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If not close the thread I'd nomimate that we change the title to something like .... happily, our starting XI are easily good enough to be competitive in this division

If that happened two years ago, I for one, would have been melting down :)

So what's your plan? Bin the academy, let the stadium go to ruin, default on debts whenever we need, appoint an ultra pragmatic manager and gamble the clubs future by throwing every available penny on wages for mercenaries on short term contracts? Sir, there's a club not to far from us who...

It certainly is our best squad ever. The question is, will it be enough to stay up? I think there is a frustration at watching teams who we finished above last year using the PL millions to sign players like Watkins and Barkley and catapulting themselves up the league whereas we've been more...

It's not just to do with the manager. It's the whole philosophy of the club. In our club this is exemplified in the academy and our focus on youth, this will last long after GP has moved on. The next appointment won't be a Pulis or Big Sam type. It will be someone to carry on Graham's work...

The post I was replying to was comparing Hughton's to Palace's yesterday. Nothing to do with Potter

Chris never set us up like that. Not against a direct rival at home and certainly not at this stage of the season. Chris got sacked for a much less defensive mindset than this. Not trying to reopen old conversations as it's been done to death. Just sometimes though I feel the need to jump in...

I'm looking at the goals against column and thinking we do need to shore things up. In particular, we need a bit more grunt to deal with the teams who will undoubtedly target us at set pieces. The front 3 isn't currently the problem, so I'm not inclined to break that up

We're not relegation fodder, but we are shipping way too many and improving the defending on free kicks and corners is an urgent priority. I'm binning off three at the back (in my imaginative world where I'm the manager). Our goals at Goodison were mostly scored at the back post where an old...