Dyche: My Everton team will fight for the badge

“I know about Everton's passionate fanbase and how precious this club is to them. We're ready to work and ready to give them what they want. That starts with sweat on the shirt, effort and getting back to some of the basic principles of what Everton Football Club has stood for for a long time.

“We want to bring back a good feeling. We need the fans, we need unity and we need everyone aligned. That starts with us as staff and players.

“Our aim is to put out a team that works, that fights and wears the badge with pride. The connection with the fans can then grow very quickly because they're so passionate.

“There is quality in this squad. But we have to make them shine. That's the job of me and my staff.

“We want to change the shape of this club going forward, remodel it in our style, but in a way that we can win. That's the task in front of us - make sure we're building, tactically and technically, giving players organisation, allow them the freedom to play, to go and enjoy their football because it's brilliant when the team's playing with a smile, but we've got to win.”

Looks like Moshiri has pocketed it or the Lampard bunch have taken it all in compensation. I hope I'm wrong but there's not long until we'll know.

I'll be glued to Sky Sports news for the next 33 hours with everything crossed.

Confirms they're looking at additions, but also clear that the key thing is the players we already have here.

Usual guff about the fans blah blah, also a bit about the ex-Burnley players "spreading the word" to the rest of the squad about what to expect. He says that with a wolfish smile to be fair.

Lots of emphasis on hard work – in fact that expression is definitely used more than anything else in the interview. "The hard yards".

Asks to be given a chance to settle in really. I'm fine with that. He's got a few days to settle in until I expect him to beat Arsenal 3-0.

I like the last sentence:

“It's brilliant when the team's playing with a smile, but we've got to win.”

He's saying winning trumps everything. It's what I want to hear from the manager.

None of this affects the issue that has been catastrophic for the club this season. We need goals, there's no goals in the squad, the signings made in the next 32 hours to address that go a long way to him achieving those wins.

It wouldn't be one Mr Kenwright would it? For fuck's sake, Sean, do not fall for that guy's bullshit. If you do, you're already a goner.

COYBs.

Who cares basically. If ever a club deserved relegation, it’s this hapless team under this rotten regime.

Never thought there were any problems in all honesty and jokes apart, but I am a lot more interested in arrivals /departures and not from any Airport.

Lyndon, just like to take the opportunity to thank you for all the coverage and stories over the past few weeks, it must have been hectic with all the goings on. Hopefully we can all get behind Sean Dyche and see another Great Escape for this season anyway. Even 17th will do, for now !

Good luck, Sean.

Good luck to Dyche, let's see what happens. Two big games coming up and if the players aren't motivated for these games, I hope that Dyche will read the riot act.

My guess is the fat shithouse hasn't got the balls to front up.

Keep us up in the Premier League and you'll become a legend.
Onwards and upwards.

COYB.

I have no idea why Everton think a manager who was sacked for threatening Burnley with relegation is deemed good enough to save us from it.

Of course I hope we stay up, but with the bums we have, and having not enough games left, I can't see Dyche making enough of a difference to count.

We still have a board and owner with absolutely no plan whatsoever. Stumbling from one appointment to the next with no continuity. Let's hope we are out of the Bottom 3 quickly but I won't hold my breath.

Hmm - not team or squad; club.

Off to Ainsdale beach with 'em.

In that case, it might be an idea if all protests were suspended so that everything and everyone can be 100% focused on support for the new management and the team.

Should the Board decide thereafter that their lives are not in danger and can attend the games, then maybe protest can be revisited.

Anything we can get from the next 2 games would be fantastic and that is all we should be concentrating on.

Don't get me wrong, I'm fully behind Sean, but, you'll forgive me for thinking it all sounds a bit dramatic and stage-managed as a way to give the EFC leaders a positive spin.

Good luck, Sean, you'll really need it with this shower of players and directors.

Seriously though, good luck to the fella cause he's going to need it. I'll be cheering the team on regardless, and I can imagine he would like nothing more than roughing up the Arsenal for at least a point.

