How far behind we have fallen, with only Burnley and Crystal Palace treading water alongside us while every other (so-called) Premiership club has massively redeveloped, modernised or moved to a new ground.
If anything epitomised how other people see us it is Goodison. Love it as I do, I feel a sense of embarrassment going there with friends who support rival teams, as it really is 30 years behind the times.
I can remember legitimately chanting 'Sh*tty ground...' virtually everywhere I went with Everton in the 70 and 80s. Now the boot is so on the other foot and I couldn't complain if the likes of Brighton, Leicester Stoke, Southampton and Swansea made the same claim at our rather dilapidated, less than grand 'old lady'.
Those excavators can't move in to Bramley Moore Dock fast enough - we so need it to re-establish ourselves among the elite.
Until then, the board who have so wantonly let time overtake us need to hang their heads in shame for such amateurish lack of investment.
It will also shock you if you arent! 
