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Long-term injuries cast grave doubts on key duo’s Everton futures
29 January, 2025
The Club’s recruitment team were already up against it this month but potentially season-ending injuries for Calvert-Lewin and Mangala are not only big personal blows to each player, they'll require a shift in focus before the transfer deadline
Coming Full Circle
9 January, 2025
When it comes to the prospect of David Moyes returning to his old stomping ground, context is everything and that context has shifted significantly as Everton's fortunes have eroded in the years since he departed Goodison in 2013.
Graham Potter would be an unlikely ‘quick-fix’ option for Everton
9 December, 2024
Speculation surrounding Sean Dyche and who might replace him bubbles away on social media, discussion forums and in the betting markets, but if results between now and the New Year demand a swift change in manager, it's unlikely a man for whom the word “build” is foundational to the way he works would be the short-term answer
Dyche risks undermining his own argument regarding Ndiaye
21 November, 2024
The manager has responded to calls to move Everton’s best forward player into a No 10 role by suggesting that he doesn't yet have the experience or work-rate for it but neither the metrics nor the "eye test" seem to support the argument.
Colin Harvey — An Evertonian Life
24 March, 2024
Immortalised as part of the Toffees’ midfield ‘holy trinity’ in the late 1960s and dubbed "the White Pele" by his adoring Goodison faithful, it could be strongly argued that Colin Harvey is currently the greatest living Evertonian.
Between the Devil You Know and the Deep Blue Sea
3 October, 2023
In light of the somewhat chaotic developments in the takeover saga in recent weeks, the question on Evertonian minds now is just who are 777 Partners and are they both capable and worthy of running one of England’s most storied and successful football clubs?
Another Great Escape — Season 2022-23 in Review
29 May, 2023
2021-22 was supposed to be the nadir of the Moshiri era but Everton somehow ended up in even more peril by the end 2022-23. It took another managerial change, the fans going to the well of passion a few more times and one tortuous final day game before Premier League survival was achieved.
Seventeenth Not Going Under
28 May, 2023
It was the longest 43 minutes of our lives but Abdoulaye Doucouré’s 20-yard rocket would be just enough and the power of the spirit that courses through this wonderful institution proved indefatigable
Less stardust, more salt-of-the-earth — Can Dyche's grounded approach save Everton?
28 January, 2023
Sean Dyche may be far removed from Farhad Moshiri's 'Hollywood manager' ideals but his no-nonsense, 'needs-must' style of football could be just what Everton need after the more idealistic Frank Lampard tenure. More importantly, he has pulled off this kind of 'Houdini act' before
The Transformation
21 September, 2022
Largely written off at one time by the bulk of the Everton fanbase, Alex Iwobi has undergone a metamorphosis unlike any in living Evertonian memory... and it has come just when the club desperately needed it
The Avatar
15 August, 2022
For most of last season, Anthony Gordon channeled the passion, desperation and energy of a fearful fanbase on the pitch. 2022-23 was supposed to be a season of further development for him at Goodison but a big-money offer from Chelsea has thrown up a hard choice for the club.
O Guerreiro
16 June, 2022
Committed and loyal, talented and misunderstood outside of Goodison Park, Richarlison has cemented himself in the hearts of Evertonians, especially this season when he rose to the fore as the warrior who scored many of the goals that assured the Blues' Premier League safety
Salvation Achieved on a Night for the Ages
19 May, 2022
Just like that “That Game” in 1994, Everton refused to lie down and over 45 minutes that are now irrevocably woven into Goodison folklore, amid an atmosphere that somehow surpassed those that have stunned neutral observers in recent weeks, they dug deep and pulled off a thrilling comeback victory.
Moshiri's Big Gamble
30 June, 2021
His prior association with Liverpool and diminished reputation mean the appointment of Rafael Benitez is fraught with difficulty and he will have very little margin for error with many Everton fans. It's either a hugely courageous or tone-deaf decision by Farhad Moshiri that could be mad enough to work or go the same way as his last four managerial appointments
Nuno Espírito Santo: Seal of Mediocrity or Hero-in-Waiting?
12 June, 2021
With his seemingly imminent appointment as Everton manager, Blues fans are having trouble seeing past Wolves' sorry 2020-21 season under Nuno Espirito Santo. Worrying metrics thrown up in this past campaign are definitely pause for thought but observations from students of the game reveal a more complex, astute and driven man than his reserved demeanour suggests.
Christophe Galtier — A Gallic Gamble Worth Taking?
10 June, 2021
Untried in the Premier League but with demonstrable success under his belt with Saint-Étienne and Lille, the 54-year-old with the piercing eyes has been described as France's hottest managerial property. In a field devoid of exciting candidates, might he be the outsider option to ignite Everton's revival?
El Muñeco — Could Everton go for “the next great Argentine manager”?
12 April, 2019
An international team-mate of Diego Simeone and Mauricio Pochettino, Marcelo Gallardo has spent the last seven years building an impressive resume of trophy wins in South America and has restored River Plate as one of that Continent's giants. On the landscape of potential replacements for Marco Silva, the 43-year-old is easily one of the most intriguing and, interestingly, he has leapt into pole position in the betting to be Everton's next manager.
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