Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Gemmill 44894]

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Ah Duncan Ferguson must be going back to Evert... 

 

 

Ah no Forest Green Rovers.

 

Edited January 26, 2023 by Gemmill

[The Fish 10857]

1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

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Ah Duncan Ferguson must be going back to Evert... 

 

 

Ah no Forest Green Rovers.

 

 

[Chaser 1207]

 

 

 

[Ayatollah Hermione 13869]

Bielsa has turned Everton down so they’ve turned to Dyche. Two managers at the complete opposite ends of the spectrum so nice to see there’s a real plan in place of the type of man they want

[The Fish 10857]

Will Dyche have enough to keep these up? Bielsa wouldn't have, but he would have at least given them a platform to return. If Dyche doesn't keep them up this time, they'd have to replace him to come back as anything more than a plodding bottom half PL side. Which means another change of direction. 

[ewerk 30616]

That's the end of DCL in a skirt.

[Dr Gloom 21924]

dyche might keep them up tbf. not exactly a long term solution and it won't be pretty but he can organise a defence and make them hard to beat

[Howmanheyman 33234]

1 minute ago, Dr Gloom said:

dyche might keep them up tbf. not exactly a long term solution and it won't be pretty but he can organise a defence and make them hard to beat

 

Plus one or two will be a bit wary of him I'd imagine?

[wykikitoon 20151]

Dyche IMO is what they need and they've got a chance of staying up with him. Bielsa no chance at this stage in the season.

[Craig 6682]

28 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

dyche might keep them up tbf. not exactly a long term solution and it won't be pretty but he can organise a defence and make them hard to beat

 

No chance IMO. I agree he's got the ability to organise but I think realistically, Everton need to be planning for a season in the Championship - the damage is already done. They have played and lost to too many teams around them and they've done no business in the transfer window.

[Tom 14011]

I don’t recall Dyche ever coming in mid season an doing a firefighting job. Despite looking like a firefighter.

[Craig 6682]

With all due respect to Dyche, he's a lower-half PL / upper-half Championship manager and is representative of what Everton are as a club these days so a good fit. 

Some distance from the days when they had Ancelotti as manager. It was a huge coup for them.

[Dr Gloom 21924]

8 minutes ago, Craig said:

 

No chance IMO. I agree he's got the ability to organise but I think realistically, Everton need to be planning for a season in the Championship - the damage is already done. They have played and lost to too many teams around them and they've done no business in the transfer window.

 

they are only two points from safety

[Craig 6682]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

they are only two points from safety

 

And their remaining fixtures are:

Arsenal (H) - 1st
Liverpool (A) - 9th
Leeds (H) - 15th
Villa (H) - 11th
Forest (A) - 13th
Brentford (H) - 8th
Chelsea (A) - 10th
Spurs (H) - 5th
Man Utd (A) - 4th
Fulham (H) - 7th
Palace (A) - 12th
Newcastle (H) - 3rd
Leicester (A) - 14th 
Brighton (A) - 6th
Man City (H) - 2nd
Wolves (A) - 17th
Bournemouth (H) - 18th 

Villa, Forest, Leicester Wolves and Bournemouth they may get something, the rest of the games though, I can't see it. 

Edited January 27, 2023 by Craig

[NJS 4386]

The cunts beat us, Chelsea and Man Utd to stay up last year like... 

[The Fish 10857]

Dyche's last five seasons at Burnley averaged 1.14PpG. To get to 36pts, Everton will need to get 1.17PpG. 0.43PpG more than their current 0.75PpG. 

Everton are conceding the most chances and Dyche might be able to fix that, but they're also failing to create many with only Bournemouth, Wolves and Palace that are worse. And I'm not sure that Dyche's Burnley were particularly good at fashioning chances. 

 

Avg xG = 1.09

Avg xGA = 0.89

 

Avg G = 0.97

Avg GA = 1.39

 

 

If he maintains his Burnley average (1.14), they'd end up on 35pts.

 

 

[Craig 6682]

17 minutes ago, NJS said:

The cunts beat us, Chelsea and Man Utd to stay up last year like... 

 

Aye, but since then they've lost Richarlison who, despite being a cunt was pretty useful in that campaign. They replaced him with Maupay. 

[wykikitoon 20151]

 

 

 

[The Fish 10857]

25 minutes ago, NJS said:

The cunts beat us, Chelsea and Man Utd to stay up last year like... 

Genuinely, look at the fixtures Craig put up. They're going to need about 21pts from those games. I can't see it. 

[Craig 6682]

9 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Genuinely, look at the fixtures Craig put up. They're going to need about 21pts from those games. I can't see it. 

 

I've edited it to put the current position of each opponent next to it. The last 2 games of the season could be interesting - Wolves & Bournemouth currently occupying the places directly above them. 

 

I reckon Southampton, Everton & Bournemouth will go. Wolves to escape by the skin of their teeth.

[The Fish 10857]

25 minutes ago, Craig said:

 

I've edited it to put the current position of each opponent next to it. The last 2 games of the season could be interesting - Wolves & Bournemouth currently occupying the places directly above them. 

 

I reckon Southampton, Everton & Bournemouth will go. Wolves to escape by the skin of their teeth.

 

I've got the same in my projection doodad.

 

I've weighted teams by GF and GA in home and away fixtures, plus their overall league position. Spits out doom for those three and Wolves to narrowly avoid relegation.

 

Next season I'll use xG as well, but this will do for now.

 

 

[Alex 35083]

As if people weren’t looking forward to next season enough already 

[Alex 35083]

50 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

 

 

 

He’s a canny lad in my book. And obviously I wouldn’t say any different to his face 

[Alex 35083]

2 hours ago, Tom said:

I don’t recall Dyche ever coming in mid season an doing a firefighting job. Despite looking like a firefighter.

And sounding like one who forgets to use the breathing apparatus 

[Dr Gloom 21924]

Chips are vegan

 

Oh, are they? Okay