Now is not the time for silence.
Once again in crisis, the scenes that unfolded at Goodison Park on Tuesday were depressingly familiar. Everton look set for another fight against a relegation that would be catastrophic for the club, for the city of Liverpool, for Merseyside and beyond. That is not an exaggeration. This does go beyond football.
The situation is too desperate for a vacuum of leadership. Fans who directed their anger at chairman Bill Kenwright, chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale and those around them deserve a response. Should Everton’s season continue through to another horrific battle for survival, the board and majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri will no doubt call for a repeat of the electric scenes that saved the club last season. To do so without answering the concerns of those supporters would be arrogant and complacent. Who is doing what to save Everton? Why should they be backed? What reassurance do they think can be taken from their presence?
