evertony
Player Valuation: £40m
I know there’s other threads on our abomination of a season, our individual players, the Manager and the Board and I don’t want to cause duplication. However, having watched us since the early 70’s and been an STH for around 40 seasons I can honestly say I haven’t been so disillusioned with Everton as I am this weekend, and that takes some doing having watched what we have over the years.
Why, as a major Club ( I still firmly believe we are one) can we a) not stabilise under a new owner, b) make positive steps forward with the level of investment recently injected (however it’s generated and whatever other clubs have spent its still hugely more than anything previously at Everton) and c) demonstrate some calculable level of overall improvement? That’s what frustrates people....we know we aren’t going to win the League but a Club such as Everton should be able to deliver entertaining football and seriously challenge for the other available silverware. We are so predictable, so fragile and unfathomably mediocre in every facet bar supporter loyalty and community involvement (it embarrasses me beyond belief that our shambolic football-related activities shadow the fantastic world-leading initiatives that EITC to all but Evertonians).
These many contributors to our demise....players, Board, DOF etc and we have so many problems to resolve, however the biggest current issue for me is the choice of Allardyce as the Manager. That single event has pushed me to almost hate the thing that’s a massive part of my life both emotionally and physically, and I’m certain there’s others just like me. His interview post-match last night literally made me want to be sick - that diatribe alone should have Moshiri calling a meeting this morning and terminating the contract he should never have been given in the first place. The way he represented OUR Club was totally and utterly unacceptable irrespective of his own view of players and performance. He was the living embodiment of that fictional idiot Mike Bassett and that is scary.
So, simple approach. Should Allardyce be fired immediately or is he a neccesary Evil we have to endure as our Club is so inept to have got itself into this position? Is the recovery of our integrity more important right now than the dissecting of all the reasons for our current malaise?
Why, as a major Club ( I still firmly believe we are one) can we a) not stabilise under a new owner, b) make positive steps forward with the level of investment recently injected (however it’s generated and whatever other clubs have spent its still hugely more than anything previously at Everton) and c) demonstrate some calculable level of overall improvement? That’s what frustrates people....we know we aren’t going to win the League but a Club such as Everton should be able to deliver entertaining football and seriously challenge for the other available silverware. We are so predictable, so fragile and unfathomably mediocre in every facet bar supporter loyalty and community involvement (it embarrasses me beyond belief that our shambolic football-related activities shadow the fantastic world-leading initiatives that EITC to all but Evertonians).
These many contributors to our demise....players, Board, DOF etc and we have so many problems to resolve, however the biggest current issue for me is the choice of Allardyce as the Manager. That single event has pushed me to almost hate the thing that’s a massive part of my life both emotionally and physically, and I’m certain there’s others just like me. His interview post-match last night literally made me want to be sick - that diatribe alone should have Moshiri calling a meeting this morning and terminating the contract he should never have been given in the first place. The way he represented OUR Club was totally and utterly unacceptable irrespective of his own view of players and performance. He was the living embodiment of that fictional idiot Mike Bassett and that is scary.
So, simple approach. Should Allardyce be fired immediately or is he a neccesary Evil we have to endure as our Club is so inept to have got itself into this position? Is the recovery of our integrity more important right now than the dissecting of all the reasons for our current malaise?
