Trying to put brave face on the 'crisis'
AS a mate of mine quipped after Saturday's result, I preferred the pre-season - even though we weren't signing players, we weren't dropping points at home either.
I've tried to stay positive about the comings and goings - or more accurately, the goings - at Goodison over the summer.
So much ink has been spilled over our inactivity and our bumbling from one PR disappointment to the next that I just shut my eyes and hoped everything would be ok.
One game into the season and it's painfully obvious that this isn't something that will just sort itself out if left alone. We need new faces and we need them quickly.
We were woeful in the first half.
Blackburn played through us, around us and over us with minimal resistance. It came as no surprise when we went behind and our guests were so far on top that it was actually embarrassing to go in level at half-time.
You forgive that kind of thing if you go on to win, and having taken the lead early on in the second half, I reckon most of us had settled back and put it down to early-season jitters. But conceding so early after scoring is just criminal. It's the golden rule that once you've nudged in front, you consolidate and make sure you hang onto the lead.
It was a point that David Moyes highlighted when he branded our defending as rubbish. Which it was. Blackburn's first was a cracker, but the others? Just not good enough.
A lack of new signings can be used in mitigation for the current air over Goodison, but not as an excuse for that sort of defensive hilarity.
Points on the board - and three, let's not talk rubbish about a point away being a good one - are an absolute must next week. I heard the first mention of the word "crisis" on Sky on Sunday. Make sure it's the last, chaps.
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