New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[kent_blue]

Well, Matty, when I'm excited and in bed, it's usually not with milk and biscuits.

One last sleep.

no playing the biscuit game

 

[Drico]

The tides going out in that FFS

And the sun's going down...

 

[MikeH72]

He’ll apologise with a goodbye message so that, at some point, he can visit the stadium his fat sanctioned mate has funded

I’m not defending him, just saying that’s what’s coming

Fixed.

 

[Connor]

Fixed.

Merry Christmas, Michael x

 

[Bryan+]

anyone else excited?

i’m in bed with my milk and biscuits

f santa nxt week
i want these!

What a horrific image.

 

[MikeH72]

Merry Christmas, Michael x

Good tidings to you and your kin.

Merry Christmas to everybody except Farhad Moshiri and Sean Dyche x

 

[Aries]

Yeah, the sentiment is stil dripping from the pores of the club. Is Thelwell really the best available director of football in world football? If not, sack him and appoint whoever is. We have too many prepared to make excuses for people like Marcel Brands and Kevin Thelwell, people who made a career out of having cheerleaders excusing their lack of impact by blaming other people. Fine, other people might well have been the problem, but it didn't stop these two taking the coin, so clearly they hadn't too much issue with other people's interference.

A full clear out is needed.

You call them excuses, I’d call them valid reasons. He’s been almost single handedly running the club, drastically reducing a catastrophic wage bill during times when the owner didn’t want to know, the club were being docked points for breaching PSR and the club so heavily in debt and and barely keeping afloat that he’s had to sign whoever we’re willing to let their players go for zero/minimal down payments.

Some of the players signed were clearly not players he particularly wanted, just opportunistic low cost signings that were made to try and keep the squad competitive. But sure, let’s call him crap and wheel in the next mythical DOF who quite easily will never make a poor signing and will do a much better job. At least the next fella probably won’t be a “Kopite” eh?

 

[Neiler]

I remember the complaints from agents that Everton had 4 competing transfer strategies running at the same time: Moshiri’s, Brands’, Kenwright’s and Joorabchian’s.

Five if you include Benitez only two survived that January at the club.

 

[marnie]

And the sun's going down...

Was only messin x

 

[ForeverEverton]

 

[Aries]

Well United’s summer business under Ashworth doesn’t give me great confidence, but his work at Brighton does.

There is no such thing as a perfect DOF. they all get lucky at different times, not so lucky others. Walsh was the messiah at Leicester, terrible here. Ashworth great at Brighton, as you say, didn’t recruit well in his brief stint at United. Monchi was the best DOF on the planet at Sevilla, then went to Roma and stank the place out. I can guarantee you that whoever comes in after Thelwell will soon be heavily criticised on here because every signing (inevitably) won’t be a big success.

 

[Captain Bligh]

Good tidings to you and your kin.

Merry Christmas to everybody except Farhad Moshiri and Sean Dyche x

So you’re wishing Putin, Truss and Steve McMahon a good one?

 

[MikeH72]

So you’re wishing Putin, Truss and Steve McMahon a good one?

I was just getting to them

 

[barneygumble]

He’ll apologise with a goodbye message so that, at some point, he can visit the stadium he’s funded

I’m not defending him, just saying that’s what’s coming

Be amazed if he ever visits for an Everton event.

England Game, Concert, Euro2028, perhaps... but just feel a clean break is best for all parties concerned.

 

[Aries]

Not exactly like any of them went for 2m was it.

How much did Forest pay for Gibbs White? How much did Brighton pay for Pedro? How much did the rs pay for Diaz?

I think the cheapest out of that lot was Kudus wasn't it who cost West Ham 30m+???

Everton closing in on loan move for Ajax’s Mohammed Kudus with option to buy

Everton are closing in on a loan move for Ajax attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus, The Athletic understands. The deal would be a loan for the 2022-23 season, with an option for Everton to then buy the Ghana international. Frank Lampard is seeking attacking reinforcements before the September 1...

www.nytimes.com

Kudus was a loan with a pretty modest buy clause before United gave Ajax 80 million for Anthony. Kudus’ value increased rapidly by the time West Ham signed him.