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Preparation, prevents poor performance. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. We are never fully prepared for a new season. Never.

Only in football can you start the show with understudies, instead of the genuine article. Imagine going to watch a play in the West End expecting to see Sir Ian McKellen and Judy Dench, only to find Danny Dyer and Mrs Brown in the lead parts. Yet football clubs expect us to pay top dollar, before the cast has actually been fully assembled. Football, taking fans loyalty for granted for far too long

Wheres my post

So Tim wears the No 42. Does this mean He’s actually, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything ?

Andy, I’m not sure sacking the entire recruiting team 17 days before the window closes is quite the resolution to the problem that most football clubs would choose.

That’s the deadline. 17 days. Not the seven before the season opens.

Like Chris above, I’ve read the posts on TW for years but never posted as signing up failed 3 times previously. This was as good a time as any to try once more and gratefully, it worked.

I’ve been an Everton fan since I was 6 years old and am now in my mid-forties. I met Danny a few years ago through my friend Jamie (his younger brother) I think away at Spurs from memory. Was easy to connect with Danny with his enthusiasm for the team we all love. Since we met, he and Jamie were kind enough to always let me know when any tickets were available, particularly in the south and I’d go whenever possible. Danny introduced me to a few of you on here at matches – grateful to have met you.

Like Danny, I am one of those (to some) annoying fans that always tries to remain optimistic. I think it’s why I got on well with him and enjoyed going to the matches with him and I like to think he thought the same!

The most memorable match I went to with Danny was the 5-1 win away at Brighton in 2023. I’ll never forget that match and how we were jumping around with joy in the stand. We both believed that that was the match (the catalyst) that saved us that year.

I lost one of my best friends to a motorcycle accident at 18 and a year later, one of my housemates at uni took his own life. They both went too early and so did Danny. The loss always remains but like I’ve done with them I’ll remember the good times with Danny and all his great posts.

It was truly awful news a few days ago. It’s hit me harder than I thought and I can’t imagine what Jamie, Connor and the rest of the family are going through. Condolences once again and thoughts with you to remain stong 💪🏽. RiP Danny, none of us will forget you mate and I’ll see you again one day 💙 🙏 Before then, hopefully Everton can do us all and you (in spirit) proud.