Happy Talk

At least we used to be a half-arsed team with a big heart. Since he came, we're just half-arsed. Really hope I'm proved wrong, but I just don't feel like we'll be worrying the big 6 any time soon.

Having said that I think there is a danger that is just becomes a bad habit for some and they are imprisoned in their darkness, too scared to leave.

But for most of us, it does not take that many signs of improvement or vision to get us excited. But what we get excited about is much wider that when I was a kid in the 1960s.

It is a sign of the times that many of the half-full and empty points in this article are essentially business performance analysis. I cannot remember my grandfather talking about that. I suspect soon the Street End will end up singing "And if... ya know... yer Balance Sheet"!

Whilst of course this is important, football debates can sometimes end up like a meeting of a group of accountants. Yet this can be where the biggest guessing and speculation goes on due to the lack of real information any of us have or can access. The audited annual accounts that you would hope helped give foundation for informed debate, are... well, ask Carillion and their "independent" auditors.

But on the field they can't hide (pause for Schneiderlin gags). As we stand at 17:00 on Wednesday, there seems little reason for optimism. The team is all over the place. There are very few, if any, players who really excite most of us. And not that many coming through who we can pin our hopes on.

But, if, just if, the new DoF and manager have a structure, style and game plans that players fit into, maybe my analysis of the talent we have is wrong. And, if they have been promised funds to spend to secure players who also are bought to fit their plan, maybe we can be hopeful.

The thing that makes me optimistic is there are changes happening throughout the club and I find it hard to believe that these are not part of a business and playing strategy.

I believe Moshiri has seen enough over last 2 years and is now sweeping away the ruins of the cozy and backward-looking Kenwright and Elstone era. Ironically, it will probably be the sacking or gentle nudging out of people who kiss the badge (from Board to coaches) that will enable the club to rise again.

I think this will take time, and enough time for the glasses of some to drain further, but the alternative is that the new people are all idiots who wish to lose money and their reputations.

I don't think they are.

It's a crap shoot.

Brands is a good Director of Football and he must have seen something in the Everton challenge – a challenge so great, he has not been able to attract more suitable candidates for the manager's job.

Silva is a good coach, but has not been working since January and is glad of the Everton Manager's job. Moshiri business-wise has invested in what he has seen as a potiential opportunity for a foothold in the Premier League with a big name club (with the glaring need of a new stadium) as a development opportunity. He hasn't a clue about football and had the sense finally to step back and let Brands take over.

It was never going to be perfect. There has been money wasted and players bought in who are not suitable. We have been subjected to some of the worse football in living memory. Until the foundations are laid and building starts, we won't believe the promise of a new stadium.

But, at long last, we have a plan. The first three years are crucial. The Manager appointment is for three years. This first year will be about a sorting out the squad and fringe players. As Brands said, the short-term plan is to get the team ready for the start of next season. The initial assessment by Brands and Silva will be important. Will Brands and Silva be able work together to identify the weaknesses and address them? Will they be able bring the level of the first team up to the necessary Premier League competitive standard level in their play and organisation?

I am more confident they will, than our previous appointments. It's going to take time. . . but I am a long suffering Everton supporter and I am optimistic.

There is some much to be positive about. Whilst many mistakes have been made, I feel so much more comfortable that for once we have people in the club who will learn and address their failings.

A very balanced piece. Keep up the positive news and let's be getting the world talking about what a great club we are.

Good article!

Reasons to be cheerfull – Part 3.

https://youtu.be/qcjh1a9Yoao

I have no doubt that the playing staff will be trimmed too. Brands seems to be very professional and is coming across as he can't wait to get started as opposed to Koeman sunning himself first and Allardyce swanning in like he's the great saviour and Martinez doing his TV work first.

This will definitely be a season of transition but I am optimistic by nature, as most blues are; I expect to see progress on the field by attitude if nothing else. We have the bones of a half decent team and the fact that we finished 8th last season given how awful we were should be grounds for optimism that we can improve next season with people who hopefully know what they're doing.

We definitely need some surgery in the centre-half department, striker and midfield but with Pickford, Coleman, Robinson at left back I'd like to see, Gana Sigurdsson, Walcott and Lookman, there's a decent starting point.

After last season's farce I'm a bit cautious but it all just feels a bit different now so bring on the new season. Last season is history now so clean the slate and let's start again. I'm quite looking forward to seeing how the Brands - Silva axis does.

Thank god Moshiri has been round, collected the glasses and brought new ice-cold fresh pints out on a tray.

Rodger,

Don't worry, be happy!

This is one of several threads which clearly arise out of the hiatus following the Sam sacking, and prior to tomorrow's managerial appointment: I ponder, have we Evertonians all gone off looking for metaphors to describe the feeling of emptiness of our punishing mediocrity, whilst awaiting actual news from the club? Enjoyed the article, as regards the CEO, is that not Chief Executive Officer?

Returning to matters in the thread, yes, this change had to happen, I just hope that we don't have another "false dawn" and if we are to have Marco Silva as manager, he needs to be given the time and resources to create a team in his own way, and to develop a style which befits Everton FC.

My "glass half-full" view is that he might just have what it takes to make us admired and feared again.

If I have a glass that's half-full, I've been short measured and therefore unhappy, whereas if it's half-empty, well I've had a full glass, drunk half of it and on my way to happiness.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-defender-seamus-coleman-hailed-14736327

Just finished listening to the latest Everton Business Matters podcast . There's a lot of positives on there, despite a lot of sobering news. I'd be happy with the rights issue and Moshiri increasing his holding.

We need to get that wage bill right down. We need to minimize player transfers, but move out expensive players who don't play. That includes Rooney.

I'm glad we've got a proper coach in and I hope that he can knock this squad into shape and find a decent first XI from them. I'm confident he can and he will.

Klopp has got the Liverpool crowd going again, and this in turn has obviously given his players a lot more energy.

The more energy you generate, the more the crowd will get behind you, and real belief should then follow. If this happens, then the only fella with his glass half-empty will have spilt some whilst jumping around for joy, which is my biggest wish for every Evertonian next season!