THE PLAN
ost Evertonians are realistic enough to acknowledge that sorting out the abject shambles of recent years won’t happen overnight. No team conceded more goals from set-pieces (19) or won fewer points on the road (10). Some supporters still dream of returning to the table’s higher reaches, but short-term desires are restrained; yearning for a blueprint, a sense of direction and stability. By recruiting a young manager with a point to prove, appointing a new director of football in Kevin Thelwell and reorganising the club following a ‘strategic review’, there is hope that these more modest desires could be met. But then, this is Everton. And, as