Understand they didn't want to rush in but now this is Everton, dragging it out, suiting their 'won't be buying anyone until we have a manager in place' stance. Longer they leave it, less time and chance we'll have to strengthen and then it'll be 'we go with what we have' rhetoric all over again (save for a traditional Iwobi-esque disastrous last-minute panic buy) and be told we have a strong squad and the new manager will get the best out of them.
Between the 'quality' of their football last few seasons and all of this, its difficult to find as strong a connection to the club. Even in the dark days of the 90s many of our players were poor to average but they tried. Now with this crop and what's going on behind the scenes, boredom abounds.