We still have the same problems and already the gossip merchants have started. He has 2 days to see what Thelwell has been working on, and see if we can get some quality in with a goalscorer and quality midfielder.

There will be fans outside Goodison looking for spare seats. Give the Board seats to them!

Obviously we need a couple of forward players and a right back for cover.

My problem is, with Dyche's 4-4-2 favoured formation. Who will the four be in midfield? He has got to work that one out before Saturday.

Tough decision.

I am extremely pleased we have Dyche and hope he can keep us up.

Let's be even-handed with the fanbase, please. When your own board engages in a misinformation campaign intended to denigrate the fanbase, we are hardly going to be an example of unity and harmony, are we?

I can excuse mismanagement and incompetence to a degree but the shenanigans of Kenwright et al over the last few weeks over the so-called safety concerns are never going to be forgotten.

When you are being rebuked by the Police, that is a pretty low bar in terms of integrity. It's not fan toxicity but fan passivity over many decades that have brought us to this sorry point.

It was only last season the ‘toxic' fans were being lauded for keeping us up; this season, I fear the game is up for us.

Welcome, Sean. Let's get this show on the road! UTFTs

Even if he does, it's still down to them to produce and not concede so easily.

Pressure to remove the Board needs to remain strong.

The judgement will come when we go a goal down in games. Will the players roll their sleeves up or look like they can't wait to get into their Lamborghinis? Will Dyche be able to change things? Will he always have his favourites or will he drop underperformers?

One thing is for sure, I think we'll be fitter when he's had the opportunity to push them.

I'm happy with his appointment and think it could be similar to when Moyes first came in.

I hope Dyche can get something out of him.

Now let's see what unfolds on the pitch. Yes we need a forward. We also need an energetic, creative midfield player. COYB.

Get running yer big dosser!

I'm very glad that Sean Dyche is here and I will be hoping to see plenty of fight from the team when the Premier League leaders come to town.

I see Gallagher has just turned us down, need a few players in rapid.

Japanese World Cup star Kauro Mitoma, the current Prem sensation with six in his last six games signed for a mere 3.5 mil.

World Cup winner Alexis MacAllister signed for a mere 9 million.

Amazing what good scouting can unearth isn’t it?

Speaking of good scouting , Roberto Di Zerbi, a progressive coach that was head hunted months in advance before being appointed in anticipation of Graham Potter leaving. Due diligence it’s called, pretty much a foreign phrase at Goodison Park these days.

This season, Brighton lost their manager, their best midfielder and main striker but continue to go from strength to strength without a fuss.

Everton, in the meantime, start out their new era promisingly by going for Bielsa but end up getting cold feet and end up panic-appointing a old school (antiquated) 4-4-2 loving, hoofballl specialist in Dyche.

Brighton, everything that Everton could be / should be but aren’t .

No protests this weekend please, just 100% behind the staff and players.

His objective of loyalty, hard work and organisation he can achieve, but he needs changes in the squad. Gallagher would be ideal, but won't come. Dyche will need to have players he knows and will be comfortable working with.

I do think that he might be able to survive relegation, but it will be a close thing. He has experience and hopefully has learnt a lot from his Burnley experience.

I do think he will work okay with the midfield. Defence needs to be sorted. It will be interesting to see how McNeil plays now. But Dyche needs players first and then maybe he can change Finch Farm which is badly needed.

Actually a good point was made earlier about Lampard and his team's compensation. This type of compensation has cost Everton a lot and will have an effect on transfers.

What I get from the bid for Gallagher, if true, is that Dyche has said he wants a good player coming in and not cheap crap. Good Luck to him.

The protest after the Arsenal game has to go ahead. Nothing has changed in relation to the real problem.

NSNOW.

I just read this on a football analysis site about Burnley, under Dyche (2020-21).

"There isn't a player in the side that makes a high number of backwards or sideways passes. They simply look to go forward at nearly every opportunity and this is one of the key reasons for their lack of possession and their lack of pass accuracy."

