Due mainly to running for several hours a week. I’ve avoided Everton ones since the derby up until after the final game because they were simply reminding me of the frustrations I felt when watching them. In the last week I’ve listened to Evertonia, Blueroom, as much Toffee TV as I can tolerate by avoiding certain moments. I didn’t listen to any of the Echo ones where Tony Scott is involved. The general feeling was very similar across them all.

Then this morning I listened to the Echo one with Ian Croll, Connor O’Neill and Joe Thomas. I was expecting the same as I’d heard on the other podcasts but it struck me that even after Moyes spoke pretty poorly to Joe Thomas last weekend after the Spurs game they seemed quite reluctant to go in on Moyes or indeed the club in this episode. I don’t know if anyone has listened to it and if they thought the same but it got me wondering if there has been the age old pressure from the club on local journalists again, particularly as I noted on social media Chris Beesley has been banging out articles in support of Moyes this past week (the kind of ‘be careful what you wish for’ style approach).