The silence said everything. At 6pm on Tuesday evening, Evertonians looked on forlornly as Tottenham officials confirmed that Rafael Van Der Vaart may be joining the London based outfit, from Real Madrid, for a fee in the region of £8m. At 6:01pm, after seeing other Premier League clubs such as Wolves, Birmingham, Stoke and Sunderland splash out millions of pounds on recruiting new players, the silence was broken. Evertonians began the inquest in earnest.

How could we have been outspent by clubs that don’t even have half the history that we do? How could David Moyes have dawdled over fixing the right wing position for another year? How could Bill Kenwright not provide any funds, once again, to prevent the records from showing a net spend of zero with regards to transfer fees? How could the club take out another loan, in the region of £14m, and not have any new signings to show for it?

Every question and every enquiry could be summed up in one six word question: Where do we go from here?

Having witnessed our beloved club fail to pick any silverware last term, and finish in our lowest position since the 2005-06 Premier League season, Evertonians were no doubt disappointed. Having seemingly taken steps forward over the three years previous, culminating in back to back fifth place finishes and an FA cup final appearance, finishing eighth felt like two steps backwards. Yes, there were injuries, and yes, the new players needed time to bed in, but there were no excuses for the frustrating draws against Wolves, Birmingham, West Ham and Stoke late on in the season as an unlikely push for Europe was attempted. As the 2009-10 season drew to a close, news emerged that there would be little to spend in the upcoming summer transfer window. It would be safe to say that Evertonians were a little apprehensive heading into the summer months.

That apprehension turned to despair, angst, anger and frustration on Tuesday as several Evertonians finally said “Enough is enough”. Countless posts on forums and message boards called for Kenwright to step aside, with some even seriously questioning David Moyes for the first time in the Scot’s eight and a half year tenure. » Read more

Louis Saha has revealed the cure for his chronic knee problems are leeches!

The Frenchman is currently on international duty with his natioanl team ahead of the Euro 2012 qualifying matches, and told the press that a visit to his grandparents in Guadeloupe was the key to his treatment.

He said: “I went to visit my grandparents in Guadeloupe and I put leeches on my swollen knees.

“Since then I’ve had a knee that is not quite right but given what happened to my ligaments I have to accept it. It swells up less and I feel fine now.”