So I suppose it's a double-edged sword. We may not have to endure painful backwards passing, but we may cough the ball up frequently. Let's hope we can tighten up the second part.

I'll try not to dwell on his poor win record, or that's he got Burnley relegated twice and plays totally awful anti-football crap.

The fact is he wasn't considered good enough last time but we are now more desperate than ever thanks to the board's lack of footballing knowledge. Bill now praises him which makes me worry even more.

Can we stay up with almost half a season still to play? Of courses we can. Will we blow the £40M down the drain on desperate deadline days signings, absolutely. Am I going to attend any matches with Sean in charge? No.

For all the fans who wanted Sean, are happy with Sean, believe he was the best of the 2 candidates, or even think he was a sensible choice for the shortlist, I hope you're happy and enjoy watching the team.

Good luck all blues, for now, I'm out.

I'm out… at least for two years.

Moshiri, Kenwright board etc aside, the single most important priority is staying up this season. Get a player or two in today/tomorrow to help Dyche achieve that goal, then take stock in the summer.

I imagine he'll be on a massive bonus to avoid relegation, but that bonus will be a lot cheaper than getting relegated. If we go down, I'm pretty sure we'll do a Sunderland.

I'm quietly confident we'll now go up the table, next two games excepted, as we now have someone who is actually a proper football manager and not an ex-player learning the ropes. Dyche won't take any nonsense and will expect players to put a shift in so at the very least the 11 on the pitch will be running their socks off, that's the first step to being competitive. We should also tighten up at the back as he'll keep things very simple.

Let's look forward, just a shame it's Arsenal next but at least it's at home.

No time for negativity, let's get behind the team till May.

Please please sign a striker!

Having watched (and laughed) at Dyche's brand of “football” over the years, I won't be holding my breath in the hope that something different will occur.

Like a few others on this thread, I'm out. Got way better things to do with my weekends, like supporting my second favorite team – anyone that plays Liverpool – for starters.

Anything is better than watching this lot attempt to play 4-4-2 in the Premier League under Dyche.

There needs to be a plan to force them out. Time and again the main purpose of the protests gets sidelined by 'support the team'. Yes, let's support the team while they are on the pitch; once they have left, everything and everyone should be fair game to peaceful but vehement protest.

Best of luck Mr Dyche

Everton should wear half-and-half shirts, because it sometimes feels as if we are supporting two Evertons, one of which Moshiri owns and the other that Kenwright runs.

Sean Dyche will need to concentrate on his squad and not get suckered into taking sides in what is appears to be the most dysfunctional leadership at any major club that we could imagine. It's a good job that we didn't take on Bielsa as he would already have resigned by now, once he saw the degree of sheer incompetence that seems to affect those in charge of the club.

Anyway, from here on in, it's all about the results on the park, and the rest of the stuff can be put on the back burner, because it would seem that nothing will remove the current mob, save a full buyout by some naive purchaser or an oil-rich state.

Good luck, Sean, I think you're going to need it.

Those thinking he "Wouldn't be my choice", fine. The players we have and league position, Dyche is a perfect fit. Makes football simplistic. Fitness and work ethic. Skill will come through but without the first two we are finished. The guy has promotion and sustainability in the Premier League.

I'm a realist that with our squads over the past 30 years Premier League status throughout has been success. Welcome, Mr Dyche, and best of luck!!

I'm not sure how you stop supporting Everton for a couple of years and then rejoin? Is it like a gym membership? Remember, you are a supporter of Everton FC – not the manager!

I am not talking about going the match either; I haven't been for 2 seasons I mean these posters are genuinely divorcing themselves?? Rob Halligan will be heartbroken with you.

There would then be no excuse for Moshiri and the Board not to attend the game. With the arrival of a new manager, what kind of message would their absence send out?

Everyone is entitled to their option but there seems to be a few posters who have been to the Anthony Gordon School of Loyalty on here.

So, I cannot understand how other supporters can claim to be ‘out'. How does that even work? Particularly at a time when the new manager and team needs us more than ever.

