Following Everton’s 2-0 defeat to Southampton, debates over Carlo Ancelotti’s style of play continued to erupt.
Analytical platform The Tactical Times was one such outlet that weighed in on Ancelotti’s style of play, highlighting Everton’s aggression and physicality that the outlet defines as a key feature of Everton.
“If Everton are developing a bad reputation as some kind of dirty, thuggish, difficult to like team, that is not an agenda or media-driven conspiracy. That is people noticing Everton being dirty over a period of games”, claimed the outlet in a controversial tweet.
Replying to an accusation of partisanship, the Twitter handle for the outlet responded further, claiming:
“It’s a fact. I said it last week, and no surprises we’re talking about it again today. Everton learned a few things under Carlo. You can deny it or be blind to it, but that doesn’t mean others will too.”
Everton have garnered back-to-back red cards and consequential suspensions for lunging fouls, with Richarlison and Lucas Digne being sent off against Liverpool and Southampton respectively.
Espoused with controversy following a potentially season-ending challenge from Toffee ‘keeper Jordan Pickford on Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, assessments of the supposed ‘dirtiness’ of Everton have rolled on.
Predictably, a flurry of responses to the Tactical Times emerged as football fans discussed whether Everton’s reputation for a rougher style of play was justified.
Twitter: @andyliverbird @Tactical_Times The game is completely different now though, remember the vinnie Jones foul on mcmah… https://t.co/aP1g28kEUE (@stuartclark1892)
Twitter: @sensiball123 @TalkativeToffee @Tactical_Times Shouldn’t throw stones when you live in a glass house. (@Gwedlid)
Twitter: @Tactical_Times Do you think Leeds would’ve had their 70s successes under Revie if they hadn’t had their ‘Dirty Lee… https://t.co/qkDx9PXglk (@UpperGwladysBlu)
Twitter: @Tactical_Times Fair Play Table finishes for EFC last 3 seasons:
19/20 14th
18/19 12th
17/18 7th
If we’re in your h… https://t.co/U8FmcB0yOI (@UpperGwladysBlu)
Twitter: @Tactical_Times Never saw this headline when Son was snapping people week in week out #agenda (@steviemac2010)
Twitter: @J_J_K_3 @Tactical_Times In Carlo Ancelotti’s only full season at Napoli (18/19), Napoli finished 5th in the Serie… https://t.co/YpvuAXu0Sw (@JonnySouthern)
Twitter: @Tactical_Times Period of games… that 2 then yeah (@TheDogTin)
Twitter: @Graemello7 @DevlinLFC @Tactical_Times Does that include red cards that have been rescinded? I can think of one off… https://t.co/JfGr1k6y1D (@1986_legend)
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