23 Feb 2015 16:28:40
Yesterday was shocking. Having to sit in the rain and watch our players pass the ball from GK to CB, from CB to LB, from LB to CB, from CB to RB.you all get the gist. What has happened to our team? Last year, with mainly the same players, we knocked it about well in all parts of the pitch. This season we don't seem to want to commit a forward pass, unless we are playing in Europe. RM has to take the responsibility for making every player in our squad seem average at best. I know a lot of you are slating the likes of Rom, Ross, Baines and Coleman but, if you are honest, these haven't become bad players over the summer. Playing people out of position doesn't do much for confidence but the manager is too stubborn to do anything about it, preferring to stick with his methods even though they are obviously not working. I felt sorry for Joel when dropped but could also see the reasoning behind it. TH is first choice and was always going to go straight back in. After yesterday, I have to agree with Swan. Tim was at fault for both goals and should now find himself on the bench. That won't happen but it should. I don't think Joel is the answer, he has had just as many dodgy games as he has had good ones, but he deserves a chance to fight for the jersey. If RM continues to play his favourites then we could lose some decent players in the summer. What has Besic got to do to get a full game? He has looked tidy all season, when called upon, but is either left out of the team or gets subbed nearly every match.
It is going to be a struggle to get to the 40 mark, I just hope there are 3 teams who are worse than us come May and then we can regroup and sort out this mess. Personally, I've had enough of RM, his tactics, his stubbornness and his ability to make interviews so embarrassing. But there is nobody out there right now who we could turn to. Any serious ideas lads?
Yesterday was the first time ever that I found myself wondering why I actually went to the game, from 5 minutes in I just wanted to be in front of the fire, anywhere but Goodison. I've sat through some terrible games, watched managers out of their depth (Walker springs to mind) but nothing seems as boring as the way we now play. No penetration, no urgency just tap the ball sideways and bore the opposition in to submission. Something needs to be done, we are a club in free fall with this blag artist in control
We'll be ok that world beater cleverly is signing on a free in summer lol
{Ed025's Note - that would be the icing on the cake jonsey..
23 Feb 2015 22:07:06
Problem solved then Jonesy!
Spud it's been the same all season it's no shock to me that we couldn't break down bottom of the league we have had a lot of the bottom clubs at home and haven't been good in any of the games, it's unthinkable that the same team can be so bad in the space of 6 months
24 Feb 2015 17:01:55
Without doubt, Mike, we have been terrible this season. I was more shocked at how bad we become since the euro game on Thursday! Really expected us to take the game to Leicester, more fool me eh. The fact we have become so bad, boring to watch etc has to be down to RM. The buck stops with him so it would be nice to hear him be less positive after such drab games. He's fooling nobody, we can see how poor we have become, especially in the league, so he needs to man up and talk sensibly in his interviews