15 Sep 2024 23:26:23
Is there anyone at the club, who has the executive authority to dismiss the manager. ?
It seems to me, that the only reason SD is still in post is that no one has the power to remove him .
16 Sep 2024 07:54:56
Apparently what I’ve read is that it’ll cost £7-8m to sack him so can’t see that happening.
Think when/ if takeover happens managerial decisions may then be made - can’t see anything happening before then.
{Ed025's Note - i think it will depend on results Dan, if we dont start picking up points quickly i do believe he will be relieved of his duties mate, can we afford to sack him?...i would say if this carries on can we afford not to?..
16 Sep 2024 08:35:44
I get what you’re saying Ed, but can’t see Moshiri sacking him and paying him off if we’re not far from being taken over. He won’t be wanting to lose any more money on this venture of his.
{Ed025's Note - with the fear of relegation looming Dan the stock will depreciate mate and not be such a lucrative deal for prospective buyers, well thats my view anyway mate..
16 Sep 2024 09:41:51
We simply cannot afford to keep Sean if the results don’t change pronto then we will be chasing all season, drop down a division then with all its downfalls it will be catastrophic we will lose far more than paying him off now, face it we got lucky again on Sat 2 goals against the run of play but we were never ever going to win that match, the stats say it all.
16 Sep 2024 09:30:57
Again Ed I’d agree with you.
However Moshiri doesn’t seem that bothered and apart from getting the stadium built he hasn’t made one sensible decision at the club so not sure even the threat of relegation will change that.
Just hope the takeover happens before it’s too late to save our season.
{Ed025's Note - money will always bother businessmen Dan, Moshiri has been the catalyst for this clubs demise for me mate with his very poor decisions of managers and bad recruitment, we cant move forward until this charlatan has gone imo..
16 Sep 2024 10:48:51
In fairness to him, he can’t make DCL put the ball in the net, just proves one thing we haven’t a natural finisher at the club, any decent striker should of buried those chances, plus something for me he should be more determined in his hold up play a few times he lost it, that resulted in them counter attacking, probably this is our main problem at Everton they have put all their eggs in one basket regarding DCL unfortunately I can’t see him getting any better now he’s 27 years old and now fully fit, no excuses.
16 Sep 2024 11:51:15
Out of interest Uran do you have a striker in mind that we could either afford or would would come to EFC do you think is better than DCL with holdup play, natural finishing, off the ball movement and physicality against opposition CB's? As an all round package I can't think of any to be honest. I do agree he's not the best natural finisher but the rest of his game is pretty solid most of the time. Could have spent the Beto and Chermiti money better I supposed but they may have been the only viable options at the time who knows? For me the recruitment is just not quite right yet but heading in the right direction. We could have done with a fast wide right sided player and an additional CB but on the whole in our situation I am not sure how much better the recruitment could have been.
16 Sep 2024 12:10:28
Harrison was a far greater concern imo. Thought Dom held the ball up well and was cut off from any support in the second half. He took his goal well. Hitting the bar from where he was was unlucky. He should have tucked the other chance away.
16 Sep 2024 13:39:17
I don't agree that it was unlucky. He hit an hoped, you can see it clear as day with his technique. Like I have said for a long time, the lad cannot strike a football, pure and simple. He is good in the air due to his athleticism but other than that, he is shocking.
Just open your body and slot it either side of the keeper like most strikers would. If you want to get complicated, a subtle deft dink that some strikers do when they have already committed the keeper.
People can keep making excuses for him. One minute we don't make him any chances. Then when he gets chances and misses opportunities to kill games, it is still not his fault.
The mind boggles.
16 Sep 2024 15:06:42
Can’t be 7-8m he’s in his last year now.
{Ed025's Note - i suppose that with his backroom staff et-al that could be a realistic figure NFM, im guessing of course mate..
16 Sep 2024 17:37:49
We were 2-0 up the lad had scored a good goal. Plays as a loan striker covering a lot of ground. But hey let's just blame him for all our problems. Who's to say if he had scored we still wouldn't have lost? The blame lays with the manager and the defence. 2-0 up and you can't manage the game out. Not just once but twice.
{Ed025's Note - I’m with you brass. DCL has been one of our better players mate and our problems are nothing to do with him..
16 Sep 2024 18:20:21
I’ve been on his back plenty of times in the past, but as I’ve already said, I don’t think he was the problem. Took his goal well, unlucky with one, should have done better with one. Top strikers at top teams miss chances, but it’s not highlighted as much as they go on to win their games. If we’d beaten Bournemouth and taken a point off Villa, we’d be saying he’s done ok to score 2 in 2. Thankless task running your nuts off for Dyche, if he wins the ball, who does he pass to?
16 Sep 2024 19:13:47
Exactly JB at times the lad must think he’s out there on his own.
17 Sep 2024 01:22:54
The defence seems constantly under pressure especially when our striker misses golden opportunities to help relieve the anxieties and thus help more confidence throughout the team, it all about confidence.
17 Sep 2024 08:46:32
DCL's hold up play is mostly fine, our problem is as it always has been under Dyche 'supply and support'.
17 Sep 2024 17:28:51
Hitting the bar isn't "unlucky". There's a goal to score in and hitting it's frame is as useful as 10ft over. If it's a long range strike, tough header, potshot etc then you can call it a good effort but it isn't unlucky that it didn't go in - you just missed the target. And a premier league striker shouldn't be missing the target from there. It's like saying a top snooker player was unlucky when rattling the jaws with a black from it's spot, or a top golfer was unlucky when his putt lipped out from a 6ft putt.
{Ed025's Note - so your saying every shot should be a goal DB?, come on mate give your head a wobble..
18 Sep 2024 20:44:02
I think you need to re-read what I said Ed025. Baffled with how you've got to that from what I actually wrote.
As an extreme example of the point I was making. would you say it's unlucky if someone hits the post of an open goal from a yard out? The absolute minimum, in my opinion, that DCL should be doing with that chance is hitting the target. If you're able to explain how luck came into his failure to do so that'd be better than ridiculing my opinion.
{Ed025's Note - i was not ridiculing your opinion mate i was stating a fact, not every shot will hit the back of the net all the time because shooting is not an exact science, sometimes it will hit the keeper, hit the woodwork or maybe cleared off the line, luck also plays a part, take a top striker like Salah for instance...he will score with maybe a third or a quarter of the efforts on goal he has at best, its unfair imo to have a go at DCL for missing the odd chance..