The realisation that in the 3 decades I’d been around and in the course of supporting the club in 4 different decades (90’s-now) the club has gave me about 4 outatanding-ish moments that I can remember which are: a Champions League qualification we immediately barrelled out of, a good 2013-14 season, a 3-0 win against Liverpool and a Jagielka wonder goal against Liverpool (for a draw).
This with the new ownership creating a board that a group of fans with moderate intelligence could do better than and the sport being reduced to an Arab state owned dive-fest brought an absolutely fantastic realisation.
None of it matters. Support is a choice and you can choose to just not bother with them anymore. The whole “born not manufactured” thing is a crock of absolute bollocks and you can choose an Everton rock bottom (I’m sure there’s plenty more to come) that takes them out of your life.
No more ruined weekends, no more money spent getting to the ground or on tickets, no more shouting at the telly, no more getting wound up about what the pundits are saying…it’s fantastic! I’ve discovered new sports, taken up new hobbies and my missus even seems to like me more. The only thing I really miss is this place but poking my head in the transfer thread I now just think “why bother caring so much?”. I truly recommend it to some of you, I honestly do.