Firstly, there'll no reference to any stadium move or the catalyst "K" word. Even though I know it has two "K"s in it, Knowsley folk dont like getting mixed up with our West cousins on the Wirral.
Summer went quick didnt it? Euro 2008 helped, the lack of England was a plus as there was some sweet soccer played to the usual backdrop of multi coloured wigs, overhead shots of zany fans mingling watch jumbo TVs and the occassional shot of some dashing foreign filly, usually with hotpants and a bikini top. If you were a cameraman, you would.
Pre-seasons have started, aswell as being an event for pissed up afternoons in unfamiliar towns across Europa, it gives us a chance to check out our uber hyped youths and new singings - don't explode, more of that later. Its half time now and that J(insert letters here)z striker has scored twice, presumably this will mean that over enthusiastic forum keyboard-warriors will be arguing that he should be pushed ahead of Anichebe/Vaughan in the race to be our new number nine sensation. Its a bit Cram v Coe & Ovett-ish, this teen striker battle royal isnt it? I just think that if they can glue Vaughan's knee together for long enough then realistically he's the only one that stands a chance.
Despite your Finch Farms and Steve Rounds and heads of Academys, the fact remains that it would be unlikey that more than one of them will make it. Sure, theyve got that potential thing going on but ultimately the majority of them will end up at Chester or Yeovil and be stuck with that pre-fix "ex-Everton..." for the rest of their underwhelming careers. Dont worry about them, they'll still earn more than you or I and marry the local pageant queen. If Yeovil has one of them anyway. So sit back and enjoy your hard spent fiver watching grainy images on Evertontv, which is so good it even makes VDM look like a decent player.
Onto the signings, "Furious from Formby" and "Crazy in Crosby" are enjoying their moment in the sun once again as Everton fail to unveil the mythical next level players by the end of June. It was a nap that if Arshavin showed some of the stuff we seen in the UEFA in the summer that his agent would be angling for a pay-day which excludes us. Engelaar, Lichsteiner et al apparantly showed why they should don royal blue next season - but had anyone been arsed about them before, or even heard of them? And if anyone ever offers up "theyre boss on Championship Manager" then perhaps you need to re-evaluate your social scene. Buying players on the back of a good tournament is bit Poborsky or Barosish and best left to the others.
We've got a manager who has a decent eye for talent, and has shown on the whole good judgement in the transfer market so lets leave to him. If on September the first we end up only Paul Dickov and Sean Davis then sound, vent your frustrations and rejoice in the club being skint, you were right: well done you. The same as the previous few years though, Moyes will identify the signings he wants, wont be dragged into paying over the odds for them and will get them. As lets face it, the voices that screamed for Richardson, Smith, Nugent, Barton and Koumas have changed their tunes a bit havent they? And were'nt they meant to be just what we needed? I raise you a Pienaar, Jagielka and Yakubu. Probably a Baines too once he gets his chance this season.
And what did we do for footie rumours before the internet? The News of the World "Insider" must be fuming and spotty kids on their parents PC spark near hysteria with their blags and trump the red tops on a daily basis.
Cambridge are 4-2 up now, lets play KenWRONG sweep stake: Im getting behind 3-5 mins after the full time whistle.
Enjoy your summer, see you in September.
Summer went quick didnt it? Euro 2008 helped, the lack of England was a plus as there was some sweet soccer played to the usual backdrop of multi coloured wigs, overhead shots of zany fans mingling watch jumbo TVs and the occassional shot of some dashing foreign filly, usually with hotpants and a bikini top. If you were a cameraman, you would.
Pre-seasons have started, aswell as being an event for pissed up afternoons in unfamiliar towns across Europa, it gives us a chance to check out our uber hyped youths and new singings - don't explode, more of that later. Its half time now and that J(insert letters here)z striker has scored twice, presumably this will mean that over enthusiastic forum keyboard-warriors will be arguing that he should be pushed ahead of Anichebe/Vaughan in the race to be our new number nine sensation. Its a bit Cram v Coe & Ovett-ish, this teen striker battle royal isnt it? I just think that if they can glue Vaughan's knee together for long enough then realistically he's the only one that stands a chance.
Despite your Finch Farms and Steve Rounds and heads of Academys, the fact remains that it would be unlikey that more than one of them will make it. Sure, theyve got that potential thing going on but ultimately the majority of them will end up at Chester or Yeovil and be stuck with that pre-fix "ex-Everton..." for the rest of their underwhelming careers. Dont worry about them, they'll still earn more than you or I and marry the local pageant queen. If Yeovil has one of them anyway. So sit back and enjoy your hard spent fiver watching grainy images on Evertontv, which is so good it even makes VDM look like a decent player.
Onto the signings, "Furious from Formby" and "Crazy in Crosby" are enjoying their moment in the sun once again as Everton fail to unveil the mythical next level players by the end of June. It was a nap that if Arshavin showed some of the stuff we seen in the UEFA in the summer that his agent would be angling for a pay-day which excludes us. Engelaar, Lichsteiner et al apparantly showed why they should don royal blue next season - but had anyone been arsed about them before, or even heard of them? And if anyone ever offers up "theyre boss on Championship Manager" then perhaps you need to re-evaluate your social scene. Buying players on the back of a good tournament is bit Poborsky or Barosish and best left to the others.
We've got a manager who has a decent eye for talent, and has shown on the whole good judgement in the transfer market so lets leave to him. If on September the first we end up only Paul Dickov and Sean Davis then sound, vent your frustrations and rejoice in the club being skint, you were right: well done you. The same as the previous few years though, Moyes will identify the signings he wants, wont be dragged into paying over the odds for them and will get them. As lets face it, the voices that screamed for Richardson, Smith, Nugent, Barton and Koumas have changed their tunes a bit havent they? And were'nt they meant to be just what we needed? I raise you a Pienaar, Jagielka and Yakubu. Probably a Baines too once he gets his chance this season.
And what did we do for footie rumours before the internet? The News of the World "Insider" must be fuming and spotty kids on their parents PC spark near hysteria with their blags and trump the red tops on a daily basis.
Cambridge are 4-2 up now, lets play KenWRONG sweep stake: Im getting behind 3-5 mins after the full time whistle.
Enjoy your summer, see you in September.
