It would have concerned me more if we had not created chances, or not dominated possession against them. Never again do I want to see an Everton team not trying.
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Koeman inherited a broken team. One thing Koeman is good at, and that is rebuilding teams that have, for one reason or another, been torn into disarray. It would seem that's all he ever did at Southampton. It's clear he had little influence on our summer window, based on the fact he has stated he does not involve himself in the bidding wars and agent madness. I have no doubt he was as disappointed as the rest of us over that shambles - with few, if any of the players he had wanted, signing on the line. He can only coach and pick the best eleven available for the job in hand. In these first nine games, we have seen some experimentation and tweaking going on. It is a work in progress and I do not envy him that job (although, the salary is tempting).
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
You can't handle this fire power sonny Jim. Desist and stand down or you'll be obliterated. My words will blot out your sun.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
My worry is that Puel has walked into Southampton and basically picked up where Koeman left off. They've been a top 8 team for half a decade now. Maybe Koeman didn't have as big an influence there as is commonly assumed.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I take the two points more bit, but we can expect a new manager bounce: we had that with the draw and four wins. Now the novelty has worn off and we've struggled for the last four PL games and been knocked out of the cup.
Don't get me wrong. He's a decent manager and will get us top half. I just don't buy into Koeman as a great manager or one who's a million times better than his predecessor here. The proof will be in the eating on that one. Let's see what he does. The early signs are though that he isn't too fussy about playing attractive football, despite all his words to the contrary. So far it's been a drab brand of football.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
ianefc
Player Valuation: £70m
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He did, look at the players he lost and then how he replaced them.
Tadic, Forster, Van Dijk, Mane, Austin to name a few.
He knows the score, once he gets shut of Mirallas, Deulofeu and Barkley we will be on our way.
He did, look at the players he lost and then how he replaced them.
Tadic, Forster, Van Dijk, Mane, Austin to name a few.
He knows the score, once he gets shut of Mirallas, Deulofeu and Barkley we will be on our way.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Could well be that Koeman kept the Pochettino plate spinning and Puel is doing the same. Often happens at clubs. Look at Swansea when Martinez left: Rodgers then Laudrup then Monk adhered to the plan in place. No disgrace in that like, but it does question the scale of their achievements as they weren't the originators of that grand plan.
ijjysmith
Calm
We are above Southampton to be fair.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
He has certainly gone about addressing our defensive issues. Time will tell if he has the tools currently at his disposal (lukaku apart) to address our striking options. It has been workmanlike to say the least watching our attacking play.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
I'm not saying he didn't lose players and replace them. Obviously he did. But how has Puel done without Mane this season?
ianefc
Player Valuation: £70m
That doesn't make any sense, general consensus is that they've had a good start.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
My point is whether or not the scale of koemans achievements can be called into question given Puel's start and given that Southampton have been top 8 for years. I believe it can.
Blues Harp
Player Valuation: £60m
He ain't been relegated yet - 72 points entertainers fraudoroberto !!
ianefc
Player Valuation: £70m
Ok by the looks of it, my point is that it's exciting that Koeman found these players.
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