So in come Gillett and Hicks. It seems this is the only way for football teams to remain competetive these days, which is sad, but there we are. From what they've said, they seem to respect the culture, the history and the passion of the club (which is second to none), and that sounds promising enough to me, although whether or not they mean it or whether or not it's just a hollow PR tactic remains to be seen.

Not too pleased about leaving Anfield either, but at least there won't be a groundshare with a certain SMALL CLUB! I think Rafa meant crap team rather than small club but oh well. He has a point, though. What a lousy attitude to such a big game, the derby, which is usually exciting and fast-paced. It seems only the Goodison derby will be like that from now on. Even if there is "£100m between the two teams" (yeah smurf off was there, Moyes you muppet, considering that would require us to have paid over £9m on average for each our players, and we did so for only one of them, Alonso (although Kuyt's was rumoured to be £9m, it's undisclosed), I don't think so.) there's no excuse for doing that in the derby. Still, they're nowhere near being a big club either. The only big clubs in English football are Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal. Chelsea are a good team, hence why they're included in the current big four, but they're not a big club yet. Winning a couple of league titles does not make you a big club when you compare it to the dominance of the three teams I have just named.