Barclay's English Premiership top-4 contender of the 2008-2009 season, Everton Toffeeman, have started what looks to be a very long season. Losing their opening game to a cracking Arsenal squad, 6-1, overall morale looks to be diminishing. Though competing in the Europa league, and winning their first game against Czech side Sigma Olomouc 4-0 at Goodison Park, the Toffee's continued to lose on the island 1-0 to newly promoted Burnely who continue their tear through prem traditionals.
What contributing factors would lead to this blunderous start you might ask?
-For starters the football economy is completely superficial. For example big spenders Real Madrid and Manchester City have both dropped over 100 million euros on their summer signings - adding a bitter taste to those who signed contracts last year for "peanuts" by compa
rison. To contrast the summer spending of the world's capital interests (primarily new Emirate partners with western elites) one can only think of Chris Rock's apt comparative example of wealth versus richness: "I'm talking about wealth, not rich, Shaq is rich. The guy who signs Shaq's check is wealthy." If spending sprees like this continue the old stand-by of African-Americans 'making it' only if they rap or play basketball will become prolific for all sportsmen drawn into the fold of world football as unemployment rates continue to sky rocket the Western world over. Everton's to do, is one Jolean Lescott (pictured above), English International defenseman, currently scouted by Man City, which has "turned his head around" according to Toffee coach David Moyes. Nevertheless, Moyes has benched Lescott for the last two games on account of poor attitude. Pronounced: he's dragging his heels cause he smells greener pastures.
-Second, coming off a whirlwind of buzz for US International goalkeeper, Tim Howard, after an unbelievable Confederations Cup in South Africa this summer, as well as seeing off his teammate's in the MLS-All Star match vis-a-vie penalty shootout, Howard has by proxy been setup for disaster. A 6-1 drubbing to Howard's hope for cleansheets has burned and will continue to burn unless the Gunners end up Winning FIFA.All in all, Everton need to hold fast as the market dictates attitudes. Appearing the battle hardened blue's(collared) of Liverpool, one expects this side to see the market rumblings peter-out. Lets hope its sooner than later as 20th in the prem overstates their current troubles.
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