I never understand the shouts for wait until September to judge us....why FFS, season starts in August, that's when you need to be prepared and ready, mentally and physically with the personnel to do the job you (Everton manager) want done.
Yet...
Sainz and Sargeant got all the plaudits from them last year but ask their fans and this lad was there stand out player.
Watched him a few times and he's decent, big step up to PL though
And this is the part that is a concern. They have had long enough to gauge if plan A players are actually keen on signing for Everton or whether we are being strung along.
When do we say plan A isn't working, times running out and we need to...
This window and the circumstances feel akin to the first transfer window Man United had post Ferguson when Moyes and Ed Woodward had an absolute nightmare, to the point it was hailed as disastrous.
Moyes even admitted he had no back up plan...