Tweet
Interesting selection dilemma in midfield for tonight’s game v Galatassary as Wirtz is only just back from injury and the midfield has been doing well in his absence and Gakpo and Mo have both scored goals
-
"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains” -
He'll be on the bench I'd imagine dear friend 19x.Comment
-
Well they actually improve with Wirtz coming from deeper
Then improved without him with Gakpo false 9
Then had a mare tonight with him playing as a forward"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”Comment
-
Wirtz played on left a position that doesnt suit him.Originally posted by Nineteenx View Post
But our title winning manager knows best.Comment
-
No idea why he did that, this is my issue with him he won’t accept what he dreamt up hasn’t worked and won’t and keeps trying to go back to itOriginally posted by Ravo19 View Post
If he’d accepted that despite his formation change the players naturally slipped into 433 a lot of the time and that win the league and recruited for that we’d be top of the league
If he would just accept his idea hasn’t worked and stayed 433 as he played for 3 games and stuck to it we’d be in the race and every time he dies it it disrupts what was beginning to work and gel and like starting over
With Wirtz out the players were just settling into playing more like the 433 with 3 forwards again regardless of what the line up says it is on paper
Then changes it and we have a disastrous showing again"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”Comment
-
Clear as day we played 4231 last year and this year.
Big problems for Slot and us, are the big players.
Alisson missing games.
Konate dropped off.
VVD unrecognisable.
MacA unrecognisable.
Gakpo dropped off.
Salah unrecognisable.
Thats 6 of our title winning squad.
The fullbacks
Whoever has played instead of Trent not a major issue. Injuries have been.
Kerkez done fairly well in his debut season. Most wanted him signed up.
Midfield
Grav & Sobozla have had decent seasons, Sobozla has tailed off in recent times, his head a bit too big.
Ekitike has been better than Diaz.
Wirtz has done well in his debut season.
As far as Im concerned the performance has been miles off the quality at Slots disposal.
Looks like a rotten camp, and Slot was undermined massively by Salah and then less so by MacA. I'd include VVD in an undermining 3. Amazing to me how VVD has largely escaped the firing squad, his leadership on the pitch and off it this year, miles off last seasons.
All the talk is Alonso coming in, his boys Frimpong & Wirtz look like they have the right attitudes.
Were I Alonso, MacA & Salah are gone this summer. Konate probably leaves for real or psg, and VVD stays.
The next manager needs to rip out the Player FC vibes that have ruined our season.
A season where everyone was expected to give their utmost for the club and to remember Jota with some honour.
Saddest thing about this season is the PL, and how easily we could have stumbled right back into a title challenge and never managed to get back in the mix. So many opportunities missed.Comment
-
That's an excellent summary of the season so far. One correction
Were I Alonso, MacA & Salah are gone this summer.
No matter who the manager is, Macca and Salah need binned in the summer. They have been a waste of space all season.Comment
-
Wirtz is a good player but only suited to being a 10 or maybe false 9,he could play firminos role in a 4 3 1 2 this season but next season i would be looking at getting our best players on the pitch,isak,wirtz,szobo,salah's replacement that would still lean towards a 4 2 1 3/4 2 3 1.Comment
-
Comment
-
Weaponry.Comment
-
He could (and in the instance we go 4-3-3, should) play the left-sided 8 in a 4-3-3 set-up given how well we thrives in the left half-space.Originally posted by Ravo19 View Post
It's there in a 4-3-3 or as the 10-role in a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2 Diamond which I still think could be excellent with the right balance. Kerkez and Frimpong are certainly capable of providing that width.Your hobbies are rollerblading and you're also a bit of a rat-hound? Steel Wool
Sid knows he's crazy and he likes it. BalinkayComment
-
Wirtz is inefective on the left,been pointed out by better people than meOriginally posted by Insidious View PostComment
-
Absolutely nothing wrong with bulding the side around Wirtz as the 10 in a 4231. Need to positionally sort the 4 and 8 behind him and an more effective wingers.
However, with the players we have and in form a diamond or 4312 seems like such an obvious solution. Remove the wingers and have the fullbacks providing the width.
It's be closer to how Xabi set us up, should we be looking at him in the summer of course...
Ali
Frimpong - Konate - VVD - Kerkez
Grav
Szobo - Jones
Wirtz
Salah - EkitikeSomething, Something, Something, Dark SideComment
-
Everything wrong with it, one greatest strength under Jurgen was the team the entire team was the star collective responsible for making the play making things happen and making the difference you don’t build a team around anyone it makes you far weakerOriginally posted by jozza800 View Post
That’s in a way what Slot has done to the mentality 10 players looking for someone else to make it happen instead of taking responsibility to make it happen
He’s also not good enough for that not Bobby level not Modric level not dynamic enough, looks stylised plays some cute balls most of don’t come off never grabbed one game by the scruff of the neck yet
Robbo did that v Wolves and showed exactly why we were the mentality monsters under Jurgen and so good and so strong and gets benched for it because Slot is an egomaniac cobtrol freak
This is absolute shit from what we had and it’s all about his mentality and we need rid of it"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”Comment
-
I didn't say what Slot was doing was right. I said, if set up properly then there's nothing wrong with 4231.Something, Something, Something, Dark SideComment
Comment