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Far too many people rushing to judge Balogun from what I can see.

Only time will tell whether he has actually shot himself in the (already injured) foot by pulling out of this transfer.

People should understand that money and ‘prestige’ are not everyone’s prime motivation.

Pete #82

I agree with your thoughts and sentiment that Friedkins actually saved us from the brink of going into receivership. I think we should be thankful how they paid all the debts and moved us to BMD. And at least we are keeping our heads above the water for now.

However what I can’t understand is how detached their relationship is towards Everton. Imagine owning one of the most traditional and revered clubs in England and never coming to watch them play and experiencing the match day fever. How soulless one can be?

I wonder if they even follow any of our matches. Maybe they are having a Saturday bbq in their backyard and flipping chicken burgers and sipping Bud Lights. They are probably checking their Toyota sales data sheets on their mobiles while the Everton match plays in the background on mute and possibly just keeping their eyes on the score.

Reading through posts from Eugene, Don, George et all demonstrates the emotional and physical commitment people here have given to our club over the years. Same goes for MK here as season after season he keeps writing the match day blog and that requires a true commitment. I am thinking the gap between football ownership and the supporters has certainly never been wider than it is today.

I hope we Evertonians can turn the page towards more positivity and really keep supporting our team this season in spite what happened. Bring back the blue flares, lift up the noise and get right behind all our players (especially since there aren’t many in the squad) hoping they will fight in every match to make it truly memorable. UTFT!

I don’t know which would be worse, going with Barry and maybe using Alcaraz, George and/or Johnson as alternatives and maybe an occasional appearance by Graham or our crack transfer committee possibly further embarrassing themselves by bringing in an aged free agent who has either not had a contract extended or walked out of their last club for whatever reasons.

Or play Keane and Tarkowski as a joint strike force, the upside being Branthwaite and O’Brien would be the central defenders.
Eric Morecambe was never this laughable at Luton.

Ian (60), how do you know Kinnear isn’t given a fair amount of autonomy in how he delivers on TFG’s overall expectations?

Personally, I’d much rather that the cock-ups in this transfer window can be ascribed to Kinnear messing up his brief than the rot going all the way to the top. At least then some relatively minor pruning of bungling executives may be all that is required to sort things out.

Brendan (62), how can you make such an assertion about why the player got cold feet?

If you take the player’s words at face value then a large portion of the blame (if not the entirety) does lie with ‘our’ people not making the guy feel appropriately appreciated, and EFC representatives have not yet made any statement to really counter that view that I’ve seen.

I find it very off-putting to see how quickly football supporters will try to trash the reputation of any player who doesn’t show the deference to their club that they (wrongly) think everyone must.