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What do you mean "yet we back the one murky ow we the government actually decides to take action against". They took action against Abramovic. It's why Chelsea were sold. Everton would have been identical if uzzies name was over the door. Complete nonsense of a post.

Investing doesn't always work like that. It's like Ellis short at Sunderland or randy Lerner at villa. It just got to the point where you don't keep chucking in money to protect an asset you don't know how to turn around and get your return. There comes a point where you cut your losses, hence...

Are people seriously suggesting people at EFC will be trying to circumnavigate sanctions on Usmanov in order for him to keep pumping money into the club? This isn't some creative accounting we're talking about. It's frankly a ridiculous suggestion. Usmanov will be nowhere near EFC until he's no...

The Chinese government doesn't want that kind of investment in football clubs now. That's why inter have had financial difficulties. And the Venky's bought Blackburn, that went well.

You don't need loads of good players to stay up, just look at the teams in the bottom 6. You just need some decent organisation, passion and bottle at this point. Don't get too worried about losing at the better teams, just make sure you take points off bottom half teams.

Who's buying them? The only players other teams will want are the ones you don't want to lose.

I don't see how that helps a sponsor. Nobody is arguing it won't be a great stadium in a great location. But it doesn't mean if you're a prospective multi national sponsor, that sticking your name on the roof of BMD means you effectively get your name across every picture of the water front. It...

But it won't be on every photo of the river front. River front photos will be exactly as they are now of the 3 graces, the stadium is a mile along the river from there. I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures of the stadium in its own right, but any sponsor won't suddenly become the sponsor of...

That would be pretty normal in this economy. 12 months ago people are willing to invest in companies based on future profits as we had a bull market. As inflation rose, with interest rates following, investors move their money away from companies with future profits to companies that can make...

Burnley just sold for 170m. Newcastle 305m - with a bigger stadium and less debt. So your 300m sounds about right. And Moshiri/Uzmanov have probably invested more than double that. They might just be happy to cut their losses, but whereas it seems clear Chelsea are selling up, Moshiri is saying...

That's what he'll tell you!

No, he starved them by not paying them what they were owed in wages and then said he can loan them some money if they give up all their shares to him. And then they can pay back the loans when he paid them what he owed. He's a f'ing crook and a symbol of everything that is wrong with that part...

Is this for real? The state owned companies in the Soviet Union were given to the workers. While running sibneft, he stopped paying the staff and started a "loan for shares" scheme allowing his workers to be able to afford food. He pretty much stole sibneft off the workers. He should have been...

What a time to be alive. Praying a sanctioned kleptocrat can find a way to launder money into the club. Are you trying to saying Everton & Chelsea are the real victims here?

Except injuries are an excuse unless you're trying to take the mickey out of someone.

There's too much to catch up on in this thread, but some obvious things that seem mad to me. 1. The obsession with the fans to blame zonal marking. Almost every club does this now or a half and half variant. It's not about zonal or man marking. It's about good and bad defending. Watch the goals...

I've supported benitez up to now, it's been a decent start. But anyone who trys to make light out of this is kidding themselves. When should Everton ever be conceding 5 to Watford, let alone 4 goals in about 15 minutes. It's a complete capitulation. It's on benitez. It's on the fans booing...

What were you expecting a team that finished 12th & 10th in the last 2 seasons and spent less than 2m quid, made a player trading profit and "lost" one of its senior players? The season is going to be a slog at times, but there's no reason to suspect this team won't improve on last year's finish.

Of course it is relevant, because DCL and Richarlison won't be missing all season either. It's swings and roundabouts. It's 8 games in and like most teams fighting on the fringes of Europe to staying above the clutter of the bottom 6, there's some games you should get better results, some...

14 points from 8 games is currently on target for a 66/67 point season. Wouldn't you have taken that before the season starts? Before a ball was kicked, how many points would you have expected by this point in the season?