When a manager says he takes responsibility of the wrongs that is happening to the club, it does not offer much confidence to both players and fans alike.
What scares me more is that if Everton loses their matches against supposedly smallers teams such as West Bromich Albion and Hull City, it'll be mayhem at Goodison Park! Players' self-believe will start to plummet and fans, who were on the backs of the Toffees during their first game against Blackburn Rovers, will continue booing them. This will be disastrous to Everton's 08/09 campaign.
As much as a prideful manager who wants to bring in quality players, the squad is bleeding because there is no quantity. Names of players have been tossed around for the entire close season - Andrei Arshavin, Zoltan Gera, Jimmy Bullard, Vagner Love, Stephane M'Bia, Joao Moutinho, Tiago Mendes, Diego Milito and many more.
When the club mentioned that they were interested in bringing in injury-prone Alan Smith and Freddie Ljunberg, it brought a cautious smile to the faces of the Evertonians. But it seems like even these fast retiring players are not even coming to Everton.
Prior to this transfer debacle, Everton has placed themselves in a very favourable position. Finishing fifth in the Barclays Premier League, did well in the UEFA Cup, and even booked their place in the upcoming UEFA Cup. With so much excitement and the opportunity to build on a strongly bonded team, surely quality players will want to join the club.
But David Moyes has now conceded that its not only about the opportunities to win medals, but it's also the money. Things have changed tremendously. What you can buy with one million pounds in the 80s is now just spare change. Also, players' salary has sky-rocketed.
There is not much time left to salvage the issue of the lack of players, and there is no way to bring in the big names now. But Moyes has done well bringing in players from the the championship divison - Joleon Lescott, Andrew Johnson, Phil Jagielka and Tim Cahill. He should continue with this transfer policy to keep Everton above water. Also, continue to bring in loan players. Mikel Arteta and Steven Pienaar proved to be gems for the club as they showed great influence in proping Everton up to fifth place last season.
This will ensure that there are players to cover each department for now. The big names can wait.
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