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• This is what it is to be Everton now. For years the DNA of club has been one of happy to make up the numbers, one of the ever present Premier League teams, best of the rest. But then after years of lack of ambition from the club up came the real threat of relegation to smack us on the arse. Hence the Allardyces,Dyches and Moyes. Relative stabilty now needs to be built on immediately this summer. A new manager, new players and some real investment and leadership from these new owners. I don't want to hear anymore about 3 year projects I want us to hit it bigtime from the off next season. No more treading water because one day we'll drown....
  Tony Hughes in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United
• Tony 66 - I thought exactly that when watching Athletico Madrid last night in the Chsmpions League Simeone plays what some would call defensive football. However, they play without the ball with high intensity and lay traps for the counter attack. The other thing is that the 70 thousand who attend every match buy into the approach and make it a cauldron. I'm certain that we could replicate that atmosphere at Bramley Moore if only we played with passion and intent....
  Liam Mogan in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United
• Surely 12th again with all the transitional problems of a new stadium would be undeniable progress? Could even be argued that finishing lower is progress, especially when the players you have splurged most of your budget on have underwhelmed. Similarly, being slightly less mind numbing than under Dyche is a huge step forward. Or so the Mediocre One will argue in his constant moving of the goalposts. If only he could move the goalposts enough so that our players could actually hit the target....
  Liam Mogan in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United
• Patric O/P Did Grealish sustain a serious foot injury v Villa? He claimed he had been feeling pain there for a few games previous to the Villa game but never mentioned it to the club officials— seems a bit strange to me. These 38 chances are put forward without any real,information about who they were against and what sort of chances they were, he is attributed with 6 assists ( 5 in my estimation);and two goals over 22 games, nothing to gloat about when he is getting £300,000 a week. These professional fouls fans claim are part of his class act— they will call opponents who gain these fouls cheating bastards which they are let’s be honest. Seems to me we are not getting value for money when he is being paid for 35 games but only playing for 22, I think City should be paying us a big rebate for the loss of 13 games by Jack. I also hope Everton swerve signing him again next season loan or otherwise going on his efforts this season....
  Dave Abrahams in Everton are badly missing Jack Grealish
• It’s subjective, maybe we have got a few better players, including some that the manager seems reluctant to use, and once again for this reason alone, I can’t reiterate enough that I don’t believe David Moyes, knows how to build a really competitive squad. I might be wrong but I just don’t see any real evidence to make me feel that I am wrong, and something I have already written about today is that Everton’s, best results have been when we don’t have a lot of possession. I honestly don’t mind playing without the ball, just as long as we are effective when we get it, especially because when I look at the league today, I think to myself that a savvy, defensively sound manager like Diego Simeone, would probably have a great chance of winning the EPL, with his style of football? (...
  Tony Abrahams in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United
• Good chance of 12th again this season Tony.Or worse. A better subject would be lack of progress mate....
  John Collins in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United