Everton's efforts to build a new stadium and a competitive team have been fraught and costly endeavors. Recent positivity, stemming from the stadium's anticipation and managerial stability under Moyes, contrasts sharply with the turbulence surrounding the squad. The club's performance has notably improved, with points under Moyes promising higher league placements. However, the departure of nine key players this summer, alongside failed recruitment efforts, has placed Everton's aspirations for European qualification and trophy success at risk, given their lack of recent European competitiveness.
Building a new stadium befitting Everton's ambitions proved a fraught and costly process. Everton must hope that, like Hill Dickinson Stadium, their exhaustive efforts eventually pay off. The feel around Everton is at odds with the reality of Moyes's summer at present.
While Everton's move to a modern new home has generated positivity, the squad's situation remains concerning. Nine members of last season's first team squad departed this summer, and attempts to replace them have been largely frustrated.
Despite a dramatic improvement in points under Moyes, following a poor end to Sean Dyche's reign, the current squad's condition raises questions about Everton's ambitions. Moyes aims for European qualification, an end to the club's 30-year trophy drought.
Everton's form under Moyes would have been good enough to finish eighth if extrapolated across the season, which he believes is the bare minimum expectation for a club of Everton's stature.
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