Important dates as the Blues return to action this month

I write, because when you write that The Toffees should have most of their signings done by the end of July, to make sure that a competitive squad is in place for the start of the new season, to tell you it very rarely works this way at Everton.

Fail to prepare - then prepare to fail, has unfortunately been the problem at our once great club, for way too long now. So it’s going to be intriguing to see if this changes now

We had a lot of games where Everton scored late goals in his time and carried on running above the 90-minute mark.

Prior to that we have seen some players blowing out of their backside after 65 minutes, I think with a full summer pre-season, Moyes will have the squad fit again and competing well after the 65 minute mark.

Get the right players in and we could be in for a very good season.

Delap went elsewhere. Fulham have offered Tete a new contract to fend off Everton's offer. So it now appears Moyes is going elsewhere.

What is 100% is Everton's transfer history dealings are woeful. Have been for decades. With the mess the club has been left in by the previous administration and a dreadful academy, the hunt for a dozen or so reasonable quality players on frees or low cost is just not likely to happen.

Other clubs are prepared to buy surplus to their needs, a tactic previously employed by Man City, Chelsea and Forest. Spurs target players Everton are almost set to sign, frequently barging in and usurping deals as the pen is just about to hit the paper. Others have done it too.

However, somehow we always seem to scrape through.
If we don't expect anything, you never know. For the first time in over half a century, we might just have a transfer window to talk positively about… Yeh, I know, flying pigs etc.

Whilst I appreciate it’s only the first of July, we don’t seem to be linked with any incomings. It would be nice to get some quality in prior to pre season,

Or are we back to the last minute desperation signings?

It just became apparent, and they were assumptions, that activity probably wouldn't happen into July.

As you say, it's the first of July.

Rumours and links are just that. Who knows what is going on behind the scenes? Who knows how much we have to spend?

I don't. You don't. We don't. It's all guess work.

It was never going to be the case that when the clock struck midnight, several signings would turn up. Let's just hope we have a better approach than the majority of previous seasons and a few come in over the coming weeks.

Getting the right people at the desks took time. Forming a list of potential targets and securing the ones we keep also takes some time. We have been visibly making inquiries and contact, but we are always second choice at best.

This will change but only with some time and some early rejections. Eventually, some players who want to play for a club on the up will realize the possibilities at Everton and will commit to the project.

Nothing clever here but it needed to be stated.

Get on board dammit!

I've always had this opinion of the All Blacks rugby team.

They are super fit and don't care what the score is after 60 minutes, but in the last 20 when the opposition are tiring from the relentless defending, they start sprinting and leave the opposition for dead.

Didn't always work that way for Moyes 1.0 though.

I shall now standby with bated breath and bow to your superior knowledge