With the season now basically over, I just want to type some nonsense about how I feel about Everton.
This time last year, I was massively conflicted. I wanted David Moyes out, but I had no answer for who I wanted in. "Anyone" was basically my answer, but if we'd hired Allardyce or Hughes or someone I would have been devastated. I just knew that the club deserved better than self-serving Mr. Knife to a Gunfight. I don't mindlessly hate anyone, and I mean that. I felt bloody weird about disliking Moyes as I freely acknowledge that I loved the guy for saving us after the Walter Smith era and the almost certainty of relegation, and I remember crying with my brother in the lower Gwladys for his first game when we put away Fulham with limited players like David Unsworth. I backed him to the hilt for his first five years as he was absolutely incredible. Despite the garbage I'll type on here, I'll always respect him for that job he did.
But this season, when we hired Martinez, I genuinely feared the worst. But thank Dixie this guy gets us. I love football and I badly needed a season like this to make me fall in love with Everton again. The School of Science is back open and it's the best I've felt since the Dogs of War defined what being an Evertonian is all about - fight, passion and belief, even when everyone else writes you off, like David feckin' James on ESPN in August.
So thank you Martinez for making me feel good about being a Blue again - I hated being negative about my beloved Everton and it's great to be raving about the sexy togger we're putting out there.
COYB - league title challenge next year, why the hell not eh!?
This time last year, I was massively conflicted. I wanted David Moyes out, but I had no answer for who I wanted in. "Anyone" was basically my answer, but if we'd hired Allardyce or Hughes or someone I would have been devastated. I just knew that the club deserved better than self-serving Mr. Knife to a Gunfight. I don't mindlessly hate anyone, and I mean that. I felt bloody weird about disliking Moyes as I freely acknowledge that I loved the guy for saving us after the Walter Smith era and the almost certainty of relegation, and I remember crying with my brother in the lower Gwladys for his first game when we put away Fulham with limited players like David Unsworth. I backed him to the hilt for his first five years as he was absolutely incredible. Despite the garbage I'll type on here, I'll always respect him for that job he did.
But this season, when we hired Martinez, I genuinely feared the worst. But thank Dixie this guy gets us. I love football and I badly needed a season like this to make me fall in love with Everton again. The School of Science is back open and it's the best I've felt since the Dogs of War defined what being an Evertonian is all about - fight, passion and belief, even when everyone else writes you off, like David feckin' James on ESPN in August.
So thank you Martinez for making me feel good about being a Blue again - I hated being negative about my beloved Everton and it's great to be raving about the sexy togger we're putting out there.
COYB - league title challenge next year, why the hell not eh!?