Crystal Palace, Everton and Sunderland are sleepwalking towards a relegation battle if they don’t get their act together. The warning signs are there. The managers either find solutions and turn things around, or the clubs need to make a change.

Everton’s recruitment is perplexing. We’ve lost Gana’s defensive work rate and Iroegbunam’s physical presence, only to sign Hackney, a technical midfielder who doesn’t fit the manager’s approach, and a physically declining Nørgaard. If Garner and Armstrong are already leaving gaps in the press, we’ve signed two midfielders who do little to address the very problems we have.