The Fun Factory Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 They will probably sack him off before Christmas and bring in Big Dunc for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) Liverpool have now won more Merseyside derbies at Goodison than Everton have. Edited December 2, 2021 by The_Rev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 19 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Rondon. Keane. Gray. Townsend. Coleman bless his socks he's finished. All playing week in week out. What's a man to do? Delph ffs. I saw Delph playing for them last week. He'd be beaten a foot race with Lescott today. Yes hes given £1.5 million to spend and expected to compete with the big boys. The problems lie much deeper than Rafa. If things continue they could get into a relegation scarp. Calvert-Lewin coming back would be a big boost though. Still at least my Eveton pals cant keep winding me up by saying Everton have never been relegated from the Premier League and Villa are a yoyo club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 They won’t go down but their squad is a right old mess. They’re the poster boys for how not to spend money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Honestly they're not looking a million miles from us before the shit hit the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Yeah they could be equivalent to Lambert era Villa at the moment so give them a couple more years... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I think they will be fine this season when DCL and Richarlison return to full fitness. Defensively they are really poor which os surprising for a Rafa team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 25 minutes ago, Zatman said: I think they will be fine this season when DCL and Richarlison return to full fitness. Defensively they are really poor which os surprising for a Rafa team I think they'll be crap for a while yet but should hit form, hmmm I dunno, around the 22nd Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I think they'll be crap for a while yet but should hit form, hmmm I dunno, around the 22nd Jan I think our manager sees that as a game he will want to fire us up for 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 28 minutes ago, Zatman said: I think they will be fine this season when DCL and Richarlison return to full fitness. Defensively they are really poor which os surprising for a Rafa team The defence is a surprise when you look at it on paper England goal keeper who is bang average at best, 2x £25m England International CBs, £20m French International LB, a RB who is no doubt dining out on being a good player 10 years ago, 2 x £20m holding midfielders one of which is a Brazilian international Their problems run deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Zatman said: I think they will be fine this season when DCL and Richarlison return to full fitness. Defensively they are really poor which os surprising for a Rafa team They'll be fine this season, it's just if DCL and Richarlison leave and replaced with duds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 14 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Honestly they're not looking a million miles from us before the shit hit the fan. They're pretty much having the McLeish season now so they're actually still about 4 years from being relegated if we go by our timeline from 2010 onwards. Shows how rotten as a club you have to be to actually go down if we also remember Sunderland narrowly surviving for about three seasons running from looking certs for the drop. I suspect they'll scrape a couple of 1-0 wins when Calvert Lewin gets back so will be a nothing 14th place season for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Zatman said: I think they will be fine this season when DCL and Richarlison return to full fitness. Defensively they are really poor which os surprising for a Rafa team I used to think Coleman and Digne were actually two of the best full backs in the league but Coleman way past it now and don't think Digne been great with some injuries he's had. CB options aren't that great, Keane a bit of a poor mans Stones with an error usually not far away and Holgate and Mina aren't that great either. Wonder if they'll go 3-5-2 just to try to grind some draws out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 The amount of money they've spent/wasted is ridiculous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Their net spend isn't as grim looking as that. It's hard to find a completely accurate number, but they are on about £220m over the past five years. That's significantly below Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal, it's about £20m shy of Chelsea and about £20m more than a huge cluster of clubs hovering at around £200m, which includes us, Spurs, West Ham & Brighton. Obviously this list doesn't include wages, (and when your club *cough cough Liverpool* are dropping £300m a year on wages) then it's a significant omission. Wages tend to be the biggest indicator of how a team will do in the league and Everton seem to be spending like an upper mid table side. I'm not sure I accept the "the look like us under Lerner" hot takes. We just stopped spending, sold all the best players and replaced them with people like Simon Dawkins and Brett Holman. Everton are being backed, but they aren't spending the money particularly wisely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, The_Rev said: I'm not sure I accept the "the look like us under Lerner" hot takes. We just stopped spending, sold all the best players and replaced them with people like Simon Dawkins and Brett Holman. Everton are being backed, but they aren't spending the money particularly wisely. Well they spent £1.7m this summer gone. I know that's been put down to FFP but could this be the start of the backing drying up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Well they spent £1.7m this summer gone. I know that's been put down to FFP but could this be the start of the backing drying up? New stadium must be costing a bit of money. Might be why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, sne said: New stadium must be costing a bit of money. Might be why. True. New stadiums seem to be a curse for clubs, most notable Arsenal and Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 On the other hand it worked out pretty well for Manchester City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Well they spent £1.7m this summer gone. I know that's been put down to FFP but could this be the start of the backing drying up? Or they just realise that they keep spunking money on shite... And they realise the manager and player turnover isn't stopping any time soon Not sure what if any changes they've made at like sporting director level The man who bought iwobi should not be there anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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