Everton Season Review Part 3

However, with money tight Moyes obviously hoped he could conjure up brief flashes of genius from his attacking quartet of Yakubu, Saha, Beckford and Anichebe. Both Yakubu and Anichebe proved massive disappointments, while Saha and Beckford took six months to really get going. But goalscorers are what costs big money, money we haven't got. So it was a gamble by Moyes that had to take, but it's failure proved costly. This season we had to wait a bit longer for our nadir, and what a nadir it was. A cold, wet miserable Reebok Stadium in February – never the most atmospheric stadium at the best of times – bore witness to one of the most limp displays I have seen from an Everton team in years. After that game I wrote a pretty glum match report, the gist of which I have copied below:

Moyes now looks like he carries the World’s burdens on his shoulders and his side looks increasingly stale. I only hope this result makes the players realised what a predicament they find themselves in while they still have time to dig themselves out of it. Otherwise we will continue stumble blindly on, heading dangerously close to the edge of the Premier League precipice.

We demanded answers as to why the club was so skint and expressed genuine concern that the current inertia from the board and failure to back Moyes with cash would only see the club go one way. It was around now several protest groups formed, including Evertonians for Change, who have appealed for reform at boardroom level in order to steer the club back in the right direction. Quite what it is that spurs the team on in the second half of the season I don't know but  that magic formula was found again as we steered ourselves away comfortably from the relegation zone and at one point threatened Europe, though our poor start had handicapped us too much in the end we had to settle with a one place improvement on last season. Looking forward I can actually see reasons to be positive. The fact we can play so badly yet finish in the top seven shows how weak the league actually is, and how just a few improved performances could make the world of difference. If we had beaten Wolves, Wigan, West Ham and Birmingham at home (four of the bottom five) we would have finished level with Spurs in sixth. Beaten lower mid-table sides Newcastle and West Brom at Goodison? We would have been level with Arsenal in fourth. We only lost 10 games, which is one less than Man City and Chelsea. But in order to convert those draws to wins we need a goalscorer, which unfortunately costs money. Money is again going to be tight this summer but significant cash can be raised through the departures of Yakubu, Joseph Yobo and James Vaughan – three players who made a minimal impact on our season. The £2.5million raised from the sale of Vaughan is a start and if we can raise a further 6-8 million from the sales of Yobo and the Yak Moyes, with his track record of unearthing bargains, could find that striker we need to complete what I think is a solid looking Premier League side capable of challenging for Europe once again.

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