Off to Emirates. Arsenal's third game in a week. We're looking to rebound.

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What a win for the girls yesterday! We had to be patient after hitting the post in the first half, but Ornella Vignola coming off the bench and scoring twice in two minutes was brilliant. She completely changed the game. That's five home wins on the bounce now, and Goodison is starting to feel like a difficult place for teams to come again. Newcastle made us work for it, but the team got the job done when it mattered. Two wins from two in the League Cup and we're sitting top of the group. Great to see the momentum building, and let's hope we can keep this run going.

Merlin Rohl initially approached his book Behind the Lens: Life with Everton with caution.

“I don’t want to have my camera and just put it in people’s faces,” he says, “and when the player is very famous, like Jack Grealish, it’s just not the right thing to photograph him in the beginning and just put it on my Instagram or use them to promote my book.”

But he was encouraged by the early response in the dressing room and positive words from Baines and then club captain Seamus Coleman.

It allowed Rohl to see a different side to stars such as Grealish. “It was crazy,” Rohl says. “He’s completely different to what people may think on the outside. He’s such a lovely human who cares for everybody.

“I had a great connection with Beto, too. Sometimes when people see my camera, they act a certain way, but he was very nice to photograph. He did not change when I put my camera on him and that’s a nice quality for somebody to have.

“I really miss him. What a person he is.”

Someone posted the Atlantic article, but this is the Everton YouTube interview and promo for Merlin's photo book from his first season at the club. Though y'all might enjoy it if you haven't seen it yet.

Interesting podcast on the potential sale of Everton with Henry Winter and Christian Purslow

Strange game for us while copping our first loss of the season. The stats also tell the story and I'll expand on that a bit more than usual.

First off we had 93 predictions for the week. 42(45.2%) predicted a win, 21(22.6%) went for a draw, with 30(32.3%) correctly picking the loss. There were 3 perfect predictions! Congratulations to: u/CapedConsumit, u/Pipo59, u/mp0323

Shoutout to the current overall leader of the prediction threads: u/Pipo59 with 10 points!

Average predicted score was 1.75 to 1.67. Actual xG was 0.43-1.47. That's the lowest xG we've had all season and the lowest Chelsea has conceded in the PL this season. What's most shocking to me was how low our xG from open play was. It's an outlier and it best stay that way.

xG
Game                      Everton  Opponent
---------------------------------------------
GW 1, Palace (Home)       1.12     1.96
GW 2, Bournemouth (Away)  2.16     1.84
GW 3, Man United (Home)   1.01     0.69
GW 4, Spurs (Away)        0.69     1.11
GW 5, Ipswich (Home)      2.24     1.44
GW 6, Hull (Away)         1.33     1.68
GW 7, Chelsea (Home)      0.43     1.47

xG open play
Game                      Everton  Opponent
---------------------------------------------
GW 1, Palace (Home)       0.62     1.96
GW 2, Bournemouth (Away)  1.17     1.59
GW 3, Man United (Home)   0.66     0.64
GW 4, Spurs (Away)        0.52     0.76
GW 5, Ipswich (Home)      2.16     1.37
GW 6, Hull (Away)         1.03     0.87
GW 7, Chelsea (Home)      0.13     0.95

xG set play
Game                      Everton  Opponent
---------------------------------------------
GW 1, Palace (Home)       0.50     0.00
GW 2, Bournemouth (Away)  0.99     0.25
GW 3, Man United (Home)   0.35     0.05
GW 4, Spurs (Away)        0.17     0.35
GW 5, Ipswich (Home)      0.07     0.07
GW 6, Hull (Away)         0.30     0.81
GW 7, Chelsea (Home)      0.30     0.51

Current Active Streaks: u/TheCobras: 3 games (1,3,1) u/Innate-Bandit: 3 games (1,3,1) u/tupo204: 3 games (1,1,1) u/GHardman42: 3 games (1,1,1) u/steriliuz: 3 games (3,1,1) u/Wackamot123: 3 games (1,1,1) u/TeddyPlant: 3 games (1,1,1)

