Expectations have dropped off because the owner stopped funding us, crippled us with debt, that debt and PS&R needs managing through a sell to buy/loan policy, and there’s no one steering the ship until the ownership situation is resolved. We’ve incurred two points deductions, sold most of our best players, are the only team turning a trading profit in the past 5 years and we’ve had to date two failed takeover attempts when in exclusivity periods.
Now do people think it might be all of those things that have people saying we need to stay afloat until the takeover occurs and we get revenues from the new stadium to give us room in the transfer market….
Or do people think ‘you know what I was hoping for 14th place this season but now that I’ve heard that Dyche press conference I’m specifically targeting 17th place as my only expectation for Everton’
Grow up.
For myself I maintain we’re capable of more than 48 points this season. I don’t think we’ll be in relegation trouble and it will be an orderly handover to new owners this season with Dyche going either at the point of handover or at the end of the season with job done in terms of what we brought him in for.
There’s also a difference between people saying they’d take 17th, they expect 17th, or they want 17th. I presume people know that?