Season appraisal

[CahillsCornerFlag]

5/10. Winning at Anfield and at other teams we hadn’t won at in years was great. Losing at home to gash teams wasn’t so good. Not having a style of play and getting outplayed by allegedly inferior players virtually every game was poor too. Poor attitude on show too often too.

Lot of work for Marcel to do to shift a lot of these overpaid wasters.

 

[ToffeeTim]

We've seen progress but only very limited progress and not as much progress as we needed to see.

10th is unacceptable.

The home form is unacceptable.

The players attitude and effort has been unacceptable.

Today was another low point and leaves a very sour taste. I'm not looking forward to next season and I'm glad it's the summer now. I want to enjoy football and I haven't enjoyed this team at any point since Christmas. Maybe watching summer tournaments without us to ruin it will perk me up but I'm genuinely bored of football.

Where do we go from here? I have no idea. But the answer is only down if we don't completely overhaul this squad. People should be angry and disappointed because what we've seen is terrible recently. Patience is a losers word. We should be desperate to improve and seething internally as a club at what has happenned. I see players who don't care and a club who don't know how to improve. We need huge changes from top to bottom.

 

[Caolam]

I think we have 7 players capable of playing at the top end of the table, we rarely get those 7 players on the pitch at the same time. Our problem is that those 7 cannot make up for the other shirt fillers who drag us down. A complete clear out is needed, hopefully Carlo will head off for his 10 days in Benidorm and then get back to work sorting out this mess.

 

[brieverton]

Level heads needed.

Cannot afford even one slip up in the market.

2 good signings better than any number of bad ones, especially when the temptation to be knee-jerk is there again which leads to Brands thinking Iwobi was a good idea.

 

[banno]

5-6 for me. Started really well and all fired up. Played some great football also then everything seemed to go sour. No fire in the belly, players not giving 100%, not playing as a team apart from when we grouped up to park the bus. Lots of work to be done with Carlo (hopefully furious) knowing he has to be ruthless with getting rid of players otherwise his own reputation will take a massive hit

 

[atrottel]

3-4
Champions League was wide open this year and, lest we forget, Europe and a cup final was the stated aim. We failed poorly at our stated goals and the drop in performance and attitude in the second half of the season was shocking. Yes, we put ourselves in a position to be where we wanted to be, but then threw it away multiple times.
Commentators talk about the fans having an influence and seem to forget that, if they do which is arguable in a lot of home games, then that will work equally in making it more difficult to keep the good away records.

 

[Nymzee]

Premier League 2020-21 fans’ verdicts, part one: Arsenal to Leicester

Fans review the season – the stars, the flops, and what they need in the transfer window

www.theguardian.com

Everton​

So frustrating. Second on Boxing Day, eighth today. We’ve somehow combined our second-worst home record in 116 years with our second-best away record. Wins at Spurs, Leicester, Arsenal and Liverpool; defeats at home to Sheffield United, Burnley, Fulham and Newcastle. All that while playing some of our ugliest football in years, slow and predictable, and we haven’t brought through any academy players. Injuries didn’t help us – good luck to Gbamin on another recovery – but Carlo Ancelotti has to prove he can develop an attacking team from the resources he has. 4/10

Stars/flops It may seem churlish to criticise Calvert-Lewin after 21 goals but somehow he leaves us wanting more – an indication of his potential. Godfrey has been outstanding, Pickford matured in the second half of the season and Davies, when given game-time, has been solid. James Rodríguez flickered at times but “fatigue?” Really? He must return physically better prepared. Gomes struggled since returning from injury, Holgate has been error-prone and Iwobi a major disappointment.

What needs to happen this summer? Take offers for Holgate, Bernard, Iwobi, Delph, Gomes, Tosun (injured), Kean and Kenny. Marcel Brands has his work cut out. Incoming: a right winger, competition up front, a mobile midfielder and a right-back to cover/replace Coleman.

What made you smile? Fans Supporting Foodbanks, (@SFoodbanks): a fantastic collaboration between Spirit of Shankly and The Blue Union. Their great, but sadly necessary, work has stopped thousands of children going hungry. And Everton in the Community continued their vital work, particularly in the area of mental health. Many clubs excelled with this sort of work during the pandemic.

The esk

 

[NewRadical]

Overall it was a disappointing season which had its highs and threatened to end with some achievement until near the end.

 

[jazzy]

1.sell dross
2. recruit better players
3. play decent football

 

[charlie atkins]

To finish below a newly promoted team is embarrassing, negative goal difference. Not good for the future

 

[mccole]

2020 Blues EXCELLENT
2021 Blues RELEGATION

No doubt that the return to fans will change the impact of next season results but our home form this season has cost us GREATLY.

Looking at City, they have a leadership team of 4 or 5 players. We had that under Moyes when we had Cahill, Jags, Neville and Arteta, players who coached the manager's wishes on the pitch.

I don't see that with us, I don't see a leader. Coleman is good but he is past his best and he just repeats the same old story again and again. I think Carlo needs to shake this part up and bring in characters who will fight and look embarrassed when we lose like Allan, Godfrey and Richarlison.

Give them the responsibility to step up and pull a few of those around them up to their level.

We need a lot of special first teamers who are coming to take us to the next level but this squad needs to fight harder

 

[ArtetaMoney]

 

[roy vernon]

Weird topsy turvy season has actually turned put pretty much as you would have expected at the top of the table.
The usual suspects in champions league with Leicester just behind.

We were pretty much where I thought we'd be, I did hope for top 8. The only real surprise was wet spam.

We desperately need a new right back, right wing and box to box midfielder, all of them young and hungry with a bit of pace and the desire and ability to pass forward and make a decent cross.

 

[Azza]

 

[ToffeeTim]

Was just about to post this. Pretty much sums up where I am at the minute. It's boring, it's not exciting, there's nothing to be proud of. We are nowhere near bad enough to go down but nowhere near good enough to achieve anything even remotely close to success.

It's tiring, boring and far too predictable. Think we all need the summer break.