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• Some right door hinges on here....
  Darren Hind in Everton announce how to watch pre-season schedule
• Derek those lyrics were pretty much how every single Evertonian was feeling 12 months ago, getting ready to go to our beautiful new home on the banks of the royal blue Mersey.rnrnYour last paragraph is why I personally can't begin to get even remotely excited about watching Everton, playing again right now.rnrnI wanted England to win but, by the end of the game, it never really hurt because of naive and cowardly tactics. Towards the end of last season, I was desperate for Everton, to get in Europe, but walking out of the stadium after the loss against Sunderland, my feelings were more of being exasperated and frustrated, because of those same naive, boring and very negative tactics.rnrnFootball is a game which used to set me free -- but the fear of losing, or even winning (very apt, Liam @139) plus the circus around the way the game is currently being officiated, has taken so much personal enjoyment away....
  Tony Abrahams in The 2026 World Cup — England vs Argentina
• Glad that\'s out of the way. rnrn*fades in Nina Simone*rnIt\'s a new dawnrnIt\'s a new dayrnIt\'s a new life for me, yeahrnIt\'s a new dawnrnIt\'s a new dayrnIt\'s a new life for me, oohrnAnd I\'m feeling goodrnrnCan we now stop looking back but rather look forward to yet another exciting season, just take a minute to savour the upcoming 38 games, not forgetting 2 or even 3 -- woah there, Nelly -- stirring blood and thunder Cup Ties.rnrnAnd... *snaps fingers* you\'re back in the room. Not only do we now have the German Moyes, we\'ve also got Davey \'The Real Deal\' Moyes to look forward to....
  Derek Thomas in The 2026 World Cup — England vs Argentina
• That was me MK - 4. Moyes did his stuff in the floral room in his semi-detached in LSA. Hence, being at training this week. So, no worries, he\'s working away with our crack recruiters.rnrnWhat is #9 doing on this thread? The xxxxx is obsessed and making a complete xxxxxxxxxxx out of himself.rnrnrnrn...
  Paul Griffiths in Everton announce how to watch pre-season schedule
• Mike Hayes @ 6, spot on there mate, personally I detest this Forever Blue nonsense, and as you rightly state it is a RIP -OFF ! I point blank, refuse to subscribe to it ! Why have a pre-season against Premiership opposition in Edinburgh ? Don't get me wrong, I love Everton, and have done for over 50 years, but recently the ever increasing costs to fans has escalated disproportionately, with little or no improvement in results or table position. Fans have the ultimate power, but don't use it, boycott a game where television is involved and there would soon be an enquiry/post mortem. Okay there is a personal loss involved, but it would be better than be like Pavlov's Dogs and just let them dictate ! More paying sheep through the turn-styles eh?...
  Derek Knox in Everton announce how to watch pre-season schedule
• A winnable game thrown away by excessive caution (that only actually increases the jeopardy anyway).rnrnWhy are people having a pop at Pickford or Konsa when the result should never have needed to be reliant on a perfect performance by the goalie nor the crossing ability of a makeshift right-back when desperate to equalise to force the game into extra time?rnrnI've heard some people blame the players for the fact that for a third of the game they were content to be squeezed into their own final third, but it was obviously orchestrated and it was obviously more likely than not to fail. rnrnApart from Messi, I wouldn't call these Argentinian players ‘greats' but they are decent enough to create real chances if you hand them total control of the ball....
  Si Cooper in The 2026 World Cup — England vs Argentina