Many Everton supporters have been reacting on social media after one fan shared a statement reflecting on the Toffees’ start to the season under Marco Silva.
Fan site ‘Everton Blue Army’ raised the point that the Goodison Park natives could have ended match week six of the Premier League season sat in third place, had the Merseyside outfit not fallen to defeats against AFC Bournemouth and Sheffield United in their last two fixtures.
The results have led to fans mounting ever-growing pressure on Silva to spark a favourable turnaround in their side’s fortunes, as the recent defeats mean Everton reside in 14th place with a minus-four goal difference.
Only the reigning Championship title-holders Norwich City at minus-five and Watford at minus-14 have a worse goal difference than Everton after the opening six league games, with the Hornets’ watching their record plummet at the weekend as they were trounced 8-0 away to Manchester City.
Had Everton beaten Aston Villa earlier in the campaign, as another supporter pointed out in the replies, the Toffees could have also moved into second with a win at home to Sheffield United on Saturday, rather than looking at an eleven-point deficit to inner-city rivals Liverpool.
Everton’s upcoming Premier League schedule sees the Goodison Park side host Manchester City on Saturday, before facing Burnley, West Ham United and Brighton & Hove Albion before the end of October.
Here are a few of the replies shared to Everton Blue Army’s statement of the Toffees’ start to the season under Silva…
It’s a collective blame for me manager and players…I’ve never seen such gutless displays as we did at Villa Bmouth and Sheff Utd, the players need to take charge on the pitch as well as the manager getting his head out of his archibald.
— tipsymcstagga (@tipsymcstagga) September 22, 2019
Just think if we had a manager and a team
— Aaron (@apa_706) September 23, 2019
Unfortunately for us and him the games were played on grass.
— Leeefc56 (@Leeefc56) September 22, 2019
He’s brought it upon himself.
— Mark EFC (@shaw_80) September 22, 2019
I’m less concerned with the results than I am by the performances – it’s not like we lost and played well even when we have won we have been less than convincing
— massbrat (@massbrat1) September 22, 2019
Yes but we are not, as we are not good enough, the same as the rest of the teams who could have one this one, or that one..
— Simon (@SG_EFC) September 22, 2019
And an horrendous set of fixtures on the horizon. – hang on to your hats
— steve Jones (@skjones505) September 22, 2019
Players have to make plays. Bottom line
— D-Tack (@dtacker) September 22, 2019
Even just a win in one of those game would have us 7th
— The Gwladys Street (@TheGwladysSt) September 22, 2019
We are Everton…. We never capitalise on advantages. Why??
— Ken (@toffeetype) September 22, 2019
