Howard Kendall, the most-successful of all the club’s managers, famously said on his return to the Goodison Park dugout that his relationship with the Blues was like a marriage so are Evertonians now experiencing the seven-year itch with Farhad Moshiri? Everton are about to kick-off their seventh season since Moshiri took ownership of the club and it’s stating the bleeding obvious to say that over this period, things have not gone to plan.
Frank Lampard – the seventh manager employed by Moshiri – will be starting his first full campaign in charge. If he’s still here this time next year then he’ll have made history as none of his predecessors have lasted longer than 18 months under the current regime.
Following a traumatic 2021/22 season, in which the club posted the joint lowest equivalent points total in their 134-year Football League/Premier League history, coming perilously close to a first relegation in 71 years, Moshiri apologised to Everton’s long-suffering supporters in an open letter in which he admitted the following points: The team had underperformed; Mistakes had been made, it had not been good enough and the club needed to do better; The fans’ incredible support helped the team over the line when they most needed it.
