Here are your Everton evening headlines for Tuesday, November 15.
Conor Coady has highlighted a new problem that Everton must solve
Conor Coady admitted that Everton’s display in their 3-0 defeat at Bournemouth was “shocking” and “nowhere near good enough” but just what did the Blues not do to let themselves down so badly in their second thrashing at the Vitality Stadium in the space of just four days?
Coady added: “Personal pride and standard is what we have to set in training, it is nothing to do with the manager or staff, we don’t have them at the minute. We need to look at ourselves long and hard and are going into a break now.”
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After shipping 66 goals in the Premier League last term, Everton’s highest total since they conceded the same number in 1975/76 and the club’s worst since they let in 69 in 1960/61 (both of which were in 42-game seasons), manager Frank Lampard made trying to tighten up at the back one of his major priorities over the summer. While goals have been difficult to come by for the Blues with their main striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin injured for the bulk of the current campaign to date, their much-improved resoluteness had been cause for encouragement.
Everton went into their final home fixture before the World Cup break against Leicester City having conceded less than a goal a game (12 in 13 matches) but combined with the 4-1 Carabao Cup mauling, also against Bournemouth, they have now leaked nine goals in their last three matches. The slump represents an alarming and sudden defensive collapse from the Blues, especially given that their troubles at the other end of the pitch are continuing with just 11 goals scored from 15 games, the second lowest in the division alongside Nottingham Forest with only rock bottom Wolverhampton Wanderers (eight) having netted fewer.
Read on here as Chris Beesley dives into the data behind Everton's recent slump.
Supercomputer predicts Everton's Premier League fate compared to Bournemouth and Wolves
A recent supercomputer has predicted what will happen to Everton as fears grow over another Premier League relegation battle.
Frank Lampard's side will spend the winter break and Christmas Day in 17th, just one point and one place above the bottom three after Saturday's dismal defeat in Bournemouth. No goals in three league games and the angry scenes in the away end at the Vitality Stadium at the weekend have dampened what were optimistic spirits on Merseyside.
With no Premier League football for more than a month, a ‘supercomputer’ has attempted to predict where Everton will finish when the season reaches its conclusion.
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