The Rebuilding of the Toffee’s

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January

Everton v Wolves

New signing Travian Robinson came on with 15 minutes to go and makes the perfect start to his career with us with a lovely goal from just inside the box.

FA Cup 3rd Round
Everton v Manchester United

Not a draw we wanted at all but we made it look easy as Man Utd didn't seem to be up for it at all as we made quick work of them here.

Manchester United v Everton

Sadly they get their revenge on us straight away here with a good goal.

Everton v Leeds

A bit of a break thanks to a game being postponed let our players have a rest and it let Anderson put in a MOTM performance from the left with with a well worked couple of goals.

Champions League League Phase
Everton v Sassuolo

We've been on fire in Europe so far this season as it continues here and Anderson is at it again with another goal for 3 in two games.

Champions League League Phase
Dinamo Zagreb v Everton

We are able to rotate the squad here as we are already through in the top 8 and its our wingers that stand out here again with cutting in and some nice finishing.

Everton v Burnley

New striker Leonardo finally breaks his duck for the club, its going to take him a while to adapt to the physicality here and we're willing to give him the time.

League

We drop another position in the league but we've at least closed the gap back on top spot as City had a terrible month.

Champions League League Phase

7 wins and 1 loss we made it look easy this time as we get to progress right to the Round of 16.

Transfers Out

Well we bring in a ****** fortune here as we let Evan Ferguson leave the club aas who is going to pass up a stupid amount of money like that.

The breakdown of the deal is mad as he'll easily hit 20 games for them landing us another £63million

The other players to leave the club weren't getting game time so thought we would cash in while we could get decent amounts for them.

Transfers In

Wellington Ferreira

The scouts found this young gem in Portugal as we sign him from Académica de Coimbra for £500,000 which in the long run could turn out to be an absolute bargain.

Travian Robinson

Robinson should be an absolute cash cow for us with him already being in the USA national team and he will certainly be able to fight for a starting spot fir us as well and he is only going to improve as he joins from LA Galaxy for a pittance of £6.25million

Marcos Leonardo

We needed a striker who is capable of coming in and replacing Ferguson and even though he might take a bit of time to settle in English football we have faith as we spend a small fortune to bring him in from Benfica for a price of £85million

February

Things quieten down a bit now thankfully and we get a bit more time between games.​

 

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February

Bournemouth v Everton

This was a horrible game from our point of view as we just struggled to string passes together but we do just enough to make a bit of space for McAtee to get a bit of room and turn and fire into the top corner.

Brentford v Everton

I'm not sure whats going on but it could be that Ferguson has left but we have faith that Leonardo will find his feet eventually.

Everton v West Ham

A much better performance here as everything went our way as Leonardo opened the scoring for his 2nd goal before Nelson doubled the lead 3 minutes later and then put the game to bed in the 2nd half.

Leicester v Everton

A nice win here as we get lucky with an own goal to set us one our way.

FA Cup 5th Round
Stoke v Everton

Playing in the FA Cup we rotated where we could and it was our left wingers that get us through to the quarter finals.

Everton v Liverpool

We did really well here to get a point as Liverpool battered us and it was Ramsdale who single handily got us the point here.

League

Liverpool and Man City fighting it out at the top of the table just now but we're still in it with 9 games left to go

March

Thanks to the international break its a short month with just 2 league games. The big hitter is the Champions League against Villareal though​

 

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March

Champions League Round 16 1st Leg
Villarreal v Everton

Well I didn't expect to be relying on our full backs here to get us the goals but they both did really well with getting forward as we have one foot in the next round/

Aston Villa v Everton

A poor game here as we had to rest players for the Champions League games.

Champions League Round 16 2nd Leg
Everton v Villarreal

I really hope Marcos Leonardo is starting to find his feet in our team with him bagging a hat-trick here as it will make our lives much easier if he's chipping in with goals again

FA Cup Quarter Final
Tottenham v Everton

Well it didn't get off to the perfect start with us letting in a cheap goal but we score from a corner before Samardzic scores a screamer to send us into the semi final.

Everton v Nottingham Forest

Leonardo with two goals here either side of a Robinson striker as the young American is making huge strides since joining as he looks to be some player.

League

5 points clear of 4th and 5 points off top spot with 7 games to its all to play for.

