Everton fans start to concern Ally McCoist amid Goodison Park meltdown
TalkSPORT pundit Ally McCoist expressed his concern live on air about the Everton supporters stating that there doesn’t seem to be the same unity amongst the fanbase as last season.
It’s been yet another season of unrest and disappointment amongst the Toffees fanbase following the club’s dreadful performances and results which leave them scrapping in the relegation zone at the time of writing.
The club board and owner Farhad Moshiri have come under mounting pressure and criticism from the supporters and pundits, taking the brunt of the blame for the club’s worrying plight.
The Everton hierarchy sacked Frank Lampard following the club’s poor form and standing in the league, and appointed former Burnley boss Sean Dyche on Monday [30 January] to try and steer the ship at Goodison Park.
With just a day left of the window, after his appointment, the club failed to acquire any transfer signings which has only increased the unrest and disunity amongst the Toffees supporters and McCoist speaking live on TalkSPORT breakfast [1 February, 2m:50s] expressed his concern at the state of the Blues fanbase.
Responding to a Everton supporter’s call, he said:
“Last season, I’ll tell you the concern that I have more than anything about Everton right now James, is last year when the boys stayed up and there was a bit of unity and the results started to go your way, I think the key thing that happened was the fans and the club and the players and the staff were all singing from the same hymn sheet.
“I’m concerned about your team this year because the fans seem to be all over the place with the board, they’re not happy with the owner, clearly they want the club to stay in the top flight but there doesn’t seem the same unity as there was last year.”
Sack the board
It’s obvious, there is much unrest and disunity amongst the Toffees fanbase simply because of the club’s terrible plight on and off the pitch, and any sort of improvement in Goodison Park atmosphere and amongst the supporters can only stem from performances and results on the pitch.
But those issues are only deriving from one place in particular, and that’s the club board and Moshiri. Their constant mismanagement, incompetence and lack of effort in attempting to build a club capable of challenging at the top end of the Premier League is what’s dividing the supporters, and it’s no wonder there are calls to sack the board.
New boss Dyche has a huge job on his hands to not only improve the team’s fortunes on the pitch but to also galvanise the supporters but getting the whole club to sing to the same hymn sheet.
Whether he’ll have the relevant and trusted backing of the club hierarchy is another story, and the only way things can improve on the pitch is if the rebuild and transformation all starts from the top.