lukegraham1991

Hey man! Yeah - think this season though is a bit of a hangover period so far given the recent results! There have been several rumours that came through but the board always quashed them to be honest - I don't imagine if we keep this up though that we won't have some more interest on that front soon. Finances below for you as things stand. West Ham hired Ange Postecoglou back in 2022 after firing Moyes and he's still there. Top 5 transfers (by transfer fee size) they have brought in over the 6 seasons so far have been: Michael Olise for 50m Joe Gomez for 37.5m Eddie Nketiah for 33m Davide Frattesi for 29.5m Ibrahim Adel for 26m

2027/28 SEASON - AUGUST RESULTS & LEAGUE TABLE SO FAR... A really poor finish to the month losing 3 games on the bounce overlooked the fact that we comfortably beat Crystal Palace and Manchester United to start out our title defence. However, we have a difficult month coming up as you can see, with the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal visiting us in the Premier League amongst others, and we also kick off our Champions League campaign against AS Monaco and PSV which won't be easy games either! Need to shape up before things get messy!

Tell me about it! Really frustrating so far, and you posted this before the third loss on the bounce!

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 6 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS WEST HAM UNITED Yikes! 3 losses on the bounce, all coming in the Premier League. We could be in for a long and testing season here! Really frustrating given how well we did last season. First time we haven't scored this season though, so I don't want to make a bad habit of that happening! Really poor performance all around, with our highest player rating being just a 6.9 from the game. Notable poor performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.2, Josko Gvardiol: 6.3, James Ward-Prowse: 6.4, Pedro Neto: 6.5 & Vitor Roque: 6.5. Standout performances: N/A

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 5 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS BRIGHTON Wow, another poor result already so early into the new season when we should be showing dominance to defend our Premier League title win from last campaign. Defensively woeful in this one, with our keeper and whole back line playing well below their capabilities. Deserved to lose this one unfortunately. Notable poor performances: Jordan Pickford: 6.3, Obinna Ajayi: 6.3, Filippo Terracciano: 6.4, Anel Ahmedhodzic: 6.4, Josko Gvardiol: 6.4 & Nathan Patterson. Standout performances: Alejandro Garnacho: 7.7.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 4 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS BRENTFORD A disappointing loss in this one after we rested a few members of the squad due to fatigue. Previous transfer target that we ended up now signing Dominic Solanke putting us to the sword with a brace. DCL's brace of his own wasn't enough to get anything from this game - with the Toffees now losing their first game of the season. Notable poor performances: James Ward-Prowse: 6.4. Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 8.1.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 3 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS MANCHESTER UNITED In our second league game of the season, we welcomed Manchester United to the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium. Another good performance with another 2-0 win. A stoppage time goal in each half was enough to give us all three points against a strong Manchester United team, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin & Josip Sutalo getting on the scoresheet. Notable poor performances: Obinna Ajayi: 6.5 & Romeo Lavia: 6.5. Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 8.0.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 2 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS CRYSTAL PALACE We opened up our Premier League defence against newly promoted Crystal Palace. Angelo hit the ground running for us, bagging a brace as we kept a clean sheet to secure our first win of the season - and even better that it came away from home! Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Angelo: 8.2.

2027/28 SEASON - GAME DAY 1 - COMMUNITY SHIELD - NEUTRAL VS NORWICH CITY This game was a lot closer than we maybe would have liked it to be - no thanks to Romeo Lavia getting sent off just after the second half kick off. We managed to secure a penalty shoot out win though and take our first trophy of the 2027/28 season! Notable poor performances: Romeo Lavia: 6.4. Standout performances: Jordan Pickford: 7.5 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 7.5.

