New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[DanB90]

making big moves already

Everton Women sign France striker Kelly Gago for undisclosed fee

Everton have signed France forward Kelly Gago for an undisclosed fee from FC Nantes.

www.bbc.co.uk

A real statement of intent.

 

[Zatara]

Yes, exactly this. THIS is where the club can truly reflect its locality. There must be a massive emphasis on developing and bringing through local players. Merseyside has always teemed with local talent, but it galls me - as a foreigner - to count the number of boyhood Evertonians who made it big with Liverpool FC. It must drive locals nuts.

There should be a KPI established for people like the Director of Football to have x number of quality local boys in the first-team squad at all times. While everything about the game becomes globalised, get locals on the bloody pitch to reflect the DNA of the club and allow the people in the stands to feel an even-closer affinity with its team. Nobody wants a team of 11 Englishmen or even Scousers on the pitch - unless they were the best 11 players in the world. But why shouldn't the club have the best three or four local players of their generation in OUR squad rather than across the park city or elsewhere?

I know it's hard work to do all of this, but this is what we should be striving for. Let's reflect the local people and the history of the club in ways that does the city and region honour - not simpy subsidising a select group of relatively well-heeled local fans (and anybody who can afford a season ticket at a PL club has disposable income by definition) and pretending we're all socialist humanitarians.

Maybe I'm old fashioned but when I watch european games, it's typical to see Spaniards playing for Barca and Madrid...Germans playing for Bayern and Dortmund...Frenchies playing for PSG and Italian sides full of Italians.

Weve had smatterings of England internationals in our sides. Currently they are Pickford and Branthwaite -- not a coincidence, our two best players -- there has to be a nuclus of English (internationals) in our team.

Ideally this may come from the potential youth conveyor belt but if not then it should be a recruitment focus to target some of the best English players u21.

 

[pfim]

Nor did we see our view truly listened to unless it caused Moshiri issues. The fans are the cash cow of the club, and owners will stretch that as far as they can.

Put another way, these guys only feel it if you hit them in the wallet. The only way to do that runs counter to being a supporter (don't go to matches, spend etc).

Even that is lessened by the pool of television money distributed to all clubs. While matchday revenue is obviously still very important and always will be, the television money has lessened that to some extent.

I get the sentiment, we'll all be here longer than any manager, player or owner. We are the basis of a successful club. Meaning if we don't support, an owner with means won't bother buying the club.

But we have no decision making ability, no control of what happens at the club, very limited access to its dealings. Our only effective form of protest is not supporting the club.

 

[pfim]

Maybe I'm old fashioned but when I watch european games, it's typical to see Spaniards playing for Barca and Madrid...Germans playing for Bayern and Dortmund...Frenchies playing for PSG and Italian sides full of Italians.

Weve had smatterings of England internationals in our sides. Currently they are Pickford and Branthwaite -- not a coincidence, our two best players -- there has to be a nuclus of English (internationals) in our team.

Ideally this may come from the potential youth conveyor belt but if not then it should be a recruitment focus to target some of the best English players u21.

Maybe Barca, but again their best player ever is from Argentina. Madrid collects stars from across the world, there are more non-German flags in Bayern's first team than German, even Dortmund who is known for developing players is majority non-German.

 

[Blue Willy]

A real statement of intent.

That and telling Dele not to come back

 

[Drico]

Maybe I'm old fashioned but when I watch european games, it's typical to see Spaniards playing for Barca and Madrid...Germans playing for Bayern and Dortmund...Frenchies playing for PSG and Italian sides full of Italians.

Weve had smatterings of England internationals in our sides. Currently they are Pickford and Branthwaite -- not a coincidence, our two best players -- there has to be a nuclus of English (internationals) in our team.

Ideally this may come from the potential youth conveyor belt but if not then it should be a recruitment focus to target some of the best English players u21.

