10 Apr 2022 14:07:09
3 wins from 8 games…. don’t know what all the fuss is about.
Fortress Goodison! Good on the majority of supporters in there yesterday for getting right behind the team and assisting the team in getting that win. We can all debate the state of the team but it’s our team, whoever the personnel, we just need to get behind them. We know there’s been poor recruitment over the last several years but it’s just wasted energy to hear folk just keep whining about the whole team and asking for a change in the manager. We need to get out of this season with our premier league status intact then allow FL to try to build a team with youth and experience. He was not my first choice but give the guy a chance is my view. The last 3 performances have shown me signs of improvement and the players responding to him. That’s got to be the very least we want to ensure we stay up isn’t it. We then need some stability and build our identity again. You can’t do that if you keep chopping and changing. Great point earlier made about 8 starters being signed from 5 different managers. How will you ever find stability if that continues?

1.) 10 Apr 2022
10 Apr 2022 16:19:17
Fair point. 3 out of 8 compares pretty well to 1 out of 14 in the previous games under Benitez.

I think Benitez sapped the spirit and confidence out of the team. Given our position in the league, Lampard has a hard job to try and get that confidence and spirit back especially given the restrictions on the squad he's inherited but we've seen real signs of it yesterday after the defeat at Burnley - they were fighting for everything, bodies behind the ball, (most) players running themselves into the ground.

The test has not yet been passed and Lampard and the players still have a lot of work to do but there are signs there that they're doing something right.

A lot will depend on keeping players fit until the end of the season as the squad is pretty thin.