Recent content by windymiller

Those examples are some time ago but I don't disagree. I suppose I'm mourning the loss of two things, really, the end of Everton as a competitive football club (in terms of winning things) and the family feel of the club. We always felt different to other clubs, I'm sure some of that was...

Fair enough. Personally I don't think there's anything to disagree or agree with yet. I've been burned by too many false dawns with this club so I'm very cautious about getting behind any owners. We'll see soon enough if this lot are the real deal or not.

I bet if I had a look I could find a similar sentiment in the Moshiri thread a few months after he took over. I want to be clear, I'm not saying TFG are like Moshiri, all I'm saying is that we have no idea what sort of owners they will really be.

You say a lot of stuff, Kev. I get it, you think wallowing in the misery of our past three decades and using it to excuse a loser mentality is fine. I don't. Life is a rich tapestry.

Not according to @Hinchcliffe's Corner he literally told me I can't compare TFG to the last lot. Which I thought was odd, tbh.

What do you use as your barometer then? You have said my comparisons are unreasonable and my goals are unattainable but you haven't laid out what you think is realistic and what your minimum expectations are. If comparing TFG to Moshiri makes no sense and comparing TFG with TFG at another club...

So I can't compare us to the old Everton or to our sister club? What is the frame of reference I should use to judge success or progress?

Why are you so consistently furious with my posts, Kev? Recognise yourself in any of my descriptions?

True. It's now written through the fanbase like a stick of rock too.

There's always a reason why we should keep our expectations low. Let's say we finish 12th this season, then 10th next and 8th the year after that. You could argue that that's progress or stabilisation or whatever platitude is de rigueur but it's stagnation. I don't care if we finish in an...

Yes, I mentioned the accountancy aspect of football many times in this thread. It's a major reason as to why top flight football is utterly tedious and surely everyone must be fed up of talking about PSR, FFP, amortisation etc... I also agree it makes things more difficult but it's not a reason...

Of course not, but that's been the narrative coming from the club that entire time. It's still the narrative, and maybe it's true, who knows? But I'm certainly not taking anyone's word for it any more. Actions not words. Outcomes not promises. Nobody will be happier than me, if it is true, but...

I was in my late teens. As I grew up we were one of the great clubs of Europe. It's been shysters and losers dressed up as winners ever since. It really shocks me how many people are seemingly cool with it.

What should I compare them with? Roma's progress? In the five years before TFG took them over Roma averaged 20.6 wins per season, in the five years since, they've averaged 18.4. Wobble in the noise? Maybe. The basis for uncritical support and faith in "the process"? Certainly not.

Yeah, but I don't. The process has failed over and over again. Nobody gets the benefit of the doubt from me any more. Get results or get out of the way. It's not entitlement because I don't expect it to happen, I'm just sick of pretending like just holding our water will pay off in the end. So...