Youth Intake

An okay youth intake with just Miftari looking like he might make it but he will need to be retrained into an AML if he is going to have any chance of getting game time.

April

A much tougher draw in the Champions League now with having to face Bayern in the Champions League. 2 games against Chelsea this month as well with the FA Cup semi final and both games being must win for us.​

 

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April

Brighton v Everton

An early goal from Robinson is enough to get us the win, He's been the stand out signing from the January window.

Champions League Quarter Final 1st Leg
Everton v Bayern Munich

A huge win for us here at home as Bayern struggled and missed a number of chances as we got lucky.

Everton v Southampton

Well this game didn't go to plan as we lost the lead right before half time and then fell behind straight after it as we had to rely on our subs to come on and rescue us.

Champions League Quarter Final 2nd Leg
Bayern Munich v Everton

And we somehow make it through to the semi finals as we come close to blowing a 2 goal lead but thankfully our goal in the first leg pushes us through.

FA Cup Semi Final
Chelsea v Everton

We had to rotate the squad here for fitness reasons and Leonardo kept his spot as our main striker and he rounded the keeper for the only goal of the game.

Ipswich v Everton

A very lucky escape here thanks to Bardghji as we made things very difficult for us here against Ipswich but thankfully have the players to get us through even with 10 men.

Everton v Chelsea

Our second game against Chelsea this month and we were a one man team here with Nelson blowing them away with a whopping 4 goals in 25 minutes.

Champions League Semi Final 1st Leg
PSG v Everton

Well we knew this was a game we knew was going to be tough and we're going to have it all to do now in the 2nd leg.

League

With 3 games to go we have retaken the top spot. Liverpool do have a game in hand though as it now looks like a 2 horse race for the title.

May

One of the hardest possible finishes to a league season here but at least we have a favourable final in the FA Cup against Wolves​

 

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May

Everton v Arsenal

A very hard fought game here where we managed to throw away a 2 goal lead with conceding right at the death to settle for a point. Not what we're wanting when going for the title.

Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg
Everton v PSG

We went into this game with a 2 goal deficit and PSG gave us a huge helping hand with Zeire-Emery ebing sent off after 28 minutes and it let us back into the game. It was looking like we were going out though up until Bardghji produced two moments of magic to get the game to extra time where substitute Guðmundsson got us the lead and then Robinson gave us the 2 goal cushion as we make the final

Manchester City v Everton

More dropped points in the league but our recent form against City then a point is as good as a win.

Everton v Tottenham

We needed a win here and its always great to finish the season with a big win in front of your own fans and its even better when it delivers the title as well!!!

FA Cup Final
Everton v Wolves

A horrible start to the final as we fall behind in the opening minute and for the next 20 minutes we had to keep Wolves out again as they kept knocking at the door but midfielder Gray gets the equaliser for us against the run of play. Its then left way into the 2nd half before we get another decent chance as Leonardo gives us the lead before Garner slots home from the spot to guarantee the win before we make Wolves pay with adding a 4th

Champions League Final
Everton v Real Madrid

The treble wasn't to be ours this season as we can hold our heads high here as we hold our own against Real and are only beaten in extra time.

League

It doesn't get much better than piping your rivals to the league title by goal difference on the final day of the season.

Budgets

A good budget for us here going forward as our wage budget is increase a bit and £57m to sign a new player with as well

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Season 5

Transfers Out

We bring in more than £100m in transfer fees here again as we have a clear out of players complaining about game time who just aren't good enough in my eyes for the coming seasons so it makes sense to cash in on them while we can.

Transfers In

We've gone a bit mad in the transfer window with signing 9 players and spending a small fortune in the process as well.

Flavien-Enzo Boyomo

First through the door Boyomo joins from Osasuna for £12m as we needed a new CB who is happy to play 2nd fiddle.

Enzo Robles

Robles joins from Colo Colo for £2.5m as we just look to add young players we can sell on in a year or two for a big profit. He goes straight out on loan to St Johnstone in Scotland.

