2023/24 Sean Dyche

[Gilbert..]

The good news is if we continue to play like that and create golden chances like that we will easily be safe. We were without McNeil and Dom and should have destroyed them. The first 70 minutes before the goal was probably the best we have looked in a while. Garner and Onana looked entirely comfortable playing through balls and we were getting into great positions all night. The chances will start to go in.

The bad news is we will almost certainly throw a good few games if we get complacent like we did at the weekend. If we have to change our approach to subs and get everyone behind the ball to ensure we don’t have another brain fart off the reset, do it. We can’t have that ish happen again. It was embarrassing

Afraid you dont stay up creating chances. But by finishing them. We havent got any natural finishers. Got a lot of unnatural ones though.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Afraid you dont stay up creating chances. But by finishing them. We havent got any natural finishers. Got a lot of unnatural ones though.

We looked as solid as we have ever looked recently prior to the goal (then understandably lost momentum after we gave away the freebie). Those types of chances will go in at some point regardless of who is at striker. And I don’t think Dyche will continue with Mop Bucket if he continues to fluff them so somebody else will bag them. McNeil will return and Harrison (potentially Gnoto) will come into the fold. We will find goals if we keep at that pace.

 

[roy vernon]

The good news is if we continue to play like that and create golden chances like that we will easily be safe. We were without McNeil and Dom and should have destroyed them. The first 70 minutes before the goal was probably the best we have looked in a while. Garner and Onana looked entirely comfortable playing through balls and we were getting into great positions all night. The chances will start to go in.

The bad news is we will almost certainly throw a good few games if we get complacent like we did at the weekend. If we have to change our approach to subs and get everyone behind the ball to ensure we don’t have another brain fart off the reset, do it. We can’t have that ish happen again. It was embarrassing

I'm not so sure that the number of chances we created without scoring is 'good news'. The cold hard truth is, we can't score goals, we played a poor team on Saturday created many chances and lost a home game to a team who will, in all probability, be one of our rivals in the relegation fight. When you have as many chances as we did and still lose at home to very poor opponents. That Is Relegation form, we really need to be seeing points from games like Saturday.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

I'm not so sure that the number of chances we created without scoring is 'good news'. The cold hard truth is, we can't score goals, we played a poor team on Saturday created many chances and lost a home game to a team who will, in all probability, be one of our rivals in the relegation fight. When you have as many chances as we did and still lose at home to very poor opponents. That Is Relegation form, we really need to be seeing points from games like Saturday.

It is good news. How is it not good news that we created 4-5 one on one chances?!

 

[roy vernon]

It is good news. How is it not good news that we created 4-5 one on one chances?!

Because we didn't score, Fulham are a poor team, they played poorly and yet, for all the opportunities we had to score, we lost at home to one of the teams we should be beating. We will probably see very few teams at Goodison this season who give us as many chances to beat them as Fulham contrived to do. If we can't score against a team that let us take 20 shots against them, how do you imagine we will score against teams that can actually defend?

The fact is, if we don't get a centre forward in, very quickly, we will be in a world of trouble.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Because we didn't score, Fulham are a poor team, they played poorly and yet, for all the opportunities we had to score, we lost at home to one of the teams we should be beating. We will probably see very few teams at Goodison this season who give us as many chances to beat them as Fulham contrived to do. If we can't score against a team that let us take 20 shots against them, how do you imagine we will score against teams that can actually defend?

The fact is, if we don't get a centre forward in, very quickly, we will be in a world of trouble.

We lost due to a criminal refereeing decision. Say all you want about how crap Fulham are, about us switching off for that goal, about us missing chances and needing goals (all of which I agree with). Chances are we win if that call is made and we are having the opposite conversation if we take this game- which says it all.

 

[roy vernon]

We lost due to a criminal refereeing decision. Say all you want about how crap Fulham are, about us switching off for that goal, about us missing chances and needing goals (all of which I agree with). Chances are we win if that call is made and we are having the opposite conversation if we take this game- which says it all.

