What gets up your goat the most about supporting everton?

[Jamo Martinez]

I hate it when i say i support everton and they look surprised when I reveal to them that they play in the city of liverpool. and after a moment of silence they say i never knew they were in liverpool interesting is it a big rivalry?

Hate to be pedantic but the expression is 'gets ones goat' the word 'up' is superfluous. To answer your question, The same as you really. Over here in Spain most people are 'modern football' followers or only interested in Real Madrid or Barça coz it's fashionable to like them. They don't know Chelsea are in London tbh so I don't know why it bothers me

 

[Rupert's Tower]

Our small club mentality. I'm too young to remember when we really were a big club but there is no denying in the modern game we are not that anymore and it's painful to see. This Kitbag deal we have is example of this, while every other club tries to maximise their brand to reach the most audiences possible, we go and sign a stupid exclusivity deal so you can't buy our kits anywhere except online and the club shops in town. Absolute madness and I don't care how much people believe the club spin about how good the deal was. This Nike deal has sold more kits than ever before (record numbers we're told), where's that extra revenue going? It's going to Kitbag becuase of this stupid deal

Another example, our scouting network. How come Arsenal can keep bringing though these foreign kids but the kids we bring through are hopeless? Why aren't we scouting in the same places all the big clubs scout? The only reason Arsenal and others get these kids is by exploiting the fact clubs on the continent are unable to put their kids on pro contracts till a certain age, why can't we do that?

 

[edge]

when just plodding along is seen as some badge of honour, we have more in common with the Boltons of this world than the top four we used to be, and still could be with a bit of vision, and are fans for being to placid these days not savage or horrible enough these days need a boot up the arse half of them, in short nearly everything we have turned into a side show to the big events of the football world, while good old bill tells us were watching the greatest show on earth,dabbing a tear from his eyes , and gives us the same old monologue about everton that somehow turns away from the club and ends up about him and him alone to be the best everton fan on the planet.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

The way that Everton will never fail to get your hopes up but then always bring you crashing back down to reality. That being said, I kind of like that aspect too. I guess I'm a masochist when it comes to EFC

 

[jtl60]

Knowing that we are going to play ****e against the bottom teams. How can the same squad of players beat Man United, get a credible draw away at City, beat spurs yet cant beat Reading, QPR, Southampton......

this happens season after season as well

 

[General Disarray]

When the opposition fans sing songs to the tune of YNWA - I don't know why but this irritates me! It’s the same as singing songs to the tune of Blue Moon to United!

 

[Bob Latchford]

The way that Everton will never fail to get your hopes up but then always bring you crashing back down to reality. That being said, I kind of like that aspect too. I guess I'm a masochist when it comes to EFC

Haha... I get this.

 

[D410]

Constantly being skint

This and bouncing off the glass ceiling every 5 years because we don ,t have the money to push on.

 

[alpha1]

Not trying to win the cups. We aren't gonna win the league for a long long time so why doesn't the club try to win a cup instead? Even the league cup would be nice and it is a trophy that is missing from our cabinet.
Looking at the last four of the competition this year I am sure it is one we can win.

 

[nigelcoyb]

fans who think EFC started with Walter and base everything on references to relegation battles - uninformed leathers.