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The Everton Board Thread

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Having the summer we expected given we have the guy who makes the tea as the CEO and the cleaner as head of finance.
 
I acknowledge we are more demanding fans than Brighton(for now) but it doesn't mean we can't find the bargains they do. Our reliance on other clubs to do our scouting, take the chance and prove a player are a 'safe bet'(which clearly wasnt true) is costing us financially and stylistically, and is no excuse for dropping morals when a few extra shillings can be made.
We can save the money by being smart in the transfer market.
So many stupid decisions by this club of late
They plan 2 years ahead with every player though which is key. Every player in their first team has an equally talented 17-19 year old coming through behind them. These younger lads are usually on loan somewhere (previously it was Union SG in Belgium which was Blooms other club but he has sold his controlling stake now) This allows them to see if the youngster is going to be able to make the step up into competitive football and gain some matchday experience then they come back and transition into the first team when their first team player has been sold on. In terms of finding the talent in the first place, well they tend to stay out of the 5 'top tier' leagues and seem to focus on the top youngsters in that tier 2 and tier 3 leagues so places like Scandinavia and the smaller South American countries or Asia, places the bigger clubs don't tend to focus on and they are prepared to play the long game with it and take risks (hence thinking 2 years ahead to cover themselves)
 
They plan 2 years ahead with every player though which is key. Every player in their first team has an equally talented 17-19 year old coming through behind them. These younger lads are usually on loan somewhere (previously it was Union SG in Belgium which was Blooms other club but he has sold his controlling stake now) This allows them to see if the youngster is going to be able to make the step up into competitive football and gain some matchday experience then they come back and transition into the first team when their first team player has been sold on. In terms of finding the talent in the first place, well they tend to stay out of the 5 'top tier' leagues and seem to focus on the top youngsters in that tier 2 and tier 3 leagues so places like Scandinavia and the smaller South American countries or Asia, places the bigger clubs don't tend to focus on and they are prepared to play the long game with it and take risks (hence thinking 2 years ahead to cover themselves)
exactly
But we seem to be too far up our own backsides to do the same
 
No one will argue with you that the club have made stupid decisions and been badly run. The problem is though now we are like this there is no magic bullet to pull us out.

The first thing we must try to do is keep a manager for starters the whole season and ideally a few. Using Maupay as an example, he was Lampard's player who may have had a grand plan to build a team more to his strengths but doesn't at all fit into a Dyche side. Vice versa with Doucoure despite being bought even earlier by someone else. Until you build a settled team who know each others game inside out and not having a strop that the manager who signed them has been booted several months later will we stop building this collection of misfits. With that every pound helps and had we 5 or so million less to spend due to our sponsorship deal would probably mean an Iwobi would have to be jettisoned for nothing just to clear that from the wage bill or Pickford/Onana having to leave.

Individually our players are better than they are showing and if they were at other clubs that have a bit more confidence collectively they would probably look okay. Not world beaters but similar to other players that populate sound mid table sides.
Keeping a manager longer term is key for sure, they might feel more comfortable giving academy players a run too as a result
Building a long term structure all round is key
Iwobi should be sold now as he is not resigning and has 1 year left, but we won't, we'll waste more money and then use it to justify other things like that sponsor
While I agree every penny counts, we need to draw the line somewhere
When Sportpesa refused to implement measures to help combat extreme gambling and we broke the sponsorship deal it was a moment to be proud of the club, something we rarely get these days. They undid it because they can't do the other basics that other clubs do right
 
Even with modest expectations and a modest budget, in a global market it's hard to accept that there aren't available players who would improve us. It isn't hard to improve on the last two seasons and most people would gladly accept being 2 or 3 wins clear of the drop zone by next May. If there is money available bidding on Toure then that can't be allowed to disappear into the ether. It has to be used to improve the team.

The bar gets lower each season and still they contrive to crawl under it. It is becoming impossible to get behind the club in these circumstances when they seem insistent on not doing things to alleviate the situation, and look to make it worse still.

I have no burning desire to see the likes of Iheanacho here but he's better than what we've got if that's the standard now. They have to start getting forwards in. For God's sake give us a fighting chance at least.
 


Sadly there has been no change in those responsible for transfers (the not-so-dynamic duo) and obviously no change in the modus operandi either.

Loads of bogus transfer links fed to compliant media by Billy Liar for gullible fans to take in. Little or no money spent and still no striker for at least the third year running.

New Board desperately needed

Groundhog Day indeed.
 

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