 Welcome to the Everton News Daily. Everton have confirmed that the first competitive game in the new stadium down at Bramley Mord dock will be the start of the 25-26 season. Colin Shiong has addressed this in a blog on the Everton website. I'm a little bit disappointed with it. I think Everton should have been trying to get in that ground as soon as physically possible. It's a year away still when it's due to be completed. I see what other clubs have done. I just don't see how we can leave a stadium empty for eight months. I just can't get me out of that. No, listen, a lot of people probably disagree with me and want to stay at Godderson and hang on to Godderson as long as you can, but for a football club, it doesn't make any money at Godderson. We all bemoan a fact. We haven't got money. We've been moan a fact. We don't bring in enough. This was an opportunity to get into our new home as quickly as possible. I just don't believe many other clubs will do what we're doing, but we don't have a proper committed owner. We've got fella trying to get out the door and I convinced that new owners would make this decision, not really, but maybe 777 have. We know that they're involved in other decision making at the football club right now. Maybe they've been told that this is the best way. I disagree strongly, but it's not my decision, is it? So there you go. Let me know what you think in the comments section below. Are you happy that Evan have made this decision? Do you think it's the right decision? Do you think it's the wrong decision? Let me know in the comments section below. We'll all have an opinion on it. Let's go. On the back of that, excuse me, the back of 777 that I've just mentioned, they sport and director Johan Spores has done an exclusive interview with Matt Law from the Times. Johan Spores says that he's going to take ultimate responsibility for the sport and decisions at Everton Football Club. He said Kevin Thelwell will continue to run the thing day to day as all of their sport and directors do, but he is overseeing it. He's confirmed that he is a fan of Kevin Thelwell and shown that he spent time with both of them. He said that he's enjoying being involved, evident in what he's seen so far. If the takeover bit is successful, then he will oversee everything in that football department. He goes on in his interview to say how it would work in terms of players, evident possibly getting players from clubs like Genoa or Standard League or Berlin, making it easier that way. Also the opportunity to develop players through those clubs as well. That kind of thing I agree with. I think that's an opportunity for Everton to use and maximise all of those sources. They've got to get given it first, they've got to be given the football club first, then they've got to come up with the funds to make sure that we are run correctly and also they've got to start in and a profit or certainly making Everton run much better than it has been so far. Interesting time. At the time of this interview I find very, very interesting as well given that the Premier League haven't yet confirmed that 777 will be successful in their takeover. But let's see what happens as we move forward. On to Everton's trip to Burnley tomorrow. Burnley are without a few players for the class it's being confirmed. Colio's show is out. Lyle Foster we know about, he's out as well. Oberfemi is missing. Jack Orch, Aaron Ramsey and of course Charlie Taylor is suspended for this game. Burnley rate Josh Cullen at 50-50 for the game, Vincent Cumpany. I'm hoping that Cullen will be available and further on from that Burnley have now confirmed that they have banned banners rather and the corrupt cards from the game. They say that any of them found on travelling supporters will be confiscated as supporters enter the ground. Listen I don't understand why Nottingham Forest had no issue with Evertonians taking that kind of stuff in. Is it because Burnley are a rival? Is it because Burnley have been crying about Everton putting complaints in and things like that? I don't know. It might be a policy Burnley have for every single game. I'm not sure but that is the case. So be aware of that if you're travelling to Tavmore tomorrow. It has been confirmed that Crystal Palace FA Cup game is now sold out. From an Everton perspective we have sold our tickets for that one. The game takes place on Thursday the 4th of January. It is an 8pm kickoff and the game is being shown live on ITV4. And the QR code is on the screen now. See you later.