Trapdoor Looming For Everton
Funny how things turn out after 38 matches as nothing is guaranteed in life and especially sport. Everton are one club that at the beginning of the 2021/22 season you would have thought mid table at worst, but never down in the bottom 3. History tells us that no team is safe and poor decisions can drag you down.
Mathematically this is still not a foregone conclusion as miracles can happen, but if I was a betting man I would say they are done. I said this 2 months ago that they looked like the obvious choice along with Norwich and one other which we know is Watford now.
Everton as a club were formed way back in 1887 and have tasted relegation twice in 1929/30 and 1950/51. This is not bad considering this is over 135 years of competitive football as bigger clubs have fared far worse than this. Manchester United have been relegated 5 times during their clubs history so no club is safe as it can happen.
I have to admit I was worried for Everton when they decided on Frank Lampard as their manager and was wondering what they were all smoking. Another manager in the running for the role was Solskjaer and they couldn't have had two worse candidates lined up. Look what Newcastle have accomplished with a decent well organsied manager in Eddie Howe. Newcastle at the time were in serious trouble and they went for someone with experience.
When a new manager takes over a struggling team their is normally a honeymoon period as players tend to respond more somehow. Frank's first 10 matches in charge they won 3 and lost 7 which is not fantastic and things never kicked on and improved.
Everton should never have hired Lampard in the first place and should have rather secured their season by hiring a manager who is used to the dogfights of survival. Why do you think Sam Allardyce or Roy Hodgson always have employment with clubs at the bottom of the table as that is where they thrive.
Being a manager is not only about tactics but more of a people person with skills that can bring the best out of individuals. The best coaches are the ones that can see problems and find a way to fix them in their own way. There is no text books on this and this is all down to life experiences and how you solve problems by subtle changes and installing confidence in the players.
Everton have 6 matches left and looking at their run in they will need a lot of luck to pull this one out the bag. Watford and Leicester look like their best bet for a win and possibly squeezing a draw out 1 or 2 of the remaining fixtures against Chelsea, Arsenal, Palace and Brentford.
Unfortunately for Everton is the likes of Burnley and Leeds have recently changed managers and are in a proper honeymoon period which as already stated is what normally happens. This is about who wants it the most and not about how you play as it is the result that matters. My money is still on Everton to be relegated along with Watford and Norwich.
I still believe they can escape relegation with a little chance to avoid history been made
Unfortunately for Everton I don’t think their board picked the right guy for the job. Frank is a manager who’s yet to fully understand his own style and while he has a rough idea how he wants his team to play it’s not exact. It’s even harder to nail that down with a brand new group of players because things then have to adapt slightly depending on personnel, too much learning has to happen in too short of a time period with a very tough run coming up. The team has the talent to stay up but I don’t think they will. Burnley on the other hand, as much I hate to say it because I’m a big Sean Dyche fan, they made the right short term move with Mee taking charge he is really getting the best out of them. Leeds also made a move I didn’t initially agree with sacking Bielsa but like you said the ‘honey moon period’ might keep them up. Unfortunately for Everton they never had that period and never got that bounce off of Frank that could’ve kept them up.
Frank has nothing to offer any team as he has not done the time to learn. I think his career is already over which is his own fault and is down to his ego thinking he is better than what he actually is.
I think you're right. He should have finished the Derby project and got them promotion and then took the next step. He jumped at the Chelsea job, when in reality that job is up for grabs every 3-5 years anyway. He should've waited until he was ready.
It is a pity that with such a good squad they are fighting relegation, it seems to me that Lampard as a coach is not up to this team and I think they will be relegated as their two direct rivals in this fight are in better shape and have much easier schedules, it is a pity and I would not like to see them relegated but I think there is no other way for this team.
Yep, terrible appointment. Lampard showed at Chelsea that he has neither the vision or the experience to manage at this level. Everton's performance against Spurs early this season was one of the worst I've ever seen from a Premier League team. We didn't even play well and we wiped the floor with them!
He only got the Chelsea job due to the circumstances they found themselves in and was quickly shown the door once the transfer ban was lifted. The number of footballing mistakes Everton have made over the last 5 or 6 years, they deserve to go down!
Their signing with Frank Lampard was a dangerous risk that they paid dearly for, and in the event of Everton relegation, it would be a blow to Lampard's coaching career from which it will be difficult to recover from.
I recently saw an interview from Carragher who said that Everton is being taken advantage off since their investor came to the club. Whether its being the players who are only there for money or the other clubs who are selling them their players overpriced. I think when that they did a better job while they did not have that much money because everything was analyzed considerably better.
I hope that Lampard can turn it around but I honestly doubt that. I also hope that if they get relegated, that they'll get Rooney as new coach since he has done an amazing job with Derby but got relegated due to the deducted points at the beginning of the season. (I think they started with -21 points :O)
It will indeed one of the shocking moment this season if Everton are to be relegated
Unfortunately, Lampard couldn't bring the best out of these individuals. I am surprised they gave him the job. He didn't even hit any ground running and they are worse for it. A choice of manager would always go a long way. As you have rightly cited Newcastle United sir, see the stretch of winning they pulled out. I am sure Everton would go down because Burnley seem to be the only one fighting.
I guess the really wanted a win in the Liverpool game but unfortunately, the Reds turned out stronger.
who would have thought a team like Everton will be fighting relegation. I guess it is just football, anything can happen!
It would be a travesty to see Everton go down. I can't imagine the EPL without the Merseyside derby.
Poor auld Everton, they might just escape, it would crazy for them to plummet to the Championship. Pretty damn hard to get back up, just ask Blackburn or Leeds!
I still defend Lampard's abilities as a manager. But I don't think it's the kind of managerial abilities that allows him to take on such work with a declining team. Even if they survive and next season buy a whole XI squad, Lampard is still the wrong man for such ideas.
He should go somewhere where he could accumulate experience quietly.
He has no abilities as he has to still learn them and who is going to hire him after 3 failures in a few short years. He is out of his depth and has wrecked what could have been another career by letting his ego make stupid decisions. Gerrard is the only new manager who is going about the right way and even the Villa job is showing he is nowhere near ready.