This squad, as it stands will be in a relegation battle.
It’s not logical to say it won’t.
It’s pure emotion to ignore what’s been happening this summer and think all will be fine.
It’s just more of the same. That’s what’s so dispiriting about Everton, nothing ever changes.
The football played is exactly the same no matter who the manager is (except for one season under Martinez and 7 games under Ancelotti). It’s low/mid...
Luiz to Forest almost done. Forest, a team who until very recently were in the league below are destroying us for transfers, and we sit still doing nothing having just been beaten by another side who were very recently in the league below...
I've no idea why we got Alcaraz - did he do enough last season to get a permanent move? Not at all. Maybe he's on low-ish wages and was considered "good business" due to how much money we don't have.
We sign players willy nilly without enough due diligence and analysis and then when they turn up at training we realise that either they are not very good or that they are not suitable for the Premier League.
It's what teams like Brighton...