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All change

You break my heart, you stab my soul. Man it's time to break our painful cycle of sad and sentimental optimism. The one that allows us time for wishful thinking, speculation and then amnesia. We wish for the Everton of our dreams. We speculate on how our latest signing will make it all come true. We forget how long we've been harbouring such dreams and how frequently we've had dashed such hopeful speculations. We need some massive wake up.

We go on about 'Goodison' ? I love the place but I also think it and the turgid sentimentality it fosters is all part of the problem. There is something deeply wrong and it's just being left to replicate season after season. Be it a relegation dogfight or a Euro misadventure. The problem remains the same and we just tinker with the symptoms and fail to get to its root.

It's not just the Board etc etc.. we're all playing our parts. There is nothing new about what happened the other night. Be honest ? We've been playing hoofball for decades! Goodison has become a graveyard for our strikers. How many have come in and then died a long and drawn out death that pains us all?

That church in the corner is beginning to look ominous. I'm not an especially big fan of the Kirkby plan but I really feel we need some massive shake-up right through the club and if that can be the catalyst, then bring it on.

Anything is better than going on like this. Moyes has been great but he's taken us as far as he can. His persistant selection of Hibbert, Carsley and Neville in midfield are perfect reflections of his approach. Overly cautious, limited in adaptability and vision.

Sounds familiar? It's obvious we need some really major change if we're to move forward, that will never come easy or without struggle and sacrifice. I wonder if we're really open to what it entails? Perhaps we prefer the bitter sweet sleep of collective amnesia.
John Jones, Kuala Lumpur Posted 22/09/2007 at 05:31:56

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