Relegation 2022/23

[Littlesue]

We’re not set up at all to be a yo-yo club. We go down and we’re taking an unprecedented wage bill into the championship, we are absolutely screwed.

Spot on

 

[Littlesue]

I would imagine those teams go down with a small wages budget mate so can keep those players to try and bring the right back up, ours is huge, something like the 7th biggest in the prem?

They have relegation clauses too so their wages usually halved if they go down

 

[Ufotone]

Would it be better to risk FFP penalties and spend on the team/manager, or carry on as we are and risk the drop?

Looking very bleak right now, something has to happen very soon.

 

[The Littlest Yobo]

Rubbish. Fulham. Norwich etc do it most seasons. Yo yo clubs although for once Fulham have performed an unforseen miracle this season. Look at the top 6 in Div 2. Same old names.

How many of them had had a £760m stadium to pay for ?

 

[catcherintherye]

I wonder if you still have that optimism/pragmatism after today. It just feels like everything that could go wrong is going wrong

I don't really. It's a woeful loss.

 

[toffee-boy]

I'm about to get my Saturdays back... I'm not doing this next season into the championship, I had a whole season last season being drained and grumpy. It's happening again, I'm done and numb to it

 

[Bluelighter]

Don't think a year or two in the championship would be a terrible thing, might get a winning mentality back into the club..as long as its only a year or two

 

[efcfanwirral]

Don't think a year or two in the championship would be a terrible thing, might get a winning mentality back into the club..as long as its only a year or two

Honestly? With our financial troubles there's as much chance of going down again as going back up. Probably more chance

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Don't think a year or two in the championship would be a terrible thing, might get a winning mentality back into the club..as long as its only a year or two

In theory it could be turned into a positive, in reality there's always the risk you could do a Leeds or Forest and end up in the second tier for an entire generation.

 

[Bluelighter]

In theory it could be turned into a positive, in reality there's always the risk you could do a Leeds or Forest and end up in the second tier for an entire generation.

I think we'd be fine in the championship, Leeds were bust when they went down and didnt have any parachute payments

 

[Bkk Andy]

everybody at the club (fans notwithstanding) deserves relegation, unfortunately it is only the fans that will feel it’s effects

There will be a lot of lower level employees that will get the boot. Cleaners, catering staff, etc will find themselves on the dole. If fans drop off then the shops/food outlets nearby will see reduced sales. Relegation impacts a lot of people unfortunately but barely makes a dent in those actually responsible

 

[billyblue80]

Convinced we are gone. And the club has sat on it's hands and let it happen.

 

[toffee matt]

Don't think a year or two in the championship would be a terrible thing, might get a winning mentality back into the club..as long as its only a year or two

Easier said than done

Forest were down 22 years and went down to league 1

Leeds were down 16 years and went down to league 1

Villa were down 3 years and almost went bankrupt

 

[Bluelighter]

Convinced we are gone. And the club has sat on it's hands and let it happen.

Ah i dunno we still have decent talent in the squad and theres 18 matches left alot can still happen, i think its the manager is the problem in the short term need someone to come in and start getting more out of the players, but we are deep in it thats for sure

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

Shameful day for our great club. A day of infamy really. For decades I’ve been telling my Australian niece how great our support is and how we Everton fans are usually like a 12th man at Goodison. I took her today for her first Everton game and she wasn’t impressed, to say the least.

Having said that, the fans have every right to be annoyed.

It’s sad because when we got behind the players towards the end of last season we were winning almost every game.

Agreed.

Can’t quite believe what I was seeing today from the fans.

Is that really going to make the players play better and save our club from relegation and administration?