PRE-SEASON RESULTS - SEASON 2027/28 A lot of goals scored, clean sheets fought for, minutes played for a lot of players, and strictly wins for the squad this pre-season! We've only really brought in Alejandro Garnacho this season so far - however, we did sign youngsters Massimo Guidi (from Fulham) and Paul Piper (from Ipswich) who are both young british players, we have loaned them back to the clubs we signed them from to get them the game time needed to continue development. Outgoing we had the below: Abakar Sylla for 17.75M to Villarreal Matheus Nascimento for 20M to Leon Theo Sander for 17.25M to Olympiacos Ben Godfrey for 13M to Leicester City Matt Williams for 18.5M to Servette Folarin Balogun for 10M to Galatasaray Tai Goodwin for 9M to FK Austria Vienna Rafael Santos Borre for 4.6M to Galatasaray We did get rid of a few others but no real noticable change in funds from those transfers - mostly positive to get the wage bill down.

TRANSFER OUT - BEN GODFREY We've parted ways with another player that has been with the club for some time. Godfrey ended up asking to be loaned out last season due to lack of playing time - so I accepted and wanted to cash in while the value was there before he ran out of contract at the end of next season.

TRANSFER IN - ALEJANDRO GARNACHO I saw that Garnacho was available - still only 23 years of age, 29 million price tag - which, in this market, for what he offers is an easy deal to make. I had to bring him in, with Son coming to the end of his career, it's an easy replacement for when that time comes, DCL is also over 30 years old now too, along with some other key players - so I am keeping an eye on these things and trying to plan ahead to bring in replacements well in advance so we can integrate them into the team properly.

TRANSFER OUT - RAFAEL SANTOS BORRE One of our first signings since taking over as manager of Everton has left the club this transfer window. He was running out of contract at the end of this coming season and in all honesty, his level has dropped & I wanted to get some money for him rather than releasing him on a free. We bought him for 6m in the 2022/23 season & sold him for 4.6m after he served 5 full seasons with the club.

COMMUNITY SHIELD OPPONENT CONFIRMED We take on Norwich City in our first competitive game of the season where we will look to win back to back community shields after beating Liverpool to start off last seasons campaign!

OVERALL BEST ELEVEN - END OF 2026/27 SEASON

END OF SEASON REVIEW - 2026/27

SEASON 5 (2026/27) - PLAYER STATS As we close out the season, I wanted to make a note of some of the player stats throughout the season. Goals: 1. Dominic Calvert Lewin - 33 Goals 2. Pedro Neto - 16 Goals 3. Angelo - 12 Goals 4. Vitor Roque - 11 Goals 5. James Ward-Prowse - 8 Goals Assists: 1. James Ward-Prowse - 18 Assists 2. Angelo - 12 Assists 3. Ryan Gravenberch - 10 Assists 4. Pedro Neto & Dwight McNeil - 8 Assists 5. Nathan Patterson & Lucien Agoume - 6 Assists Average Rating (Over 7.0): 1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 7.47 Average Rating 2. Pedro Neto - 7.21 Average Rating 3. Angelo - 7.13 Average Rating 4. Ryan Gravenberch - 7.13 Average Rating 5. James Ward-Prowse - 7.12 Average Rating Clean sheets: 1. Jordan Pickford - 21 Clean Sheets in 53 games 2. Jack Butland - 1 Clean Sheet in 3 games 3. Liam Piper - 1 Clean Sheet in 1 game Overall record throughout 2026/27 season: Wins: 40 Draws: 7 Losses: 10 Goals scored: 120 Goals against: 53 Goal difference: +67

SEASON 5 (2026/27) - PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Last league table update of the season. WE WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE!!!!! What an achievement in just our 5th season!!!!! EVERTON taking the league title with a 5 point lead over Liverpool this season. Liverpool, Manchester United & West Ham United taking the Champions League places. Manchester City, Newcastle United & Tottenham Hotspur taking the other European competition places. With Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City & Southampton suffering relegation to the Championship. Promoted from the Championship is Bournemouth, Crystal Palace & one of Millwall, Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion or Burnley once the playoffs have been finished. Stay tuned for player stats for the season...

2026/27 SEASON - AWARDS! Our emails after finishing the Brentford game went mental. Take a look below to see what the team and the individual awards look like from the club winning the Premier League!!

