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Boooo! There's always next year, I guess.
That team is actually tragic. Iwobi, Gray, and McNeil are Championship players.
Kept Chelsea up as wellLampard did half the work. He deserves credit for keeping them up too
Disappointed they stayed up. They deserved to go down for paying actual money for Maupay. Irritating, non-scoring strikers are a plague.
We can't even pawn off our deadwood on them anymore because they're broke.
Few stories last week that they’re looking around for a new manager. I wonder if they always had that in mind with Dyche but couldn’t get him in the door without selling it as a longer term job.They'll stay up with ease next season. Just having Dyche for a full season instead of Lampard is in itself worth at least 10 points.
Kept Chelsea up as well
Interesting. Dyche isn't the most "sexy" manager but I feel like replacing him at this point would be an unnecessary risk given their financial situation.Few stories last week that they’re looking around for a new manager. I wonder if they always had that in mind with Dyche but couldn’t get him in the door without selling it as a longer term job.
Grats on staying up.Well done to Doucoure and Dyche. Lampard dropped him and was set on selling him but he’s been class since Dyche came in. Fair fecks to both and thank you.
Few stories last week that they’re looking around for a new manager. I wonder if they always had that in mind with Dyche but couldn’t get him in the door without selling it as a longer term job.
Great that they stayed up as I would have been upset if we would have to ban @SilentWitness for defending Lampard and blaming Dyche if they went down. hehe
Would be complete madness to sack him. Style is limited but he did what was required and showed at Burnley he can keep teams up reasonably comfortably despite not scoring much.
Everton wanted Bielsa as their first choice but he'd have been a terrible fit with how their squad is so it's a massive gamble to go for a high pressing coach as they simply don't have a good enough team.
Better to just low block teams to death and scramble goals off set pieces and get to 40 points by mid April next season and then hope the new stadium can provide better opportunities.
Yep. Had they got relegated Bielsa may have then become an option. I think at that level you can afford to take a chance with that style of football. But in the premier league they’d be eaten alive playing that style with that group of players.Would be complete madness to sack him. Style is limited but he did what was required and showed at Burnley he can keep teams up reasonably comfortably despite not scoring much.
Everton wanted Bielsa as their first choice but he'd have been a terrible fit with how their squad is so it's a massive gamble to go for a high pressing coach as they simply don't have a good enough team.
Better to just low block teams to death and scramble goals off set pieces and get to 40 points by mid April next season and then hope the new stadium can provide better opportunities.
I disagree. It’s from sheer relief, not joy.Quite sad that they run onto the pitch after scraping safety like it’s some achievement. They should never be in that position to start with. Small club mentality.
Fair enough. Ye something needs changing. Congratulations though. The prem would have been weird without yous in it Do you think dyche is the man to take you forward though? I remember him saying with a better team and better Budget is style will be more attractive then it was at Burnley. I don’t believe that though.I disagree. It’s from sheer relief, not joy.
The fans have been very clear that they are angry and upset about the position we have found ourselves in and regularly call for the board to get out and new people to come in. Even yesterday after we secured PL status for next season we were vocal about the board and club.
We watched your game yesterday @SilentWitness, and we were both cheering for Everton. We got really invested in it. I'm really glad you stayed up, as you should. Yesterday was a good day for us and for you.Well done to Doucoure and Dyche. Lampard dropped him and was set on selling him but he’s been class since Dyche came in. Fair fecks to both and thank you.
I’m interested to see how this summer goes. It’s another big one for us. Dyche needs to be backed if we stick with him and I think if so we should be comfortably mid table. I don’t expect top half but I also don’t expect another relegation battle.
I think Dyche has been fantastic in some aspects (the Arsenal and Brighton games were tactically superb and to win yesterday with a bare thin squad was a testament to him) but he’s also been really crap at times (bringing Keane back and not having Mina in earlier, poor in game management etc). It looks like he will be better than Lampard and Benitez were and I think it probably makes sense to keep him to try and stabilise the club which I think he can do. Don’t think he’s the man to get us competing in the top 10 again but that is quite far off anyway, we should be trying to stabilise and maintain PL status without the worry of relegation going into the final few or final game of a season.