The summer so far: Everton

Supporting Everton lately is a bit like owning a slightly battered, royal blue Quattro.

On certain days, after a blast of rain, it can look and run as fine as any car in the street – taking on and trouncing machines twice its size. It can be a credit to you and a fine piece of workmanship. Let it gather dust in the dry English summer days however and it seems more a curious relic. It needs a disgraceful amount of cash pumped into it, if it’s going to go any kind of distance in the next 12 months and pay back anything like the love you’ve shown it. And besides, where do you get those parts without being ripped off these days?

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