Looking at Spurs at present highlights the two areas we need to address...as if we didn't already know.
Stadium and manager.
Stadium and manager.
Steve0
Player Valuation: £35m
Leicester, Blackburn and citeh have won the league more recently than us.
Wigan and Portsmouth have won the cup more recently than us.
EFC78
Player Valuation: £25m
Not at the moment though, they've gone to a different level. We haven't beaten them since 2012. Although they need to start winning some trophies as although the top 4 finishes are decent, it just makes them a modern day version of Keegan's Newcastle at present.
DrEFC
Player Valuation: £40m
Young fans are choosing Everton to follow I think it's fair to say. We have had more recent young players for them to aspire to, and they can get cheaper tickets to our games. I think there has been a fairly decent swing towards us, even with young single mum's taking kids to games, our community presence ECT.
Frank Halfcoate
Player Valuation: £500k
Some could argue that's not an image we want to aspire to.
H.H.
Player Valuation: £10m
Hi Gents.
As I said in my first ever post a few days ago, I've been browsing on here for ages but only joined a few months ago and only wanted to chat about my interest in your new stadium build (I never posted anything after our big win at Wembley) but unfortunately it's turned a little onto the irrelevant subject of "Who is the bigger club?"
I'm not in the slightest interested in that kind of rubbish chat BUT I do think (getting it back to stadium related,) our and maybe in about 5 years yours, (yes, going by ours and other stadium builds I still think you could be waiting at least that long?) a new stadium is very important about future stature (and obviously income.)
So looking forward to when they finally bring out the renders of you new gaff (and the capacity.)
As I said in my first ever post a few days ago, I've been browsing on here for ages but only joined a few months ago and only wanted to chat about my interest in your new stadium build (I never posted anything after our big win at Wembley) but unfortunately it's turned a little onto the irrelevant subject of "Who is the bigger club?"
I'm not in the slightest interested in that kind of rubbish chat BUT I do think (getting it back to stadium related,) our and maybe in about 5 years yours, (yes, going by ours and other stadium builds I still think you could be waiting at least that long?) a new stadium is very important about future stature (and obviously income.)
So looking forward to when they finally bring out the renders of you new gaff (and the capacity.)
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It irks me that they have managed to achieve that growth by spending £150m whereas we are looking at £500m just to achieve something ultimately lower.
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Very true but they've been investing in and upgrading their stadium for years while we've had King Billy watching ours fall apart around his fat head and done absolutely jack.
We have a long way to go.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Oh yeah, they're streets ahead of us right now in almost every respect. But they dont have our pedigree. I think they'll continue to labour under the description 'a cup team' until they win the title again.
If we do build the new stadium I think we have no idea just how much a game can generate... but, I don't see any reason why it could not be in the same region as that of our neighbours. I would have thought a new stadium in a prestigious location would offer lots of earning potential.
If the stadium is 60k or more, I expect we will see a lot of visitors take in a game in such a venue who may not be Everton or even football supporters. I think we my see several different pricing structures in such a new stadium.
Amen to all that brother.
Why won't the casual day tripper/tourist who is staying in a hotel in town think "I might go and watch Everton today in their brand new stadium instead of taking a visit to Liverpools".
It can happen, we can make it happen, we need to to ensure it happens.
I've said it time after time, the most important thing is to ensure we make it affordable for mum's/dad's to bring kids. I want every kid in this city supporting Everton, well except for the kids who are little pains in the arses, they can continue to support the scruffs
Our problem, currently, is the reverse of this. (As in, we have neither)
Achilles Heel
Player Valuation: £950k
This is true. However the perception in the media and amongst neutral fans is very different. We are not (hate to say it) 'fashionable'. Haven't been for a long, long time.
I remember even in 1995 the media frenzy for Spurs and Klinsmann to knock-out Royle's Dogs of War. It was biased and they were desperate for them to play the Mancs in final. We spoilt that particular party and it was truly satisfying.
Trouble is we don't appear to have a strategy to change this perception in the media. Not sure why, but we don't. It's like the club just accept it.