But that means they're completely different situations. Sam turned Everton's season around, they're clearly in a better position now than when he took over. The best you could possibly say for Puel is that he minimised our decline.
Twice we've had a counter attack, twice one of our midfield runners gets tripped up off the ball and suddenly the player with the ball appears to have no options available.
I know it has always been linesmen (assistant referees) go opposite sides, but in conditions like this is there an argument for making a rule that you can put them both on the shaded side?