Everton Thread - 2022/23

[waspish]

Don’t know if you’re old enough to remember but when we were finally relegated from the Premier League in 96 we had been struggling for a few seasons. After the initial devastation we, as all football fans do, looked on the bright side, no more relegation struggles for us, just a good team competing to get back in the top flight.

Two years later and relegation to the third tier of English Football, nothing but two seasons of absolute shite. Even that season in League One we were languishing mid table at Christmas.

Leeds and Sheff Wednesday are amongst others to have “double dropped”. The Championship is not an easy League to play in, Everton could struggle if they go down.

And now those leagues have ffp which is a total joke because if a club is struggling financially they dock them points to put that club in more shit!

 

[dadnlad]

Leeds - B’mouth(a), City(a), N’castle(h), W’ham(a), Spurs(h)
Forest - B’ford(a), Saints(h), Chelsea(a), Arse(h), Palace(a)
L’City - Everton(h), Fulham(a), Pool(h), N’castle(a), W’ham(h)
Everton - L’City(a), Brighton(a), City(h), Wolves(a), B’mouth(h)
Saints - N’castle(a), Forest(a), Fulham(h), Brighton(a), Pool(h)

too hard to call

 

[foggy1974]

Yeah, true. Promotion seasons are brilliant, the best memories you can get in football outside of winning trophies - possibly even better in some ways. But failing to get promotion, especially when you half expect it, leads to a lot of negativity.

Staying mid-table forever gives you nothing but apathy. Given the choice I'd take a relegation and the hope of an exciting season.

The money side of things is potentially a different thing and a major concern, agreed.

Cant see them doing what Burnley has done by appointing an unknown commodity in Vinny & changing the whole ethos of the club.

 

[mattcity5]

Cant see them doing what Burnley has done by appointing an unknown commodity in Vinny & changing the whole ethos of the club.

True. They'll probably think Dyche is suited to leading them back up, but it'd be a hard slog with him in charge. No guarantees either.

 

[BrianW]

Their best hope is a takeover by someone with serious gelt.

Once relegated, they become a cheap and very attractive 'project' for the right man. Say, one of our Sheikh's cousins. They could easily become Merseyside's biggest club with investment.

The danger is they will fall into the hands of some bent spiv.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Without relegation we’d never have had York, Gillingham, Blackburn or the Keegan season.

In its own way it forged us in a heat of freedom,enjoyment and self deprecation.

Other fans may have been rivals but they admired our loyalty, sense of humour and bloody mindedness.

City fans became the benchmark for all other fans,particularly those who’s clubs fell on hard times,to measure them selves agin.

Unbeknownst to us all at the time relegation started the process of our renaissance to what we are today.

What a fucking journey.

Thank You HH SHEIKH MANSOUR !!

 

[hammocity]

Absolutely, remember it well.

The club made a ton of mistakes. The mistake the fans made was that we thought it'd be easy and we got on the players backs when it wasn't. It was only a good few months into the League 1 (current name) season that we all really got behind the team and that made a huge difference.

We got some great memories after that point.

Hard to believe next Wednesday will be the 25th year anniversary of our absolute nadir, relegated at Stoke City to the third tier, great memories after that as you say and I wouldn’t swap any of it.

 

[CPPSC]

Their best hope is a takeover by someone with serious gelt.

Once relegated, they become a cheap and very attractive 'project' for the right man. Say, one of our Sheikh's cousins. They could easily become Merseyside's biggest club with investment.

The danger is they will fall into the hands of some bent spiv.

They are already in the hands of a spiv

 

[shackattack]

Problem Everton have is we are losing our so called must win games and are running out of games anyway. We either need 2 away wins ( same as we have achieved in the last 2 season's) or a few home wins. The players look like they have accepted their fate and have little or no fight in them. Southampton apart we are probably the poorest side in the League and sooner our fate is decided the better.

 

[hammocity]

Problem Everton have is we are losing our so called must win games and are running out of games anyway. We either need 2 away wins ( same as we have achieved in the last 2 season's) or a few home wins. The players look like they have accepted their fate and have little or no fight in them. Southampton apart we are probably the poorest side in the League and sooner our fate is decided the better.

I think you’ll probably be in a position to survive by winning your last match of the season at home to Bournemouth.

Btw, you pulled out some good results towards the end of last season against teams you weren’t expecting anything from, I’m not taking it for granted we just have to turn up to win at yours, in between the 2 Champions League semi’s as well.