Everton: The best team on Merseyside

sarabella · Oct 30, 2004

From the Guardian. Great read.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9753,1339182,00.html

When, amid boardroom squabbles and the Wayne Rooney transfer saga, David Moyes and his staff were telling people over the summer that the spirit was good amongst the Everton players few believed them.

With the club's best player and the fans' homegrown idol on his way, chairman Bill Kenwright and fellow board member Paul Gregg involved in a tug of war and new investment continuing to prove elusive, Moyes's conviction appeared to be a bit of a King Canute act.

The general perception was that Everton were live relegation contenders and even striker Kevin Campbell admitted in the local paper that a grim battle for survival was on the cards.

But now TV pundits are falling over themselves to enthuse about the club's "team spirit" and to air their cod psychological theories about the burden of Rooney being lifted, as the Toffees enjoy the view from third place in the Premiership.
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TrooperBari · Oct 30, 2004

That title might be a little premature, methinks.

Not trying to be a gloomy Gus, but let's not jinx things yet.