26-27 Expectations

[Toddacelli]

Think we’re in for a bad one sadly. 15th-18th

That nightmare O’Brien Keane Tark Myko back 4 to play 30plus games together

Lack of creativity and strikers that don’t score enough is a bad combination

This could be the year we finally go down

Who hurt you?

[Granite]

Who hurt you?

Everton, I’m guessing.

[bigmanbob]

Fucking hell I was feeling chipper this morning till I logged on here

[TheRam]

Fucking hell I was feeling chipper this morning till I logged on here

We’re shite.

What else do you want us all to say.

[Cereal Killer]

We’re shite.

What else do you want us all to say.

If we lash big bucks on a random striker who’s never played outside of Norway we’ll be in the Champions League?

[Free Agent]

The mid-est of the mid.

[Goaljira]

At least last season we had the new stadium to look forward to, and Grealish brought some intrigue/interest. There's literally nothing positive about next season so far.

[StirlingBlue]

Moyes out banners showing up around November

[Risky]

I don't feel good about next season at all. I don't think we were as good as our league position for most of last season suggested, with those admittedly great fun away wins being totally unsustainable. I think the end of season meltdown saw us end up in probably about the right place for our overall performance level across the whole season.

As things stand, we're not really looking any better equipped to improve on last season's levels. At the moment without any significant additional players in I think we're in for a season of lower mid table misery without the high points that we had at times last season.

It doesn't help that we are just so unadventurous as a team, and that we seem to find keeping the ball and building attacking play so difficult. We rely on the odd individual moment from the likes of Ndiaye or Grealish to give us some excitement, but overall we're a tough team to watch.

I think this time last season I was excited for the season to start, counting down the days to the trip over for the 1st home game of the season. I wouldn't say I'm dreading the same trip in a few weeks this time round, but I'm certainly looking at it as being a long slog of a lost Saturday just to go and be let down. I'm sure we'll have brought a few more players in by then, but the chances of them actually being on the pitch for more than 10 minutes are probably pretty slim.

Hopefully I get proved spectacularly wrong here, but I've supported Everton long enough to know what's likely to happen.

[dazfrancis]

MID

[StirlingBlue]

I will say though, I think we’re all forgetting just how influential Grealish was.

If we get him back and he can get to the same level then we could be playing some good football despite Moyes best efforts

[Shogun]

The mood is absolutely terrible after the end of last season, more slow movement in the transfer window, Keane and Mykolenko handed new contracts, no right back and an unsurprisingly flat pre-season. Don't know one person who wants to get back to watching Everton in the new season.

Moyes should have been sacked at the end of last season imo. Things are going to get toxic very quickly if Palace beat us.

[Evertonian418]

The mood is absolutely terrible after the end of last season, more slow movement in the transfer window, Keane and Mykolenko handed new contracts, no right back and an unsurprisingly flat pre-season. Don't know one person who wants to get back to watching Everton in the new season.

Moyes should have been sacked at the end of last season imo. Things are going to get toxic very quickly if Palace beat us.

Agreed. If we get beat by any of the teams playing in Europe every week there will be hell on.

[Blues Mahoney]

We need:
1x LB
2x RB
1x CB
1x CM
1x RW
2x ST

And thats just to get in the top 10 lol

Never happening, currently we're not getting higher than about 15th I'd say, maybe 14th at a push.

We've got a very favourable start which is bad as we're historically crap at starting the season. If we have more than 5 points after the first 5 games I'll eat my undercrackers! Not a chance.

[john e]

Up to now I can't see many positives for the start of the new season, unless we get players that can play and get the players we need to fill the team.

Lower mid table I think, as Moyes will not let the team play and we will see the same old faces doing nothing each week!