Everton stay local this summer

that would require us to kidnap them, pretty sure this summer they will be playing the Saudi royal family eleven in Riyadh for the african blood diamond trophy sponsored by Gazprom

I think the hope is that the Isaac Price money will help cover the cost of a National Express bus but if not, they plan on doing an overnight hike to Bolton with the injured players having to hitch hike.

Not sure how suffering humiliating defeats against Bolton, Stoke and Tranmere is the better option?

Not long to wait even though it feels like an eternity.

Not long now.

My concern is keeping our premiership players. Dyche has a very difficult summer and season ahead. Already looking forward to our signings on transfer deadline day.

I think you'll find prior to Moshiri's arrival, most pre-season games were in England and or Scotland, I could be wrong but that's how I remember it.

Dyche is cut from similar cloth to the Scotsman, in that it will be hard graft physically during the summer to get his squad fit for the meaningful games ahead.

Sorry to say, but either you are stupid or the board are stupid.

What you have described is mind-numbingly daft.

Sadly, I can't actually rule out the board being so stupid tho….

We need to attract investment and talented players. Becoming introverted and provincial means you are not casting the net out far enough for either of those.

Didn't we play Real Madrid in pre season under Colin Harvey and get absolutely mullered by Hugo Sanchez and Co?

Tony,

We already had one sojourn to Australia in November when the locals got to enjoy Tom Davies doing yoga on the beach. Is Australia already hungry enough for a return visit?

Sorry mate. Long day.

Maybe we can play that pub team again we beat 22-0.

That is what I thought and this when Real Madrid weren't even any good!

Ruinously led?

Utterly demented?

Absolutely skint?

Everton?

Answers on a postcard please.

Nothing wrong with Tranmere first up followed by, say, a Championship or Scottish Premiership team and then a high standard European team. It might give the manager and players some idea if they, their fitness and tactics need some tweaking.

Who knows, we may even find somebody capable of taking a decent set piece. Or perhaps they might play the 1st XI against the Youth team which Alan Ball always used to talk about. On the other hand playing easier friendlies might improve our goal-scoring ability.

And may be saving for the redundancy compensation if Moshiri Allardyces him for a younger sexier model.

We could have played Southport in a friendly – very local and you can get the train for £7.50 return. Imagine the saving, Mr Moshiri.

I see no reason why any Premier League club needs to fly a planeload of players, coaches and assorted support staff to some country thousands of miles away just to get said players fit and playing to whatever tactics the manager wants. It's expensive, wasteful, polluting and if last season is anything to go by, a totally useless exercise.

Pre-season preparations can be done perfectly well without leaving the UK. Who knows maybe it will help keep the players' feet on the ground. There is more to football than foreign jollies at the clubs expense, topping up your tan and sightseeing while playing the odd friendly kick about match in some nice hot country.

I suspect that this bargain basement might be one of the areas that we will be sniffing around this summer. It would be a good thing this summer if we can get a few in from whatever level before we start a pre-season game and build something, hopefully.

Fitness is the key thing for the new season, not where we go to play. I'd much rather have the squad close to the Farm so Dyche and his team (it looks now that it will be Dyche) can work each day on fitness levels. I'd rather have the players at the Farm for three or fours days than spending them on return long-distance flights and, bless them, the couple of days they get to recover.

And Don (29), you seem to assume that this is it and that no new games will. be added. There will be games added, including, I'm sure, a worthwhile team at The Old Lady in the week before the kick off.

To be fair when they got off to Australia during the world cup break, many fans were up in arms after their performances, so a little reality check for the under performing bunch and a look at some of the grounds these players can expect to be playing on sooner rather than later.

Club can't win really. If they stay here, it's why are we not marketing ourselves abroad. If they go away, it's why are these players getting a holiday abroad.

Staying here beating some lower league teams, blooding some youngsters and gaining some confidence is not a bad idea. Things have not been good for a while and a fresh approach is what we've all been asking for isn't it ?

David West, change this month, then we start with a clean slate.

This time next year (Rodders), we'll booking flights to Prague or wherever.

Alles ist moglich.

How things have changed due to mismanagement.