8pm tomorrow night and life as I know it and love it will resume. Summer is never my favourite time of the year, as there is no Everton. Even though we've had Euro 2012 and the amazing and ever so enjoyable Olympics this year, none of that comes close to a match day at Goodison. We have the added bonus of tomorrow being a night game, which is even better as there is something a little bit special about night matches at Goodison.
Every season I am always excited to get back to Goodison, not just for the football but to see the familiar faces of those people who've sat by for years, but this season I am like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for the big day to hurry up and come and I get the feeling I am not on my own with this feeling. Why the change? Whisper it quietly but there is something affecting most Evertonians this summer, we've become positive!! The last few summers we've had to endure not being able to buy anyone until pretty late in the window, usually on the last day or two after we've sold a big name player to fund any incomings, last August's deadline day was easily one of the worst days in my Everton life, heartbroken didn't come close to describing my feelings. Then we've had injuries to first choice players so have had to rely on the kids making up the numbers in the squad, who can forget the Blackburn game from 2008 and the extremely youthful bench of Turner, Jutkiewicz, Gosling, Agard, Kissock, Wallace?!
This year things somehow feel different, yes we've sold a player for big money, but let’s face it Rodwell was never what you'd class as a first team regular because of his injury record and out of our most sellable assets I would have sold him any day over the likes of Fellaini and Baines. But we have actually got some signings in!! The relief of getting Pienaar back permanently after his impressive loan last season was felt by all Evertonians; I cannot wait to see him and Baines causing many a problem for right backs up and down the country this season. Steven Naismith's arrival has caused excitement for the fans especially after his goal-scoring exploits against AEK Athens and today's news of the signing of Kevin Mirallas has sent the positivity through the roof. It's a shame we won't be seeing him play tomorrow as that would make the atmosphere even better. Rumours are abound of still one or two more incomings being possible too, if that did happen and come September the 1st we still had Baines and Fellaini in our starting XI, I really don't think I will have know such a positive summer at the club in recent years.
Just hope come 9:50pm tomorrow night, I will still be as excited and not feeling like the kid at Christmas when the present you've really wanted turned out be a disappointment.
COYB!!
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