We lost because we failed to convert one of the many chances we had, into a goal, we will probably not have so many chances again this season. The refereeing decision was poor, but, so was the one which didn't give Fulham a penalty, both decisions could have gone either way, such is the nature of football. The cold hard facts are that, even if we had converted one third of the shots on target we had, the disallowed goal would not have mattered.

We were creating plenty of chances in the last couple of months of last season under Dyche, but, our failure to convert many of them meant that we were within 20 minutes or so of relegation. The problem we have is the same one we have had for the last 3 windows, we need a centre forward, not a worldie or a boss slotter, just competent centre forward who can win a few headers, hold the ball up and get maybe 10 goals a season. Yes I know we needed wingers and midfielders, but, the fact of the matter is, it's the lack of a centre forward which will eventually relegate us and this should have taken precedence over any other signings in the past 3 windows.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

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Have we signed him?

Striker?

 

[ricer10]

So ? Guess it's Maupay again on Sunday ?

 

[Osamabindiesel]

We lost because we failed to convert one of the many chances we had, into a goal, we will probably not have so many chances again this season. The refereeing decision was poor, but, so was the one which didn't give Fulham a penalty, both decisions could have gone either way, such is the nature of football. The cold hard facts are that, even if we had converted one third of the shots on target we had, the disallowed goal would not have mattered.

We were creating plenty of chances in the last couple of months of last season under Dyche, but, our failure to convert many of them meant that we were within 20 minutes or so of relegation. The problem we have is the same one we have had for the last 3 windows, we need a centre forward, not a worldie or a boss slotter, just competent centre forward who can win a few headers, hold the ball up and get maybe 10 goals a season. Yes I know we needed wingers and midfielders, but, the fact of the matter is, it's the lack of a centre forward which will eventually relegate us and this should have taken precedence over any other signings in the past 3 windows.

Our decision came in the first half. That call is made properly then the confidence is higher and we likely catch Fulham on the break for another. A bad decision like that can completely change the outcome of a game. We have lots of work to do but that decision changed everything. Their decision came after they had scored and we were scrambling so doesn’t really factor.

 

[sd_1992]

Our decision came in the first half. That call is made properly then the confidence is higher and we likely catch Fulham on the break for another. A bad decision like that can completely change the outcome of a game. We have lots of work to do but that decision changed everything. Their decision came after they had scored and we were scrambling so doesn’t really factor.

Fulham scored, missed a sitter and should have had a penalty.

The idea that going 1-0 up would have meant we won is ridiculous

 

[roy vernon]

Our decision came in the first half. That call is made properly then the confidence is higher and we likely catch Fulham on the break for another. A bad decision like that can completely change the outcome of a game. We have lots of work to do but that decision changed everything. Their decision came after they had scored and we were scrambling so doesn’t really factor.

Our decision came in the first half. That call is made properly then the confidence is higher and we likely catch Fulham on the break for another. A bad decision like that can completely change the outcome of a game. We have lots of work to do but that decision changed everything. Their decision came after they had scored and we were scrambling so doesn’t really factor.

We will always get decisions going against us, that's football. The fact of the matter is, by the time Keane's goal was disallowed we should have been out of sight. If we can contrive to lose a game like Saturday's god help us if we don't get a striker in.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Fulham scored, missed a sitter and should have had a penalty.

The idea that going 1-0 up would have meant we won is ridiculous

The idea that it wouldn’t change the momentum of the game or that it wouldn’t have changed our tactics is ridiculous. Come on now. I am not happy with our finishing nor the way we switched off for that goal. Don’t act like an early 1 nil lead doesn’t change everything.

Criticize the result by all means. But acting like Fulham deserved anything from that game because we missed sitters is dishonest. We were robbed of a goal. They were absurdly lucky. 9 times out of 10 we win that game. It was a fluke regardless of how bad our finishing was.

 

[matty1878]

Afraid you dont stay up creating chances. But by finishing them. We havent got any natural finishers. Got a lot of unnatural ones though.

it’s got to be addressed

 

[Osamabindiesel]

I’ll be honest, I am 50 times more annoyed that we switched off for an entire 15 seconds and gifted them a goal. We are mentally weak and that is where we have to improve. The goals will come if we keep creating good looks.