19 Jun 2026 19:33:18
When I was growing up in West Derby, Everton were a force, winning the league and the FA Cup. Following our Cup win in 1995 we had poor management for too long. Then we got rid of the Russian influence and got new American owners. A new beginning? Well maybe, but the fact that they have not been to see us play once results in the realization that there objectives and ours as supporters may well differ.
They are business men and have made getting the financial part of the business on a level footing and putting football people into the top jobs. Building the financial benefits of the new stadium by using it for non-football events must be high on there agenda. Investigating business opportunities in the area around the stadium also must be a given.
While the last eight games of last season were a disappointment they obviously see no reason to make panic changes at the moment.
They will give Moyes whatever the financial situation allows the club to spend for new players. If additional players are needed it will be financed by sales of existing players. Consequently unless a miracle happens we can only expect a slow improvement over the next few seasons.
The issue I have with all of this is that I am fed up watching boot-ball, dreary football, poor management and late substitutions. Anyone who believes that the football we have been playing is exciting is not as old as me, I have seen better days.
By the way please keep your replies pleasant. At 86 I have had a hernia operation two days ago and need to keep calm, my wife (from Prescot) insists on it.
19 Jun 2026 20:36:44
Good post, Mike. I, too, have seen all the glory days. Keep your feet up and chill out, mate, you deserve it.
19 Jun 2026 21:04:51
Thanks GB, I do enjoy your posts, I'm just not as bullish as you. I just want to see us play some quality football. If we do, the good results will follow.
19 Jun 2026 21:24:41
Yeah, good post, Mike. I absolutely understand where you're coming from. I don't think any of us are blown away by the style of football. For a long time, I've just been worried about relegation, and so a 'safe' season seemed a bonus. Expectations must be higher for next season. All the best for the upcoming op, mate.
19 Jun 2026 22:03:18
I don't know if I'm right, but I just get the feeling TFG are more interested in the stadium and the location of it to make a buck, and the fans and or football come second. I could be wrong, but that's just way they make me feel.
I can't see them making enough positive changes for our club to win any trophies in my lifetime. Mid to 6th in the Premier League will do just fine for them, I think.
19 Jun 2026 22:39:58
Hey Mike, a little bit younger than you but old enough to see Alex Young in his prime. Used to drink in the Barrie's in West Derby.
I get what you're saying and also find it frustrating that we have moved so far away from the style of football I used to watch.
I can only think that younger supporters these days have had nothing to get excited about, so see avoiding relegation as a success.
Sad times, and if we continue in this vain, I doubt I will ever see this club lift a trophy again.
19 Jun 2026 23:12:48
76 bluemike, incisional hernia after radical cystectomy, buggars won't operate cos of low body fat. Stress with this lot don't help. Now you all know why I am a bloody miserable sod.
20 Jun 2026 01:31:06
Understand fully, dms. A radical cystectomy is serious. Hope the hernia is not causing any pain, and if it is, get them to do the hernia operation with laparoscopic surgery. Very little cutting and recovery is much faster. Not all hospitals do it, but do some research. Good luck, mate.
20 Jun 2026 01:44:41
Hi BMD, by the time I had reached drinking age we had moved to Alder Road so it was The Queens on Queens Drive for me.
My best mate at school and who I went to matches with was Neville Smith who went on to co-write and act in "The Golden Vision". Have kept in touch with Neville over the years, but he is not well now, unfortunately.
Loved Alex Young and called my son Ian Alexander. Wish we had him now, although he would be too small for Moyes style boot the ball up field football. I haven't watched the kid Graham, but he may be a Young look-alike.