This time is for real
and for Everton’s manager Ronnie Koeman delivering his wish list of players,
now is the time for him to front a contested Premiership as well Europa League if
he desires to deliver.
With an opening day,
win over Stoke City at home, thanks to a lone score via Wayne Rooney, the Toffees
started with the right foot in what seems to be a very exciting and promising campaign.
A team that always
had been playing in a sort of a more or less campaigns in the past.
This time they are
for real and considered as total favorite by assurances of their newly arrived superstar
Gylfy Sigurdsson who paraded today at the colossus of Walton, Liverpool
sporting his new Blue colors that makes him officially a Toffee.
As Goodison Park living
the hype and excitement of the Europa League, a match between Everton looking
forward to earn a spot in the stage group of this competition, they were to face
off against the likes of Croatia’s giants Hadjuk Split.
Today’s showdown at
Walton became a happy but stern one at the end, after the visiting side cause
all sorts of havoc and threatening to invade the pitch in the course of this
match, provoking the park stewards and police into a state of full alert.
Still that did not
stop the one of a kind game momentum exercised by the local Blues after a
couple of scores from Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye to seal the deal for
Koeman’s side and go to Split, Croatia with a two goal advantage.
As next Thursday, the
Blues can put icing on the cake at Split Stadion Polsjud, considered difficult
but not impossible to play despite the hostile environment they are to face
off.
So far, everything is
going well for the School of Science.
Still in league play,
the challenge is on and with a tough series of matches coming by playing next
week in Etihad Stadium and face off Pep Guardiola Sky Blues in a match with all
the elements of a Derby.
After Manchester
City, follows a trip to London Town and play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to
return home and play another giant in Tottenham and later going to Old Trafford
and play against a renewed and heavily favorite nemesis in Manchester United.
This does not look
easy but certainly, is not difficult endeavor with a squad enjoying their momentum
and have their confidence restored very well looking forward to a notable finish.
However, with a lengthy
calendar including league, international play and internal cup competitions,
the Everton side has a hardened squad built this summer with all the elements
of developing a winner and by their Boss instructions, important players
arrived.
Since last campaign
when Morgan Schneiderlin arrived via Manu, many saw the seriousness of these
club top think tanks of building a contender in this campaign as well once in
for all see a display of good game and finally see the arrivals of some
trophies.
The Everton
directives so far have accumulated an expense tally of £144 million pounds and
maybe looking now for a striker to complete their final wish list objectives.
At the end with the
state of this squad and returning players and record signing of a total of thirteen
players including the man from Iceland, Sigurdsson who made his pre-match
appearance in front of what is to be his new followers.
The Everton FC was
built with one thing in mind compete and maybe join in a year or two the elite
of Premiership as one of its so-called giants, this is it!
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