Joy Deprived

[Iana]

If we ever qualified for the Champions League our anthem would be “Ode to Joylessness”.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

In footballing terms we’ve been an absolute nothing of a club my entire life of following football (I was 6 in 1995)

In terms of fanbase, attitude and club… I wouldn’t want to support anybody else

 

[Pabbers]

I truly believe we are the most joy deprived fanbase in the entire country.

We don’t win silverware.

We hardly ever win a derby.

We just exist in the league we play in.

We regularly go out of the cups in embarrassing fashion.

The majority of football we’ve had to put up with has been terrible on the eye.

We have to sell our best young players because we can’t match their ambition.

Is there anyone more joy deprived than us? I always thought Ipswich were up there but they have had plenty of recent enjoyment.

Anyone else?

Preston.

 

[Joey66]

Preston.

Our current manager is more interested in them expect HA & Murray to go on loan there next season ....

 

[Joey66]

Lots of sense here.

For every Ireola ( spelling?), Emery and Glasner there is a David 'two-pots-in-40yrs' Moyes ( including Division 2 promotion with Preston).

1. Tactics- He does not have football to beat good teams ( never won an away game in 43 against top 4 in his first stint)
2. Market - His track record for finding elite players is mixed. Last summer 130m?+ and the only player to make a positive impact all season is KDH. Nowhere near good enough.
3. We are stable now, we have seemingly good ownership...

So how long do we persist with Moyes. Do we need more 'stability' next year? I think his graft , achievements and the personality of the team in his first stint here, done within the constraints of awful ownership, will long connect with many fans forever . It was pretty brilliant.

So I feel guilty considering when/ whether he should move on. Hopefully we make Europe and supporters get a little more intrigue to our season. Moyes will have deserved those away days too.

But I just don't see that in our football or a third pot in nearly 40 years ( if you do include that 2nd div promotion with Preston + euro conf league ) without fixing the positions he failed to fix with a lot of money last summer.

Tactically nothing made much sense Vs RS 2nd half, either. Same old.

2 pots in 40 years. Even my snooker is better than that.

I feel like: Let's grab Europe and next season enjoy it with a decent forward and FB. And if Moyes can't deliver that, then his work in V1 ( punching above our weight , regular Europe, FA CUP final) and V2, help stabilise, is done and with great credit.

You missed out he has been sacked 3 times & the 4th one is very near ....

 

[Davideeyore]

Are we really the only club out of 92 plus league clubs with nothing proper to celebrate in the last 30 years?

At least a promoted club gets to celebrate promotion.

 

[Davideeyore]

I read a stat. We are the only english club this century to not experience a cup win or promotion or any form of success. Thats depressing

 

[JLW]

Are we really the only club out of 92 plus league clubs with nothing proper to celebrate in the last 30 years?

At least a promoted club gets to celebrate promotion.

"Fugayzi, fugazi. It's a whazy. It's a woozie. It's fairy dust.

That's how we are seen by everyone, pointless nothing, just exist but only to ourselves.

 

[kev]

'Joy deprived' is I believe currently co-favourite for the new club motto, along with 'Happily disatisfied'

Which gets your vote? "laetitia carens" or "laete non contentus"

 

[Saint Domingo]

and we’ll do exactly the same next season, because we’ll find a bogus excuse as to why we need to play all the same players.

‘Keano has been really good this season and you just can’t replace the experience of Dwight and Idrissa’

 

[chicoazul]

I find joy as an Evertonian in the abundance of intelligent, fully secure and engaging online company around us all. None of whom are on this website.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I find joy as an Evertonian in the abundance of intelligent, fully secure and engaging online company around us all. None of whom are on this website.

Thx mate.

 

[Bally1989]

Truly embarrassing

 

[dannyboy]

Truly embarrassing

1 derby win with fans in attendance in 16 years as well now. There has never been a worse time to be an Evertonian.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Truly embarrassing

If we manage to get back into the Europa league you can bet your house we won't get Forest and Freiburg as the semi and then Final. It will be Juve in the quarters, Porto in the Semis, followed by PSG in the final, if by some miracle we made it that far. We picked the wrong time to be crap.