Lots of mistakes were made without doubt. But that's why this rebuild is now going to take even longer. We are burdened by all those players you listed and I don't think we'll be able to offload all of them this year.
Moshiri entrusted a lot of his own money in the wrong hands and he paid the price. We can only hope lessons have been learned and in Brands, we have someone who knows the right path forward.
I'm relatively positive. But it's not realistic to compete with Liverpool and the top 4 next year. I hope our fans are sensible and recognise that.
But we have to have that desire to compete Tim.
We have to have the ambition, drive, desire and passion to make Everton great again.
You're right inasmuch as we're highly unlikely to do a Leicester and come from nowhere to win the title, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be straining every sinew to do so.
The ownership and the Board ultimately are responsible.
They allowed the chequebook to be waved around with gay abandon and it's they who have gotten us into this mess.
They now have to act positively and precisely to support Brands and Silva, address all the commercial activities of the club that are woefully behind those of the clubs we'd like to class as being our peers, and secure the funding to build a stadium that befits a club that aims to be the best and believes it can and will be the best.
We're all fed up of being 'plucky Everton' and it's time for the major shareholder to act decisively.
He's not even on the board himself, maybe he should be ?
I'm lucky, I'm old enough - as the likes of
@Joey66 @Eggs @Dario Terracotta @Khalekan and many more are - to have witnessed the boys in Royal Blue winning league titles, FA Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup, and there's no better feeling in the world - apart from witnessing the birth of your children - and there are tens of thousands of Blues out there who haven't, and they damn well should at least be feeling we're within touching distance of a trophy if not winning one.
As things stand right now, can you put your hand on your heart and tell me you've absolute faith in this current board, because I can't.