Oh it's a Grand Old Team to support!
I can once again browse (limited page views only) the blasted wastelands of my favourite non-Liverpool forum, so I thought I'd pop in and see if the "pinch me it's really happening" Ancelotti-inspired optimism has abated somewhat, following the successive defeats against City and us, or that they have been seen as mere blips, and nothing to worry about really, it's all a work in progress.
Let's take a look at one of the top threads and see!
Everton's Players: how disgusted with them are you right now?
This does not bode well.
But wait, there's a poll! Let's go with cold, hard data, rather than subjective hyperbole. What are those numbers?
97.3% Disgusted
2.7% Not disgusted
OK then, pretty conclusive. But why? Well, The Athletic (that sports website which poached a whole load of big-name journos from the national press and charge a subscription fee to read it) has apparently posted a story claiming that there was a bit of a....er...contretemps...in the Bitters dressing room at half-time, with Big Dunc and Carlo rather displeased about the performance, singling out a few "senior" players. A few of whom politely disagreed, and seemed to point the finger at Don Carlo's tactics instead.
Yes, really.
This, to put it mildly, has not gone down well on Grand Old Team, who are usually patient types, quite slow to anger.
I legitimately hate them all. I don't use the word hate lightly here, I 100% mean it
Golly. But this poster is not alone, fellow Forumite "the binman chronicles "also thinks everything is rubbish:
Way past disgust and anger, I'm disappointed and can't bear to look at them. I don't know if I'll ever be able to love them again.
Luckily, not everyone is disgusted.
I was disgusted by most of them a long time ago, largely replaced by apathy and fatigue unfortunately.
Yes, that's much better. But what does Carlo need to change?
His underpants - what a state they must be in after that terrifying experience
The last 25 years.
Its like Groundhog day, another rebuilding job. Maybe we should start with sacking Unsworth
"Brieverton" takes a more measured, methodical approach:
He needs to change one player at a time with someone worthy of the shirt. And what we pay for them.
He needs to do it about 18 times
But how much can he really change? Some are unsure about his options.
He's not exactly spoilt for choice, he'll just be swapping a turd for another turd.
As ever, not everyone is in the mood for serious football discussion...
I think he should change gender
His job . Quickly. While he still retains some respect for his achievements. Before he has been Evertoned.
The process has already begun. Get out while you can Carlo!
If I was Carlo, I’d change clubs, he’s on a hiding to nothing here
if not change his browsing favourites to GoT as there’s so many experts in here
Others break down the problems into more manageable chunks, which is very thoughtful:
Mentality
Midfield
Desire
Team spirit
Pace
Physicality
Clinical
"Librarian" seems to have suffered recent head trauma
I seen a movie where this team was shocking, I mean even worse that us on Sunday and they managed to turn it around big time in the end and beat the snot outta this other team whose captain was a real jerk.
Lots of work to do then, Don Carlo. But it wouldn't be a GOT update with a little look at my favourite divisive figure in the Bitter fanbase, everyone's favourite skater-boy cool scally....TOM DAVIES. What's the latest on Tom, then? Does he just need a run in the team?
I would give Tom zero more games and thus stop this incessant stream of excuses for his inability to pass, shoot or do anything one might expect of a PL midfielder
He's surely a better bet than "Sniderlin" or whatever nickname poor old Siggy has got? SURELY?
He’s crap but he isn’t Schneiderlin/Sigurdsson/Delph levels of crap.
All the stuff his fans say he does are myths, you see people saying he doesn’t hide, puts more effort in than others and creates chances by playing 1-2s around the box all of which are untrue.
He’s an awful footballer and I really can’t see how people see otherwise.
Wears his socks dead low though lads
He is always one step behind everyone else. That's okay if you have great reactions but he hasn't. His passing is woeful too , oh and his fitness is questionable
And with that, my limited views of threads was over! A bientot!
