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Sam Allardyce

So, what next?

  • IN. Give him a chance and see what he can do?

    Votes: 79 8.3%
  • OUT. Thanks but no thanks. See Ya?

    Votes: 758 79.3%
  • As ever. Cheese on Toast

    Votes: 25 2.6%
  • Er, I am a bit scared of us Evertoning this right up.

    Votes: 94 9.8%

  • Total voters
    956
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Go away you div.
 

Lucky? We won 4-0 mate. "Lucky" is hanging on against Chelsea at home when they have 25 shots.
That game was in the balance until Pickford made the save and Rooney scored a worldy. Along the way they smashed one against the bar and had other chances, we were on the ropes, unable to retain the ball for anymore than 3 passes or contain a bottom half team at Goodison. We were never 4-0 better than them and Moyes knew it was a missed opp. Against Watford, we were dead and buried until they made ridiculous defensive errors and even missed a pen in the last minute. Forget the score, performance wise we were not 4 goals better than West Ham. Water under the bridge now and the points are on the board. But for me Unsworth was managing via popularity with the playing staff rather than a proper tactical game plan on how to win football matches against specific opposition.
 
I think its clear that he's put all his focus so far on defending properly, now's the time to spend some time on passing, movement etc.
 
I dont think anyone hates him, tbh. We just want a bit of football too. Not too much to ask.

Some have said they've stopped going the match and that was before a ball was even kicked. Seven games in and the football is as industrial as I've ever witnessed at Everton but points wise it's been successful enough. Today has to go down as a missed opportunity for me though.
 

I think its clear that he's put all his focus so far on defending properly, now's the time to spend some time on passing, movement etc.
A lot of it still comes down to personnel. Martina is still our left back. Honestly, he cannot defend anyone in space, neither can Williams. We are so severly shading attacking players like Sigurdsson over on his side to allow him to only prevent someone from getting wide. They are still getting crosses off at times, but yes, it's the medicine we need to take right now.
 
You can always look at a game over 90 minutes and say this could have happened and that could have have happened and we got away with this and that; fact of the matter is that we played very well at times and thumped another PL team 4-0.

We wont get performances like that from any SA team, it's not what he does.

I understand that and accept it. I just dont wont this to continue beyond May, and I cant understand any patience with it beyond then from any Evertonian. It's dog days football. Just 'kin awful.
If you are telling me that beyond May there are better management candidates out there for Everton that will spend Mosh's money wisely, create a football team to be proud of and give us a realistic chance of winning trophies whilst we build our new stadium, I will happily take that. Not sure there are though and SA might be here for at least another season yet. I have a feeling that despite my disgust at him being Everton manager, he is going to do quite well once he spends money on his own squad. Could be wrong but apart from the England job, this is the biggest opp of his career.
 
Shore up the D
Give the team some rhythm and gel
Get offense worked on during January

Hopefully these items pan out.. it might not have been pretty today.. it was ugly.. it was a point and clean sheet..
Honestly, this season is now about the whole rebuild..
Let’s see how January turns out.. i do think he knows this by taking this job that its differnt than sunderland or palace.. its his biggest club hes worked for, he may want to do this right and try for a top four next year or the year after..
My gut is telling me he isnt here short term, i think he wants to go out and restore himself..
Its going to take the team a while to undo what the dutchman did while at the helm.
 
If you are telling me that beyond May there are better management candidates out there for Everton that will spend Mosh's money wisely, create a football team to be proud of and give us a realistic chance of winning trophies whilst we build our new stadium, I will happily take that. Not sure there are though and SA might be here for at least another season yet. I have a feeling that despite my disgust at him being Everton manager, he is going to do quite well once he spends money on his own squad. Could be wrong but apart from the England job, this is the biggest opp of his career.


It is his biggest chance and aesthetically at least he is not winning anyone over against Chelsea maybe you can excuse it but many more displays like today's against struggling teams and he will be screw up the opportunity.
 
Half decent manager would have sorted us out

Not this anti football crook
I’m no Allardyce fan, in fact I can’t stand the guy, but it takes time for any football manager to get his team to play how they want. It can only be done with time on the training pitch. We’re currently playing two games a week and will be until the first week in January. Then we’ll start having a full week between games, after 6-7 weeks of that we should see full impact of how Allardyce wants us to play.

Having said all of the above I still expect the football to be defensive and fairly dull!
 

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