Saturday, August 4, 2007

Everton Season Preview



Last Season, Everton did fairly well overall, finishing as the second best of 'rest'.

What can we expect this Season.

Like many clubs, their seasons depend on how they start the whole tournament, how they do in the first 10 games of the league. From there, they become pretty consistent until July. For Everton, this is usually the case.

Everton has a decent squad, one that is good enough to compete in Europe

Signings this season includes Steven Pienaar and Phil Jagielka. And I would love to see the progress of Steven Pienaar in England. This player is one to watch.

Of course about Everton, the weakness comes in the lack of offensive power. Last season's flop, James Beattie has just left the club leaving Andrew Johnson and the only high profile striker left in the club. I doubt James Mcfadden and James Vaughan would be scoring enough. They should, and I hope they will sign a striker a little better than Andrew Johnson if Everton is looking for any chance to break into the top four this time around.

That being said, Everton has a very good midfield. Or at least the squad contains good midfielders on paper. Let hope David Moyes didn't plan to flood the center the pitch and play a boring 1 striker game.

Overall, I think Everton will finish somewhere near the top and has a small but hopeful chance of breaking the top 4. European football for the Season after that is pretty possible. As long as they don't screw up each game like the one against Man Utd the last time.