on July 29, 2025, 2:39 pm, in reply to "Re: "expecting a better summer of recruitment" - I was *hoping* for one..."
There are lots of factors, but as an example there might be a balance between paying a premium (and 2 months extra wages) for a player to sign him on July 1st to get a pre-season with us, rather than signing him on September 1st with no pre-season - when the money saved could possibly go towards another signing? It's a balancing act for sure and probably far more complicated than most of us realise (again - blame the Collyers! 
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The concern I have and expressed by others is that by waiting to the end of the window we yet again start undercooked and lose out on winnable points and are playing catch up again. Previous Message
...and I still am! If this is still our squad on September 2nd then I would probably be a little disappointed, but I'm still fairly confident that it won't be so I don't see any point getting worried about it.
Am I 100% confident that by Septemebr 2nd we'll have strengthened all the positions that we need to strengthen? No.
But I'm 100% confident that the club will try their very best to do so within the limitations that they're operating under - and that's in itself is a massive change from the previous regime. Previous Message
I was where you are, maybe worse after giving up my st became totally apathetic about all things everton.
Moyes returning and the upturn in Form coupled with the goodison farewell and finally getting into bmd has dragged me back in .
In all honesty I like many was expecting a better summer of recruitment with the new owners.
Probably where I differ from most is that although would have liked the top tier signings I was quite happy to gradually improve with the next level signings or at least a capable rm and rb to be added to what we had.
We have a decent back bone and some decent flair players we just needed to balance the team.
We're not turning into prime barca overnight and a gradual rebuild with a blend of young talent and seasoned pros should see us in the upper reaches of the league from where we can push on. Previous Message
with regard to our signings.
Maybe the hope has been beaten out of me over recent years & inexcusable additions like FatWaiter, but I can’t think of anything that’s surprised me since Ancellotti?
I reckon the last eyebrow raiser player signing was Kanchelskis?*
Admittedly, maybe I need to resubscribe to Shoot because I’ve never heard of half the players people seem to be excited about when we get linked.
Personally I’m now in the zone where it-is-what-it-is whether we sign players or not, so it’s all upside for me😎
* in hindsight Rodriguez, but I didn’t know much about him on arrival.
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