Have we finally given up?

[mrb85]

Without casting judgement on whether it is for better or worse, have we finally lost the Everton Football Club of the last couple of decades? The one that tried to maintain the old footballing values whilst still persevering to compete with those capable of winning silverware merely by producing the chequebook, the one that put team spirit and a feel for the Club on a par with ability, and one that acted with class and dignity in all footballing matters?

The trend towards aligning with everyone else in the chase for success has been evidenced since the departure of Martinez, most recently with the merrygoround of managers at GP, the tapping up of Silva last year, and now the blatant demotion of younger talent in the wake of yesterdays foreign signings.

Again, I'm not suggesting this is necessarily all for the worse. Heaven knows we've suffered enough under the 'plucky Everton' culture. But there is still a tinge of sadness in now just joining the rest in the unseemly quest for success.

 

[Tramps_mate]

I don't think anything will change. We'll still be the best of the rest.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Everton should exist to compete and win. Not to be a relic of the past who folk look upon as they yearn for the return of the "good old days". We need to shake this mentality off asap.

So no. I don't agree.

 

[Connor]

Sorry, what?

 

[CrustySack]

Without casting judgement on whether it is for better or worse, have we finally lost the Everton Football Club of the last couple of decades? The one that tried to maintain the old footballing values whilst still persevering to compete with those capable of winning silverware merely by producing the chequebook, the one that put team spirit and a feel for the Club on a par with ability, and one that acted with class and dignity in all footballing matters?

The trend towards aligning with everyone else in the chase for success has been evidenced since the departure of Martinez, most recently with the merrygoround of managers at GP, the tapping up of Silva last year, and now the blatant demotion of younger talent in the wake of yesterdays foreign signings.

Again, I'm not suggesting this is necessarily all for the worse. Heaven knows we've suffered enough under the 'plucky Everton' culture. But there is still a tinge of sadness in now just joining the rest in the unseemly quest for success.

We have gone back to NSNO. This is the Everton I grew up with.

 

[Timhowardsswearbox]

Nah, the EITC stuff still sets us above the majority of others.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

The one that was 20 years behind everybody else?

 

[riddick]

We were the forefathers of this whole "buy to win", no?

"Mersey Millionaires"?

NSNO

 

[bluecanada]

Supported Everton for over 50 years....my fondest memories are of winning Leagues & Cups.....can't wait until we start winning again...

 

[BostonToffee]

Without casting judgement on whether it is for better or worse, have we finally lost the Everton Football Club of the last couple of decades? The one that tried to maintain the old footballing values whilst still persevering to compete with those capable of winning silverware merely by producing the chequebook, the one that put team spirit and a feel for the Club on a par with ability, and one that acted with class and dignity in all footballing matters?

The trend towards aligning with everyone else in the chase for success has been evidenced since the departure of Martinez, most recently with the merrygoround of managers at GP, the tapping up of Silva last year, and now the blatant demotion of younger talent in the wake of yesterdays foreign signings.

Again, I'm not suggesting this is necessarily all for the worse. Heaven knows we've suffered enough under the 'plucky Everton' culture. But there is still a tinge of sadness in now just joining the rest in the unseemly quest for success.

Hmmmm...

 

[GrumpyBlue]

We've always been at the forefront of English football. And then came Peter, then Bill and the landscape changed.
Splashing cash AOTS is an Everton tradition.

NSNO.

 

[This is my name]

We used to be called “the Bank of England club” Cos we’d spend pure wedge didn’t we?

Get back to that laa, I wanna see us win something within my lifetime. At this rate I don’t think me liver could handle it if we won just a league cup.

 

[paulbefc]

Football changed, Everton finally changed with it.

 

[COYBL25]

The wage bill at Burnley was 35 mil last year mate, a so called " traditional " club.

Just like my youth, that era no longer exists.

It all changed when Sky re invented football.

 

[Dymak]

I don't agree with the OP's depiction of Everton over the last 20 years. The notion that we were the last bastion of footballing integrity that refused to make our players millionaires because we only paid our players with magic beans was nothing but a defence mechanism for those that were struggling to cope with the fact that we were so far behind the elite.

We still continued with our place in the food chain, and used cash (not magic beans) to buy smaller clubs' star players, Cahill, Jagielka etc.