Our players gave everything, and praise to them for effort, but I keep saying it, and I'll say it again, our tactics are such that we give teams too much respect, be it Man City, or Burnley. Soaking up pressure, hoping to score from a set piece or a counter attack is making it too easy for the opposition.
We've become a team that struggles to beat the opposition, if that opposition score first.
We rarely keep a clean sheet, which means to win, we often have to score at least 2 goals.
* Ancelotti has now conceded more goals per game than all modern managers bar Walker & Silva, (Silva played 3 more games) conceding 1.35 goals per games played. His win ratio is impressive, but he's conceded 77 goals in 57 Everton games, scoring just 86.
Marco Silva conceded 81 goals in 60 games - 1.35 goals conceded per game
Sam Allardyce conceded 32 goals in 26 games - 1.23 goals conceded per game
Ronald Koeman conceded 74 goals in 58 games - 1.27 goals conceded per game
Roberto Martinez conceded 180 goals in 143 games - 1.25 goals conceded per game
David Moyes conceded 613 goals in 518 games - 1.18 goals conceded per game
Walter Smith conceded 216 goals in 168 games - 1.28 goals conceded per game
Joe Royle conceded 140 goals in 118 games - 1.19 goals conceded per game
Colin Harvey conceded 182 goals in 176 games - 1.03 goals conceded per game
Howard Kendall conceded 592 goals in 542 games (combined) - 1.09 goals conceded per game
Gordon Lee conceded 234 goals in 268 games - 1.15 goals conceded per game
Billy Bingham conceded 234 goals in 268 games - 1.24 goals conceded per game
Harry Catterick conceded 668 goals in 592 games - 1.13 goals conceded per game
Carlo Ancelotti has conceded 77 goals in 57 games - 1.35 goals conceded per game.
Unless we go back to the days of Carey, or Britton etc, only Mike Walker (1.7) has a worse record in terms of goals conceded v games played, and that is a little worrying.
