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Kevin Sparke

Sleepless in Seaton Sluice
27 December 2005

Blue Bill: Sticking by Davey?

If he is going to sack Moyes this season (and hope to make a difference), it will have to be in the next four days; any later than that and he�ll be appointing a new manager who will not know the strengths of the team with a view to plugging deficiencies by buying appropriate players in the �January sales�. (Yeah... WE all know we need a striker...)

Even if he does appoint a new manager, how much money has Bill got left from the Rooney windfall to fund any purchases? (About �0.2 million by my rough calculations...)

I�ve a feeling that Bill will stick with Moyes; even if we are relegated. Why?

1. The honourable reason: Bill may genuinely believe that we are going through a �bad patch� and Moyes will come good eventually (whether it is �eventually� enough to keep us up, is open to debate).
    
2. The crafty or less honourable reason: If Bill appoints a new manager, he will have to offer the enticement of hard cash to buy new players and fund a new manager's contract (assuming he�ll appoint a bloke with ambition and not a stop-gap like Bobby Robson, Peter Reid etc).

(It is safe to assume that we are not as financially sound as the AGM figures led the world to believe, though the recent �noises� about building a new �200 million plus stadium leads me to speculate that money, like McFadden, moves in a mysterious way at times. Who knows?)

Anyway, Bill, if you read this you might consider the following New Year�s resolutions:

1. Love alone is usually not enough to make a marriage, (especially when love is unrequited). Sometimes emotions cloud rational thinking, particularly when rational thinking is needed above all else.
2. It is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open one�s mouth too often and prove the theory.
3. Fund a world-class striker. (Or face the possibility that history will judge you as the �infamous chairman who took Everton down�.)

Finally, a call to arms.

In two days time we face the old enemy once again.  Times are dark and hope is hard to find.  Dig deep lads, keep your heads up, look �em straight in the eye and remember that any bandwagon-jumping, glory-hunting, loud-mouthed braggart can follow the red flag.  But you, my blue friends, have had your spirit forged by disappointment, your memories enriched by our wonderful history and your hearts scorched by injustice that they�ll never know�  Be proud� they may score more goals than us� but we�ll never be beaten because we have something that they�ll never have � authenticity.

We may not be �The People�s Club� but we are definitely more exclusive than that bunch of football day-trippers and trophy tourists� �and we deserve infinitely more than we are getting from our present team.

Keep the faith boys; not in Moyes or Kenwright, or any of the Everton players � they are transitory individuals and, in the grand scheme of things, don�t matter�

Keep the faith in Everton, your birthright, your sunshine, YOUR EVERTON.

Kevin Sparke

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