Fammyfan

Congrats JE

It’s a write off in terms of promotion aspirations but you’re right, it’s not a write off when we’re currently nose diving towards the relegation battle

I’m seeing positives in some of the stuff played but we aren’t currently in a position to capitalise. It may be that the squad needs to settle into the system or that we need to recruit 2/3 first team players to get the best out of the system. The season looks to be a write off and it’s feeling like an increasingly outrageous decision to sack Nige because the reasoning behind it suggested that promotion was the intention which doesn’t seem feasible this season. When considering that Nige had our injury hit squad at mid table, with players on their way back, it would have been worth assessing in a few months time. At this point, it would have been reasonably expected that we would be in the top half. If not, I believe Nige would have at least had us in a position of safety. It would be understandable if we were planning to make signings in January but the board have already announced that their preference is to wait until the summer. I see the positives and promise in what Manning is trying to do but it feels a longer term project. At present, we’re trying a new system, we’re not picking up many points and we haven’t got enough points to feel safe with being 7 points above the relegation spots, with a much improved QPR having a game in hand and if that’s won then we’d be looking over our shoulders at Huddersfield, who we are only 5 points above.

DH made a great start but after a few injuries we were getting relentlessly dominated every single game. Appreciate the difficulty with players out injured but a good manager finds ways to get some points, whereas we looked nailed on for relegation.

I’d like to see Cornick up top today, Conway coming off the bench after around 60 mins

Over the moon for him, it’s great to see him getting a good run and seemingly taking the opportunity. Semenyo success can only be good for our reputation. (Also buzzing to have an ex city player in my fantasy team)

It’s going to take time, I think Nige was getting a lot out of the team and it’s going to be difficult for anyone to come in and improve on that, especially in the short term.

Yeah that’s what I meant, in addition to the 3 games against the top 3 teams in the league that Nige had, there was also the depleted squad

It’s early days and if we got the win today, there would be a completely different mindset. It’s going to take time and criticism aimed at LM at this stage is unfair, the guys had 4 games. That being said, it’s not unfair to be critical of the board, the dismissal of Nige was a poor decision and poor timing.

Absolutely hit the nail on the head

Not to mention the injury hit, depleted squad

Even with a player of Mbappe’s quality, I don’t think he’d have got there ahead of Livramento after it hits the chest

I think there’s got to be an element of how much impact an incident happens and not just whether it’s hit the arm or whether it’s technically a foul. By this I mean the decisions that do not appear to have any clear intent. Take tonight for example, it hits the chest and then the arm. The cross had already been blocked by the chest and the ball was no longer heading into dangerous territory so the ball hitting the arm hasn’t really disadvantaged PSG. (Had the cross directly hit the arm, it’s a dangerous cross blocked by an arm away from the body which should rightfully be given) Last night, Wilson would have sprinted the ball out to the wing and it should be considered that he hasn’t been denied a substantial opportunity. Granted he’s been denied possession but there’s got to be some common sense applied in the sense that it’s more of a coming together and on that basis you’ve got to be looking for a decision that won’t be hugely impacting. VAR is supposed to intervene for clear and obvious errors. Yet, had the penalty decision not been given at the end of the game last night, I can’t see that there would have been a huge amount of outrage, which would indicate that the initial decision to give a penalty was not a clear and obvious error.

The 10 point deduction I agree with but it’s unfortunate on the timing, making it very achievable for Everton to survive. Itll be interesting to see what happens with the other clubs and whether this results in Administration and a further points deduction. On this, I must say that I understand the stance of Burnley and Leicester but not Leeds, as they still would have been relegated irrespective of whether the points deduction was applied or not.

You’re right that he was very fortunate to get the job, as you’ve said, only due to him being in the set up. I still haven’t got over the Italy game, that’s the glaring one as they had both Bonucci and Chiellini on bookings and with them both lacking pace, Italy were there for the taking. We’ve got 3 players that I believe could get into a world best 11 in Walker, Bellingham and Kane. We’ve got a bunch of Man City players that play with cohesion in Grealish, Foden, Walker, Stones, Lewis. Players like Saka and Rice are could probably walk into the worlds top clubs. I can see there being a lot of uproar if he fails to win the Euros and they still give him a new contract, though it wouldn’t surprise me. Especially with the Euros coming to the UK in 2026, I can see them giving him until then given the togetherness he builds. It would be disappointing, as I agree he lacks the tactical nous to take us over the line.