At the start of the season there was a lot of pessimistic feelings with regards to everton (i was one of the more optimistic from the looks of things)
Its nice to see how much things have changed for the better recently in EFC's world, a Cup semi-final, and the trip to wembley that brings with it. A manager now with a long term contract, some good buys( no matter how bad they seemed at the time), and as i was going to move on to talk about (before i nearly forgot about my blog forever), a big turnaround in the performances we have had this season:
Fellaini has turned out to be a god of a signing - some people will deride him for being lazy and having shit hair. However i think his hair is the best hair ever(or was till he braided it) , and has an immense work rate 90% of the time. For a young lad (20 i believe) he is an immense prospect for the future of the football club
My worries about the loss of Carsley have been well abated, Phil Neville has slotted in brilliantly well to his role, and our midfield is a force to be reckoned with when fully fit. Neville, cahill, fellaini, osman, arteta, peinaar, gosling, rodwell, Van De Meyde???. Hopefully losing one or ten of them due to injury wont have too big an impact on the final standings this season.
Our on field performance has had a dramatic turnaround - 6th in the table, and despite a mini slump of late, we have a fairly nice run in, and a decent amount of points are all easily obtainable.
new stadium troubles - no decision till november - no fun!!! and no developments on the buy-out - all just rumours post Manchester Abu Dhabi City's buyout!!
The other thing i mentioned was Moyes' contract which is all done and dusted now.
So an interesting change of hearts for everton fans over this season, perhaps looking back over blogs like this a few months later is something i should consider doing again. Definitely an interesting possibility id like to try in the future. Though hopefully next time it will be replying to a blog i actually post!!!
Well, as you may know if you are reading this (seeing as none of you are it doesnt matter too much, I am quite a loyal everton fan, and as you may have seen recently, we have been getting quite a lot of press coverage, whether it be our on field performance, new stadium troubles, possible buy-outs, or just moyes' new contract. so i thought i should have my say on what i think about everything that is being reported/happening
1. The Summer.
Personally I think one of the main causes of our down turn this season has been the loss of a key player over summer. Lee Carsley. He may have been an older, and less well known player within our team, but he was somewhat of a lynch pin within the team, and he did his job better than anyone, with minimal fuss about him as well. This was a big loss for us, but there was nothing we could do really to prevent it, as he wanted to move nearer his family in the midlands, and we have to respect such wishes.
Andy Johnson was our only other loss of the summer. This although a loss as a back up striker, as i would no longer put him in my starting XI, was definitely a tidy bit of business on our part. To make £2m profit on a player who is not only getting older, but no longer looks the player he did when we bought him and also who reputedly failed his fulham medical before they signed him is an outstanding bit of business on our part in my opinion.
In terms of players in, Summer was definitely a dissapointing one. The failure to get Joao Mutinho from porto was definitely a big loss, and the lack of any other significant signings until the last day also dissapointed. Felliani has looked distinctly average so far this season, and we have barely seen Segundo Castillo, or Jacobsen, both international players. Louis Saha could turn out to be an inspired signing, as there is no doubting his absolute quality if he can stay fit.
So that sums up the summer transfer situation, which all round was dissapointing to say the least.
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