So here we are entering the last week of the summer transfer window. The fact we haven’t signed a striker, the critical business, means that we really have walked into the Last Chance Saloon. Worse still, we are at the bar and telling the barman we want a drink, no, we need a drink, but we’ve no money to pay for it.
The barman laughs and says “Sorry son, no tab for you – rumour has it you’re already in debt up to your eyeballs.”
The drunk begs and begs but the barman holds fast: “I can’t risk losing this place to help you, buddy.”
It’s a long hard season, our squad is thin, we accumulate injuries, we can’t score goals… Something has got to give. The next 7 days is make or break for Everton Football Club and we are leaving things very, very late.
Even more so when you consider that, although the striker position is an overwhelming priority, there are other positions to address.
So here’s to us buying a striker worthy of the name, and winning the next three games. Then we go into the International break and consolidate. All is not yet lost, but we have to find a way of getting that drink in the Last Chance Saloon.
Beg, steal, borrow – or get the six-shooters out, whatever it takes!