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• I haven\'t been on ToffeeWeb for a while and this thread demonstrates just why.rnMost things can be \'proved\' or \'disproved\' by quoting statistics.rnrnMark Twain; \"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.\"...
  Bill Watson in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl
• John. Anyone who was at the game will know that Rohl's burning pace and cross was the only time the crowd were on their feet throughout the whole of the first half. Anyone merely claiming to be at the match will probably rely on daft arsed stats and Andy Hincliffes in game comments to have an opinion. The cross wasnt the only thing the stato got wrong. He didnt even understand his own figures. Tell us That Rohl played 9 passes. Lost possesion 5 times And won a tacklle I wonder how the innumerate statto can tell us about about AT LEAST 15 touches of the ball...Then report (as statisitcal fact) That he only he only had 14 .....The mind boggles "Sofawatch" only exist's because so many Social media fans don't understand what they are watching and need someone to tell them what their opinion is. They will never question these stats, because they don't understand them...
  Darren Hind in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl
• First half, he was a bit unlucky it got cut out John. Keeper did well, but he is a good keeper. Second half it was a shot, and we go lucky it broke, is my honest answer. But if you don't buy a ticket,... His pace was very promising, as past central midfielders have always lacked it in my opinion for a long, long time. In fact I cant remember many quick centre mids at Everton. Tony, it looks like those 2 runs, we're all that he registered as meaningful carries. But happy to be put straight if there were others that they didnt record....
  Ian Bennett in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl
• why is there this assumption that getting rid of Moyes and getting someone else in is not a huge risk? Any new appointment is always fraught with risk, and yet we are being urged to ditch the concrete progress of the last year, in order to roll the dice with god knows who? Just cos we\'ve got a new stadium, we aren\'t this big draw we were 40 years ago. you only need to look at our struggles in the transfer market to see that. Players in France preferred to stay where they were last year. And if we get the appointment wrong, we\'ll be bobbing around the relegation zone by Christmas, knowing that we absolutely have to get the next appointment right or we\'ll be relegated. the uptick in form of Garner KDH O\'Brien Beto and Keane are all traceable to working under Moyes. They may well fall off again with a new guy. Why would we want to open up that gigantic. can of worms. It\'s not like we haven\'t been down this road before, we\'ve appointed the exciting young coaches ...
  Kevin Molloy in Regression to the mean haunts Everton
• Brendan@44, when Moyes, took Everton, to that 4th place finish mate, I remember that we got absolutely murdered on the opening day of the season at home to a very good Arsenal team. After that opening game I remember Kevin Campbell, coming out and saying that he would take 17th place right now, and because we had just sold Wayne Rooney, and hadn’t really signed any players during that summer, then I think most people felt the same way. Moyes, changed the system and then we beat a few of the promoted teams, got a bit of confidence and never really looked back, and yet now, at a time that some of us can see that we have got a few very good players in our squad, and are playing in front of nearly 50.000 Evertonians, every other week, in a fantastic new stadium, why do so many people just keep going on about STABILITY? It’s time to wake up start demanding more and realise what Everton can become once again, imvho!!...
  Tony Abrahams in Regression to the mean haunts Everton
• Brendan didn\'t we finish 7th in Moyes first season?rnrnThat means if Moyes doesn\'t finish in the top 8 he\'d have failed based on his own previous high standards? (not too dissimilar circumstances to his first stint). Tbh, if he doesn\'t finish in the top 8 I\'d be very disappointed as that\'s what a lot of us less favourable towards Moyes would have expected at the start of the season.rnrnHave we progressed, yes in some respects but no in terms of youth development and style of play.rnrnHave we progressed on what Moyes did when he first took over from Dyche, I\'d argue we have regressed a bit.rnrnWe\'re we ever seriously in for champions league positions. NO! Read back comments if you like, but lots of us predicted the Moyes unravelling, because its not like he doesn\'t have previous.rnrnBTW, one manager lots of us have spoken about - Glasner - has reached yet another final despite being dealt a far worse hand than our manager. Finding it hard i...
  Stu Gre in Regression to the mean haunts Everton