Dave

This is the big thing for me. They're unique in the sense they're a family. They're not a hedge fund that have the immediate contracts to take on a role and make a profit. There was always going to be growing pains. As long as they learn who cares.

Not expecting anything. Eze's out injured so I expect Kamada to start as him playing a deeper role when he came on for Eze worked well against Brighton.

Poor Yuki. Pretty sure Lawson didn't beat him once in qualifying. I guess Horner wouldn't want to deal with Max and Yuki on the radio.

Interesting times ahead for The Friedkin group. Roma fans will still expect to be the priority club with there history, but the reality is the initial priority needs to be keeping Everton in the Premier League. The transfer window opens in less than two weeks and they need to make quick decisions on what to do with several people in prominent positions. I sympathise for them a lot more than the people that cover Italian football do with how Roma has been handled over the last year. They had a plan this summer that was thrown out the window overnight when Dybala (or maybe it's was his wife) decided he loved Roma and wanted to stay on his new monster wage. Given they had already signed players to play in a 4-3-3 system, including a Dybala replacement, and now they had to accommodate a superstar who can only play in a two up top and get rid of several players to cover his wages. I'm not sure it would have been fair to expect them to challenge for top five. At the same time they're not completely absolved of blame. The decision to sack De Rossi and bring in a manager whose philosophy was completely the opposite of what Roma needed was weird. They also seemingly appointed the wrong people in positions of power who have now resigned. The story of the councillor who was hired and then resigned after less than a month sounds very, well, Everton. At the same time, they do deserve some credit for the short term appointment of Ranieri whose practically calmed the place and has turned out to be the unofficial councillor they needed. I think it's in there best interests to sell Roma now. They've been trying to appeal to get Saudi interest for some time and the fans are not going to tolerate being second fiddle, even if it's only for six months, given how fractured the relationship already is. They'll get the 'at least it's not Moshiri' pass this season as long as they're not relegated. It may not be until September when we can fully judge them as owners of a Premier League club. Everton fans are realistic about the position they're in, but if they struggle in the next two transfer markets and people in powerful positions come and go. That comfort period could come to an abrupt end.

I'm indifferent about it. It happened over five years ago. She's apologised to the woman involved who has forgiven her. Given she was arguably on par with any woman 2017-2019 from a performance perspective, she's missed out on a boatload of cash from either AEW or WWE in the last five years. She's was streets ahead of Britt Baker for example. At what point do we allow somebody to show they've changed? I know the IWC get a fetish over blacklisting people, but the people that are vocally complaining don't watch TNA anyway. He's on Cbeebies doing the night time story on New Years Day so I can't see him changing character any time soon.

Seeing booed off at half time seems to have spurred Arsenal on. Good first goal from Jesus, most modern players would have gone down. The second I think VAR disallows.

Based on this Arsenal team I take it Arteta sees the Carabao Cup as below his much loved Community Shield.

This may genuinely be the worst take I have ever seen.

I wouldn't say Palace are low-key shite. One loss in nine now and that loss was the only game we deserved to lose. Were just as likely to take points off the top four as we are to drop points against the bottom four. We're well organised but need more creativity in the final third. The games we should have drawn at the start of the season were beginning to draw now. We're in a good place to push on after the Bournemouth game. Like last season, we will probably recruit well in January, end strongly, and ask 'what if we just sorted our business out in the summer?'. Which is what we will probably ask in 18 months too.

My favourite away game in a long time. I can't think of a time, even when we were in The Championship, that we went to The Amex and controlled the game against Brighton like that. With all the improvements thanks to technology when it comes to research and pre match preparation im amazed that managers with the reputations of Pep Guardiola, Unai Emery and Fabian the kid have been arrogant enough to try a high line against us. Ismalia Sarr showed against Micky Van de Ven that there isn't going to be a defender capable of catching him when you give him space to run in to. He was oblivious against Forest and Ipswich because they stopped that. You're creating issues for yourself if you just look at the table and think you can just play your game and get all three points against us. The Fulham game this season is the only game I'd argue we deserved to lose, all the others we've looked worthy of a point, and we're certainly not pushovers. Also Lewis Dunk is finished now. He looked completely out of his depth the entire match and I don't think it's a coincidence that Brighton's form has tanked since he's come back in to the team. Shocking waste of a spot in the England team last summer.

He should definitely be asking for a refund.

He's issued the ChatGPT drug taking denial statement on Instagram. From a bit of googling, it looks like the drug is Meldonium which is the same drug Maria Sharapova used. So only the most famous athlete from Eastern Europe in his lifetime getting banned for it.

He was the favourite until he appeared on Sky Sports News. Even Greek fans feel Vitor is unstable, and they've seen owners walk on to the pitch with a glock.

Here we go...

Biggest rivalry in the UK returns on Sunday. Brighton vs Palace. We look just as likely to take points off a top four team as we do to drop points to a bottom four team. So I'll take the cop out and predict a 1-1 draw.