And of course we discount Ba who was here for half the season and did well.
If you want to compare starts, do it for the whole squad instead of only those players involved in the Everton match. Pretty darn selective to do it your way. There are other better alternatives which you failed to mention to.
Fwiw I thought it was a combination of both manager being poor and the players failing to apply themselves at times. Placing the majority of the blame on the players for a season where we finished 16th is just daft though. You are so intent to make Pardew look like the messiah that you can't see how he contributed to a crap season.