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I was listening to Talksport yesterday (sorry), blissfully happy in the knowledge I was unlikely to hear any news about Everton, nothing controversial that would drive me to start thinking about coming out of retirement and get angry about our once joyful team.

But it happened.

Dean fing Saunders.

Hit the nail on the head. Something like this.

Liverpool are used to winning and they want winners. That’s why they sacked Slot and it might be too much for Iriola.

He likened it to Moyes replacing Ferguson. Man U want to win. Ferguson wanted to win every game.

Moyes, he said, wanted to go out and not lose every game.

That is how we are perceived. Why is Moyes good enough for Everton, but Slot – a league winner – not good enough for our neighbours?

Why did Spurs sack Postecoglou – a cup winner?

Ambition. Spurs may well be worse than us in many ways but at least they want to win and be better. Yeah they might piss it up, but they will come back again and probably be challenging for trophies way sooner than us. They try.

We are nothing. Nobody fears us, but they don’t laugh at us either. Nothing.

I don’t want to hear how we are stabilising. I’d argue we’d already stabilised by the time Moyes came in. Yeah Dyche wasn’t good enough, but Thelwell and he had already made all the slimlining.

I don’t want to hear how we need to be patient with Friedkin. Roma wasn’t built in a day etc. Bollox. Friedkin were ruthless at Roma and now look at them.

We deserve ruthless.

Why should we be hearing that Moyes is great for us but not good enough for Man U?

Its nonsense. As controversial as it might be to say, I miss Moshiri, not the bit where he almost took us out of existence! But he showed ambition, and but for PSR and a Ukraine war – who knows where he might have taken us eventually.

Friedkin may well be savvy business people, but fuck their lack of respect. The hard work was already done, they’ve done the refinancing now give us a little bit of Roma love.

PSG won’t be after Ndiaye. Not good for them.

Reading the numerous articles written after each match, there are few variations in the general themes that contributors raise. The manager and his game plan, the quality and fitness levels of the team, the use or misuse of those on the bench, the overall shortage and availability of back-up players, and the apparent disinterest shown by the Club’s owners being uppermost in this regard.

These are all valid of course, as is the unhappiness displayed by the ever-loyal but increasingly frustrated fans, regarding the direction in which the Club is heading, and what is being done to keep the wheels from coming off.
The Anfield lot have dispensed with Slot and signed up Ireola, whose major achievements has been to win the Cyprus Supercup and take Bournemouth to 6th place in the Premier League with a brand of attacking football and a “to hell with
the consequences” attitude that makes a mockery of Moyse and his inability to take risks, trust youngsters, and explore the lower divisions inside and outside the UK for promising players.
Moyse may be experienced but he is also the victim of a culture and mentality that ended in the late 60’s. Stability is important in today’s football climate but so is entertainment
and the willingness to throw caution to the winds by grasping opportunities whenever they arise. Ireola and Glasner have that ability; Moyse may have had it once but no longer.

The way Ndiaye played for Senegal the other day we would be lucky to get 6 million.

Andrew you are right but when you see statements like “Happily dissatisfied” and “we are not ready for Europe” coming out of senior management it is hard to get hopeful again.

Everton have the monopoly on raising your expectations and then letting you down.