...but for me, given the context of where we had been in the last 3 decades and particularly the last few years at Goodison - off the pitch an appalling financial situation, poor commercial partnerships, PSR concerns, and a "that'll do" attitude/culture, on the pitch, relegation battle after relegation battle, scraping together bargain transfers/loans and being left with the bare bones of a squad - then yes I'd definitely say that the club is more stable as a whole than it was 12 months ago.

Off the pitch, the refactoring of the finances to a manageable level rather than the payday loans with sky-high interest, improved commercial partnerships and recruitment of football professionals throughout the club has stabilised things in my opinion.

On the pitch - and again in the context of where we have been and a pretty much constant dread of the threat of relegation every time you're going to the match - then last season was a massive change for me in terms of my demeanour. Steering completely free of any relegation worries from day one, whilst also having some great results and improved performances dotted throughout the season while improving the squad with the likes of KDH and Grealish alongside potential in some of the others and missing out on Europe by a couple of games after a very poor end to the season - I enjoyed going to the match again without that dread. While I full accept that we are still nowhere near as consistent and stable as I'm sure we'd all like us to be, for me that was a LOT more stable than things have been for a long long time and Rome wasn't built in a day.

That might not seem very "Nil Satis" and again - I'm as disappointed as anyone with the end to the season - but I think context is everything and for me, TFG & co have only been here 18 months and inherited an absolute clusterfuck of a football club that had been in limbo for nearly 2 years and had an appalling culture of just keeping our heads above water. They needed to stop the rot and I think they're only just getting going - and of course, they've also had the once-in-a-lifetime task of moving us into the new stadium on top of everything else mentioned above.

I'm not completely married to Moyes staying, I'm just not a fan of rocking a boat that - in my opinion - is as steady as it's been for the last 3 decades since we last won a trophy.