2026/27 SEASON - GAME DAY 57 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS BRENTFORD Our last game of the season, I wanted a reaction from the Liverpool loss and boy did we deliver. 4-0 win at home to finish off what has been a brilliant season for the club. Not much else to say really! Notable poor performances: Casey McKay: 6.5. Standout performances: Pedro Neto: 8.7, Angelo: 8.3 & James Ward-Prowse: 8.0.

2026/27 SEASON - GAME DAY 56 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS LIVERPOOL A couple of nothing games here now with the Premier League already sewn up. However, I always want to beat our local rivals no matter how or when - so a bit frustrating when we lose to a simple pass around our keeper. This is also the first time we have failed to score in a game since 13th January 2027 when we lost our second leg of the Carabao Cup Semi Final vs West Ham United 1-0. Just one more game to go now as we face Brentford at home in our last game of the 2026/27 campaign. Notable poor performances: Amadou Onana: 6.2, Obinna Ajayi: 6.4, Romeo Lavia: 6.4, Heung-Min Son: 6.4, Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 6.4 & Pedro Neto: 6.5. Standout performances: Ryan Gravenberch: 7.0.

2026/27 SEASON - GAME DAY 55 - PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY VS BLACKBURN ROVERS Next up was 20th placed and already relegated Blackburn Rovers. We've played these twice already this season, a 1-0 win for us in early September at home in the Premier League. We also drew them in the third round of the Carabao Cup in a game which we beat them 4-1 at Ewood Park. We smashed the obstacle out of the park - DCL with a brace and Pedro Neto returning from injury came on with around 25 minutes to go and caused havoc, getting back on the scoresheet in the process to secure the 3-0 win for us to WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!! Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Ryan Gravenberch: 9.3 & Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 8.9.

2026/27 SEASON - GAME DAY 54 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS LEEDS UNITED We took on 9th placed Leeds United here. An absolutely clinical performance from top scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin gifted us all 3 points. However, the rest of the team were terrific as well - dominating possession, creating a lot of chances and limiting Leeds to just 4 shots - of which, none of those were on target. 35 games played, 1 game in hand, 4 points clear. Notable poor performances: N/A Standout performances: Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 9.4, Angelo: 8.8 & Anel Ahmedhodzic: 8.5.

2026/27 SEASON - APRIL RESULTS & LEAGUE TABLE SO FAR... April results were largely positive - the only negative would be leaving the Champions League at the quarter final stage, however, we were not expecting to get this far, never mind any further, in just out first season in this competition - so a huge achievement there and something to build on. We are top of the league with a 5 point gap over 2nd place. Our remaining fixtures now, all come in the Premier League - and they are as follows: Leeds United (H) - 8th Blackburn Rovers (A) - 20th Liverpool (A) - 4th Brentford (H) - 10th Let's hope to keep improving to end the season and get what we deserve!!

2026/27 SEASON - GAME DAY 53 - PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME VS MANCHESTER UNITED After being knocked out of the Champions League - we had to react immediately to keep on top of our Premier League title hopes. Welcoming Manchester United to the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium would be no easy test. We managed to take an early lead with James Ward-Prowse coming onto a pass from Son - laid across the edge of the area to smash it home from the edge of the box with a nice finish. We kept hold of the narrow lead going into the half time break. 15 minutes into the second half, Bruno Fernandes managed to score a similar goal to level the proceedings up & that was when we started to push. Heung-Min Son showing his class with a nicely placed finish inside the 18 yard box to give us the 2-1 lead on the 74th minute - only for Nathan Patterson to get himself banned with a second yellow card challenge, leaving us with only 10 men for the final 14 minutes + injury time remaining. I went with 3 at the back, a ball playing centre back and two wide centre backs, put two dm's in with a cm, two wide midfielders and a target man in the form of Santos Borre - changing our passing to very direct & it worked, a late goal from Rafael Santos Borre securing a 3-1 win for the Toffees on the day. Now, with just four games remaining, we are top of the league by 5 points over West Ham! Notable poor performances: Obinna Ajayi: 6.5. Standout performances: Heung-Min Son: 8.0.