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Writing about Everton, week in week out, can be, and usually is, a pleasure. I love to watch a live game, go home and watch the highlights two or three times over a couple of days, assess it properly and write myopinion on it.

It’s that time of year again; the Sky Sports circus is in town. The cameras are ready, the presenters have had their hair bleached and nipples sharpened and Harry Redknapp has had food wiped off his chins, all of them. It must mean one thing, the transfer window has opened.

At the beginning of every season, when the fixtures first come to the surface, we all scramble around looking for the usual; When’s the derby? When’s United? When’s City?