Sam Allardyce

[Toffeelover]

It was. Blind panic.

Dave, today was just rubbish. Should have beaten this lot. Allardyce needs to stand up and show he can do more than just organise a defence. Clean sheets do not win game, goals do!

 

[davek]

Ok who?

I am talking proven Premier League winner, Bundesliga winner or La Liga winner that we can get hold of based on where we are as a club right now. We have money but we are not Man City or Chelsea so the job is more difficult than the likes of Mourinho or Guardiola have faced with the big clubs (& unlimited budgets) they have managed.

That's unrealistic.

We can, though, target managers like Tuchel, Fonseca or Blanc.

 

[davek]

There was nothing blind about it. We were leaking 2-5 goals every single game and could hardly score from open play. We hadn't practiced defending all season, no pace in the team, Unsworth guessing throwing different players and formations in every week hoping something would stick. It was the worst I've ever seen an Everton team in my life. It's mad how a few wins has made everyone forget what an absolute crisis we were in not too long back.

We discarded Allardyce then went back for him a month later when results failed to settle.

The very definition of blind panic.

 

[davek]

Dave, today was just rubbish. Should have beaten this lot. Allardyce needs to stand up and show he can do more than just organise a defence. Clean sheets do not win game, goals do!

It's all been rubbish mate. Effective rubbish.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Barkley, Sandro, Mirallas, McCarthy, Klaassen, Besic, Robles...any of those will be sold soon to raise funds?

Someone has to buy them first mate.

Barkley will deffo be bought by someone (sigh) the others, and how much we get for them is another matter.

 

[Scilachi]

That's unrealistic.

We can, though, target managers like Tuchel, Fonseca or Blanc.

Maybe we have already after we binned Sam first time and they said no.

 

[donny]

It’s Sam Allardyce mate. He won’t buy players with an intention of playing decent football.

Don’t got growing jay jay okocha at me either. That’s so long ago that most evertonians had seen us win a league. The man is a dinosaur who’s footballing mantra is to avoid losing as opposed to trying to win.

A win against Bournemouth on sat though and it'd make his start here one that only the most fervent of Allardyce haters could argue against.

Agreed.Wait till the poor fella loses a game.

 

[davek]

Maybe we have already after we binned Sam first time and they said no.

I still think Silva might be in the frame.

 

[pedro789]

Allardyce and the players have done well to get us out of a terrible situation. He's been a bit lucky with the run of games but no one thought we'd be in this position 6 weeks ago. However I wouldn't give him big budget to spend in Jan, we're not getting relegated so striker/left back on loan will do.

We've got injured players coming back and we should expect him and his staff to improve players. That's what good coaches do. If we haven't see material improvement in performance by May, there'll be more options available in summer.

 

[Llyrap]

He’s a lucky so and so. Once we stop getting the rub of the green we’ll see what effect he has had.

 

[Scilachi]

It's all been rubbish mate. Effective rubbish.

Better to be effective rubbish than the relegation rubbish being served up by the SAME players under different managers.

See what happens when he has got his players in. If these are typical Sam players he will get the stick he deserves at that time. It’s going to be interesting Feb 1st to see who he’s brought in.

 

[dannyboy]

He keeps saying he wants the team to be better in possession but his words are empty if he isn't coaching the players to improve in this area. You can't just say it in the press conferences, he's got to be doing things on the training ground everyday for it to change.

A horrible fact right now is most of our players don't want the ball: Kenny, Martina, Schneiderlin, Davies, Lennon, Calvert-Lewin... They all look uncomfortable in possession. The best we get out of them is uneasy backwards/sideways passing which just ends up putting us under pressure before the inevitable punt down field.

If this team is going to improve then that needs to change. If we got Coleman and Barkley back in there in it will help a lot but whether that is going to happen is really open for debate.

 

[davek]

From the 6 games he's been in the dugout for we've had 20 shots on target.

That's just not on.

Yes we're grateful the defence is more solid. Yes we have reason to tip our hat to him. But we are not Sunderland or Palace and this tripe will not do.

Sort it Sam.

 

[deipnosophist]

That's unrealistic.

We can, though, target managers like Tuchel, Fonseca or Blanc.

I don’t think they’d want to come here. We are not a great drawcard anymore. I’m not sure who might be our next manager but if Sam continues getting the results and keeps us out of the relegation mire, I’m quite content to let him continue for as long as he wants to be here.

 

[nsno-chris]

He’s had the rub of the green

Mane would have scored that chance at the Pit and it was game over, Newcastle hit the post twice, Chelsea hit the bar and had 2 cleared off the line, West Brom had 3 clear cut chances today.

In all those games we’ve created about 1 or 2 opportunities to score. He’s been very lucky