Are We Afraid To Spend Money? Or Are We Just Savvy Spenders?

By: DJR | July 13th, 2007

With the summer transfer market in full swing, and the Toffees not doing much David Moyes has voiced his complaints to the club website.

“I think there has been some irresponsible buying and spending by some clubs and it makes it a bit more difficult if you’ve got less money to spend than that,” he said.

“We’d like to add to the squad and I know the supporters are desperate to see new faces coming in, no more so than me, but things out there in the market are tight.

“But we are certainly doing everything we can to strengthen the squad and give ourselves a chance. We’ve done it that way for the past few years and we’ll continue to do so.”

This really isn’t what I wanted to hear from Moyes, but at least he’s saying something. With the big four spending their money and teams like Tottenham and Portsmouth both dropping big $$$ on players I feel like we aren’t doing what we need to reach a higher level or even stay at the same level for that matter. I don’t think it would take too much to stay at the same level we are at right now. If you break it down we are actual pretty solid all the way around.

We have Johnson up front who I feel is one of the better striker in the league and Vaughan and Anichebe are still young and are showing that they both have what it takes. In the middle you have Arteta, Cahill, Neville, Van der Meyde, Osman and Carsley. Arteta and Cahill are both world class and Phil Neville is our rock. With the signing of Jagielka we have cemented the back line to go along with Yobo and Lescott. Let’s not forget that we have one of the best goal keepers in the Premiership in Timmy Howard.

I still would like to see another striker to go along side Johnson up front and another solid midfield and back player also. I actually applauded Everton for not getting Nugent, I think £6 million is way too much for him right now. He hasn’t proven anything in the Premier League yet. That’s neither here nor there right now as we haven’t got anyone new up front. I guess it’s possible that Moyes could bring in both Alan Smith and Keiran Richardson, but after hearing his comments I wouldn’t hold my breath. I would be surprised if we spent any money at all for the remainder of the transfer season. Hopefully we do and hopefully Moyes is just saving the best for last!