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It is certainly a frustrating time to be an Everton fan. As most Toffee’s will agree, we have been crying out for some form of investment for a number of years now (especially frustrating watching across the park at the profligate spending of Liverpool manager Kenny Dagleish funded by American money). Some of us might admit that when Sylvester Stallone stepped onto the pitch we somehow hoped or fanticized that ‘Rocky’ may just become our prayed for cash saviour. Obviously this didn’t materialise, but any whisper of the word investment around Goodison Park has the blue half of the city ready to explode with excitement.
Everton are favourites to be the best placed club in the Premier League without the Top 6 clubs. You get odds 4.33 with Bet365 .
Bill Kenwright is undoubtedly a die hard blues fan, and not even the most bitter Evertonian could argue that point. However I can’t help but feel that his love for the club is clouding his judgement and holding back potentially one of the biggest clubs (in terms of history and fan base) in the Premier League. Year after year Everton have been just a player, a spark of genius, away from becoming a real threat to the increasingly distant ‘top four’. That being said, the outlandish injection of cash into these clubs seen in recent years, has seen clubs like Everton fall by the wayside simply because they can not compete on a financial level; something which transfers so clearly onto the pitch at an increasingly disturbing rate.
David Moyes has been hailed by Everton fans as a great manager and it has been widely documented that the great Sir Alex Ferguson has touted Moyesy as his replacement at United in the years to come. I can’t say I am any different than the majority of those who follow the Blues. He has done an astounding job with limited resources. One can only imagine what sort of team Everton would be today if we were in a better financial position. Moyes has proven that he can buy well (if you forget Per Koldrup) as evidenced bythe emergence of Tim Cahill, Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka and the recently departed little Spanish maestro that was Mikel Arteta; a net cost of just over £12 million, an incredible statistic given that all have been the subject of rumours of individual bids way in excess of this at some point.
Betfair offer odds 12.40 on David Moyes to be Man Utd’s next manager.
What can Everton fans expect in the coming season? Well all blues fans know as well as I do that you can never predict which Everton team is going to turn up each week. We are the epitome of a Jekyll and Hyde football team. One week we can be the most accomplished, solid, hard working Premier League team that can give the Chelseas and the Manchester Uniteds of this world a torrid time. The next week we look like a lower league side struggling against teams such as Wolves and West Brom (no disrespect); teams who are favoured for the drop most seasons and who seem to yo-yo up and down from the Championship. Teams like these have at times made us look average; not a team that under David Moyes has finished inside the top eight on seven out of the nine seasons he has been in charge; a mighty feat for a club that had previously been involved in a relegation battle year-in year-out from the advent of the Premier League.
The big question for Everton fans is can we emulate the achievements of recent years yet again – gaining a European place? As unpredictable as Everton can be my answer to that question would be… let’s see at the end of the season. With the departure Yakubu, Beckford and Arteta, some would suggest that an already small squad is now too depleted to achieve anthting this season. Although, there is some hope in the loan siginings of Royston Drenthe from Real Madrid and Denis Stracqualursi, the Argentinian top scorer signed from Tigres. Drenthe in particular, who I remember a few years ago in the Under 21 Championships where he impressed enough to earn a big money transfer to the Spanish giants that are Real Madrid. If this young man can fill the void that I’m sure Mikel Arteta or Stephen Pienaar has left, then there may be hope for us yet. As for Stracqualursi, obviously he is a gamble – can he adapt to the English game? Is he good enough for the Premier League?. My faith in David Moyes is such that there is a buzz of excitement that we may have again unearthed a gem of a talent. With a goal to game ratio of almost two goals per game, you can’t really go wrong can you?
Stracqualursi is 7.00 with Bet365 and William Hill to score the 1st goal vs Aston Villa
Let’s see how the new boys do. Let’s hope the our home grown talent Jack Rodwell and the recently emerging Ross Barkley can do well for us. And let’s hope Moyesy can produce some financial magic and use the Arteta money (if he gets it) to bag us some bargains in January.
Oh, and a massive cash injection from a billionaire philanthropist would be nice as well please.
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