Big Friedkin Rebuild

[Simon Buttle]

But Mangala has football brain and Chelsea will be desperate to get Broja off their books.

We need to get some legs/pace into the team, we have been linked to Chakvetadze at Watford (A player I have mentioned previously) He can do what Mangala does, has pace, and he can do a whole lot more. Personally Id rather replace Mangala with someone like that. Broja just doesn't score enough goals, never has done, I really wouldn't pay anymore than £15m for him and I think Chelsea will want a lot more circa £20-25m.

 

[Caolam]

The rebuilding of Everton is about much more than the players we bring in over the next few transfer windows, we need a root and branch change throughout the whole club. Under the stewardship of Bill Kenwright every aspect of the club, apart from Everton in the City, has been allowed to slip well below the standards a great club such as ours should demand. If we bring in a few good players and leave the rest of the club as it is we will undoubtedly improve in the short term but eventually we will find ourselves back here. The ethos of the club and those running every aspect of it needs to be changed for the better. If there is money to spend and we are able to bring in a few players in the right positions then they have to play whether the current manager wants them or not. Give the Football Director the power to direct the manager, if manager and his assistants aren’t happy they can always resign. The best indication that TFG are rebuilding for the better would be, in my humble opinion, putting an Everton team on the pitch which is trying to win games and not a team that is just trying not to get beaten.

 

[Mr Happy]

The rebuilding of Everton is about much more than the players we bring in over the next few transfer windows, we need a root and branch change throughout the whole club. Under the stewardship of Bill Kenwright every aspect of the club, apart from Everton in the City, has been allowed to slip well below the standards a great club such as ours should demand. If we bring in a few good players and leave the rest of the club as it is we will undoubtedly improve in the short term but eventually we will find ourselves back here. The ethos of the club and those running every aspect of it needs to be changed for the better. If there is money to spend and we are able to bring in a few players in the right positions then they have to play whether the current manager wants them or not. Give the Football Director the power to direct the manager, if manager and his assistants aren’t happy they can always resign. The best indication that TFG are rebuilding for the better would be, in my humble opinion, putting an Everton team on the pitch which is trying to win games and not a team that is just trying not to get beaten.

Definitely. Rebuilding fan trust is key. I think it'll take a while to establish a firm footing again
and throwing money at abject players isn't the way. Let's be hopeful they looked at what came before them and learn from those experiences

 

[Blue Smoke]

I'll settle for a bedding in period of 24 months or so where we slowly add the right kind of players, have the right manager implementing a decent style of football, the debt which cripples our psr (average over 3 years) goes down massively, we stay comfortably midtable.
After that, i hope the friedkin group have the desire and capacity to elevate us to challenging for european football and cup runs.

 

[TheBigIguana]

We did that with Walsh amd Koeman. It got us precisely here.

We did not. I'm suggesting not signing players we will end up stuck with if it doesn't work out which is all those two did.

 

[matty1878]

Only chance we sign a centre forward is if one leaves.

We’re not using another loan space or the limited funds we have to sign a 5th centre forward.

I also doubt there’s many decent centre forwards available in January anyway, nobody sells.

vault me

 

[Groucho]

We did not. I'm suggesting not signing players we will end up stuck with if it doesn't work out which is all those two did.

However your suggestion is to also bulk buy and see what sticks. That's also what they did. I think we have to box clever.

 

[matty1878]

a whole new 11

and some subs

 

[TheBigIguana]

However your suggestion is to also bulk buy and see what sticks. That's also what they did. I think we have to box clever.

I think misses are unavoidable. If the plan is only sign players that will be good we're in trouble because that's not real.

 

[Groucho]

I think misses are unavoidable. If the plan is only sign players that will be good we're in trouble because that's not real.

It has to be better than previous attempts though

 

[TheBigIguana]

Whether you are spread betting or making fewer, bigger bets - the most important thing is that you get your odds right - otherwise neither will work.

If your odds are more accurate than the next guy - you are more likely to get value - Brighton and Brentford seem to do that well.

I'm not sure that the current Chelsea or Notts Forest approaches are going to last long if PSR continues and is enforced - I'm sceptical.

Brighton have signed and sold tons of players though. They're more shrewd with the money side of it, but the volume of deals is not that different.

 

[badloaf]

It has to be better than previous attempts though

If they stop buying players that every fan already knows are rubbish, that would help. You know, like Maupay. We seem terrified to try youthful potential over established cack.

Mind you, this manager doesn’t help with that. O’Brien being the perfect case in point.

 

[Groucho]

If they stop buying players that every fan already knows are rubbish, that would help. You know, like Maupay. We seem terrified to try youthful potential over established cack.

Mind you, this manager doesn’t help with that. O’Brien being the perfect case in point.

Thing with that is though, are you dropping Tarkowski or Branthwaite to try a newbie?

I'm not sure I'd be so keen to do that. One thing we always needed was depth, or rather quality depth.

If we can't play every single player we think we should be playing then that's a reasonably good sign. CB seems to be one area where we aren't lacking - Branthwaite, Tarkowski, O'Brien and dare I say Keane. They can't all play all at once.

 

[OzyToffee]

Just going to throw it out there; seeing we just got bought by a mega richer fella, and we just got rid of a heap of debt, and we really need some reinforcements we need some sort of bargaining position [excuse] why we cannot pay full value - enter PSR. Now I really don't hope or want a spending splurge in January, I would like us to be strategic and wait for the summer, maybe with a new manager and style in mind, if that's what's on the horizon. Therefore 2 maybe 3 quality additions at fair value is the aim, enter every 2nd word needs to reference PSR to give Kevin wriggle room which seems to be what's happening.

 

[Caolam]

If I was Chief Executive. I would firstly employ a Director of Football who I trusted and who had a track record of success. I would then sit down and decide on a style and ethos which I wanted to see at the new ground and then go after a manager who embodied that style and ethos. Bring him in and give him a three year deal set out in yearly blocks with specific and realistic targets built in. I would also set out clearly what funds would be available to him over the period. I would also put in place a clear disciplinary policy for the club and spell out clearly what punishments were in place.
We need to establish a clear brand and then pursue it without deviation. Everton Football Club should mean something.