'An average season'
· Yahoo Sports
Now the curtain has come down on the 2025-26 Premier League campaign, here is my end-of-season review - with a look back to what I predicted in August.
Prediction: 12th
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A funny one, this. Everton were in position to reach Europe with a few weeks of the season to go, but a late collapse left supporters very frustrated with manager David Moyes and his players.
Jack Grealish played his part before a season-ending foot injury, but the workload heaped on Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall eventually took its toll.
An average season with none of the relegation worries of previous years, but home form was poor in Everton's magnificent new Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The biggest mystery? The complete disappearance of 20-year-old Tyler Dibling following his £40m move from Southampton last summer.
It will be intriguing to see what approach club owner the Friedkin Group takes this summer.
What I said in August: "Manager David Moyes is hoping to build on the revival he inspired in the second half of last term."