Bullinasia
Player Valuation: £1m
To win we'd need a lot of luck, as others have said, with injuries, suspensions, form, consistency etc. simply because we don't have the pure breadth and depth of squad the "rich guys" do.
What interets me more and makes this season feel different so far, is that among some of the the usual sound bites from DM we
are hearing things stated in public by him, in my view, not heard for quite some time. is it because we are playing Boss footy or has something else triggered this?
Just some examples. He has:-
1. admitted he would not have paid to watch Everton pre-Xmas
2. admitted we have bottled it in recent seasons when we've had a chance to push on to the next steps mentioning Cup Final vs Chelski and semi last year vs RS as examples
3. started talking about more than just the initial 40 points as the only target and talking after 6 games of Europe and a dream of CL football, if we are still a worry to the rich boys come April
4. admitted after Soton game that in the past we have set up to a nick a goal - Quote: "With Jelavic and Mirallas, you see Everton with a bigger goalscoring threat than we've had before," he said. "In a lot of games over the year we've had to set up thinking 'can we stay with it? Can we nick a goal?' Now we come here and expect Everton to score."
It is almost as if he has been reading GOT over past 12 months where people have cried out for us to take it to teams not just hope to nick one with a dour defensive display, sort the right side out, play people in their strongest positions etc etc.
Long may it last because these times of joy do not come around too often.
What interets me more and makes this season feel different so far, is that among some of the the usual sound bites from DM we
are hearing things stated in public by him, in my view, not heard for quite some time. is it because we are playing Boss footy or has something else triggered this?
Just some examples. He has:-
1. admitted he would not have paid to watch Everton pre-Xmas
2. admitted we have bottled it in recent seasons when we've had a chance to push on to the next steps mentioning Cup Final vs Chelski and semi last year vs RS as examples
3. started talking about more than just the initial 40 points as the only target and talking after 6 games of Europe and a dream of CL football, if we are still a worry to the rich boys come April
4. admitted after Soton game that in the past we have set up to a nick a goal - Quote: "With Jelavic and Mirallas, you see Everton with a bigger goalscoring threat than we've had before," he said. "In a lot of games over the year we've had to set up thinking 'can we stay with it? Can we nick a goal?' Now we come here and expect Everton to score."
It is almost as if he has been reading GOT over past 12 months where people have cried out for us to take it to teams not just hope to nick one with a dour defensive display, sort the right side out, play people in their strongest positions etc etc.
Long may it last because these times of joy do not come around too often.
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