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| "Only the best is good enough..." |
As a lifelong Everton fan I would like to write a piece about the destruction of a once great football club, but I can't. I'm too close to it and I'm too angry. Whatever I wrote would turn into an unmitigated rant, which wouldn't help the situation at all. But there are Everton fans who
can write what they feel in a lucid and informative way. And one of those people is Tony Marsh. I make no apologies for printing the full text of what Tony submitted to
Toffeeweb, an unofficial Everton site. It's uncensored, and I for one, agree with every word of it.
"It's so hard to get up for games these days. I can't ever remember a time when the fan base at this once great club was so disillusioned and drained of all life as it is now. It's a combination of poor leadership, crap football and a sense of going nowhere as a club/team. We are a rudderless ship heading for the rocks.
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| Bill Kenwright - Everton Chairman |
I honestly don't have a clue what needs to happen to turn things around at the club but this situation cannot and must not persist like this. The notion that doing fuck all and hoping for the best is a plan astounds me beyond belief.
Let's be honest: Kenwright is a grade A fool if he thinks he can stay put and function at a football club with nothing to contribute but hot air. He has well and truly been found out and the Kings Dock fiasco has finally come home to roost.
Being short of funds is no crime but trying to compete in the Premier League with the slummy out of your arse pocket is. Make no mistake, this could be our last season in the top flight if no one comes in and takes over.
As for the football being played, it's as bad as it ever was. The disgraceful display against West Ham last week was shocking. Now I know we are skint but that was our strongest side out there and we were out-classed by the Hammers! Blackpool have virtually the same team that got them promoted last season and they knock spots off us as a footballing unit. Blackpool are skint also but do the basics right and their manager and players can out-think and out-play other top sides on a regular basis. WHY the fuck can't we???
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| David Moyes - Everton manager. |
I feel the pain we all feel as Evertonians right now and I don't see it getting any better any time soon. We are heading for oblivion with this crowd of jokers in charge.
Where the fuck is Rocky when we need him? Why can't Sylvester give Billy Boy a Sub? Kenwright is a spiv, he has syphoned off all the petrol and we are running on fumes. Unless investment is found soon, we will be getting out to push the old banger down the street to the Championship.
It's heartbreaking to watch us self-destruct and the less we see and hear from our Beloved Bill the more worrying it becomes. Where the fuck is he and What the fuck is he doing? I don't give a shit about Saturday's Cup game as a win over Chelsea would only paper over the cracks and give Bill a stay of execution. It needs to get a whole lot worse for us before we see any change. What purpose would a win serve other than to create a another smoke screen?
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| Everton F.C. 1983-84 |
I can't hack it any more. I hate football at the moment. I hate everything about the game. I long for the 1980s and the fact that we all had a chance to compete on a level playing field back then. Forest, Villa, Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal all won the League title back in that decade and many others came close. Now... it's just a spending and paying salaries competition. Players don't give a fuck any more - all the twats want is another Baby Bentley for their tart to ponce around in.
I'm in serious talks with my self at present debating whether or not this is my last season paying to watch shite and have multi-millionaires take the piss out of me every week. Surely this can't be where football in this country ends up... can it? My view now is that watching football these days is like visiting a terminally ill friend in hospital every week pretending to yourself they will get better. Deep down, we know the truth... and, no matter how hard we try to put a brave face on it, we know the end is near.
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| Everton F.C. 1881-82 |
Heartache and misery are two off the things Evertonians know most about. Now though we are becoming sick and tired of it all. Chins are on chests, shoulders are stooped, and there is no spring in the step. We drag ourselves to the game with a sense of fear and trepidation... No fun and no enjoyment guaranteed. Well, if that's all we have left then it's no wonder so many want to opt out. As for me, I am still having a talk with myself about the whole sorry affair. Please don't tell me there is still the FA Cup to play for either - we all know what happens when Moyes gets near to success... don't we? And if that's the case, then no wonder so many want out."
The above piece by Tony Marsh reproduced courtesy of
Toffeeweb
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