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Some optimism...

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After numerous years watching Everton, both home and away, any scrap of optimism I ever had has been well and truly crushed.

Soz abaar me.
 
colin hughes said:
Interesting stat on bbc today; £500m spent by premier league clubs this summer. That is an average £25m each club yet we have spent just £4m
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I'm normally all for statists, yet they can mislead rather easily. The £25m average you mention here is easily one of them. Gross or net?

Aston Villa have apparently spent a fair amount this summer, yet after Benteke's departure I doubt there net will be much over £10m net.

Bournemouth haven't spent much over £10m-12m net from what I can tell. Stoke have a net transfer of minus (yes negative or - ) £8.8m.

What have Spurs spent? It's apparently still a net profit for them. Southampton are also apparently not far off being as much as Stoke in profit.

Many of Swansea's figures are undisclosed so we can only surmise figures, yet again I doubt there net spend will be above £10-20m net as of yet.

Man City have spent over £70m net this summer already; they'll add more. Manure have spunked money which swings the figures drastically.

Liverpool have again spent big apparently, but after Sterling's departure I can't expect their net spend being too high. Anyone know?

Newcastle have spunked some cash but not overly huge amounts and they've made profits as of late, so that's not unexpected.

Now do not get me wrong, I'm not overly happy with the number of transfers we've made as of yet, however it is not all doom and gloom.

Money wise we're doing as poor as people may suggest. Certain clubs spending (especially at is is gross) is making the figure much larger.

The real acid test is when the window gets up and running properly come late August when clubs being to flex their season ticket cash and TV deal.

If we do not compete then and spend cash, and /or bring more numbers in as others may do, then it is the real time to scrutinise the figures.
 

Bill has lost a lot of faith in Roberto after last seasons mess. Would you give him more money to blow on the likes of Kone and Alcaraz?


No? Thought not.
 
toffeejack said:
i'm still waiting to see what our squad is at the end of the window before saying anything.

it's only really the playmaker that will make a difference. all our other signings are rotation at best i believe - with deulofeu possibly becoming a regular if he plays to potential straight away. got too many centre mids for cleverley to be a regular i think.
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It is a bit weird. Because even though Martinez goes on about a No10 what he's really looking for is a creative left winger because currently if he buys a No10 to play centrally then that is where both Cleverly and Barkley are most likely to play assuming Barry and McCarthy start which they will.

But he keeps saying No10 so I don't know. Would he really drop Barkley? Would he drop Barry or McCarthy? I can't imagine Cleverly won't play either.
 

PhilM said:
I'm normally all for statists, yet they can mislead rather easily. The £25m average you mention here is easily one of them. Gross or net?

Aston Villa have apparently spent a fair amount this summer, yet after Benteke's departure I doubt there net will be much over £10m net.

Bournemouth haven't spent much over £10m-12m net from what I can tell. Stoke have a net transfer of minus (yes negative or - ) £8.8m.

What have Spurs spent? It's apparently still a net profit for them. Southampton are also apparently not far off being as much as Stoke in profit.

Many of Swansea's figures are undisclosed so we can only surmise figures, yet again I doubt there net spend will be above £10-20m net as of yet.

Man City have spent over £70m net this summer already; they'll add more. Manure have spunked money which swings the figures drastically.

Liverpool have again spent big apparently, but after Sterling's departure I can't expect their net spend being too high. Anyone know?

Newcastle have spunked some cash but not overly huge amounts and they've made profits as of late, so that's not unexpected.

Now do not get me wrong, I'm not overly happy with the number of transfers we've made as of yet, however it is not all doom and gloom.

Money wise we're doing as poor as people may suggest. Certain clubs spending (especially at is is gross) is making the figure much larger.

The real acid test is when the window gets up and running properly come late August when clubs being to flex their season ticket cash and TV deal.

If we do not compete then and spend cash, and /or bring more numbers in as others may do, then it is the real time to scrutinise the figures.
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We traditionally don't have a huge turnover in staff or manager and it's one of our strengths but sometimes can be a weakness also.

btw - That's what I thought regarding the other teams. Good breakdown.
 
Regardless of gross or net spend by other clubs we are the smallest players in the transfer window. £4m is probably what we have taken in Shirt,pie & programme sales. So where is the record t.v money being laundered by the clubs' hierarchy?
 
mill said:
I prefer going into the season with low expectations. We are at our best when the fans expectations are low.
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That's very true and it's something I forgot but we do tend to do that. Especially the 2005 and Martinez first season. Come to think of it we don't do too well when we expect to. Like the seasons after. But thinking again the seasons we have done well in we tend to loose a big player that summer. So errrm...
 

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