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Hopefully he's still in a spa! What a toll this job has.
We really shouldn't be looking at this squad and thinking we need quite a few in. I'd say 3/4 max is where the budget should be going
The fourth game in a row that we've not scored from open play and none of the opposition have been particularly strong (albeit Atalanta were very well organised). Apart from Mo's misplaced lob - that from memory came from us pinching the ball on the halfway line - we created nothing. The final 20 minutes were gruelling as we repeatedly struggled to get across the halfway line.
The next three games are also all against teams that like to sit in and counter attack (Fulham, Everton and West Ham).
I don't know what the solution is. When we play riskier passes we get shredded on the break and when we play safe passes we eventually get crowded out. Maybe committing fewer players forward but getting the ball forward quicker so that players like Darwin can operate in a bit of space.
Chapter One in my new book Why You Shouldn't Get Too Excited About Transfers Based Entirely On Underlying Stats And Comparison Charts
Think even if he'd played every game for us he'd have been pretty disappointing given how hyped up he was. Then again, his level dropped for an entire season before he arrived, so maybe we should have paid more attention to that instead of assuming that he was just struggling to motivate himself for a team he knew he was leaving.
Yeah the general tone in those threads is bad. I steer clear of the player threads at the moment anyway but ones like the title run in and the Klopp threads are so negative.It's mad that a football forum and the worst part of it is the football section. Pre game, in game, after the match it never feels "quite right". Sections have certain opinions on individuals which get brought up any time we don't succeed (as if it's pre planned).
I get that people are upset and disappointed. We all are. But the overall tone and revisionism in there comes a a bit if a shock. Nothing to report to mods and everyone is entitled to their view. Think I’m maybe surprised that I seem to be out of kilter with the general consensus.
Utterly unsustainableWhat bizarre behaviour. Everyone knew they were pissing money away year after year but because it was "soft loans" to Moshiri then all was fine.QuoteAnd while the fans wait, the club’s day-to-day operations have been funded by more and more debt.
This reflects a marked change from how the club and its owner viewed its finances just 18 months ago, when Moshiri’s aides would confidently send out tables of all the Premier League teams’ debts. In them, Everton’s then net debt of £58.2m in the 2020-21 financial year meant 12 rival clubs had higher levels of borrowing.
That comparison looks less flattering now, however. Everton’s 2023 annual report states that net debt stood at £330.6m, leaving the club lagging only Spurs, Manchester United and Brighton by that measure to June 2023, according to analysis of accounts by the football finance expert Kieran Maguire. Meanwhile, total debts have grown since and the club is now thought to owe almost £550m to third-party creditors
The largest lender to Everton is Rights and Media Funding (RMF), a Cheshire-based company with zero employees that borrows its funds from opaque offshore companies in order to lend to football clubs. Everton owes RMF about £225m and is understood to be paying interest rates of 10.25%, meaning hundreds of thousands of pounds are flowing out of the club each week.
RMF has secured its loan by having rights to property around Goodison Park. It also has clauses in its agreement that are understood to have allowed it to veto a proposed takeover by the US sports investment group MSP Capital last year.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/17/everton-on-the-brink-questions-over-clubs-finances-are-more-urgent-than-ever
I want to say Pirlo but I accept that is a single anecdotal example. Also ironic as for many years the Italian league was where geriatrics went to still play at the top level …
Just put the ball in the onion bag in open play and I will take that as a small victory.Preferably not after Fulham already have.
