• And The Wheels Came Off... Part 2 – Back to Basics

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    How do you restore waning confidence to a team that thrives on it to succeed? Return to the fundamentals by establishing a settled line-up and formation and try to get some points on the board. Easier said than done but that should be Roberto Martinez's immediate task as 2015 dawns.

  • And The Wheels Came Off... Part 1 – The Month In Review

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Having struggled to really get going in 2014-15, Everton's season is threatening to derail completely after a return of just four points from the last seven Premier League games. It's too early to panic but there is plenty of room for concern.

  • Testing Times

    by Luke O'Farrell

    Lost in the dramatic unravelling of Everton's season has been the positive adventure that characterised Roberto Martinez's first season in charge. Can the adversity he now faces bring it back?

  • Sixty Grand, I Say

    by Luke O'Farrell

    Plucked from relative obscurity by David Moyes, Seamus Coleman has come a long way since his baptism of fire in Lisbon five years ago to become one of Everton's most important and exciting players.

  • Rotation, rotation, rotation: Needless tinkering or an essential aspect of Everton’s approach?

    by Chris Smith

    Roberto Martinez's propensity to move players in and out of the side from week to week has its critics but it's an important part of balancing the needs of the players and the demands of European competition over a long season.

  • Life at the Top: Supporter Trusts at the Big Clubs

    by Jim Koeghan

    The fan-ownership movement has touched every echelon of the game, challenging the private model that has dominated football for over a century. Punk Football is the story of this revolutionary force in modern sport but can it take hold in the high-stakes, big-money arena of the Premier League?

  • An Eventful European Away Day

    by Joe Strange

    Everton's first competitive match in France was notable for many of the wrong reasons but the travelling Blue army made it a trip to remember regardless of heavy-handed treatment by police and a forgettable match at Stade Pierre Mauroy.

  • Great Expectations

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Disrupted by a non-existent pre-season programme and dogged by a toe injury, Romelu Lukaku's start to life as a full-time Everton player has hardly been ideal. Now that he appears to be fit, can he find the hunger and can his manager find the right attacking blend to start firing Everton to where they need to go?

  • Everton and England: A Complicated Relationship

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Many Blues fans have an increasingly indifferent attitude towards the England team, and not just because the media circus that surrounds it and the uninspiring management of Roy Hodgson. There's a history behind this ambivalence and there's more to it than just football.

  • Missing Pieces

    by Rhodri Cannon

    A look at some areas where Roberto Martinez could improve on the squad given the gaps that currently exist and those that will open up as some of the older players are eased out.

  • Home Fires Smouldering: The Month In Review

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    October – November 2014: Everton are going great guns in the Europa League and are on course to top Group H but have yet to catch fire on the home front. Thanks to inconsistency among the clubs who are, on paper, their main rivals for the top four, however, there is still time.

  • Follow, Follow, No Matter How Far

    Distance and difficulty was no object for 500-odd Evertonians who made the trek to Krasnodar for Everton's first competitive match on Russian soil.

  • Post-Brazil Comedown

    by Joe Strange

    It seemed as though Tim Howard's decision to take a year-long sabbatical from the US Men's National Team could only benefit Everton but he has not been himself following his World Cup heroics.

  • The Missing Spark

    by Luke O'Farrell

    Injured on the eve of the season, the return of Ross Barkley and his precocious talents are eagerly anticipated.

  • Man of the Moment

    by Matt Cheetham

    He was signed for nothing, struggled on the wing in his first season at Everton under David Moyes but Steven Naismith is now thriving as the team's most clinical and reliable finisher.

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