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This is for everyone saying two years (four windows) wasn’t enough time to properly rebuild this squad.
Clearly the point is Bournemouth have a better structure. No arguments there.
However, the numbers feel a bit wrong..? Maybe there is a gross number in there that makes sense, but as far as I can tell we've a net spent 72 mil over the 4 windows which is really the one that counts. That's next to nothing by PL standards when it comes to trying to rebuild an already depleted squad due to the PSR situation we were in. Saying that can still acknowledge the better jobs some teams like Bournemouth are doing with their resources.
We're getting outspent by most of the promoted teams and bartering with Crystal Palace to try and get players off the books.
This isn't trying to defend anything. It just shows how unserious we are really.
It’s a real shame in the past 10 years that we’ve not been a bit more innovate and clever with our transfer strategy and recruitment policy, especially as we’ve found it progressively harder not just to break into the top 4 but now just breaking into the top 8.
It feels like within the club there are “old aristocracy” vibes and they fail to realise that it doesn’t matter that Everton won trophies and titles 40-60 years ago, nobody cares in the modern age.
They need to face up to the reality that we are being outsmarted by the likes of Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford who for much of this century were uninspiring League One level clubs but have found a formula for competing more effectively than us despite their lack of great history and success.
A huge cultural shift needs to happen within the club, but at the moment I can’t see where this will come from. Maybe we will accidentally stumble across the formula with new owners.
Howe would have been the ideal appointment this summer, in so far as it felt actually achieveable, minimal risk and not too imaginative so our hierarchy might manage it.
StirlingBlue wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 8:14 am
Howe would have been the ideal appointment this summer, in so far as it felt actually achieveable, minimal risk and not too imaginative so our hierarchy might manage it.
Sadly I reckon he’ll end up at United now
Howes an appointment for a club that cant judge talent. So yes probably ideal for us but we are going absolutely nowhere if we are always doing whats safe because weve no clue about potential
I’d prefer a manager from abroad I think. These guys seem to come in and see teams like Utd and Chelsea etc like a proper scalp and aim to beat them. Watching all these small clubs appoint aggressive managers from overseas makes me want a bit of that.
I can't see how these owners can convince any manager of substance that he should tread water with us for at least the next couple of years while they try and offload us.
AjaxAndy wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 9:52 am
I don't think it matters really, as unless we are in or around the relegation zone at Xmas time the owners have no reason or desire to make a change.
I also reckon Moyes has so much history with us, that it's hard to imagine enough fans turning on him unless we really were in the mire.
Hard to judge internet compared to ground, isn't it? Seems like his time is very much up in online circles (it's not obviously) but everyone I know in real life is utterly fed up with him as well (not meaning that represents the whole ground)
If we lose to Newcastle on Monday then we're probably going into that Coventry game in 15th/16th and if that goes badly could well end the weekend in the relegation zone.
Shogun wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 9:55 am
Hard to judge internet compared to ground, isn't it? Seems like his time is very much up in online circles (it's not obviously) but everyone I know in real life is utterly fed up with him as well (not meaning that represents the whole ground)
If we lose to Newcastle on Monday then we're probably going into that Coventry game in 15th/16th and if that goes badly could well end the weekend in the relegation zone.
Maybe we should re start the poll, reckon there might be a dramatic swing this time.
