I take heart from:
All the Know It Alls expressing an opinion (Guardian) that 14th for Everton, 18th for Yorkshire Dirty White *hite is wrong! Also that they all seem to have it in for Frank. (His politics, oh really?). His coaching ability.. and anything else. They weren't there last year with Benitez in charge. They thought 8th was a fair shout when most of us would have settled for 10th-11th and no drama - well we didn't get that now did we?
And now, we're one man down - but we also scratched the surface of recovery by dumping Strength in Delph, The Tos'un, Icelander and being rejected by noKing Kenny. Plus the less than useful El Khazi and Donny on the Beak have gone, and other Time and Money wasters like Moist Not So Kean?
On the plus side: McNeill, Tarko and perhaps the Portuguese Salt and Vinegar boy are decent acquisitions. We're augmented by a fitter DCL, a fit Davies and a possibly fit (well you never know) The Ivorian John Paul G-Kissock. The youngsters seem to be fitting in..