Jimmy its like speaking to 5 year olds.
They just are incapable of analysing past results, perfomances and the likely future ones.
They don't reason, debate, rationalise.
'Wait and see', `We tried to get a centre half but wasnt to be', `Who knows', `Holgate will improve', `Mina will be fine', `Wait and see if anyone gets injured', `Kean WILL improve us'. `Gbamin replaces Gueye so 9/10'.
Its so childish. No proper analysis. No detailed description or understanding why we are left in a ridiculously perilous state in central defence despite mammoth investment in wages/players the last few years.
Why are attacking hopes are pinned on a 19 year old. NINETEEN.
It seems the bulk of fans are fine with 8th place each year and an early exit in the cups.
I witnessed our greatest years in the 80's. The culture of the place was so different, even in 80/81/82 when we were gash.
There was expectation that every player was capable of competing at the highest level of the division. Mediocraty was not acceptable. That was why we had such a rich history of success.
That culture has dissapated.
I am lucky to have had some great times, I would love the young evertonians starved of success to witness something similar but I am just not seeing anything that makes that likely other than an owner (clueless about footballing matters) giving us a chance by pumping fortunes in.
It's a fair point mate, but lets give some analysis to each point you've made. Holgate will likely get better, he had a good loan last season and is a young player. Mina dominated in the World Cup, has had a year to acclimatise to English football so why wouldn't he be ok? When partnered with Keane they concede less than a goal a game.
Our hopes are not pinned on a 19 year old. Dominic Calvert Lewin will start the season, the lad who dominated some of the leagues leading defences at the back end of the season. At present he is backed up by a Turkish international and a Brazilian International. The 19 year old you mention is regarded as one of the best teenagers in world football.
I am not sure the relevance of the 80's comments. Unless we are planning to sign the reincarnation of Gray, Reid, Sharp etc I don't see the relevance. We can't sign players who are good enough for the top 6 currently, they won't come, so we have bought a group of lads who are largely under 25 and who are keen to get better.
We need more. The lack of a CB is a glaring omission. It will likely not be breached next season but whats critical is we don't fall off the wagon like 2 years ago. We need to keep the momentum and keep improving.
We clearly wanted Zaha and Doucoure, but at present we are viewed as a big enough jump up. If we get into the top 6 we likely will be able too, which will make a big difference.
The biggest thing about the culture in the80's was we had a young manager, who went and signed a number of younger players who were often discarded by top teams (Harper/Sheedy) and moulded them into the best team in the world. We are trying to do similar. It took Kendall 5 years.
