Bad to verse
The story of the day is yet another defeat for Everton, and it’s got Billy Ditchburn bursting into song.
“Oh Frankie Boy, the couch, the couch is calling.
And punditry, I fear, is your next stop
For as a coach, your record’s been appalling
And Everton
Are destined for the drop.
“On the subject of ex-players who are good coaches,” Billy continues, “as a Boro fan, I’m enjoying what Michael Carrick has brought us, up from 21st to 4th, seven wins in the last eight games (and another tomorrow no doubt, up the road at Sunderland). That’s a lad who’ll leave us and go on to do the business in the Prem. BUT HOPEFULLY NOT THIS SEASON AND NOT WITH EVERTON!!!”
He’s too canny, surely. Anyway, it’s time for me to sign off. Thanks for your company and some excellent correspondence, and many commiserations to Mary Waltz. If you have a minute, do settle down with Jacob Steinberg’s match report on West Ham’s triumph.
“It’s all very well,” says Stephen Carr, “sacking Lampard, but who sacks the board? Big Dunc???” I suspect he’d be up for it. Farhad Moshiri was at the London Stadium today, watching Everton live for the first time in 15 months, apparently.
