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New Everton Stadium

MaupsGoat said:
Hes sub human scum.

It irks me the way people like him think Hillsborough only happened to Liverpool Football Club and its fans.

The whole region was touched, affected, we all know somebody who was there, some of us know people who died, I will never forget waiting around to find out if my 3 mates got home safe. I used to babysit for a friend of my Aunties, her husband died, 2 children left without a father cos he went to a football match.

Then that bellend says we dont care.

An empty room and a blow torch, thats all I ask.
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I remember it well. Kids getting buried at the church near us and the whole city pulling together.

As I said, Evans needs to shut his grid for his own good if nothing else.
 
I was watching Paul Frost's excellent midweek footage last night (thanks, Paul) and early on there is a shot of a large lorry load of royal blue steels. First time I have seen them in that colour. To the best of my knowledge everything else has been white, grey or black. Do we know where these blue steels will be going?
 
Dr Baxter said:
I was watching Paul Frost's excellent midweek footage last night (thanks, Paul) and early on there is a shot of a large lorry load of royal blue steels. First time I have seen them in that colour. To the best of my knowledge everything else has been white, grey or black. Do we know where these blue steels will be going?
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I think it might be for the temporary roof support.
 

davek said:
I remember it well. Kids getting buried at the church near us and the whole city pulling together.

As I said, Evans needs to shut his grid for his own good if nothing else.
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Almost 100% with you on this David....almost.

From the very start you have pushed the line the club should distance itself from the name Bramley Moore.
The majority of supporters have not held the same view and acknowledge the fact the club will incorporate hints to the past history just as it has said it would.

Is it a "don't look at us look at them" opportunity for Whataboutery FC ? Darn right it is , it's what they do.

The club should fully embrace the name as it is undoubtedly part of the regions history . After all it is a landmark address much the same as many around the City like Gladstone & Penny Lane.
There is no shame or accountability for Everton Football Club with this and never has been.

If there's anything that I'm unsettled about is the Athletic's Blue journos have not said a peep on this slurring.
Begs the question are they told to stand aside in matters such as this.
 
davek said:
Spot on mate on both issues.

The stadium is the equivalent of shoving a stick into a huge hornets nest. They HATE it's happening.

The campaigning on the victim word is as pathetic as it gets. Imagine DEMANDING the whole of football curtails their behaviour because they can't address their own historic crimes.

The two issues were uppermost in Hughes' mind when he wrote his tragical history tour piece for The Arthritic...you better believe that!
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It was a hit piece on our new home by a kopite berk, nothing more nothing less, and to those calling Evertonians offended by it “sensitive” is very offensive.

The editorial team at the arthritic should take a long hard look at themselves for publishing this nonsensical, inflammatory drivel. They claim to be an independent sports publication with no bias, but this gets the ok?!

There are a couple of Everton journos on the books you would think should have got the green light to pen anything to do with the club, but they give it to that Hughes whopper? They must need to be playing up to their American subs with such rubbish.

Even funnier - the two Everton writers working for the arthritic retweet the link to the hit piece ffs.

Any self respecting blue should terminate their subscriptions immediately, and the club should ban them.
 
NathDogg said:
Any self respecting blue should terminate their subscriptions immediately, and the club should ban them.
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This forum, the largest independent EFC forum, (I think), have always respected their business model, (subs), by not allowing linked content from it to be posted. After all, GOT dont pay them a dime.

Not saying we should alter that stance, but maybe reflect on it @GrandOldTeam ? Or at least raise the issue of that article with them maybe?
 

roydo said:
This forum, the largest independent EFC forum, (I think), have always respected their business model, (subs), by not allowing linked content from it to be posted. After all, GOT dont pay them a dime.

Not saying we should alter that stance, but maybe reflect on it @GrandOldTeam ? Or at least raise the issue of that article with them maybe?
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Nothing wrong with the model they use, but they profess to be objective and impartial - that article simply wasn’t and it needs calling out.

It’s in danger of becoming a glorified kopite fanzine.
 
Jacko93 said:
The whole argument over this BMD naming and 'taking responsibility' and 'using the opportunity' could easily have been put to bed had they actually approached the club to discuss it. By doing that they would have known about the plans I believe the club has, which actually outstretch any suggestions that were made in the article/on the podcast and, go so far as to explore the role of the docks in the entire history of the city including connections direct to slavery, slave enabled trade and how the docks enabled the immigration of such a large Irish contingent. The plan is to tell this through the eyes of prominent figures in the club. For example, how much closer can the club tie itself to the will of education on difficult subjects than having Seamus Coleman narrate videos and/or displays on the Irish community and their struggles such as the potato famine, or Alex Iwobi do the same for videos/displays on the horrors of slavery and it's connection to the city and, maybe, more specifically the very dock we have filled in, rendering useless for its original use, and re-purposing for good and local prosperity, not just the prosperity of the richest individuals.
Everton should be celebrated for that fact. That they didn't seem to take that approach, I'm afraid, leads me to the only conclusion in my mind that some individuals involved in that piece were seeking to add negativity to what is a hugely positive step forward for our city. A step that is being taken not to obscure or avoid the difficult truths of suffering, but to finally make good of their remains, to drive change in the visibility of such difficult and often under discussed subject matters.
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Thanks for this, really good post.
Reading Simon Hughes' articles used to be a painful experience when I was a subscriber. Here's a man who earns a living writing, yet clearly has made no attempt to improve his craft since doing his GCSE's. Sentences, or even whole paragraphs that you need to read several times. My toes would be curled up by the end of each article. It is a mystery that he is still employed by The Athletic.
 

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