Seasons 2020-21 Opinion
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Beneath the Blue Veneer
Martin O'Connor : 10/11/2020
Beneath the blue veneer of the first eleven, nothing much exists, as with Ancelotti: once you strip away the veneer of his past successes, nothing much exists anymore.
Has anyone else seen enough?
Paul Traill : 08/11/2020
The level of play-acting involved in today’s game has been building for many a year. I think I’ve about had it with watching these con artists run around in soulless empty stadiums, while the powers-that-be don’t seem remotely interested in curbing this behaviour
It's Jam Today, Not Tomorrow
Dylan Joseph : 07/11/2020
If you wish to be successful, you need to be the sort of club where, when a top player becomes available, you are the club he wants to join.
The Development of Ellis Simms
Phill Thompson : 21/10/2020
Everybody has heard of Ellis Simms... not everybody has seen him but everybody will have an opinion; he’s potentially next in line to become an Everton Academy graduate playing in the Premier League. So I thought I’d look back at his development. As ever, most of the facts are accurate, but opinions of course are just my opinions.
The Battle of Edgware Road
Stephen Vincent : 13/10/2020
Recounting the events of 12 October 1985, which were no minor skirmish!
Window Dressing
Martin O'Connor : 09/10/2020
As the long Covid-impacted transfer window has closed (with a few days of the domestic EFL window still open), how have the Blues performed?
Lean, Mean and Young
Jay Wood : 07/10/2020
With the transfer window now officially closed (other than signings of free agents or players from the Football League), let's take a look at the first-team squad...
The James Rodriguez Effect
Matthew Parry : 29/09/2020
The Colombian superstar is already proving skeptical pundits wrong by settling straight into the Premier League and, in concert with Carlo Ancelotti and Everton's other new signings, transforming the club's prospects this season
Jordan Pickford: The Diamond Getting Rougher
Matthew Parry : 28/09/2020
As each game passes, it seems the debate over whether Jordan Pickford is good enough to play between the sticks for Everton only gathers momentum. Since Pickford’s arrival from Sunderland in 2017, he has not been able to offer that consistently. What, then, has gone wrong for what was once an exciting young prospect?
Photographing a Rhino
Martin O'Connor : 21/09/2020
Are the recent changes at Everton's Academy involving David Unsworth and Leighton Baines the right ones to foster a more productive farm system for the Blues' first-team?
Don't Be Fooled... This Season Could Be Very Tough
Matthew Parry : 17/09/2020
The win at Tottenham was one very small step on a deceptively lengthy road and the high-calibre signings only tape over the cracks until they prove they can improve our dynamic on a weekly basis
Bill Kenwright – Everton Legend
Kevin Prytherch : 11/09/2020
Since 1999, Bill Kenwright has overseen the second most consistent period in Everton's history. The record of consecutive 8th-place finishes or better between 2006 and 2014 has only ever been bettered once.
Opposition View: Spurs For Life
Ryan Curtis : 09/09/2020
Everton kick off the new season at Tottenham, another club managed by a high-profile boss looking for a much better campaign than the one that just ended. We got the thoughts of Spurs For Life on Sunday and the season as a whole
Will James Rodriguez & Co Be Successes At Everton?
Richard Coleman : 09/09/2020
Could this be the dawn of an era of genuine quality recruitment under Ancelotti or simply a continuation of the trend of expensive acquisitions who fail to gel and live up to expectations?
The Project – Next Chapter
Paul Tran : 08/09/2020
With Farhad Moshiri backing his new manager with an overhaul of Everton's midfield, The Project is back on the rails and there are fewer excuses to stop it hurtling forwards. It’s time for manager and players to deliver; time for us to be less cautiously optimistic!
Away Day Blues: Tottenham Hotspur
Patrick McFarlane : 07/09/2020
Since Everton gained promotion to the top flight, way back in 1954, Everton’s visits - to the original White Hart Lane, Wembley or the newly lavishly upgraded White Hart Lane - haven’t produced many victories for the Toffees.
Who Is Steering the Ship?
Martin O'Connor : 04/09/2020
Have Everton scrapped Marcel Brands's plan to rebuild the squad with younger players in favour of a return to Steve Walsh's modus operandi, with Carlo Ancelotti and Farhad Moshiri having taken the helm?
You Can’t Always Get What You Want…
Dylan Joseph : 31/08/2020
You don’t need the billions, you just need a good culture amongst the club and the players and standards that are adhered to. We can get what we need, we just need to reset our club ethos and standards and don’t allow anyone who doesn’t meet them to wear the Royal Blue
Our Future Is Alternative
Robert Bresnan : 18/08/2020
We're all expecting 2020-21 to be full of crippling mediocrity and the obligatory bad defeat to the gobshites but what about a different future in which things are rather rosy by the end of next season?
Marcel Brands and the Missing Transfer Doctrine
Jacques Sandtonian : 14/08/2020
Marcel Brands has just learned the first rule of Everton transfer business: We are the scouting arm of Tottenham Hotspur.
The First Six Months: Unacceptable
Darren Hind : 12/08/2020
Everton's midfield was an obvious cause for concern last season, particularly down the home stretch but was the main problem the players or a failure of management on the part of Carlo Ancelotti?
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