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Si & 80 – ” but I’m still not convinced we do need the pitchforks and torches and be dead set on driving TFG out just yet.”. I want them gone but I am inclined to agree for the time being.

Not a Moyes fan but I think our best course of action at the moment is to give the manager our 100% backing till he gets us to 40 points – then get the pitchforks and torches out.

It was inevitable that Ndaiye would leave. City was an easier pill to swallow than Spurs, but the fee was £20M short. Still, Grealish will hopefully deliver on the left wing, or if necessary switched inside.Dibling performed well in pre-season matches and is worth a run of games on the right flank. Regardless of his hat-trick which was on a plate for him, Barry’s finishing is appalling. Personally, I’d have him on the bench to start with and experiment with George or Johnson as a central striker. Alternatively Alcaraz could easily be used to great effect as a ‘false9’. He’s looked comfortable on the odd occasions he’s been called on to do so in the past. If desperate for a traditional CF, Moyse could always play Keane in that role. And of course we have young Brandon Graham.eagerly awaiting an opportunity to show his worth. Then there still is Barry…
The permutations are many, the picture not necessarily as bleak as has been painted. We should enlist from the squad, without the need to sign some geriatric has been, out of desperation. That is money down the drain and asking for potential further disruption. Promote from within I say!

MK (66), that’s a funny way to look at MG’s post at 41.

We all understand what having a controlling stake means, and it’s unfair to say getting investors involved is equivalent to selling the club outright to someone else.

I think the transfer window was ultimately messed up but I don’t get the attitude that TFG are necessarily just trying to milk the club.

Any serious business has longer term plans and the plans for EFC could still be going through a consolidation phase (we still have the ‘consolidation manager’ after all). Knowing this will not necessarily look good to fans the Friedkins may have been sensible not to frequent the ground and act as though they were simply going to spend money as if it were going out of fashion.

Perhaps the restraint won’t be needed once they’ve attracted some more serious investors? Perhaps it will improve the revenue into the club by having new faces who are plugged into areas the Friedkin’s are small fry in?

I don’t know, but it seems that a lot of serious commentators expect this multi investor model to become the norm. Maybe the Friedkin’s are just being progressive.

I still think the transfer window was badly handled and there should be casualties in the executive ranks because of that, but I’m still not convinced we do need the pitchforks and torches and be dead set on driving TFG out just yet.

Why not pick up some scats from Cremonese. It’s about our level.

Not sure if TW has seen this, but Andy Hunter delivers the shiv:
“To be placed in the same bracket as owners whose lack of ambition, lack of resources and/or incompetence has contributed to the longest trophy drought in Everton’s history, particularly 20 months into a reign that has accompanied the move to a glittering new stadium and the clearing of onerous debt, should be cause for considerable discomfort and embarrassment at The Friedkin Group (TFG) on Wednesday. The slight on Everton’s owner is neither unkind nor unfair. At least Farhad Moshiri had a go before the taps were turned off.”

You can stick a fork, perhaps a pitchfork, in St. Daniel the Ansent’s reputation as a football club owner. He’s done.

I hope Roma experience some deep problems this season. Stick to gringo sports, Dan.