Excuses, why?

[Drico]

We're coming out of the lowest period the club has had in a long time, finally ending in an unprecedented dozen players leaving. At the same time we've had to bed in a new backroom staff.

Before the season starts we've brought in six players and made Alcaraz permanent. We have a good XI and bench for Monday, with more signings guaranteed.

A combination of an inflated market for certain types of players, the lack of any sales and a certain budget (though healthy considering the lack of sales) has made some positions tricky to buy for - but by the end of the window it'll all be sorted.

In the mean time, our new stadium is fantastic and we are finally looking up towards the top half of the table.

I love this post - genuinely (because it is optimistic and full of fact-based common sense) - but the one bit that jumped out at me as a reach was " - but by the end of the window it'll all be sorted."

You had me until then.

If there's one thing we know about Everton from bitter experience, it is that when we are chasing our tails in a window it never ends well.

"We tried. We'll go with what we got."

And the funniest thing? There will be plenty on here seeing it from precisely the club's position, falling over themselves to excuse lack of ambition and/or incompetence: Stoic Bloos - you know the type - they will suffer manfully and resolutely prepare to be made patsies of by the club whilst zealously defending the club's right to make patsies of them. It's how Kenwright lasted decades. Clap-clap...

But, for now, I will hold on to your more sunny disposition whilst remaining skeptical. Let's see where we are in three weeks time.

 

[Joey66]

We have not kicked a ball as yet ?

 

[Drico]

We have not kicked a ball as yet ?

Bliss, isn't it.

 

[Blue peter]

I think we can put this ‘but we have a new stadium’ to bed. This does not come into the thinking (certainly priority considerations) when they choose where they move to. Could never understand why people thought that would be a pull. If it was, I think we would have had more incomings by now.

 

[WA Toffee]

Semantics, we haven’t signed a RW or RB.

How is it semantics? He claimed we have ignored those positions, which is complete nonsense.

We have made several bids for players in those positions, which is sort of the opposite of ignoring it. In fact, the highest profile bid we have made for someone is for one of those positions.

Whether we have been successful is totally different to whether we have tried.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

How is it semantics? He claimed we have ignored those positions, which is complete nonsense.

We have made several bids for players in those positions, which is sort of the opposite of ignoring it. In fact, the highest profile bid we have made for someone is for one of those positions.

Whether we have been successful is totally different to whether we have tried.

We’ve made very public approaches for players in those positions, and in his last presser Moyes specifically spoke about those two positions and where they are in our list of priorities.

The OP is just a tedious freak who will jump on any suggestion of judging the window when it’s shut as “happy clapping” or a refusal to criticise the club, despite the fact that most of us are seasoned cryarses.

 

[Zatara]

How is it semantics? He claimed we have ignored those positions, which is complete nonsense.

We have made several bids for players in those positions, which is sort of the opposite of ignoring it. In fact, the highest profile bid we have made for someone is for one of those positions.

Whether we have been successful is totally different to whether we have tried.

You walk into a fancy bar.

Seeing a beautiful woman sitting alone, you offer to buy her a glass of lemonade.

She laughs and says she'd prefer a glass of wine.

How about a glass of sparking water with a lime?

She laughs again. Seeing youre serious she tells you she'd only like a red wine.

You then go onto the next and the next doing the same thing.

Finally, entering the toilets, into a cubicle and you sit down.

Well, at least you tried.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

You walk into a fancy bar.

Seeing a beautiful woman sitting alone, you offer to buy her a glass of lemonade.

She laughs and says she'd prefer a glass of wine.

How about a glass of sparking water with a lime?

She laughs again. Seeing youre serious she tells you she'd only like a red wine.

You then go onto the next and the next doing the same thing.

Finally, entering the toilets, into a cubicle and you sit down.

Well, at least you tried.

Calm yourself down, Swiss Tony

 

[Bally1989]

We’ve made very public approaches for players in those positions, and in his last presser Moyes specifically spoke about those two positions and where they are in our list of priorities.

The OP is just a tedious freak who will jump on any suggestion of judging the window when it’s shut as “happy clapping” or a refusal to criticise the club, despite the fact that most of us are seasoned cryarses.

 

[WA Toffee]

You walk into a fancy bar.

Seeing a beautiful woman sitting alone, you offer to buy her a glass of lemonade.

She laughs and says she'd prefer a glass of wine.

How about a glass of sparking water with a lime?

She laughs again. Seeing youre serious she tells you she'd only like a red wine.

You then go onto the next and the next doing the same thing.

Finally, entering the toilets, into a cubicle and you sit down.

Well, at least you tried.

And in that rather weird scenario, did you ignore those women or make an unsuccessful attempt to gain their attention?

Perhaps you need to use one of those online dictionaries to help you understand what the word ignore actually means?

 

[matty1878]

Spot on @Bally1989 these mediocrity accepting yellowbellies make me sick.

Whom are they

 

[matty1878]

And in that rather weird scenario, did you ignore those women or make an unsuccessful attempt to gain their attention?

Perhaps you need to use one of those online dictionaries to help you understand what the word ignore actually means?

 

[tommye]

You walk into a fancy bar.

Seeing a beautiful woman sitting alone, you offer to buy her a glass of lemonade.

She laughs and says she'd prefer a glass of wine.

How about a glass of sparking water with a lime?

She laughs again. Seeing youre serious she tells you she'd only like a red wine.

You then go onto the next and the next doing the same thing.

Finally, entering the toilets, into a cubicle and you sit down.

Well, at least you tried.

 

[pfim]

You walk into a fancy bar.

Seeing a beautiful woman sitting alone, you offer to buy her a glass of lemonade.

She laughs and says she'd prefer a glass of wine.

How about a glass of sparking water with a lime?

She laughs again. Seeing youre serious she tells you she'd only like a red wine.

You then go onto the next and the next doing the same thing.

Finally, entering the toilets, into a cubicle and you sit down.

Well, at least you tried.

What the?

 

[bnz]

We're coming out of the lowest period the club has had in a long time, finally ending in an unprecedented dozen players leaving. At the same time we've had to bed in a new backroom staff.

Before the season starts we've brought in six players and made Alcaraz permanent. We have a good XI and bench for Monday, with more signings guaranteed.

A combination of an inflated market for certain types of players, the lack of any sales and a certain budget (though healthy considering the lack of sales) has made some positions tricky to buy for - but by the end of the window it'll all be sorted.

In the mean time, our new stadium is fantastic and we are finally looking up towards the top half of the table.

BOOOOO

I miss booing