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Give it Shola. Get Gingland game on.

I think it went something like: Eddie, Tindall and Nickson are sitting in a room discussing targets, Mitchell walks in with his list and hands it to them. Eddie, not even fully turning to acknowledge him says "that's nice Paul, thanks. Anyway..."

Bring him home imo. Howe out.

That's a shame. I still have absolutely no idea what either Mitchell or Ashworth even did, nor do I really have a clear idea of what a director of football even is. I don't get the impression they're scouts, scouts work under them. We don't really need a "vision" set, Eddie has already established that and it's working perfectly. No idea what need we have for one at this time tbh.

I remember him wiping Matt Targett out about 20 seconds into his debut for us. Think Targett is still recovering from it now.

Elliot Androvich

I remember watching some YouTube videos with a few of our players, I think perhaps it was one with Pope and Burn and another with Bruno. I recall on both videos they were asked something to the effect of "who is most likely to be fined at the club?" or "who is mostly likely to turn up late?", and in both instances the answer was quickly and unanimously Joe Willock. I know it was said in a kind of jovial, trivial manner but for me it raised a bit of a red flag regarding his commitment and attitude. I say this as a bit of a hypocrite as my favourite ever player is Hatem Ben Arfa; perhaps I give him a pass as he was a genius and the times were very different. Willock has always came across as a nice person, softly-spoken, quiet and likeable, yet on the pitch I find him frustrating to watch and struggle to see any real stand out qualities. I think he either struggles a bit with confidence or doesn't have the drive required anymore. Wish him the best but hope he's moved on this summer.

Eliezer Sam Mayenda, BDB (Big Dan Ballard) and Patto (Patts for me like) would sort us right out.

Played Neek Pope.

Thank you King Edward for the greatest season of my football supporting life. You've worked fucking wonders. Loved his restraint at full time, displaying exactly why he will go to the very top.

Another change in system then? What a fucking unnecessary mess this has been today.

Bizarre change imo. Livramento has been flying at left back. Had to be Trippier on Botman off. We need the extra creativity and composure.

Thank you Saint Nick.

Botman and the Murph struggling a bit defensively. I’d sooner see a back 4 with Miley in the middle, Trippier right back and Gordon and Botman dropping out. The tried and tested system. Everton finding space too easily here and winning plenty of individual battles.

Wouldn't really mind either outcome tomorrow, I can see why people would want nothing but misery for them based on some of the posts shared in here from RTG and social media, however I'm not sure either of those places are an entirely fair representation of their fans. For me the derby day dread/anticipation does add something to the football season; albeit not as much as in previous years, as it's certainly been replaced by the anticipation of the high stakes games we play nowadays challenging at the top end of the league. Actually, I foresee us having to play them away in an early Saturday kick-off after playing Real Madrid away on the Wednesday and I'd rather not.