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Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

Interview didn’t come across like that. He was talking about progress and that it will take time.

He said he was very happy with the first 30 mins but the players ran out of energy and dropped off.

And this is what is really p-ing me off.

I wish he would stop saying “we arrived late”. And “we are not in good physical condition”.

It’s like me going to my boss and saying my performance is down because I’ve been having late nights, and been hungover a bit.

It’s completely self inflicted. It’s the middle of September. The World Cup ended in July, and the Tour ended 6 weeks ago. If players aren’t fit and sharp by now it’s on RDZ and the club.

Yeah, he largely spoke well on Sky. Agree completely, though, on the fitness issue. I’m not sure how he thinks it will be seen - to me it reeks of poor training plans and mistakes made, and it doesn’t reflect well on him or the coaching staff.

It’s a weird thing to keep saying to the press imo.
 
Yeah, he largely spoke well on Sky. Agree completely, though, on the fitness issue. I’m not sure how he thinks it will be seen - to me it reeks of poor training plans and mistakes made, and it doesn’t reflect well on him or the coaching staff.

It’s a weird thing to keep saying to the press imo.

I think we are being to cautious due to previous seasons injuries. The players need to be pushed.
 
I don't really get it about the fitness thing. It's not just this season. I think Tudor said similar things about our fitness level when he took over. There were even some leaks that said towards the end of Thomas Frank's tenure, the players were largely unfit because they were not taking training under him seriously. They were not running a marathon every day. I don't think we do that anymore after Conte and it's not the reason we got the injuries. The only reason I can think of to explain why we are so unfit is we are preparing the players like what Pep Guardiola used to do - he was timing his players to peak at mid to late season, but they were managing both domestic and european competitions so I am not sure that's relevant for us.
 
There were lots of times in the second half in which Everton were defending deeper on their right than on their left. It was not always level. And they had more defensive numbers that side too, our left. So we needed to switch the play, have a runner running into that empty space and play two quick passes to get the ball to them. But when there are no runners moving into empty spaces then the opponents don’t need to defend those spaces and we end up coming away with a zero.
 
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