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This poll was run in the three days between the 4-0 defeat at Anfield and the FA Cup semi-final on 23rd April.
The damning result of this poll (on the back of a record response), coupled with an online petition asking the club to reinstate the club motto amd laurel wreaths, a backlash on Twitter ans supporters contacting Everton to register their disapproval led to a public apology from Goodison Park and a pledge to revisit the new badge for the 2014-15 season.
Michael Laudrup was the clear favourite with votes in the 35% range at the start of voting but his tally slipped as it became more apparent that he was a long shot for the position given the compensation Everton would likely owe Swansea to prise him away.
As a point of interest, in the days following the FA Cup defeat to Wigan when the poll was opened, votes in favour of Moyes staying were around 30%. That percentage changed significantly after subsequent League wins over Man City, Stoke and the draw at Tottenham.
It's notable that the voting was fairly evenly split between the leading candidates until the FA Cup replay at Sunderland where Cahill and Jelavic's striker partnership really blossomed. Cahill surged ahead from that point on.
No, we've not met any of these people who consider his tenure an unqualified success either!
Pro-Kirkby critics of this site suggest that a poll on the proposed stadium is bound to come out with the majority voting against the scheme but the history of ToffeeWeb polls on the stadium question shows that the results have largely followed broader supporter opinion. We believe that this latest poll, which has 68% now against Destination Kirkby is reflective of the increasing scepticism among Evertonians based on the yawning gap between what was originally promised and what was eventually approved (in terms of quality, size and cost to Everton FC) by Knowsley Borough Council.
This poll featured one of the biggest swings in voting so far. When first posted towards around the turn of the year, only 30-odd percent believed that the Blues could crack the top four this season. The victory over Man City and LIverpool's faltering form clearly altered perception in the later voting.
While voting was as high as 75% for the "yes" camp immediately after the closure of the transfer window, subsequent opinion seemed to shift downwards as the team have struggled without key personnel in midfield.
Prior to the announcement of the ballot result, the voting was running at around 35%-65%; after the result was announced, the number of votes saying that less than 60% was acceptable surged to 54%
While the release of the artist's impressions appeared to affect the last few days of voting in the previous poll, the "thumbs up" vote here slipped by about 8% over the lifetime of the poll. Ma<
To get a clearer picture of the fans' views, we launched a more comprehensive survey.
We posed another stadium-related poll question again because the poll we ran between November and January last year did not restrict as much the number of times a person could vote and because we're a few months further down the line in the debate and the publication of Knowsley BC's proposals for Kirkby and the anticipated location of Everton's stadium offers a little more to go on.
Interestingly, the voting was running at 45%/55% for most of the life-span of the poll but the pro-Kirkby vote jumped 2% in the space of a couple days on the back of the release of the artists' impressions of the proposed Kirkby stadium.
To get a clearer picture of the fans' views, we've launched a more comprehensive survey in which we'd really appreciate your participation.
With pre-season training a week away, a clutch of friendlies starting on 14th July and no new faces so far this summer, the majority of respondents said they were concerned by the lack of transfer activity at Goodison.
With options up front, it seems as though many Blues still see the midfield as the area most in need of reinforcements.
Despite the hefty price tag it would seem that a large majority of voters are convinced that Fernandes is worth the investment given his age and massive potential.
Running over almost four months, this poll spanned periods of both good and bad form for Everton so the result is probably a fair reflection of our readers' opinion of the manager. With just 10% voting against David Moyes's continued tenure at Goodison, it's an unexpectedly resounding signal of approval.
Assuming the new stadium design met your approval, if asked to vote on the matter, would you support a move to Knowsley?
We deliberately let this one run for an extended time and were rewarded with our record poll response. Interestingly, the voting in a previous poll on this question and that on the subject of ground-sharing with Liverpool returned almost exactly the same result.
If you had to choose, would you prefer Everton to win the Premiership or your nation win the World Cup?
The real interest in this poll would actually be how fans of other clubs would vote on this as it always appears as though Evertonians lean disproportionately towards Everton than their national team, especially England.
During the lifetime of this poll, Van der Meyde picked up yet another injury that will sideline him for six weks. Nevertheless, the majority of TW readers, no doubt desperate to see a wide player succeed at Goodison under Moyes, say we need his talent and he should be give a chance... if he's ever fit enough!
While ToffeeWeb's assessment of Ferguson's Everton career concluded that he was probably not deserving of the status of Goodison legend, the response from TW readers came down overwhelmingly the other way.
Blues fans are in an optimistic yet realistic frame of mind ahead of the new season if these results are any indication. The results were taken before the opener versus Watford.
While what defines the City of Liverpool's boundaries was open to interpretation by some readers, the main thrust of the question held true and the poll drew record numbers of respondents and a very narrow result. Those who voted were split almost half and half over whether it's important to keep Everton in Liverpool itself.
This was more or less the expected result. It is greate news that Andy van der Meyde has pledged to fight for his Goodison future but the team still needs a reliable outlet on the wing, a role that neither Kilbane nor McFadden is going to be able to fill.
This poll was interesting because of the pattern of voting. The split when the transfer was first mooted was around 55% / 45%, but the more likely it became that we'd sign Johnson — and, of course, the higher the price went — the more people came out in favour of the deal.
Although more respondents feel that the 2005/06 season was a "massive disappointment" than voted for the other two options available, it's worth noting that the majority (6 out of 10) either felt that Everton's 11th-place finish was satisfactory or was still a sign of progress from, say, the Walter Smith years.
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