Come on, snowflakes, get a grip or go and support someone else.

As Mickey Flanagan would say “They’re out, but they’re not out out “.

Just maybe Dyche is a good manager that gets the very best out of what is available to him.

ep, but then again we're probably talking about people who have never set foot inside Goodison, so no great loss.

The club's connection with these qualities has now largely disappeared, for even Kendall's successful teams were more about intensity than elegance. So I guess this is what Dyche is tapping into – the Dogs of War Joe Royle stuff.

This is now what Everton means. And this is what we need isn't it? We're no longer aristocrats of the game, but rather a faded giant in need of a serious makeover.

I'm okay with it and I think he might just make it work. I only hope he can offer more than a team of grafters. Skill and organisation are going to be necessary to get us winning games too. It will fun watching an Everton team getting stuck in again, and being much more direct.

After watching Lampard's last game at West Ham, I really couldn't have taken any more of all that pointless, aimless possession. Bring on the changes, and, man how I wish some of you lot would just stop banging on about Kenwright.

[Slams door dramatically then creeps back in...]

A much-maligned manager, coaching a much-maligned team, supported by a much-maligned fanbase.

Unity at last! COYB

Allow me to explain myself.

I’ve been a fan since 1980. To use your choice of word, I choose to “divorce” myself from this shit show of a club because after over four decades of diehard support, this moment feels like good natural point to remove myself from a toxic entity that has brought me nothing but grief for way too long. I’m no a glory hunter - I support Everton FFS - but I will no longer give my heart to a directionless sporting entity that is willing to sell its supporters and footballing principles down the swanee for short term gains. Does Everton even have any football principles any more?

I can put up with a lot of things but after having had to endure the tenures of Allardyce and Benitez thanks to this current regime, this latest panic appointment - obviously made with little or no thought to the long-term footballing progression of the club - just seems something totally unnecessary to have to endure. The fact that some supporters even agree with the appointment of Dyche over someone like Bielsa is a surefire sign that I’m no longer aligned with the beliefs and spirit of this club.

So rather than to have my mood and weekends constantly ruined, I choose to take a step back. Flaky? Nah, just being “realistic” like all those willing to accept this appointment. Hey, maybe Dyche will “get us” like Lampard did with his good old fashioned 442 hoofball.

Myself, I got into football and EFC primarily because I love artistic expression on the pitch, the dogged underdog spirit, the triumph of the collective, beautiful goals, ambition and a never-say-die attitude on the pitch, things you can’t buy with money as Moshiri and Kenwright have found out to their cost. I have never minded losing as it’s how you lose that really matters. But the way this Everton lose? Leaves me with a bitter taste they way we are so quick to down tools and accept mediocrity. This team gives me nothing but sadness and anger so why bother. Life’s too short. So yeah, more than happy to close the door behind me.

Having said that looking forward to some blood and thunder football for the next few months. Get Keane back, Tarkowski, Coady, Coleman, Davies, Onana, a toughened Iwobi, Gray and Calvert-Lewin.

Potentially a nasty team to play against. That is now what's needed – nastiness

We can't expect a complete squad overhaul but at least some players brought in to galvanise the team.

Sadly, things will get very heated if positive changes results aren't seen in the next month.

Good luck in your new appointment and hope things work in your favour!

As I say in an earlier post it’s all about DNA.

Bye

I'll get behind him even though he wasn't my obvious choice. Hopefully he can surprise me and turn this ship around.

Keep us up and then we can hopefully reset in the summer where it matters.

And you can go on to manage the best club in England with the most fanatical fanbase.

The last two managers of Lancashire clubs gave us our best periods in recent history. One gave us joy that first season and two semi-finals. The previous one, who stands proudly outside Goodison Park in a statue alongside his players, is our most successful manager.

Right now, I just want wins and points.

But it doesn't hide or distract from the real problems.

I liked how the footage showed Thelwell was showing him around and no sign of the real ulcer that has plagued this club of ours. Ours, not theirs.

