Lennon not yet looking beyond this season

I realise a similar topic has been discussed a length recently, only I feel that Lennon would be a good acquisition to the squad – especially now following the FA rule changes that include a reduction in the maximum number of non-homegrown players permitted in a club's first-team squad of 25 from 17 to 13, phased over four years from 2016.

This would have the effect of ensuring that in a squad of 25, 12 players would have to be home grown. So although there wont be a major sell on fee the figure quoted in the media is modest in comparison to the market and he definitely shown promise and will no doubt add further value to the team/squad for the next 2-3 years. Sign him up!

Doesn't he realise what a great club he is playing for? ..... Obviously not.

Don't think there's anything wrong with his comments here. He's showing more desire than most of the others on the pitch. I hope he keeps it up.

As well as his pace I've admired his effort since he joined us - surprisingly he is actually a worker!

Not sure he's a 90 minute every game player.

Bring back Deulofeu with Mirallas money!

The don't friggin' matter – don't be so insecure about the attraction of our club even in these dire times!

I have just watched the Toffee TV output which raises some very pertinent questions as to why do we as supporters put up with being an also ran club and why does the media, particularly the local media allow the owners of the club such an easy ride.

We have seen how other supporters of other clubs have made their feelings very clear, when they aren't happy everybody in the world knows they're not happy and something is done about it. One of the lads said that Everton FC have become almost an irrelevance outside of its own fan-base and that it is likely that we will continue in that vein for the foreseeable future.

Apparently Karen Brady had a go at Big Sam asking him to sort things out and they are having a relatively successful season plus they are going to be moving into a shiny new stadium in the near future.

Who is having a go at our manager? Do they even care?

Where are Everton's three/four/five year plans?

What direction do the people who own the club want us to go in?

What targets have been set for the team if any?

What has been done to raise funds for a new stadium?

Are the people who run the club really just happy to keep ploughing the same old furrow?

Do they honestly find contentment in maintaining Everton FC's place in the Premier League?

Are we as supporters also content as long as our club maintain Premier League status and are we all too willing to sit on our hands, as players and managers come and go but with no real ambition to win silverware and before we know where we are another decade will have come and gone.

Of course football dreams and ambitions require money but as Roberto said himself there is more than one way to skin a cat, but surely there must be a plan in place, if there is one how about informing the supporters of what it looks like; it doesn't have to be heavily detailed just an outline of what that plan is, and if there isn't a plan, how can we ever expect Everton FC to achieve anything?

I think the dumbing down of expectations from TGT and BB over the past decade is now ingrained in a lot of our fan base. I get the feeling a lot of people don't feel they have the right to moan or were all just sitting back waiting for somebody else to start the ball rolling.

The thing is, nobody has to do anything more than not buy a ticket to start off. But even that's hard. It's part of people's lives in a major way. I know of several people who aren't renewing their season tickets, and we're talking about fans who've been going the match since I was cacking yellow; disillusioned doesn't come close.

Re Patrick's post: this has been something that I have banged on about for years. We're spinning our wheels with this board and frankly it's tough to keep giving a toss. They obviously don't care about winning so why should we?

We have been sold a false bill of goods here.... [See what I did there?]

I can't even believe the publicity they got at the time.

The major news stories going on in the world and a couple of badly taken photos seem to be the most important topic on earth...

Just sign the lad up!!

He's a proven Premier League performer and, unlike some foreign mercenaries he will put a shift in for you, just ask any Spurs fans.

Wasn't arsed about the photos when he arrived, and I am not now.

Mirallas will want to leave, once a player wants to go there's not a lot you can do to keep them sadly, apart from look after your own end and make sure you get the best deal possible.

Mirallas is a player I do like but, let's be honest, he's also a Charlie big time.