A look ahead for the Toffees
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00:00 Will, just on Everton and obviously the season approaching now, what are their aims long-term for the season?
00:05 Because it's going to be another long haul.
00:08 You feel they've got to eradicate those problems that they've had over the last two seasons?
00:14 Yes, I think first and foremost, I don't want to be accused of being a bit of a pessimist,
00:22 but I think Everton ultimately have to survive in the Premier League this season.
00:26 After two campaigns fighting for survival, you have to be pragmatic about it.
00:34 They finished 17th last season and I think Sean Dyche knows the realities of what the challenges he might face in the upcoming campaign.
00:44 He spoke about it candidly after the Bournemouth win.
00:48 I don't think Everton are...
00:51 He'd love for Everton to be the size who compete for Europe, but you've got to look at it bluntly.
00:57 They're in a precarious financial position.
01:00 Business over the summer has been difficult.
01:02 They've lost a few players.
01:04 And the dam of Pechenegs when it comes to signing players as well.
01:10 So I think you've just got to look at it as a pragmatist.
01:14 Survival will be key because Everton, I've said it before,
01:18 they need to be in the Premier League when they move to that new stadium on Bramley Moor Dock.
01:23 It would be an absolute disaster situation if the Waynes were spoken on to perform.
01:30 Going from there, obviously you want to see progress.
01:32 I think if Everton said now Everton will finish 13th, 14th,
01:37 they'd be going into the last few games of the season as dead rubbers.
01:41 I think, as I say, I don't want to look like I'm not being ambitious,
01:48 but I think a lot of fans will take that just because of what's happened over the past few years.
01:52 Go Cwp Run as well.
01:54 I think maybe if that is the case, then some supporters would like...
01:59 Well, every supporter would like to see that.
02:01 Maybe Sean's eye shall be eyeing that himself as well.
02:03 Because I think last season maybe the mistake,
02:07 one certainly wants to see Frank Lampard make,
02:09 is that game against Bournemouth when he changed a lot of his team,
02:13 even though he changed his centre-backs,
02:14 even though Connor Colby and James Tarkowski over the past few years,
02:19 I think they probably missed 10 games between them, to be honest with you,
02:23 over the past few seasons before that.
02:25 So, extremely adorable.
02:27 Go Cwp Run, let's be appreciative.
02:30 Then obviously what's happening with maybe new investments in the club,
02:34 MSP, Sportacapital, just repairing that fractured relationship
02:38 between the fans and the boards.
02:40 Yeah, Everton fans having that regained trust in the hierarchy at the club,
02:47 because we know what's gone on over the past 18 months.
02:52 And Everton fans need to be able to have some trust in the decisions that are being made.
02:58 I think they are at a football level, definitely.
03:01 Shaun Tice coming in and Kevin Felwell, who's working with limited resources,
03:06 you have to salute what he's been doing so far.
03:09 But apart from that, things that,
03:13 though they can affect off the pitch that others do,
03:17 then I think that, yeah, that relationship needs to be repaired.