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Quiz question: which Premier League team are on the longest winless run going into the weekend games?
The answer is Everton and boss Sean Dyche has addressed that frustrating stretch which, combined with a points deduction, sees the Toffees in 16th place and just four points above the drop zone ahead of Saturday’s visit to Bournemouth.
If we’d won five out of this run, everyone would be saying, ‘Yes, no wonder, because they’re playing well’. But you’re not winning and then they go, ‘They’re not playing that well’. That’s the difference between perception and facts. It’s my job to look at the facts.
We are doing lots of the right things, but all the right things are deemed different if you’re not winning. Whichever way you look at it, the bit that’s missing from a lot of our performances is the final moments. Can we add in the final moments to, not just be consistent in performance, but win games? We’ve got to win games. That’s the job, end of.
Everton have scored just one goal in their last five Premier League away games, despite having 65 shots (14 on target), an xG of 4.8, and seven big chances in this run. In their last away game, they had 23 shots against Man Utd without scoring, their most without a goal in an away league match since August 2010 at Aston Villa (also 23).
The news that there was an FA charge, that illness didn’t stop when he moved from Italy to England, that illness was there and people should look at it that way, not ‘let’s throw the book at him and let’s punish him even further’ because I don’t think that gets to the root of the problem. We need to protect all our players because this is something that’s open to everybody and becoming a bigger problem in society, so this isn’t just a problem for Sandro.
I certainly hope for Sandro that there is no further consequences. He has suffered during this period, he has sought help, he’s been very honest, he has admitted he has an issue, and I think the best thing for Sandro would be to resume his career having taken his punishment and having learned a lot of lessons from this.
Continue reading…Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendLive scoreboard | And read the latest Football DailyQuiz question: which Premier League team are on the longest winless run going into the weekend games?The answer is Everton and boss Sean Dyche has addressed that frustrating stretch which, combined with a points deduction, sees the Toffees in 16th place and just four points above the drop zone ahead of Saturday’s visit to Bournemouth.If we’d won five out of this run, everyone would be saying, ‘Yes, no wonder, because they’re playing well’. But you’re not winning and then they go, ‘They’re not playing that well’. That’s the difference between perception and facts. It’s my job to look at the facts.We are doing lots of the right things, but all the right things are deemed different if you’re not winning. Whichever way you look at it, the bit that’s missing from a lot of our performances is the final moments. Can we add in the final moments to, not just be consistent in performance, but win games? We’ve got to win games. That’s the job, end of.Everton have scored just one goal in their last five Premier League away games, despite having 65 shots (14 on target), an xG of 4.8, and seven big chances in this run. In their last away game, they had 23 shots against Man Utd without scoring, their most without a goal in an away league match since August 2010 at Aston Villa (also 23).The news that there was an FA charge, that illness didn’t stop when he moved from Italy to England, that illness was there and people should look at it that way, not ‘let’s throw the book at him and let’s punish him even further’ because I don’t think that gets to the root of the problem. We need to protect all our players because this is something that’s open to everybody and becoming a bigger problem in society, so this isn’t just a problem for Sandro.I certainly hope for Sandro that there is no further consequences. He has suffered during this period, he has sought help, he’s been very honest, he has admitted he has an issue, and I think the best thing for Sandro would be to resume his career having taken his punishment and having learned a lot of lessons from this. Continue reading…
