Everton Banter Archive May 06 2018

06 May 2018 13:02:31
Well, I felt cheated watching that dross and I watched it for free on the telly! I dread to think how I'd have felt if I'd paid and gone to watch it!
Bizarrely, for the first time ever watching Everton, I felt sorry for the opposition when we scored! Thank God they didn't have Redmond on from the start, he ripped us apart.
On paper, we have a pretty decent squad, but the quality of football is dire and that's down to the dinosaur we appointed as manager. We need a young, forward thinking, ambitious boss, not someone sleepwalking to retirement with a big pay cheque!
Carry on like this and even if our new ground has a capacity of only 30,000 we'd struggle to fill it!

06 May 2018 07:21:05
It is clear that Allergy has lost most support from the fans. Whether or not we think he has done a good job or a bad job? Whether or not his brand of football entertains or not? All this is irrelevant. He has lost the support and every club needs support. You can see the nervousness of our players on the pitch. What should be a simple pass is often misplaced. Players are frightened to go forwards for fear of being out of position. The crowd is nervous. One negative thing fuels the next and so the circle of negativeness is completed. The board need to be decisive and quick. Our back line has a 33 year old, a 35 year old captain and a 29 year old. This time next year 2 of those will be too old and the other probably on his last legs. To replace 2/ 3 of your defence in one swoop is a big ask. As supporters and a club, we need to make a decision and move on. If that means sacking Allergy. so be it. If it means bringing a new manager, it needs to be done asap. If we start next season with the booing and negative shouting when we will probably have a completely new back line, I fear for us. Young players cannot usually cope with this sort of "support". If Allergy is still here and the booing starts at the beginning of the season I can only see one result. Especially with the new back line we will surely have.

06 May 2018 09:38:51
I think holgate should be one of the 1st on that team sheet when fit.
We definitely need a LB so could probably make do with 1 CB. Jags possibly has 1 season left to partner holgate or Mori. Keane isn't going to make it I don't think, unless he has a remarkable turn of form. Williams is pretty much finished so needs moving on. We can then integrate the new CB without too much disruption.

06 May 2018 11:25:38
It depends on how you look at it Degsy. We have Jags, Baines and Coleman with frowny face and worrying about age. Or we have Jags, Baines and Coleman who are still playing at a good level that can quickly bring on new recruits.

If you take the CB position Keane has improved dramatically since Jags came back into the side. He is also getting more vocal and confident with Jags openly giving advice.

We need a LB and that's been evident this season but I have no doubt this will be one solved sharpish in the summer.

At RB Coleman is ONLY 29 and Kenny is very young still. he's got a lot of potential Kenny and expect him to get better with experience. However, teams at the top would snap Coleman up now if given half a chance. So its not so bleak.

Mori is still there and he's a good CB but I'd add one in the summer and have Holgate ready for the season after when Jags will probably move into coaching or somewhere else.

For me we need one striker still, bring Lookman back in for the left and sort out the middle.

In the middle Davies either gets regular games or gets a good loan for a season where he plays every game. If he goes to a team just promoted maybe, he would be the senior player in experience and get to understand responsibility.

I like the lad and he loves the club like we do. I think it just overwhelms him sometimes but he gives everything every game.

Rooney should go as he's not a centre mid and too slow for the EPL. Gana and Snids are too similar types of player and Beni is too. None get forward enough or with pace. We need someone to go with one, like the Ox for Liverpool. His pace from the centre is blistering and has been the big difference since he's been there.

Its not a lot to change things but if we can get those 4 players in the summer and clear out a few then we see a much better balance in the side.

06 May 2018 21:58:52
Allardyce has done a decent job. His downfall has been his negative tactics, baffling subs and in his pre/ post match conferences he has not endeared himself to Evertonians.
He will be paid off and away into retirement, rich. And we will find someone who buys into the Everton way.

06 May 2018 05:06:58
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Match Preview Sunday 6th May 2018

05 May 2018 23:29:52
Allardyce has confirmed that he didn't complete the end of game parade because he had to conduct interviews within a timescale otherwise he gets fined.
I'm not sure how much the fine is but it can't be too much. Maybe 10grand. When he gets 100k a week.
So he would rather have the money than celebrate the great achievement he thinks he has done at our club.

See ya late Sam.

{Ed0333's Note - if that’s true it’s a sorry tale and reinforces what already think of the numpty.

06 May 2018 12:21:15
I left as the red card was being shown to one of their players so not sure how well the players were received at the end of the game. But, as much as I dislike the manager, I think him not coming out with them was a wise choice as he had taken plenty of stick thoughout the game from the crowd. Him parading on the pitch would have caused murder!

05 May 2018 23:22:24
At least one blue knows how to fight and put on a show.

{Ed0333's Note - And what a show it was Svenny

05 May 2018 23:02:33
TV

The way we are playing and with the current manager, we must be losing money with TV companies next season, hesitant in giving us live games . Also losing 'supporters' world wide with our negative tactics .
Grow a business we are in the premier league now its time to play some real footy .

05 May 2018 21:51:23
I could go on about Sam but I can't be arsed wasting my breath on him.

There are times in most games were we show glimpses of what this team can be capable of. Areas where if encouraged and developed we could see a team produce good football. However, it's being stifled and suffocated.

It needs someone to breathe life into it.

I'm not so disheartened by this season and I know if we get the fire and passion in this team it can do something. We still need a couple of players but I believe this team with the right direction can compete.

I'm not sure who. I've had a look over Fonseca and his brand of football would suit us. However, he's the biggest risk out of three I would choose from. He knows little of the club and the league in terms if experience but he looks like a winner and seems a very determined and fearless individual.

Silva has limited experience but he is a very ambitious character and that is a million miles away from what we have now. The football is easy on the eye but is he more of an impact manager. Plus the latter part of his reign at Wtaford wasnt great butvhow much of that was to do with our intervention.

Finally, the one who I think is an outsider but one who ticks a box as a former player at the club, is Arteta. He knows the expectation. He is learning from the best at this time. He understands how to play attacking and fluid football. However, he hasn't managed at all before.

We are though a club with more support for the manager now with a DOF and the rest of the club is more robust. It means the manager is able to concentrate solely on the football side of things. Maybe Arteta wouldn't be such a gamble.

On the DOF side I hope this is also resolved soon. Hopefully, Brands is the man to step in and Walsh is part of the scouting network although, I still wouldn't trust him in there.

For next season and the one after I'm not looking to finish in those top 6 positions but I want to see us recapture our identity. Good football and no longer afraid of competing with those above us, develop an arrogance and expectation of beating whoever it is in front of us. We look worried playing Southampton and Huddersfield at the moment.

Whatever happens though, i'm glad it's almost over. Hopefully, we can get some good news over the summer and a look forward to a brighter future.

Whoever's in charge though has to make sure they understand who we are, what we're about and learn from their predecessors.