The Blue Frontier - American Everton Analysis

Everton’s new frontier under David Moyes began with a frustrating 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Goodison Park, and The Blue Frontier is here to break it all down. James, Shan, and Ryan explore Moyes’ early tactical changes, the persistent issues in attack, and the defensive lapses that cost Everton the match. They also dive into key moments, including controversial VAR decisions and standout performances, while questioning whether Moyes has the time and squad to implement his vision. Listener

The news keeps coming and the The Blue Frontier keeps podding! James, Ryan and Shan are back with a jam-packed episode dissecting the massive news that David Moyes has replaced Sean Dyche as Everton’s manager on a 2 ½ year deal. The guys give their initial reactions to the appointment, explore Moyes’ history with relegation battles, and dive into his tactical approach and transfer strategies. With their signature deep-dive style, the American blues break down his most recent stint at West Ham,

A special two part episode for you all today, with the major news that Sean Dyche has been relieved of his managerial duties breaking just a few hours before Everton were set to kick off against Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup. Part 1: An X Space steered by the 3 hosts with some guest contributors. A reaction to the Dyche news and rumors circulating that David Moyes is likely to be named has his replacement. Thanks to Nick Weinstein, NorCalToffee, Mitch, and Lee W for joining us

Continuing the Blue Frontier's productive first week of content, we follow up our comprehensive team assessment with a new episode focused on Everton's strategy for the January transfer window. Topics include PSR Challenges: Understanding the financial constraints Everton faces.  Roma's Transfer Insights: Evaluating Roma's transfer history to inform EFC's strategy.  We then transition into: Transfer Rumors: Silly season is off to a slow start, but the guys assess the feasibility and

It’s been a flurry of activity from the BLUE FRONTIER this week with a 3rd episode in almost as many days, but unfortunately Everton were not as productive losing 1-0 in a lopsided affair vs. Bournemouth.  James, Shan, and Ryan get into all the details especially the tactical battle between Andoni Iraola and Sean Dyche as well as the one-sided nature of the underlying performance.   The trio saw many illustrations of the Team Assessment on full display as Everton once again failed to score and

While The Blue Frontier may be new, the Team Assessment monster episode is not.  Regardless, the triumvirate take a deep dive into the team and individual performance numbers, cross reference them with the eye test, and come up with the root cause issues that are driving the lack of success in the first team.  While some of the individual performances should be no surprise, other metrics provided some pretty interesting insight into aspects of the team’s underperformance that might have been going

Welcome everyone to the newest Everton podcast, "The Blue Frontier". James Boyman and Ryan Williams are back in the pod game and joined by a new third co-host, Shan Khan (otherwise known as the Chief of the Optimism Train). In the inaugural episode, the hosts discuss the transition from the American Toffee Podcast to their new venture. They express gratitude for community support and outline their plans for the podcast, including discussions on the Friedkin Group's takeover of Everton, stadium