Optimism

[sageyefc]

Are you saying.....................................

All is not what it seems. Make of that what you will

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

All is not what it seems. Make of that what you will

With the good work done on here by you lads, I expect it won't take long.

 

[Brendan Janus]

I've had the optimism beaten from me through years & years of disappointment !!

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I've had the optimism beaten from me through years & years of disappointment !!

You can go and talk to people now mate, husband beating should not be accepted anymore, and you need to report your missus.

 

[Ollie d]

After hearing we have the best squad since the 80's all last season, then losing only Stones and some squad fillers why is the feeling of impending doom so widespread? The manager might not tell the press everyone is phenomenal but I'm certain there is plenty of positives. Quietly confident we will be much better this season, with Koeman bringing a snide element back in which will get Goodison a snake pit once more.

 

[Ryan_Kost12]

I think we'll struggle tomorrow but when we get Williams and a couple other signings we'll be a tough team to compete against. Just have to trust Koeman and Walsh to bring in the right additions.

 

[mezzrow]

Shame that a significant amount on this forum don't want optimism. Too many negative posters and closet Kopites on the wind up. So not only do they plague every other thread with their pessimism they'll come in this one to repeat what we've heard elsewhere.

Have to sell to buy, Bolasie isn't good enough, why aren't we buying players/why are we buying them!?

But above all else, nothing has changed lol.

It's not like I think we're going to storm in to a top 4 finish myself, but I accept the reality of where we are after Martinez took us to 2 mid table finishes and unravelled the top 7/8 consistency that Moyes brought. For those who don't believe everything the media tells them, this window was about strengthening in certain positions and trying to bring in at least one fairly big name. We've improved our centre back situation by making a £44m profit on Stones, and replacing him with a better defender which is what we needed. We may get Kone too now which would improve us even more in our weakest position in the team. Koeman has identified players he doesn't think are good enough, and we've brought in Walsh. We will be trying to bring in a statement signing, but I imagine it's quite hard to pitch 11th place to a new player from a team that's half decent.

Take 8th placed Liverpool for example. Surely they've been raiding Europe's top clubs for talent with their prestigious name in World Football and ambitious manager in charge? Oh wait, they've paid £25m for Wijnaldum of relegated Newcastle, brought in Ragnar Klavan from Augsburg and paid a bargain £34m for Mane of Southampton. What about West Ham? Paid a record fee for Ayew from Swansea, and brought in Lanzini from Al Jazira in the UAE. Quaking here at the prospect of our competition this season.

So yes we haven't had an excellent window yet, but we're making progress and there are still 2 and a half weeks to go. A lot can happen, and will in that time but it still won't be good enough for some.

Entirely too much sense here. Ban.

 

[Lowste]

After seeing what Leicester done last year, we all should be optomistic.
We have a very good squad that just needs strengthening in certain areas, we have good youth coming through the system and we now have money to complement our building of a formidable squad.

But this still isn't good enough for some...

I am more than optomistic, I am over the moon

 

[Viennablue]

Let's see some optimism when Spurs tonk us 4-0 tomorrow.

Our season will start after the international break. Awful lack of action taken by the board this summer. The lack of points we will get in our opening 3 games will cost us big time in May I reckon.

God speed Everton!

 

[Mosh Pit]

We should have a private optimists thread and you have to have displayed logic & a strong sense of emotional intelligence to be allowed to post in it. I'm aware that this would discriminate against a lot of posters on this forum, however, have come to the conclusion that it would bring no greater pleasure than to have them sit outside peering in from their cloud of negativity, allowed only to view & not post. These infected mutants have run the show for far too long around here, time for a change.

 

[summerisle]

Let's see some optimism when Spurs tonk us 4-0 tomorrow.

Our season will start after the international break. Awful lack of action taken by the board this summer. The lack of points we will get in our opening 3 games will cost us big time in May I reckon.

God speed Everton!

Wrong thread

 

[DualityNSNO]

 

[summerisle]

 

[jerseytoffee]

I'm looking forward to it! Martinez had them looking unfit, unorganised and like they had lost all confidence and belief.

I reckon Koeman can get them fit, well setup and fighting, there's also definitely goals in Lukaku, Barkley, Deulofeu and Mirallas.

Although the big transfers haven't happened, I think they're trying to spend well on players they know will improve the squad and some haven't come off yet. Gueye and Williams look like they could be good buys, if Koeman can add the four players he wants before the deadline, that will boost morale as well.

Spurs are solid, but I don't think they're anything special and we can take three points tomorrow! COYB's!

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

Anyone old enough to remember pre Moyes knows we've started seasons in MUCH worse shape.