Took me till about half through the earky noughties, think it was in the aftermath of a 4 nil televised drubbing away to West Brom (a game in which Suoer Kev's legs had definitely gone by that stage) and I was in a mood for several days. Penny...
Its not Mike's fault.
I was like Mike, you care a lot, it grinds you down, its so easy, just buy players.
But then something happens, you step back, Everton is no longer consuming your life and as you say, its just 22 lads playing footy.
Its...
Maybe it's just better to live life without having constant panic attacks and outbursts due to the game of grown men kicking a football, even if you have legitimate gripes about the recruitment process
Its not blind faith its just not in our control. I made my peace with the fact that in football sometimes just caring less makes you less stressed. If you can't have any bearing on the outcome which im assuming you don't, then why stress about it ?
Nothing anyone says on here is helpful or is going to rectify anything. The cringe positivity and blind faith isn’t going to help anything or make our recruitment team any more competent either.
It's clear we are not as ready for our opening fixtures as we should be. I'm not sure that's something that can really be argued.
But it also doesn't mean we can't finish the month well with good recruitment.
Both are true
Not at all. But you're histrionics are becoming a bit tiresome. We've made some purchases, we've tried for others, yeah we're a bit light but your cry baby attitude is neither helpful or going to rectify anything.
You realise the management groups are significantly different at both clubs right? I'd be amazed if TFG have that much say in managerial hiring/firing.