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• We have the misconceptions that getting players back will all of a sudden transform things. The reality is very different and experience has told us that over the years. Branthwaite has been missing for a year basically, when he eventually returns the challenge for him will be to stay fit, the remaining games of this season will be his preseason. Obviously Dewsbury-Hall less time out injured but again with a hamstring injury you can only hope that he stays ok and Grealish and Ndiaye obviously give us something else but the lack of pace in the side particularly out wide is still there, the lack of overall movement and how quickly we move the ball is also still prominent. They always say the way a team plays and has its style set should not be reliant on individuals, whoever comes in should be expected to play the same way, and you only need to watch Brentford for a great example of that. ...
  Jim Bennings in Everton’s promising season is starting to unravel
• Neil @ 9: Exactly; Barry Beto (if you put the 2 of them together you wouldn't get a decent player) Anyway, However good or poor they may both be...even when all the missing players were there, they weren't getting that many chances due to the way the team is set up - this is the real problem....
  Derek Thomas in Everton’s promising season is starting to unravel
• Steve, it wasn't Everton fan discontent that saw off our old board, it was the new ownership. And the Roma ultras threatened the life of the CEO because De Rossi was a legend to them, not because he was winning anything. Not sure why you think Moyes feels like he's being left in the breeze -- did you get the impression he was angry when he told us there wouldn't be much business in January? As for Roma, it is at an entirely different stage than us -- five years into Friedkin ownership, fully financially stabilized, and challenging for a Serie A title, just four points off the top. A player like Malen could make the difference. No single player, or even two, will make much difference where we finish. And I would speculate that's one reason why management doesn't look like buying a top right back. ...
  Mike Gaynes in A Year of Moyes Mark II, but is it stagnating?
• David West 15: The 2 big buys haven't worked out yet in Barry and Dibling but that's football isn't it? No it's not David....
  Paul Griffiths in A Year of Moyes Mark II, but is it stagnating?
• Laurie #341, one thing I was absolutely certain of when TFG bought the club was that they would have a long-term plan in place before the deal was even closed -- an assertion for which I absorbed a bit of derision here on TW. I was ecstatic because of their record of success in every endeavour they have attempted, from car dealerships to movies to conservation to football, and you don't get that kind of success without knowing what you're doing. And I remain confident that in the long term Friedkin will prove to be just the owner we have needed for decades -- albeit not without a few bumps along the way. Tony #339, glad you found those links and delighted that one of the people Cox talks about was actually a past contact of yours. Your perspective as a youth star in a professional system is highly valued. We won't hear much about Cox -- he's not involved in transfers, and building an Academy system is a long behind-the-scenes process -- but I share your hope that we've brought...
  Mike Gaynes in Absolutely criminal penalty shoot-out from Everton
• What a bunch of banal bollocks from Garner. Repeated himself how many times?...
  Paul Griffiths in James Garner blames a poor first-half showing for Everton's cup exit