We're already there

We have a decent defence, if Moyes doesn't try to keep his favourites happy and plays players on form. Midfield, player for player, we have one of the best, as long as Moyes stops trying to put his favourites in when other players are in form. Up front is where our problems lie on the pitch (I'll come to problems off the field later). We sign a new striker who needs games to get used to the Prem and Moyes doesn't use him till halfway through the season; Moyes sends two strikers on loan (about 3 or 4 seasons ago, Moyes complained about having a small squad). He goes and gives a new contract to a striker who can't give 100%, ends up wide and falls over a lot.

Kenwright and his band of egos are where they want to be and are only looking for investors, not takeovers as they don't want to lose the power ? similar to the North African dictators and look thats happening to them! Don't think we can get Nato to help, but people power we have...

They are looking for a new ground ? why can't we go for Stanley Park? It's had all the plans and planning permission done by they other lot.

I have joined Everton for Change where like-minded supporters are... those who still remember who we are. Do the same and maybe we can resume our place as one of the big 4 or 5.

We no longer do the things that got us to the top in the first place. Sure we can still take care of the bums, but even that is getting harder. Title fights are a distant memory.

We are on the ropes, but we have the belief and the knowledge that we still have what it takes to get back up there. If only we can find another mentor to put us back on the right track.

We have to keep fighting. We dare not hit the canvas.

As long as one or two decent players are brought in over the summer and they can be acquired without spending huge fees, we can still get to where a club our size and one with (most of) our supporters' trophy-winning mentality should be.

Sadly, a whole generation of Blues now feel 5th is winning something and believe plucky little Everton, who have no money, through no fault of their own, can't therefore do anything but survive.

She even saw a Stoke top on one poor lad. The point is we cannot compete money-wise, fan-wise, media-wise or credibility-wise with any of the big 6.
Anyone who remembers the 80's glory days will probably never see the like again. FA Cup runner-up if lucky one year, hold Man Utd at home if we are lucky...

Time to be a realist me thinks and accept our lot... 7th is not bad when you have none of the above.

SAF will have announced his retirement as Man Utd win the PL and the CL.

New Chelsea manager Pep Gladioli will recuit solely from the Italia Conti stage school.

Man City will be disrupted once again by their owners foisting another unwanted, high-profile diva signing on them; with Cheryl Cole signed up to X-Factor USA, it'll be Rhianna or Beyonce.

Twitchy McBung will be banged up leaving Levy to dismantle Spurs' squad and hope new man Warnock can do his usual low-budget magic.

Villa will be shite as ever...

So it's a straight fight between us and the Dark Side for next season's title.

With the season already a few weeks old, Moyes on the OS stated that the squad would be hitting its straps in another six weeks. That was an admission of his sheer bloody incompetence. That terrible start was compounded by his defeatist tactics when we were at home to teams we might ordinarily expect to beat. In game after game the incompetence of our coaching panel is also clearly evident.

Under another heading, I have listed our squad and their basic technical faults. The average supporter could easily write out the same kind of list. It is maddening in game after game to see the same players making the same mistakes. In not a single case can I point to any improvement.

It is even more sad that youngsters like Victor, Jack and Seamus have seen their development hit the wall. I strongly believe that much of the blame lies in the quality of coaching.

The point I am trying to make Kieran is that money or the lack of it is not the sole reason we are where we are. In fact, it is a miracle that we are where we are.

We should have a ceiling of £50k and, if players don't want to renew, then ship them out and bring in newer hungrier ones. Moyes fucked this season up sticking his heels in the mud demanding we hold onto current "stars" rather than buy the striker we really needed or a winger with pace. These increased contracts probably cost us a few million which may have made it possible to buy some speed.

I hope he learns his lesson this summer and does a serious refresh of the squad, if he has to sell assets to that end so be it.