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• Aston Villa have arguably been in a worse place than us, but they get rid of managers without killer instincts & appoint one who has got one. Now look at them. rnrnWe fear the consequences of failing so much, we won’t do it. Look at Spurs reaction to nearly going down, I appreciate they still might struggle this season, but the energy has changed.rnrnYou can’t change a clubs ambitions without changing the manager, is it a risk?- of course it is. But others take it. I agree on Kenwright, he wanted Everton to himself. But he’s long gone.rnrnWhat if if for once the board & leadership of the club adopted a win at all costs mentality? I’d accept route one football to win a lot more football games....
  Darrel Pugh in Pre-season Friendly against Lille ends in a late draw
• Don\'t understand the criticism of Rohl at all. Given he was played out of position to start with, I thought he did pretty well overall.rnrnDidn\'t look out of place in the midfield either. I genuinely believe he could become a top player in time.rnrnHe has a bit of pace about him too, something we have been sadly lacking in.rnrnOur midfield has quality and depth to it. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the defence....
  Sean Herbert in Pre-season Friendly against Lille ends in a late draw
• Steve, genuine thanks for your info on the perverse, to me, nefarious financial \"rules\" governing all but the so-called elite clubs, but to me, boring as I seem to be to some of us, I still and will always ascribe our drastic demise as an elite club to Kenwright alone, for decades.. rnrnHe was from start to finish a bogus shyster serving himself alone and yet so many genuine Toffees had some sort of respect for him, for years, as did \"professional\" Evertonian staff who were employed by him down the decades of our obvious decline. rnrnBizarre, and we\'re still struggling as a result 40 years later!rnrn ...
  Don Alexander in Pre-season Friendly against Lille ends in a late draw
• Don, we had £40 million plus PSR headroom last season but that went in the dividend payment to Roundhouse Capital in December 2025.rnrnThe dividend payment was engineered to compensate them for the sale of the women’s team and Goodison in summer 2025, which allowed us to make signings.rnAs a result, we had little headroom to make signings in January or before the PSR cut off date of 30th June, 2026. rnrnBasis spending since 1st July, this is likely to be a moderate squad investment under the new SCR rules allowing us to spend 85% of football related revenue and player trading net profit. Estimates are that commercial revenue could be £200 million plus for 2025-26 season, but it doesn’t look like this will be a big spending summer.rnrnUnless of course we bring in a striker and right back for £100 million. Anyone think that is going for o happen?rn...
  Steve Brown in Pre-season Friendly against Lille ends in a late draw
• Andy #24, did you see anything from Kenny Tete last season that made you wish he was playing for us? I sure as hell didn\'t. Even out of position O\'Brien is way better.rnrnAnd as for Myko, sorry but not \"every\" fan thinks he\'s garbage. I mean, that sure was a garbage chip he made to KDH to set up our only goal yesterday, eh? That was just about inch-perfect. rnrnSteve #28, which of those players do you actually know anything about? Palestra would have been nice, of course, but we aren\'t quite ready to spend £48 million on a right back. rnrnCostinha played 74 games at Olympiakos with a goal and four assists. Mingueza was dropped by Celta Vigo and doesn\'t even play much right back anymore. Meunier is 34, was dropped by Lille and showed up injured at Sunderland. Which of these players do you wish we had gotten? rnrnYou and Andy apparently believe O\'Brien and Rohl suck so bad that we should sign any old free agent body with \"right back\" on ...
  Mike Gaynes in Everton vs Lille — Match preview and predicted lineup
• When Moyes was first appointed way back he openly boasted that he had the coaching talent to improve any player by 30% beyond their optimum thus far in their careers. Back then, 25 years ago, he achieved some improvement, a top four, but that quickly diminished, lesser places thereafter being achieved. As a manager top-four is his greatest achievement. Somehow he's now revered by TV as an eminence-gris when it comes to punditry, despite (and even including the Hammers' winning of a European competition, equivalent in significance to the old Anglo-Italian cup second division Blackpool won in 1971) doing sod all in creating/coaching a winning team for a trophy of even modest significance in the real world. When we first got him he introduced a stick-in-the-wood resilience to rescue us from relegation under our decades-long nemesis Kenwright, to whom Moyes always bent the knee, but his attitude now is still the same - bending the knee to the owner, receiving £millions whilst doing ...
  Don Alexander in Pre-season Friendly against Lille ends in a late draw