ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ka lewa ma Goodison Park ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Rafael Benitez. Ua maopopo mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana e kū ana ka luna Liverpool ma mua i kahi kaua piʻi. ʻO nā hana maikaʻi ma ke kahua a me ka hakakā ʻana no kahi wahi ʻEulopa ua lawa ia no ka Spaniard e hoʻohuli i ke au, akā ʻo ka pōʻai weliweli a me nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i pau i kona aupuni.
ʻO ka manawa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ʻo Benitez he mea ʻē aʻe i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Marcel Brands ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka pôpeku ʻo Everton i hoʻokahi mahina ma mua. Ua lanakila ʻo Benitez i ke kaua ma hope o ka hui no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā neʻe, akā me Farhad Moshiri e hoʻopau ana i kona noho aliʻi ʻana, aia hou ʻo Everton i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokele hou.
Aia kekahi manawa ʻano ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ai ʻo Vitor Pereira ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ke kuleana ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka hui e hāʻawi i ke kuleana iā Frank Lampard. Ua hana maikaʻi ka waena waena o ʻEnelani ma Derby County akā ʻaʻole i pāʻani no Chelsea ma mua o ka lanakila ʻana o Thomas Tuchel i ka Champions League me ka hui like. Aia nā kānalua kūlohelohe e pili ana i ka hiki iā Lampard ke hoʻoponopono i ka moku ma Goodison Park.
Ma muli o ke kūlana i loaʻa ai ka Toffees iā lākou iho i ka lele kiʻekiʻe, kahi pāʻani pôpeku o ka lā, inā manaʻo ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono, ʻo ia ke pili iā Everton, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka Premier League no ka manawa mua. ʻO Chaos ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka papaʻaina ʻo ia ka palekana o Everton mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā Toffees ke lawe i kekahi mea i kēia manawa, ʻoi aku hoʻi me nā hōʻeha i nā mea pāʻani nui i hōʻiliʻili i ka wā o ka hoʻolaha. ʻOiai inā noho ka hui i ka Premier League, hiki ke hoʻomau nā pilikia e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani nui ma Goodison Park i ke kauwela.
ʻOiai ke koho ʻana o Lampard, ʻike ʻia ʻaʻohe pane maopopo e pili ana i kahi ʻano a i ʻole ʻōnaehana no ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia ka ʻike pōkole a Moshiri i ka lumi papa. ʻAʻole i holomua ʻo Everton mai 2017/2018 i ka wā i lawe ʻia ai ʻo Sam Allardyce e pani iā Ronald Koeman. ʻAʻole i ʻike mua ʻia ʻo Lampard no kāna ʻike loea i kāna mau kūlana, ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ʻo ia ke kahua kūpono e hoʻololi i kēlā ʻike.
ʻO nā pilikia o Everton e kū mai ana mai kāna hiʻohiʻona o ka kūleʻa a ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ma kēia ʻano. Ua lawe ʻo Big Sam i ka hui i ka ʻewalu o ka papaʻaina me ka holo ikaika i ka hapa lua o ke kau, ʻoiai ua lawa ka pāʻani pôpeku e haʻalele iā Pep Guardiola i kahi coma. Mai ia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokele i hoʻomaikaʻi i kēlā hopena, ʻoiai ʻo Carlo Ancelotti ʻaʻole hiki ke alakaʻi i ka Toffees i ka 12th a me ka 10th wahi i kāna mau mahina 18.
Ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka huli ʻana o nā mana, ua like ka hui o Everton i kēia manawa i kahi hui ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mea kākau. Ua noho ʻo Cenk Tosun i ka hui mai ka noho ʻana o Allardyce, ʻoiai ʻo Marco Silva, ʻo Ancelotti a me Benitez e kāhea ana iā ia ma waho. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Tosun i ka hoʻokokoke maikaʻi ʻana o Everton i ka mākeke hoʻoili, kahi i loaʻa ai ka £ 550m i hoʻolilo ʻia ma kahi hui i ʻike ʻole ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i kāna kūlana Premier League.
ʻO kēia ke kumu e pilikia ai ke kūlana i ka wā pōkole a i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole nui ka manawa o Lampard i ka mākeke hoʻololi o ke kauwela a inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻia kona ʻano, ʻaʻole hiki i ka Toffees ke kūpono no ʻEulopa ke ʻole lākou e hiki i ka hope o ka FA Cup e like me Dominic Calvert-Lewin a me Richarlison e hana i ka hana aʻe i kā lākou ʻoihana a ua hoʻopili ʻia me kahi neʻe ʻana mai Goodison Park. ʻO ka mea nui a Lampard e hōʻoia i ka noho ʻana o kēia mau mea pāʻani i ka hui no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻokō i kahi piʻi nui i luna o ka papaʻaina, ʻaʻole paha ia mai kona lima.
Ua hoʻopau paha ʻo Moshiri i kekahi o nā lapalapa me ke koho ʻana iā Lampard, akā ʻo ke kumu o nā pilikia o Everton e ʻā ana. He nui nā hana ma mua o ke kumu pôpeku ʻōpio.
