*Shakes head* Everton again.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Even the Red Echo admits that The Powers That Be are against them.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-would-premier-league-table-23562516

 

[Pete]

23 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Even the Red Echo admits that The Powers That Be are against them.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-would-premier-league-table-23562516

 

TPTB that haven’t docked them points for breaking FFP? 

[DalyanPete]

They get over stuff to be fair.

 

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  Posted by Scotblue  on April 2, 2022, 6:56 pm, in reply to "McTominy just demonstrating how bent VAR is. My"

   

  But if the tackle is similar to Allan’s tackle … Frank should be highlighting this tomorrow to all and sundry, every camera crew, every interviewer. Then telling the FA to suck any fine where the sun doesn’t shine

[johnsusername]

2 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Even the Red Echo admits that The Powers That Be are against them.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-would-premier-league-table-23562516

 

Spectacular. Basically, if more incorrect decisions had been made this season, Everton would be higher. 

 

How about, if Everton weren't absolutely shite they'd be higher up in the table. 

[Baresi]

[Captain Turdseye]

On 02/04/2022 at 11:27, sir roger said:

Getting vaguely apprehensive now, as I drunkenly promised to run up and down my blue mate's street in my boxer shorts if it ever got built. No street should ever have to suffer that.

That wouldn’t be too bad on certain streets. Just out of interest, what street does your mate live in?

[manwiththestick]

Looks like it's hinging on the Burnley game lose that one and i think they're down.

[Marko121]

They really deserve to go down, but they won’t cos of the dross below them. Burnley can’t win a fucking argument at the moment 

[manwiththestick]

14 minutes ago, Marko121 said:

They really deserve to go down, but they won’t cos of the dross below them. Burnley can’t win a fucking argument at the moment 

Neither can Everton so it will be a massive shit-off.

[Redder Lurtz]

This could have been a wonderful season, relegation wise. We could have seen both Everton and Leeds go down but Dyche and the owl are so utterly fucking shite I can't see anything but the current bottom 3 going. 

[Red_or_Dead]

Can't see Watford or Burnley getting to 35 points sadly.

 

 

[johnsusername]

3 minutes ago, Red_or_Dead said:

Can't see Watford or Burnley getting to 35 points sadly.

 

 

I can't see Everton getting any points at all. They're dead men walking. 

[Red_or_Dead]

2 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

I can't see Everton getting any points at all. They're dead men walking. 

We can but hope!

 

 

[Chocoholic]

1 hour ago, Redder Lurtz said:

This could have been a wonderful season, relegation wise. We could have seen both Everton and Leeds go down but Dyche and the owl are so utterly fucking shite I can't see anything but the current bottom 3 going. 

As much as I, or any of us cannot stand the old duffer, this is really not on Hodgson. Although he was never the right one to hire for a relegation fight, Watford have had 3 managers this season, with Munoz and Ranieri being just as shit, beating Everton 5-2 away, aside. So Hodgson went there pretty much with a free hit knowing relegation was extremely likely, while not having to shoulder most of the blame.

 

If Dyche can't get his bunch of orcs fired up for their midweek game, he, and they, will deserve relegation.

[Leyton388]

The game against burnley on wednesday could be the killer. They lose that and woth their run in i think they'll go down. 

[Mudface]

 

[johnsusername]

12 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

The game against burnley on wednesday could be the killer. They lose that and woth their run in i think they'll go down. 

Yep - loser goes down. The winner? If it's Everton they stay up. Burnley win then you'd expect Everton to buckle. 

[Ron B]

30 minutes ago, Chocoholic said:

As much as I, or any of us cannot stand the old duffer, this is really not on Hodgson. Although he was never the right one to hire for a relegation fight, Watford have had 3 managers this season, with Munoz and Ranieri being just as shit, beating Everton 5-2 away, aside. So Hodgson went there pretty much with a free hit knowing relegation was extremely likely, while not having to shoulder most of the blame.

 

If Dyche can't get his bunch of orcs fired up for their midweek game, he, and they, will deserve relegation.

Hodgson is a fair hire for a relegation fight, but ideally when you’re not so far adrift already. If you can stay up with a bunch of 0-0s and the odd 1-0, all of which are tremendously dull to watch, then he’s a fair pick.

[cloggypop]

2 minutes ago, Ron B said:

Hodgson is a fair hire for a relegation fight

Well he had us in one

[No2]

Jonathan Wilson in the Guardian. 

 

 If only football would stop happening to Everton, things would be a lot easier.

[Anubis]

Quote

Everton fans made clear who they wanted as the club’s new manager.