Neal, I support Everton and have no understanding why. I just do and grew up knowing that I had to!!

As for those who are "out", may I suggest following Gordon to Newcastle? You won't be missed. Me, I'm putting on some Motorhead from Iron Fist, Don't Let the Bastards Grind Ya Down!!!

Dyche out!!!!

The guy's clearly a fucking revolutionary.

It may well take a few games to see if he can effectively change the strategy and mind set on the field and obviously we are not that foolish to expect anything from the next two games on tap but you never know, football is a funny game.

Without any new attacking options it will be difficult still but if they can shore up the midfield better then just perhaps more points may come their way to get them out of the dreaded relagation zone.

Just hope he hasn't done anything stupid !

It could be on your conscience if he has ! :-)

I am warming to this guy, more and more, however he could be a Ginger Minge in a few weeks time, but I don't think so. :-)

Thing is, you’re not done or out. You’ll be back once the disappointment of Everton hiring a realistic manager has sunk in.

We Dont have Sheedy, Ball, Dixie or Kendall or Young anymore. They were all decades ago.

We have McNeil, Mykolenko, Maupay, Gray…basically, we’re shit, and you know it. Manager-wise, we’ve cut our cloth accordingly.

We’ve cried out for stability since our last ginger. We might just have it. Does that mean he should be here for 11 years? Only if he wins trophies. First objective? Pull away from oblivion! Because, let’s face it, based on form and player performances since October, we’re fucked.

Well, that’s me out and done….until I log back in after tea to see who we’ve not signed

No need to change your name to get back on, as that other fella did to get back posting again here!

He'd have seen the great players of the 60's, playing great football and should have won more than we did.

Seen the great team that Howard built, who would have been the best in Europe except for the "Victims" effing things up for us

Seen Joe Royles team save us from going down the pan and win us the cup.

Unfortunately, there's been a very selfish and devious bastard who came into this club on the back of his mate and his mate's wife. This devious selfish man, betrayed them and for the last 30 years has been the one who has turned this club into a basket case.

At the same time Evertonians have turned up in their tens of thousands to support the team.

If we hadn't the club would have folded, and the selfish bastard would have been responsible. Moshiri has come along, and for all his mistaken decisions and misspending, without him, we'd have been sunk.

I think that this 12 -18 months is the crisis time, where we are in danger of relegation on the one hand; and still being in the Premiership, going into our new stadium and getting rid of the louse as well;on thd other!

Those who say they want to go, I'd say it's easy to support our club, our team and manager, when we're winning all kinds.

Well this club is special, it's ours and without us it's nothing. So we support it.

The proof is in the actions, but some have already judged Sean Dyche and found him wanting. I'd say, this 6 months are vital, it's not a time to walk away

It seems like the Louse had inserted a little bit into his words about all pulling together. Well he should have thought of that when crying off from the next game.

However, I think Sean Dyche means what,he says. He will do his best to give us a team who will, first of all, pull their tripes out fot the Badge, the classy football will come after we start winning and carry on winning,

We've been in the top league since 1954 and were in danger. All the top managers would steer clear, just like Angelotti dun a runner.

To me, what Sean Dyche said was what I wanted to hear. I think he means what he says,It's not likely to turn us into Real Madrid, but it will give us a chance of avoiding the drop.

I thought that's what supporters did, support the team, especially for the next 18 games or so.

Can anyone identify who it is?

https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1620108202338566145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1620108202338566145%7Ctwgr%5E97da9fa0e2db0d64e67443955f348c009336bf78%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-39829134592352335667.ampproject.net%2F2301112346000%2Fframe.html

I believe this strengthens my view of, "If you can't lose don't play, and if you can't see your team lose don't go". I have received criticism on occasion for saying that I have been attending games at Goodison Park since 1948, and for revealing my age. So I'll just say that I was born on the 15th of July 1938 and you can maybe work it out for yourselves.

