30 Jul 2026 03:00:11
My first post here, and want to address some of the negativity I have seen on here. First, I am frustrated with the lack of signings as well. We can certainly be frustrated with the recruitment team. But what we have seen so far, looking like a "championship" side, is nonsense. A lot of people have made this point, and I will repeat it. This is preseason. I have personally never seen a good Everton preseason game except when we battered some team 22-0 or something. The fact is every Premier League team looks like crap right now; United lost to Wrexham and Villa lost to a mediocre Spanish side.
Can we be better? Yes, but we can't lose the season before it has started. Let's get behind what we have, which, minus the final seven games, was pushing for Europe. I personally think we have a really strong spine of the team and I think our midfield is going to be excellent this year, not to mention our home record should improve after the first season under our belts. UTFT.
{Ed025's Note - welcome mate, when you say the spine of the side, we finished with Pickford, Tarks, Gueye and Barry, for me 2 of them need replacing and 1 has left, its not the results in pre -season for me ATVK its of course about getting players fit and integrating new players and trying different things, thats not going too well at the moment and i think we need a bit of a lift with a couple of new faces sooner rather than later so we are in fact ready for the start of the season...heres hoping..
30 Jul 2026 09:16:58
Or you could be positive Ed and say the spine is.
Pickford
OBrien
Branthwaite
Tarks
Garner
KDH
Hopefully Hackney
Outside
Ndiaye (if stays)
Grealish (Hopefully)
Can't help with the striker bit though ha ha
{Ed025's Note - thats not the spine BB...thats the whole skeleton mate.. :)
30 Jul 2026 09:17:26
They will come Ed have faith mate
{Ed025's Note - im holding you to that GB.. :)