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Better off out of it

Lyndon Lloyd

While it would have been nice to see either or both of the Blues' young Englishmen excel on the world stage, they were better off having played no part in Hodgson's mess.

28/06/2016

â€œNothing will be the sameâ€ is the promise of Everton's latest marketing slogan. By happy accident rather than clairvoyant design, it has turned out to be remarkably prescient as the promise of the Farhad Moshiri era begins to flower with the arrival of Ronald Koeman.

15/06/2016

Now or never for Darron Gibson

Lyndon Lloyd

Now 28 but with just 38 league starts in four-and-a-half years, Darron Gibson's new two-year deal represents his last chance to make his name at Everton.

09/06/2016

Koeman: Is the nomadic Dutchman ready to make his mark?

Lyndon Lloyd

Despite being tipped as a future Barcelona or Arsenal boss, Ronald Koeman has been described as one of the most underrated managers in Europe. As he stands on the brink of replacing Roberto Martinez at Everton, is he finally ready to fulfil that rich promise at the top level?

04/06/2016

A Time for Patience

Lyndon Lloyd

There's a fair bit of restlessness creeping into the collective Evertonian psyche as June approaches with no hint if a managerial appointment to replace Roberto Martinez but the magnitude and importance of the decision mean that the club is right to take their time.

28/05/2016

De Boer: The Dutch master to lead Everton's renaissance?

Lyndon Lloyd

The departing Ajax boss is among the leading candidates to replace Martinez this summer. Four Dutch titles earned him a stellar reputation but has he sullied it over the past two years?

23/05/2016

Lukaku's long goodbye lacks class

Lyndon Lloyd

The Belgian's publicly declaration that he has "made his decision" over his future reek of arrogance and are disrespectful to Everton and the fans.

23/05/2016

The Crouching Wizard â€” Flavour of the month or genuine article?

Lyndon Lloyd

Unai Emery is the latest big name to be linked with the Everton job. He has a history of stabilising and improving struggling teams and has now won the Europa League three times in succession. Would he be a gamble or just the ticket to turn the Blues around?

22/05/2016

The Sword of Damocles

Lyndon Lloyd

The chop when it finally came was painfully overdue but there can't be an Evertonian left who didn't feel that by the end, it was the only merciful thing to do to relieve Roberto Martinez of his managerial duties before the final home game with Norwich City.

14/05/2016

The Vanity of Idealism

Lyndon Lloyd

Roberto Martinez's utopian vision is wholly at odds with Everton's dystopian present

05/05/2016

Who could replace Roberto Martinez at Everton?

Lyndon Lloyd

With a second successive season of failure about to be consigned to the history books, Roberto Martinez's future at Everton is squarely under the microscope. A look at some potential candidates whom the club could look at if he is dismissed in the coming weeks.

25/04/2016

The False Parallels with 1984

Lyndon Lloyd

Why romantic comparisons between the present and Howard Kendall's transformative third full season in charge are misleading and an FA Cup triumph shouldn't buy Roberto Martinez more time unless it's accompanied by huge improvement over the last eight League games.

07/04/2016

Bracing For the Inevitable?

Lyndon Lloyd

Another international break, another problematic media interview involving one of Everton's Belgian contingent. Are the paving stones being laid for Romelu Lukaku's painful exit from Goodison Park or can the striker be persuaded to stay?

30/03/2016

Our Precious

Lyndon Lloyd

The covetous eyes of the biggest clubs from the Premier League and Europe will be on Romelu Lukaku this summer but if Everton have no imperative to sell, perhaps only the whims of the Belgian himself could see him leave Goodison Park.

15/03/2016

Everton being held back by Martinez's rigid ethos

Lyndon Lloyd

Discussing the post-mortem of sorts that has followed the 3-2 defeat to West Ham on Saturday.

08/03/2016

Kenwright ushers in the winds of change

Lyndon Lloyd

As with any new chapter in the clubÂ’s history, Farhad Moshiri's investment in Everton is a step into the unknown that requires faith and patience but it could mark a turning point at the club in all the right ways.

28/02/2016

The Appeal to Coincidence

Lyndon Lloyd

Roberto Martinez has been relying increasingly on bad luck as the explanation for a season of stark under-achievement build but there is only so far that that crutch will take him as the inquests into his team's failings build.

18/02/2016

I'm sorry, Roberto, but this team IS under-achieving... massively

Lyndon Lloyd

It's galling to hear Martinez flatly deny that Everton are under-achieving this season and to insist that it's impossible to expect them to achieve at all given how "new" the team is. Because, by almost all measurement, they are under-achieving and have been for the last 18 months.

31/01/2016

The times they are a-changing

Lyndon Lloyd

In conversation with Dr Everton's better half, Elizabeth France, about Bill Kenwright, his legacy and the future of the club.

15/01/2016

Everton Must Stand Firm Over Precious Stones

Lyndon Lloyd

Chelsea have played their first card in what will probably a summer-long game over John Stones but if Everton harbour any ambitions of challenging for the top four again, then the club simply has to hold onto him unless Roman Abramovich offers silly money.

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