Clubs need to keep some connection to the people they represent. Yes, it's a global game, but I have always felt a club should have a smattering of locals in its side/squad. I'm all for EU freedom of movement - I'm an Irishman living and working in Germany - but the EU has treated football purely as a business under its laws, when it was always a little bit more than just that. Bosman changed everything - and there were plently of unintended consequences. I don't think we should ever be Athletic Bilbao - that's taking local pride into slightly weird areas of nationalism - but our two best players are indeed Englishmen. Let's at least have a youth system that can unearth and develop local talent so that there is a conveyer belt into the senior side over time.

 

[Zatara]

Maybe Barca, but again their best player ever is from Argentina. Madrid collects stars from across the world, there are more non-German flags in Bayern's first team than German, even Dortmund who is known for developing players is majority non-German.

Doesnt matter if the majority of players are foreign...just that there is a nucleus of English players.

Thats what helps give a team an identity.

 

[Zatara]

Clubs need to keep some connection to the people they represent. Yes, it's a global game, but I have always felt a club should have a smattering of locals in its side/squad. I'm all for EU freedom of movement - I'm an Irishman living and working in Germany - but the EU has treated football purely as a business under its laws, when it was always a little bit more than just that. Bosman changed everything - and there were plently of unintended consequences. I don't think we should ever be Athletic Bilbao - that's taking local pride into slightly weird areas of nationalism - but our two best players are indeed Englishmen. Let's at least have a youth system that can unearth and develop local talent so that there is a conveyer belt into the senior side over time.

Just picking out players from teams and you may think of Lampard/Terry at Chelsea...Gerrard/Carragher at the RS etc etc

Were not high profile at the moment but Pickford and Branthwaite are a start...we need to build out on that platform.

 

[Lanolin]

Maybe I'm old fashioned but when I watch european games, it's typical to see Spaniards playing for Barca and Madrid...Germans playing for Bayern and Dortmund...Frenchies playing for PSG and Italian sides full of Italians.

Weve had smatterings of England internationals in our sides. Currently they are Pickford and Branthwaite -- not a coincidence, our two best players -- there has to be a nuclus of English (internationals) in our team.

Ideally this may come from the potential youth conveyor belt but if not then it should be a recruitment focus to target some of the best English players u21.

We could pretty much put out a balanced team made up entirely of English players now, made up of proper first teamers. The problem is that loads of them aren't very good. I don't really mind where players are from as long as they perform.

 

[Axlswhk]

So are we debt free now?

 

[Goat]

We could pretty much put out a balanced team made up entirely of English players now, the problem is that loads of them aren't very good. I don't really mind where players are from as long as they perform.

Yeah, we probably have the most English players in the league.

 

[Drico]

Just picking out players from teams and you may think of Lampard/Terry at Chelsea...Gerrard/Carragher at the RS etc etc

Were not high profile at the moment but Pickford and Branthwaite are a start...we need to build out on that platform.

Fergie at United always believed in having as many local and/or English players as he could find that were worthy of the shirt.

Scholes/the Nevilles/Beckham/Butt etc.

Then sign class foreigners - not journeymen.

 

[Goat]

So are we debt free now?

It seems not.

"We have provided an injection of capital to ensure the completion of the new stadium. The transaction has seen most of Everton’s debt either converted to equity, repaid or refinanced on terms more favourable to the stability of the Club. Whilst there is much work to be done, and PSR remains a limiting factor in the short term, the underlying financial position is now much stronger."

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2024/december/19/message-from-everton-s-new-executive-chairman/

 

[Drico]

We could pretty much put out a balanced team made up entirely of English players now, made up of proper first teamers. The problem is that loads of them aren't very good. I don't really mind where players are from as long as they perform.

Well, this is what we are saying. We have to develop England internationals.

 

[bluenotred]

Have to give Moshiri credit for the stadium, but as for the football side he was a terrible owner. Surely TFG have to be an upgrade. However I remember saying to an rs mate when Moshiri took over that the sleeping giant was about to wake up. It didn't take him long to say, it looks like they've gone to sleep again. So, I hope for the best, but I'm not getting too excited this time, just in case.