They're Back

Notables for July 6th.

Some of the Everton squad are back for pre-season training. The official site is full of pointless quotes from people like Leon Osman and a rather fetching snap of someone who could be Carlo Nash outside Finch Farm. But look closely and it could be any sportsman parked outside a shopping mall in Florida.

Anyway, there's nothing to say about pre-season training and it's somewhat symptomatic of football's blanket and insatiable coverage that anyone even mentions it, and I include myself in that. It's probably very important to those infamous Far East markets.

Elsewhere, Jo was also apparently at FF before slinging his rucksack in the back of the van and heading with the squad to Scotland (for pre-season training). But then, maybe he wasn't. And the unnecessary rumour of the day was Moyes preparing a bid for Paul Scholes.

I'm a cynical person by nature so when I see these snippets of news emanating from Goodison's media department about 'signing' Kieran Agard and 'signing' some American boy who isn't even good enough for the MLS, I fear the worst.