Gabriel Bautista

I was looking for a new LW with experience and then my scouts found Bautista who looks like a very talented player who moves like lightening as he joins from Nacional for £5m

Rodrigo Sole

Similar to Bautista I wanted a new ST in to play backup to Leonardo and Sole at 19 looks to fit the bill perfectly as he looks like a **** of a player and already a full Belgian international as he joins from Anderlecht for £28m

Chris Rigg

I was looking to build the English contingent for the Champions League so we snap up Rigg from Sunderland for £12.75m to also stop him from joining other teams in the league

Carlos Adrian Osorio

A very talented young midfielder from Mexico who will add more depth to the team but we'll maybe look to loan him out at some point over the season. He joins from Chivas for a bargain price of £8.75m

Joe Wills

Another English player comes in as we probably pay over the odds for him but hopefully he can develop for us over the coming years as he joins from Blackburn for £15m

Martin Katusa

Yet another young midfielder in who against is already a good player but should develop into a much better one as he joins from Schalke for £12.25m

Lewis Ferguson

Our final piece of business in this window as we sign another world class midfielder to make sure we have quality cover in the middle of the park as its one of the most important in my eyes as we splash the cash on Ferguson as we spend £50m to bring him in from Bologna. We actually picked Tonali over him last season so its good to get our man this time.

Squad

We have a very mixed squad for this season with a good balance of youth and experience as we try and find the right balance for the squad as we look to try and win the Champions League.

Friendlies

We tried to play some quality opposition teams here and we only managed to beat one of them at the start but it was more trying to get the players the experience of playing against the bigger teams in Europe plus Celtic for the seasons ahead.

Expectations

We still have a lot of money left in the war chest to spend over the rest of the window if we see fit. Not anything to push us in expectations this season from the board but we will be looking to win the cups, Champions League and the League .

August

An absolute stinker of a way to start the season with Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City here never mind having to face Liverpool in the Community Shield as well​

 

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August

Community Shield
Liverpool v Everton

What a game for Luis Diaz as he opens the scoring for Liverpool before scoring the winner for us as a horrible deflection takes the ball over the keeper making him really unlucky but what a start for us over our rivals.

Chelsea v Everton

Jesus did we get lucky here after throwing away a two goal lead but Elliot Anderson played a **** of a game for us here with the winner coming deep in injury time with a lovely goal as the fans were kept on the edge of their seats throughout

Everton v Manchester United

What a game as Man Utd just couldn't cope with us as we attacked from the off and were rewarded with two very quick goals in 2 minutes from both our wingers with them working their way into the box. Lewis Ferguson also got his first goal for the club from the spot.

Everton v Bournemouth

Its looking like we're going to be scoring goals for fun this season and Bardghji has been key to it as if he's not scoring then he's assisting them

Manchester City v Everton

Well this was a much tougher game as we really had to work hard to keep Haaland and Ferguson quiet but its Nelson who is again assisted by Bardghji from the other wing.

Carabao Cup 3rd Round
Manchester United v Everton

We knew how poor United were the last time we faced them and we made sure we had players on who weren't afraid to run at the defence again and it paid off as we raced to a two goal lead again before putting it to bed from McAtee

League

The perfect start to the season, we just need to keep it up for another 34 games though.

Champions League

A couple of tough games here against Bayern, Leipzig and Arsenal but the rest should be straight forward enough for us to get through in the top 8

Wages

We're still massively under paying compared to our rivals and with the quality we have we don't need to sign many players as long as our younger ones develop

September

A much easier month this time with Liverpool being the main test so we can hold onto the bragging rights.​

 

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September

Everton v Liverpool

Sadly we weren't fortunate for Liverpool to score an own goal this time to hand us the win but we did well to get a draw here as Liverpool had a goal chopped off for offside as well.

UEFA Champions League
FC Porto v Everton

A lovely deflected shot took the ball past Costa here to give us a very narrow win.

Leeds v Everton

We rotated the squad here after the Champions League and it paid off as we get a good win over Leeds but the biggest part of it was seeing Jared Denson who came through our first youth intake getting his first goal for the club while playing down the left wing. He had a good season out on loan at Derby last season so we've decided to see if he can make the step up.

UEFA Champions League
Everton v FC Utrecht

A much easier game this time in the Champions League thankfully as we get off to a lightening quick start.

Everton v Southampton

Another routine win here against Southampton who finished just above the relegation spots last season and the game was a lot more comfortable than the score line shows with their consolation goal

League

A 3 point lead at the top of the table with Man City currently struggling so far bit nowhere near as bad as Chelsea

October

A pretty easy month if I don't say so in every game we have so it should allow some rotation for the youngsters again​