ATF

It's modern football really. They haven't won the league in 16 years. They'd won 5 of their first 16 games before he arrived. Went on a good run initially, then a spell of bad form, but only the champions have registered more points than them in 2026, and their early season form had made the recent end-of-season championship round essentially redundant for them. But you just don't get time to create anything now.

Someone picked him as their specialist subject on Mastermind tonight. I got 8. I know too much about the guy.

Translation: ‘The manager told me [at least three weeks before the end of the window...you can even look back in this very thread] that I wasn't part of his plans and would play with the U23s if I didn't leave. I had a good offer and turned it down because I thought I'd fight for the place that I'd been told I didn't have. And then come the end of the window it turned out that the manager was... telling the truth! He's a bit dopey.

Good start...6 wins from his first 7 games, and the one loss was a game they dominated. Highlight was an away win against the then top-of-the-league PAOK.

Spurs can murder any team who leaves space behind.

I think people are always free to make comments on a manager for his selection, setup and subs. But it seems clear to me that a result like this is not "on him" at this stage. The actual ire seems merited elsewhere, even if you make the case that he too had a poor game.

Deflect attention, focus publicly on the positives, defend the players. It's broadly what you have to do in interviews. He has no real option but to channel some positive focus. Can work on fixing the weaknesses in private.

62 from 27 actually, which is only 2.3 points per game. Get your money on it, my dudes.

Made me laugh

Some of you need to stop visiting other forums. No good can come of it.

It's such a stupid idea and it's pure greed, in different ways, that it's coming in.

I cannot see Rafa ever being interested in a DoF role. He's a coach, pure and simple. When he retires he'll still find a way to do something along those lines.

A manager doesn't get you to overperform xG though. Good keepers and good goalscorers get you to do that.

How many southerner Everton fans are there? Imagine paying attention to that shit.

I think more likely Rafa was in contact with Staveley during and after he left Newcastle and he's mentioned them as knowledgeable, trustworthy people.