Current Optimism Level

[Marcus Kendall]

Is a half fit Lukaku a higher scoring option than what we have?
Is a bang average RB better than what we have?
We might need to face some compromises. Perfection is rarely deliverable.

I'd rather we look at someone like a Delap as he's young and though he's had injury issues himself he's young enough to overcome them easier than Lukaku. Also Delap would fit a Moyes system to a tee in my opinion. I'd honestly rather have O'Brien than Tete but again there's right backs out there who will be available in the summer who are better than 30 years old and bang average. If compromise is bloating a wage bill with old injury prone players then it would suggest we're in desperation territory which isn't the case as we're progressing upwards at the moment

 

[Lapeno77]

Is a half fit Lukaku a higher scoring option than what we have?
Is a bang average RB better than what we have?
We might need to face some compromises. Perfection is rarely deliverable.

Putting Lukaku in this squad with the way we play, guarantees you'd be hearing the phrase 'trampoline shins' in a couple of games.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I'd rather we look at someone like a Delap as he's young and though he's had injury issues himself he's young enough to overcome them easier than Lukaku. Also Delap would fit a Moyes system to a tee in my opinion. I'd honestly rather have O'Brien than Tete but again there's right backs out there who will be available in the summer who are better than 30 years old and bang average. If compromise is bloating a wage bill with old injury prone players then it would suggest we're in desperation territory which isn't the case as we're progressing upwards at the moment

Supercallafragilisticexpialidocious. <--- will make a summer vault a bit easier to locate.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Optimism Prime

 

[Rita_Poon]

Putting Lukaku in this squad with the way we play, guarantees you'd be hearing the phrase 'trampoline shins' in a couple of games.

Well, we'd be getting more of the ball closer to the strikers feet than we currently are then.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Supercallafragilisticexpialidocious. <--- will make a summer vault a bit easier to locate.

Well done on writing that Rita! No copy and paste of course

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Well, we'd be getting more of the ball closer to the strikers feet than we currently are then.

Have you watched Lukaku lately Rita? Or just nostalgic about his prime?

 

[Rita_Poon]

Well done on writing that Rita! No copy and paste of course

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[Rita_Poon]

Have you watched Lukaku lately Rita? Or just nostalgic about his prime?

Strikers don't forget where to be in front of goal. Followed his form intermittently in Italy. Admittedly it is part fuelled by the dearth we have and have had. There must be a way, for optimisms sake.

 

[Efcjake]

A 7 is as far as an self respecting Evertonian can go after the Moshiri trauma

 

[Simon Buttle]

I'd rather we look at someone like a Delap as he's young and though he's had injury issues himself he's young enough to overcome them easier than Lukaku. Also Delap would fit a Moyes system to a tee in my opinion. I'd honestly rather have O'Brien than Tete but again there's right backs out there who will be available in the summer who are better than 30 years old and bang average. If compromise is bloating a wage bill with old injury prone players then it would suggest we're in desperation territory which isn't the case as we're progressing upwards at the moment

Delap is a grade A ham shanker by all accounts. Being linked a lot with a Moroccan RB who plays for Genk, Toffee TV mentioned it again the other day also a Moroccan RW who plays for Watford

 

[Runub]

sign some full backs

That really is optimistic

 

[PercyPlant]

Optimism and Everton doesn’t really work as we’ve had too many false dawns.

The best/most consistent Everton team I’ve seen is Everton between 07-09. But at the time the concern to optimism was Kenwright. Constantly selling our best players, not just for us, but for all clubs isn’t sustainable and the fact Moyes kept us top 8 for another 3 seasons after that period is only testament to that.

Then we had the 12/13 seasons which was great but was never going to be sustainable, we still had Kenwright and Martinez was never ever going to be good enough to maintain anywhere near that, to the point he then oversaw our two biggest underperforming league seasons, not breaching 50 points with the likes of Stones, Barkley & Lukaku was criminal.

Then the Moshiri era, little bit of hope at the start, we kept Lukaku who went on to have his best premier league season under Koeman, we ended that season winning home games for fun, finished 7th miles above 8th, but then Lukaku wanted out and we signed a load of crap bar one or two (Pickford being the standout)

Then we had the Silva Era, started well, but we had a diabolical run after the Derby defeat, came back strong at the end of that season, but again we failed to build and Silva couldn’t get them going, he’s still the only manager of ours that I can remember to be given a game when the entire fanbase knew he was gone, the away Derby, because no new manager wanted that as a first game.

Then we get Ancelotti, he didn’t start overly well, but obviously an incredible thing to get him to manage the club, his first full season started perfectly, but again we dropped off, of course (just our luck) despite him stinking the gaff out Jan-May Real Madrid came calling.

After that there’s been no reason for any hope, even if you still had the ability to hope, with the following managers.

I suppose 2 differences now are, this is the first time we’ve had a significant spend in the summer without selling a star and we have one of the best stadiums in the league.

But it’s still Everton. The league position, given what we’ve become accustom to is good for the time of year, better than could’ve realistically been expected with no strikers or full backs, but our remaining fixtures could see this be another season of mid table nothingness.

Moyes has done great, again, 78 points from 48 games with this squad is really good. But optimism isn’t something I do.

 

[stretford blue]

Looking back Silva was unlucky with zouma and not getting a decent replacement and if memory serves me we seem to spend too much time on getting giroud only for his wife to say no to the move
But after the Derby defeat he was cooked

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Strikers don't forget where to be in front of goal. Followed his form intermittently in Italy. Admittedly it is part fuelled by the dearth we have and have had. There must be a way, for optimisms sake.

Can you honestly see Moyes wanting Lukaku?