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It looks like certain posters are getting vetted before their posts are allowed to come through? I come to this conclusion after seeing Darren has posted twice (going by the last five posts, link) and he can’t be amending them both at the same time because I think that would be impossible?

One of the hardest things to do on ToffeeWeb at times Tony, is to get your point across without having to go around the houses, spelling it out, little by fucking little, because people want to keep defending certain people or situations, instead of being even slightly aware of the bigger picture, imo mate.

We have got a list of right backs, but, we are hanging on for the one we want the most, just hoping that the other clubs who might also want him end up going elsewhere, is something that I’ve been getting totally bemused by, after reading about it on these pages.

I think it’s clear to see that (a) the manager doesn’t want some of the players put forward by the recruitment team. (b) the recruitment team like the manager seem to be concentrating on players who have already played in the Premier league, or (c) they have identified some great footballers, but the owners won’t put their hands in their pockets, and pay the money required to sign them?

Maybe it’s all going to change over the next couple of weeks, but the saddest thing is that it just shows me, that the people behind the scenes are already preparing for slight improvements, rather than trying to embrace the fans and the football club, by giving us even a modicum of excitement.

Why do we need a striker?

Did someone come in and pay £100M for 1-in-2 Beto when I wasn’t looking?

A bet on us finishing higher in our first season without Coleman and Gueye than we did with them would be like buying money.

We need to shed this ‘plucky Everton’ tag, not replace it.

Amazing looking at those stats produced between Phil & Steve. If it was a one off you would say these things happen but, when you are talking about five different players, I think it’s fair to say that you can clearly see a pattern.

Maybe these players went backwards with regards their goals scored because they couldn’t quite make the step-up? But when you consider that three of them were already playing and scoring in the EPL, then the only step-up that they have genuinely made, is that they all went to a bigger and better club.

If this is the case then surely it’s got to be about the system that had already been developed at the club they were joining, a system that means a lot of fans just unfortunately don’t really enjoy watching Everton playing under our current manager?