laughing at anyone who thought he’d have been sacked today if we’d lost.

 

[Blue83]

Football is about winning. For me anyway.

If it's about winning then what's the point watching the game if the end result is the only thing you care about ?

 

[blulouie]

We were awful today. He's massively got out of jail. Lessons need to be learned.

Not arsed mate we won.

Been to too many games were we've been good and got nowt....like Manu last week.

3 points ....nowt else matters.

 

[ijjysmith]

Yeah but the point is you won't win every game playing like we did today. More often than not you will get beat if you select the wrong team and adopt the wrong tactics for three quarters of the game. We got away with it today because Bournemouth are a very poor side who I think will be involved in a relegation battle unless they get some good players into the side in January.

Surely the point is we won today?

 

[ianefc]

He deserves no credit whatsoever for that today. Set up horrendously once again with no width, pace or energy. Got lucky with Davies popping up with a through ball from a central position when he'd shoved him out on the right, and a player who, if he had his way would not be at the club, scoring twice. Either way, he won't learn a thing and we'll be starting with 3 number 10s and an isolated centre forward again next week. Shocking management.

100% those three number 10's shouldn't ever be on the pitch at the same time again.

 

[strummer]

You never seen a school of science Everton team did you?

Take a day off mate

 

[Osamabindiesel]

By all accounts Koeman looked like a huge idiot tonight. Glad he righted his wrongs made those subs.

 

[jceverton]

Koeman is understandably getting a lot of stick for losing faith in Oumar and packing him off to East Yorkshire last season, but we fans hardly stood by the lad through thick and thin.

I'm just delighted that all his hard work is finally paying off.

It's difficult for us to judge because we haven't seen a lot of him. I thought after watching the U23 game against Spurs that his touch and control had improved dramatically. Similarly when he played against Sunderland I thought the same. The manager is seeing him regularly and should have been able to judge him properly.

 

[ijjysmith]

If it's about winning then what's the point watching the game if the end result is the only thing you care about ?

Because if we win it means we’ve scored goals.

I like Everton scoring.

How can Football not be about winning?
It’s this sort of attitude that makes Everton too nice.

It’s such a Martinez thing to be like yeah we lost 7-5 but at least it was entertaining.

 

[ianefc]

Not arsed mate we won.

Been to too many games were we've been good and got nowt....like Manu last week.

3 points ....nowt else matters.

In theory that's fine, but that was bottom of the league today and we just pulled through. We haven't won away since January, he needs to pick up.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Yes it was just the poster sarcasm yes we won great my older brother and his son were there I know he will moan about 75 minutes of miss team selection !

Let's just be glad it was 75 mins of poor performance and not 90 minutes

 

[Howards tipple]

None of which changes the fact that Koeman was more than happy to let the current top scorer leave on deadline day!

True - but until the last couple of weeks, most blues would have been happy to see him leave the club on dead line day.

 

[jceverton]

Surely the point is we won today?

It's great we won but i want us to win consistently and challenge the top 4. You can't do that if the manager consistently picks the wrong team and plays the wrong tactics. The point is that despite overwhelming evidence the joker keeps picking the wrong team and playing the wrong tactics.

 

[Blue83]

Because if we win it means we’ve scored goals.

I like Everton scoring.

How can Football not be about winning?
It’s this sort of attitude that makes Everton too nice.

It’s such a Martinez thing to be like yeah we lost 7-5 but at least it was entertaining.

Actually it's more us wanting to be like City/Chelsea/UTD/Spurs, winning and playing attractive football, the top 4/5 prove it's possible, but you seem to think it's one or the other with us ?

I didn't realise it was a bad thing to actually have standards