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You can see how the decades of toil and frustration have scarred so many of us. We have a scenario that we would have all jumped at months ago, a scenario that didn't seem possible a few years ago, and there are so many who are scared shitless of a loss. We control our destiny. Simple. We need to beat a team we should be beating at home. We do that, we are in the Champions League with a third-placed finish after winning a domestic cup. Incredible stuff. We just need to grab it.

PSR obviously also, that's why it's important we get champions league football.

Was a classic case today of needing to score when you are on top. We didn't score in that period in the first half and you could feel the game slipping away from us. Then they come out 2nd half and dominate the early goings and if we had survived that period we very well might have got a point or better but Gordon made a mistake and Rice does what unfortunately good teams will do to us in the champions league, he smashes a worldie. We made one mistake and paid for it, they made multiple in the first half and got away with it.

His showing today should be a wake up call for Howe, if the rumours were right that they’re considering an extension.

He can't be given a new contract. Always be remembered as a good level striker for the club, but he offers virtually nothing now. No doubt his injuries have majorly taken their toll, but the time has come.

Havent read the thread so im probably doing a giggs, but this kind of points to the injury he’s been managing during the last few months - explaining his drop off. still, an off the pace isak is still head and shoulders above anyone else up front that we have. hope he can give us one last game. but please, get it fixed in the summer.

I saw an interview with Bruno the other day with him talking about being knackered and playing through injuries. Not Howe’s fault - a lot of this is the remaining hangover of the previous ownership - and I completely agree, it’s something which it is reasonable to expect to be fixed if we sign three or four good players in the summer

Yeah been a great season so far (and hopefully even better next Sunday), but we need to improve our away form against teams in the top half of the table. Also as has been mentioned elsewhere, there is a number of times when our second half performance has dropped. Hopefully we can rectify this in the summer, as the standard of the majority of players we have on the bench this season, are not of the required level to change games when needed.

Obviously would have loved to have finished second, have CL boxed off, and gone into next weekend with a degree of freedom - but - these high pressure, high reward games, laced with jeopardy is it what it’s all about. The place will be jumping if we get it done.

I didn’t realise that - that needs work next season

Everyone relax, its fucking Everton at home on the final day of the season with them having fuck all to play for. We win, our players will show up.

There’s a massive gulf between ‘past his best’ and unable to meaningfully contribute. He gets away with murder on here, frankly - though less so today admittedly. When was the last time our number 9 went an entire season without scoring a league goal? Has it ever happened? Either way it’s an absolute running pisstake.

Yes, there’s nothing I’d like to see more than arguably the world’s best centre forward moved out of position

No, asskicking of the highest order at home engineered by Eddie Howe, who has proven himself over and over again.

The lad is out of form, and I’m sure he’ll be better again next season - but he’s never looked remotely like a good finisher to me. He’s not an ‘elite’ player, but you don’t need XI elite players to be challenging at the top end of the table. He’s a really good footballer though and an obvious asset to the club. I’d like to see Barnes back at LW vs Everton tbh.

Standards, we need to think like a big club. There's no comparison between CL and Europa League IMO.

The best season in mosts living memory, and still people are getting all uptight about what european competition we will be playing next season

We need the crowd to be bouncing for this match, hopefully wor flags have something big planned.

He doesn’t

Serious question to ask someone who knows more about the game than me: is it not possible to have a good CB partnership that are both stronger on the same foot?

That's one way to look at it. Or, you say they've only won 5 out of the last 15, and only 3 out of the last 10. Negative or positive, i suppose that depends on how one wants to look at.

Just seen Arteta kicking the ball away. Desperate, shiny man. In 1879 Thomas Edison invented light boolb. And I am going to steek this one, up my arse.

Please lads - the thought of that Mackem twat at full-time after denying us CL is horrendous (no doubt after they go up the day before as well!)!

Seeing all these mentions about how many Everton have lost and conceded etc. but all form kind of goes out the window on the last day of the season with teams who have absolutely ZERO to play. If this were at Goodison I would be extremely worried but it's not. The only thing can scupper us is our own players letting the pressure get to them. They've proven this season that I'm the big game they have the balls to get the job done. We'll win, we'll get UCL and all will be well.

Eddie says he doesn’t think the issue is something that needs fixed by surgery. More like something that might need specific strength work. (I’m paraphrasing a bit there, so listen here if you want): https://youtu.be/2AHvn-e9RSM?si=VK9mgwARYXTIC6lN