New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[Jeff Jones]

He doesn't understand finance, accounting

I was just trying to wind people up tbh

Well, you wound me up.

 

[Look to the future]

So are we now effectively debt free?

 

[Blue Parkender]

Just watched another episode of Landman to see are glorious overlords name come up on the credits. It's fun being an Evertonian for a few days. Well till we play Chelsea anyway.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Big screen at St John

Everton badge A story we will carry on with a picture of the new stadium in the words carry on.. 1st time I ever seen anything Everton on there

 

[Rich1878]

Big screen at St John

Everton badge A story we will carry on with a picture of the new stadium in the words carry on.. 1st time I ever seen anything Everton on there

Did you not get a pic?

 

[PhilM]

Totally over the top. And he could have walked away at any point and saved himself a huge amount of money. But didn't.

The almost sent us out of existence can swing both ways. If we use the word almost, after Ancelotti OR maybe with Ancelotti if we had been allowed to continue spending like City and Chelsea had done, we could have taken a very good team and kicked on. You see what has happened to Newcastle this year, they have the richest owners in the world but can't do squat. The landscape has changed and is totally geared to the ones already at the top of the pyramid. He took risks to try and get us somewhere and it failed. Yet here we are with a brand new stadium that would cost 1.4ish billion if we started now that is basically paid off. Therefore the risks paid off in this case, not on the pitch, however it gives us a huge chance now to invest on it given the matchday income increase.

No point looking back with anger, we were screwed by the PL rules, by losing Usmanov's financial support, by the interest rates and huge increases in materials and labour costs, just at the very time when we needed a stable few years. We might have been able to limp along, hurt but not completely ruined, if two or three of those happened - we got the full lot. Yet we are still here and in the best position to kick on from next year, let's as a fan base start looking forward.

This is the sensible and pragmatic view: for all Moshiri's failings, we've now got a brilliant, new stadium in an iconic position, and are still a PL club.

We can all be critical and frustrated with what has happened recently, and rightfully so, but hopefully this period is the stepping stone for our revival*.

A perfect storm of poor planning on and off the pitch meant we had to resort to Benitez and the spending limitations, which Ukraine only multiplied over and over.

If Usmanov had been allowed to continue, I think we wouldn't have dipped so low, but the flip side is we'd probably still be saddled with the charlatans.

*whatever that may constitute.

 

[coollino]

Well, you wound me up.

Woke is the mainstream media

 

[Blue peter]

This video comes to you courtesy of Bill Kenwright productions

 

[mahermi1]

This video comes to you courtesy of Bill Kenwright Fabrications.

Fixed that for you mate..

 

[ForeverEverton]

Check out their website.

This is how you raise brand awareness, this is day 1.

https://www.friedkin.com/

Wow!

 

[Blue peter]

Brilliant, that.

I am getting no sound.

Is that the same for everyone?

Have you turned the volume up?

 

[tonka1878]

We need the crowd to be loud and happy tomorrow because this is the start of a completely new Era for us. There is nothing like Goodison when we are all on the same side and confident.

 

[daza_1973]

Check out their website.

This is how you raise brand awareness, this is day 1.

https://www.friedkin.com/

 

[MrGrumpy]

Did you not get a pic?

No was driving

 

[Neiler]

Is this them in the City to.