Very very full longest streak table and I reckon someone will hit 4 from the next game: Longest streak: 3 games

u/1800skylab: 3 games (GW4-GW6) (1,1,1) u/COYBulls: 3 games (GW3-GW5) (1,1,1) u/DaniG08765: 3 games (GW1-GW3) (3,3,1) u/GHardman42: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (1,1,1) u/Innate-Bandit: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (1,3,1) u/Parthian__Shot: 3 games (GW1-GW3) (1,3,1) u/TeddyPlant: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (1,1,1) u/TheCobras: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (1,3,1) u/Wackamot123: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (1,1,1) u/hazman15: 3 games (GW1-GW3) (1,3,1) u/steriliuz: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (3,1,1) u/tupo204: 3 games (GW5-GW7) (1,1,1)

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“777 is the best partner to take our great club forward,” then Everton owner Farhad Moshiri said in September 2023, after agreeing to sell his 94 per cent shareholding in Everton to private investment company 777 Partners.

That quote, from the man whose tenure saw Everton reach the brink of administration, has not aged well.

Just over three years on, Josh Wander, the co-founder of the Miami-based 777, has pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding the company's lenders and investors.

This is how close Wander came to buying Everton — and why it serves as a cautionary tale with the club back up for sale again.

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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7698905/2026/10/18/everton-small-squad-chelsea-moyes-transfers/

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I was just thinking back to the time I was chosen to follow Everton back in around 2009, and the great team we had and went on to have in the later period of Moyes' 1st term, and the early Martinez years. I don't remember much of Phil Neville and his performances. I was 8-12 years old at this time before he left in 2013 so I guess I was more attracted by the flashier players - Baines, Pienaar, Saha etc. The only game I remember which involved Neville heavily was that 0-3 defeat to Wigan in the FA Cup in 2013. I remember him having an absolute stinker in that game lol.

So I guess my question is for people who remember that period well - how good was Phil Neville for Everton?

- Viktor Gyökeres is prepared to leave Arsenalin January for more consistent game time, claims TEAMtalk). The report states that frustration over a lack of minutes has forced the Swedeninternational to consider his future with the Gunners, just over a year on from his initial £55 million move from Sporting CP. The 28-year-old has been restricted to three Premier Leagueappearances so far this season, all from the bench, despite scoring 21 goals for Arsenal across all competitions last campaign. Atletico Madrid have been labelled as an interested party, while teams in Italy, Germany, and Spain have also been outlined as possible destinations

People here really don’t seem to understand the situation we’re in.
We have one of the thinnest squads in the league, and our owners seem desperate to sell the club. Yet, for some reason, some fans still expect us to finish in the top six.

Objectively, compare our squad with those of the teams above us. Look at their squad depth, financial resources, recruitment, and overall stability. What exactly makes people think we should be finishing above them?

I genuinely believe Moyes is working his ass off under extremely difficult circumstances. Of course, he’s not beyond criticism, and results matter. But judging him solely on results without considering the circumstances he’s working under is simply unfair.

What I find hardest to understand is why people expect us to perform miracles while expecting teams in far better positions than ours to underperform.
Why should we be the ones punching above our weight, while teams with stronger squads, better resources, and more stable management are somehow expected to do worse than us?

I’m not saying we shouldn’t have ambitions. I’m saying expectations need to be grounded in reality. You can’t expect top-six results while ignoring the problems within the squad and the club’s management.
Personally, I believe Moyes is getting the absolute best out of this team under the circumstances. The last thing we need right now is the ridiculous idea of sacking him. What we need is to get behind him, trust the process, and support him instead of making him the scapegoat for problems that go far beyond the manager.

He's discussed Thierno Barry, players in Serie A Everton should sign, and the uncertainty surrounding the club.

https://roundtable.io/sports/soccer/premier-league/everton/news/exclusive-don-hutchison-interview-everton-barry-and-expectations

Thoughts?

I am not talking about being captain for a few games. All of the official club captains have either been British or Irish.

I find that really mad.