New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[Lee Smith]

"...we will usher Everton into a new era, one that is marked by ambition and professionalism"

U WOT M8? We don't do that here!

 

[mahermi1]

Who's next for the chop.

Penfold i mean Prentice, with the biggest hobnail boot available !

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Welcome,is ginge still here?

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Tbh it’s just a massive relief. There were genuinely times over the last few years I thought we were going into administration and winding up under Moshiri. No permanent board members, loans to pay loans, talk of cash running out. Absolutely horrendous. No matter what it happening on the pitch fans don’t need that sort of worry that your whole club could be wound up.

The whole situation must affect players aswell. The good pros will be affected by the uncertainty and the bad pros will be affected by the certainty that we couldn't afford to replace them.
Hopefully that will shake things up a bit on the pitch until the time comes when we can build a better team.

 

[canuckblue]

Free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty, it's Friedkin at last.

 

[Drico]

Free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty, it's Friedkin at last.

Friedkin Desire

 

[johnjoeefc]

Made up here me

 

[coollino]

very curious

 

[GrandOldTeam]

We are proud to be the new custodians of your Club. Together, we will usher Everton into a new era, one that is marked by ambition and professionalism. As stewards of Everton, we look forward to showing our commitment to the Club through actions, not words.

They evidently read here...

Actions > words.

Pointless being so entrenched in a view right now. Open minds - wait and see.

Actions > words.

Though a wantaway owner is no good - to have some certainty at the top will surely help.

Actions>words.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Wow. Strange publication.
"Newcastle United face even more competition in their bid to become "number 1" in the Premier League after Everton's takeover was finally pushed through by the Premier League."

Firstly, we aren't competing with anyone to become "number 1". I hope we do in my lifetime, but such things are a loooong way off.
Secondly, they aren't competing to be "number 1" either. They're competing to get back into the top half of the table, and then competing to get semi-regular European football.

And what's with this "intense rivalry" they talk of?

Crazy mate....we're in an intense rivalry we know nothing about

 

[ForeverEverton]

Happy new avatar day! One last time for old time’s sake.

MOSHIRI OUT

End of an era....

 

[OlDirtyBluenose]

Such a massive weight lifted, feel like I can breathe again.

Onwards and upwards Evertonians! (Fingers crossed)

 

[Jebus_lives]

Wow. Strange publication.
"Newcastle United face even more competition in their bid to become "number 1" in the Premier League after Everton's takeover was finally pushed through by the Premier League."

Firstly, we aren't competing with anyone to become "number 1". I hope we do in my lifetime, but such things are a loooong way off.
Secondly, they aren't competing to be "number 1" either. They're competing to get back into the top half of the table, and then competing to get semi-regular European football.

And what's with this "intense rivalry" they talk of?

"finally Pushed through"?

Weird

 

[Lapeno77]

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He looks like someone that @chicoazul would use on twitter as a football financial expert working for the New York Times.

I could definitely see this man asking #DYGHOTP

Oh God, what if this is Chicos masterpiece?

 

[Kurt.]

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.

I beg your actual pardon