I'm hanging on for the Bramley Moore Stadium to be opened and people can say, "He used to be an Evertonian"

Coming back from a long injury layoff and finding Dyche waiting for you at training can't be a whole lot of fun.

I did fail it. Didn't pass the psychological test due to obsessive fascination with Everton football club.

I wish Dyche all the luck in the world and he will need it to keep this squad in the Premier league. As Roy Keane said they have some poor players and some arent even Premier League players. Again we employ a new manager with days left in the window, Danjuma was nearly signed but changed his mind, and today reportedly asked Chelsea about Connor Gallagher but he said he didnt want to play for Everton. So we have just over 24 hours left till the window closes and apparently Dyche wants a reserve defender from West Ham. Even though he was useless our last manager belatedly admitted we need a couple of striking options, even though he had ample time to address that problem. I would have hoped our DOF would have lined up a couple of attacking options irrespective of who are new manager was, but no we will be scrabbling round to get someone anyone in before the window closes.

If it’s not a smokescreen, I’m already worried about this Kevin Thelwell. We will see.

And yes, Dyche and Thelwell must know we need goals. No manager on the planet will be able to save us without giving us much more goal threat. Kevin Thelwell needs to sign two players who can score and/or create otherwise we are up against it big time.

People are frustrated with the board for the club! People get frustrated with managers and players because of the club. We support the club! No matter how old from how young Everton is in your bones!

If you want to go? Go! You won't! Forget the board! Dyche and the players need our support! Everton fc is us! Most consistent relationship most of us will have in our lives is supporting this club! If you do leave the Everton family, bye and see you soon!!

There’s genuine hope, for the remainder of this season, in terms of the football side, and if any players arrive the next 27.5 hrs or so, then that will be some achievement, all considered.

It will be interesting to see how the players react to his training methods, and I believe that Dyche will suss any shirkers, very quickly.

Great to get some hard work and graft ethic and hopefully plenty of guts, fight and street tricks, with skill and flair, to drive Evertons cause to stay in this League.

I’m respectfully optimistic, and looking forward to see how, Everton play v Arsenal, and how Mr Ed, reacts in a couple of weeks, at our old ground. He didn’t like it when Burnley stuck it up them, a couple of years ago...

UTFTs!

We have a number of good players, and some who aren't bad; but we're not an effective team. Whether we get any other players in, we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully a scorer and a creator/schemer come in. Even if we start the 2nd half with the same squad, I think Sean Dyche will get them fitter, more organised and more effective all round. I think he'll make more use of the likes of Ellis Sims. The thing is, he has 18 games to get this group into an effective team, who will win more than they will lose.
Dave Cooper (104) Good point, mate.

Bill has already been on saying "Sean will be a great Everton manager. Farhad is impressed with him too". The same rhetoric for the last 38 managers we've had under Bill's tutelage.

The next thing, we'll be 'bidding' squillions on a player who is more likely to sign for Spartak Moscow than us, just to show we are up there with the big boys!! Oh, hang on a minute

Welcome back Kieran btw.

He's pragmatic and a realist - and yet he signed, so he must believe he can save us.

Miracles can happen.

Good post. You can add Mourinho and Tuchel to the list of great managers who didn't have successful playing careers. In my opinion it's a different mindset and job skill altogether.

These first two games on form we shouldn't win, but I suppose the're a shot to nothing you could look at it that way. I have a feeling that we may upset Arsenal, they are due a fall anytime soon.

I just hope he is supported in a proper manner.

Absolute vomit. Just can't help himself, can he, the massive bloodsucking parasite. It's always all about Bill. What is he even doing anywhere near the manager? It's the DoF's job and the owner's. End of story. He's so entrenched in the club, I fear we'll never see the back of the twat.

Fuck Off, Kenwright

Hitting the ground running like no manager before on 2 bob and a squad of limping tortoises is the name of the game in this parish. 4 games without discernible improvement and the pitchfork brigade will be on the march quicker than you can say "he relegated Burnley".

But when the inevitable happens just think of all that juicy compo.

