I loved Davey and the teams he built here during the first 11 years he was here. I was gutted when he left for Man.U, but I understood his reasons for going and wished him well.
I then lost all respect for him with the sneaky Baines/Fellaini stuff. It was disrespectful. Add in the not allowing Howard to attend FF, and I rejoiced at his failings at Man.U, Sociedad and Sunderland. He looked washed up and I thought serves him right. I baulked every time he was linked with a return to us. He then went to West Ham twice and did well while we became a basket case.
When West Ham let him go, I found myself warming to the idea of him coming back to us. Call it nostalgia or the fact that we'd fallen so far, but I really hoped that somehow it could happen.
He made it clear over the past years that he had a great deal of affection for the club and you know, the older you get in life, the more you realise it's better to hold onto and cherish the good times rather than dwell on the not so good things, so I forgave him for those mistakes he made. He's human FFS.
All things said and done, he's a bloody good manager, vastly experienced, and an Everton man. I knew given time, he'd restore positivty and an identity to the club, something which we haven't associated with Everton for a long time.
The fact that he's already made strides to achieving that, mixed in with the mutual affection between him and the majority of Evertonians, has made me start to fall back in love with my Everton again, and that is effing priceless.
