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With 97% of fans renewing their season tickets, the move, if not positive, if certainly not deemed a disaster.rnrnI suppose, certainly hope, that at least the travel issues will improve over time. It will help if the non match going public decide they don\'t need to drive to Costco 1 hour before kick off....
John Pickles in Finding Our Feet: Goodison's Ghost Causing Teething Problems at Hill Dickinson Stadium

That\'s very good, for you, Don. rnrnA touch of whimsical satire. (Assuming it\'s intended for Dozy Dave and not Dan the Don?)...
Michael Kenrick in Yeah, another season of two halves for Everton

As a long-distance fan (London), the move to the new stadium has been very positive and welcome. It is handy for hotels and bars in the city centre and only about a 30 minute walk away. The location is fantastic, the impact on what was a pretty derelict area is already apparent (with bars, cafes and clubs springing up) and with the central docks development happening, it will no longer be in the middle of nowhere. The stadium itself is amazing, inside and out, and the noise generated is very impressive when the team are at it. I also understand that they will be doing more to "Evertonise" the stadium and plaza, which will make a difference. In fact, the only downside I can see is the team performance at home, which has not been good enough. Over to you, TFG!...
Peter Mitchell in Finding Our Feet: Goodison's Ghost Causing Teething Problems at Hill Dickinson Stadium

Spot on, Jack.rnrnBut and it kills me to say this, they do bring a lot of tourists into the city, whereas our support is mainly local.rnrnSo you\'re right when you say the council would have bent over backwards to help them where their attitude towards us was a shrug of the shoulders and "Sod them, they know where it is, so let them get there."rnrnBut in some respects the change in fixtures was terrible, even the Man City game moved from a Sunday afternoon to a Bank Holiday Monday night when most were in work the next day.rnrnThe changes were the one thing that irked and we only had 3 Saturday 3 o'clock kick-offs, shocking....
Andy Meighan in Finding Our Feet: Goodison's Ghost Causing Teething Problems at Hill Dickinson Stadium

I think to call any of them Hit or Miss is hard as Moyes insists on playing people out of position. He has Jimmy Garner playing next to Tim Iroegbunam against Sunderland.Then we had a German International central midfielder playing left side of midfield, and Dewsbury-Hall on the right of that which left a giant hole in the middle that Sunderland just walked through. And a centre-back at right-back with the pairing of 2 centre-backs that are gone -- this is why we cannot judge anyone too harshly; we need to see them in a team that has a plan.That's with the exception of course of Barry who we need to get our money back on... so maybe raffle him off....
Jimmy Hardacre in Everton's 2025-26 transfers: Hits and misses

Dave A (2): 'The season ended with an improvement on last season.'With respect, Dave, what was the 'improvement'? We spent £160M (ish) in summer 2025 and that bought us one first-team regular, 1 more point in 2025-26 than in 2024-25, and 5 more goals scored but 6 more goals conceded (-1, if you like).'Improvement'? The last seven games? The last two games were absolutely woeful, shameful, and humiliating for us. We finished the season in relegation form. The quality of the footy was mediocre bordering on abysmal for the most part. As for success or not on the signings:Hit: Dewsbury-Hall, GrealishHit?: RohlMiss: George, Barry, Dibling, Alcaraz, Aznou *N/A: Travers, KingTFG: C-* The reasons behind misses are not necessarily about the quality of the players themselves but the ways in which they were, erm, 'managed' or, erm, 'used' by Moyes. ...
Paul Griffiths in Everton's 2025-26 transfers: Hits and misses