Stop being so moderate and nuanced and sensitive about these highly paid athletes. Fuck ’em! They’re absolutely fine. Yes, everyone can have the same problems in life, no matter what social class. But, it does make it easier to deal with given privilege, money and free time.
The moderate posters on ToffeeWeb are just masochistic losers who have stopped dreaming when they go to bed. Flatness, steadiness and the illusion of stability and ‘support’ for the players, won’t get us out of this mess and challenging again, it’ll keep us firmly where the Calvinistic types among us believe we deserve to stay.
It’s a game! Yes, it’s also a community support network etc. But wouldn’t that community benefit from a more adventurous, rigorous and ambitious brand of football?
I don’t see why defensive, bland, soul-destroying football is seen as ‘safe’ when pacy, off-your-seat, man-to-man marking, get-stuck- in, attack, “harness the atmosphere of a great old stadium” football is seen as ‘risky’?
You can win, lose or draw either way, there are no guarantees. Playing the Dyche way eventually erodes the confidence of supporters and players, leading to nothing but hatred and boredom. All the ire will be directed at Dyche, and rightly so. It’s all about his ego, his way of playing, it’s all about his methods.
It’s backward, old-school management and it doesn’t work. It seems to be good for getting players so fit they vomit, and that’s about it. Did anyone see any evidence on the pitch of any kind of attacking move that might have been drilled in pre-season? Do they even do that at Finch Farm?
It’s beyond grim. It’s somnambulant at times. Dross. I fell asleep in the Gwladys Street at the Sheffield United game, end of last season. Best way to watch this Everton side, dreaming of Bielsa or Gasperini.
Play man-to-man football — fuck this zonal, low-block shite. It doesn’t fool us; it’s not clever or sophisticated, it’s just fear-based. Fear of the opposition scoring, fear of losing your job — which is going to happen anyway.
Dyche will be sacked at some point and he’ll be remembered as one of the worst managers in our history during one of our lowest periods. Conversely, this is actually all a positive: It can’t get any worse than this, we will rise again and Dyche will be a forgotten man.
Dyche means well and is a good bloke, I think… but so what? Thank you for the job you’ve done, Sean, at a crucial time, but please let’s get this takeover done and install a decent manager for the modern Premier League.