With the relatively unknown Vitor Pereira reportedly on the brink of taking over, Goodison Park was tagged with a graffiti message that read: “Pereira out, Lampard in.”

Having been ignored in the appointment of Rafael Benitez, the supporters got their way and Lampard was appointed. It might have been better had they been ignored again.

Lampard has done nothing to guide Everton away from trouble. In fact, the Toffees find themselves in a stickier situation now than at any other stage of the season with Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham leaving them just three points above the drop zone.
The fear of relegation has never been greater.

Nine defeats in 11 league games (six in eight under Lampard) have sent Everton into free-fall.

The Merseyside outfit could hardly be in worse shape. Offensively, they are reliant on individual ability to create opportunities with no discernible pattern to their attacking play.

This is illustrated in their average of just 0.50 expected goals (xG) per Premier League game under Lampard.

Defensively, they are just as weak, conceding an average of 1.85 expected goals against (xGA) since the change in manager. Individual errors, like the one that led to Jarrod Bowen’s winner on Sunday, have cost Everton, but Lampard has failed to implement a system to guard against these lapses.

Bowen’s goal provided a demonstration of the fragility of Everton’s structure. Michael Keane is most commonly tasked with bringing the ball out from the back (only Abdoulaye Doucoure has averaged more passes than Keane per Premier League match this season), and he did this a number of times against West Ham.

However, when a poor touch by Alex Iwobi gave West Ham possession, Keane was left high and dry. No protection was offered by the full backs or a midfield anchor dropping deep to maintain the structure.

Almost immediately, West Ham had a three-on-three situation with the two full backs stretched wide.

The way Lampard set up his midfield set up Everton to play in quick transition with Iwobi selected as part of the central three to carry the ball forward and create overloads.

 

However, this approach played into West Ham’s hands with the home team most effective when they have space to burst into - Everton gave them plenty of space.

Of course, many predicted Lampard’s Everton would be defensively vulnerable. After all, this is how Chelsea played under the former midfielder, but at least his Blues side carried a threat in the opposition half.
His Toffees side only appear muddled in their thinking when they reach the final third.

Only six teams (Norwich, Burnley, Wolves, Crystal Palace, Watford and Brentford) have averaged fewer shots per game than Everton (11.8) so far this season.

Under Benitez, the Toffees were somewhat one-dimension in their plan to get crosses into the box, but at least this gave them a funnel into the box. Now, Everton are completely toothless.

Slow lateral passing did little to unsettle West Ham, especially with Everton so loose in possession throughout the match - countless passes missed their target. Iwobi did indeed carry the ball forward at times, but there wasn’t much of an outlet ahead of him.

When Everton had control of the ball, it was without any purpose. When they lost it, there was no safety net.

Richarlison got in behind once or twice, but his movement only resulted in low value attacking opportunities. Dominic Calvert-Lewin was starved of service while Demarai Gray was too predictable in cutting inside without a decoy run on the outside to draw defenders away from him.

Everton’s xG of 0.70 at full time reflected their underwhelming attacking display.

Keane’s red card certainly didn’t help the visitors to the London Stadium. Everton have disciplinary issues with the Toffees reduced to 10 men in each of their last three Premier League outings.

Lampard might point to this to explain his team’s lack of structure, but this was already evident in Everton’s performance against West Ham before they had a man sent off.

He can be grateful that Norwich, Burnley and Watford (the three teams below Everton in the table) are so poor, but his team’s run-in is cause for concern.

The midweek trip to Turf Moor to face Burnley could be a season-defining fixture while difficult games against Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal mean points might be hard to come by between now and the end of May.

There is no denying Everton have the individual quality to climb the Premier League table, but they have a manager with no plan on how to harness his players.

Lampard’s 4-3-3 shape suggests he wants his team to play a fluid game, but that fluidity is costing the Toffees valuable points. It could ultimately cost them their place in the Premier League.

 

[Anubis]

Tim is not impressed.

 

 

[Redder Lurtz]

That is a magnificent read. 

[coachpotato]

Even if Burnley beat them, they would still be a point ahead, albeit on the same number of games. 
Looking at the remaining fixtures for both teams, I could see Burnley grinding 6 points out of their games possibly 8, but on current form, I really can’t see Everton getting any more than 6 points maximum. 
Could go down to the last game of the season Burnley home to Newcastle, Everton away to Arsenal.

So on the day we potentially win the League title against Wolves, Everton could be relegated by Arsenal.

Sadly, things like that rarely happen.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

7 hours ago, Baresi said:

Hahahahahahaha, amazing