So, imagine this: Everton’s new prospective owners, all suits and ambition, are sitting in some shiny London office. They’ve done the spreadsheets, the risk assessments, the PR strategies. Someone suggests, “Hey, before we finalise this £600m deal, let’s see what the real fans think.”
And then, like lambs to the slaughter, they log on to GrandOldTeam.com. They’re greeted by a thread ranking Everton players based on how good they’d be at Monopoly. (Gray’s banned, obviously, for flipping the board.) Another thread debates whether Goodison should install heated toilet seats for winter games. Someone else is demanding we sign James Rodriguez back just for the vibes.
But oh, it gets worse. They stumble onto:
“Would You Rather Fight 1 Dyche-Sized Tarkowski or 10 Tarkowski-Sized Dyches?” From
@matty1878
A 74-page tactical analysis thread on why Neil Maupay would be world-class if he had knees like prime Roberto Carlos by
@Neiler
A poll: Is the real problem the board, the players, or that we haven’t sacrificed a chicken to the Dixie Dean statue recently? (Results are disturbingly close.) by
@Kurt.
One of the owners wipes his brow and says, “It’s fine, maybe they’re serious about transfers.” Cue:
“Bring Back Rondon”, where someone has Photoshopped Big Ron into a Pele documentary to prove their point. Another guy is demanding we recall every player we’ve ever loaned out since 2010 “just to see what happens”.
The final straw? A conspiracy thread titled: “Does The Everton Board Really Exist, Or Are We Run By A Magic 8-Ball?” They leave the site shell-shocked, mumbling something about “needing a bigger due diligence budget.”
So lads, if this takeover falls through, we’ll know why. It wasn’t the finances, the fanbase, or even the threat of relegation. It was GrandOldTeam. We’ve outdone ourselves again.
Up the Toffees.