I hope Dyche works but he is set up to fail by THAT board and the structure.

It’s there for all to see in plain site now what most of us on here have said for years.

On the face of it there looks like an absolute roulette wheel scattergun approach to transfers which is reactionary. Trying to shoehorn random players into a patchwork quilt of a team.

I don’t know what the attraction is for any player in Europe unless it is purely cash now and that in itself attracts mercenaries but with the real risk of relegation would their agents be telling them to look at other clubs? I can only see lower league players wanting to come and then if we are building a championship team we know how that’s going to play out. We will pay over the odds for the odd gem down there but we need fight, grit and steel.

I just hope Dyche works but giving him 24 hours to bring players in is an absolute disgrace.
This should have happened at the World Cup when Lampard had lost those players

I’m feeling rejuvenated, yes there’s a mountain to climb, but it’s doable, with the right leadership and management.

Let’s see what happens, by this time tomorrow.

Good luck to him and if he manages to keep us up he deserves a chance to move us forward next season.

Anyway, Dyche's messages to the fans today was par for the course. Nothing too insightful, and that's okay. He's got to go through the motions.

Playing for the badge? Putting in a shift? This might be the first Everton side I can remember where those two things weren't the biggest issues. I don't think our players have been running through walls for the club but I've definitely seen Everton teams look more interested than the current bunch of ratbags. Problem is, we're just not good enough. Just got to hope that Dyche find a system that's simple but effective enough that the player can adapt quickly and scrape across the line.

I'll be interested to see whether the fans' pressure on the board continues. If results pick up, do the protests die down? Do we suddenly, collectively decide that they're doing an alright job after all? Or have the board's recent actions, including Moshiri's interview, already gone some way to quelling the unrest? It seems to be me that the board were largely deemed unfit to run the club this time last week but in the turmoil of the past seven days, some of the pressure has subsided.

“Now here’s the kitchen, tea and coffee available. The men’s is second on the right. Up these stairs are the directors offices...”

I thought that too. Thelwell doesn’t seem like a big personality

Unfortunately you'll be Everton for life like it or not. This weekend as we had no game I decided to go watch Prescot Cables my local non league team I thought it would be nice to see a team win Unbeaten in 2023 sitting in 6th playing 15th in the league (they lost 2-1 I brought the Everton curse with me)

Point is this this it was nice to watch real football no VAR proper tackles etc. I wanted Prescot to win they didn't but it didn't impact me, they lost I was over it seconds after the whistle. Only Everton can make me really care.

My Garmin watch tells me to relax when I'm watching Everton I'm convincedbl my death cert will say cause if death Everton.

I've thought similar things about Everton recently that's it I'm done. This current incarnation is not the Everton we love, the board attacking fans, players seemingly not caring.Deep down I know I'll never be done.

I'm not looking forward again hope is back the change could be what we need. No doubt they'll upset me again but I'll keep coming back.

If you can truly leave Everton behind then fair play to you. It might make you happier short term long term you'll want them back, you can check out any time. You'll never truly leave them.

This is on a laptop, btw. Seems ok on my phone.

Thanks.

Sorry you're having a spot of bother with this page.

I checked it on my laptop and it seems to display okay, which may mean Lyndon has fixed the problem already? If you still see the issue, have you tried closing the window, logging off, shutting down the browser, the entire laptop, then restarting everything? Sometimes helps. Also deleting cookies?

Good luck!

I too have the same issue as Kim, but only on this particular thread, I think the photo used at the top is oversized and that's distorting the display of this thread.

Sadly no, to the best of my knowledge I am not part of the Langsdale Street Lambs. My clan emanate from Scotland Road many moons ago! Thanks for the interest and may the Winslow continue to preserve your spirit of the Blues!

Pulling out the photo makes no difference. I think it might be embedding the video...

No, there's some piece of code sneaking in from somewhere... A job for the coding expert, Lyndon.

Seen it and heard it all before. I have no faith in this squad, but looking forward to Dyche proving me wrong.