The Friedkin Group reaches agreement to buy Everton

[HalfTimeSayers]

Random point, but fair play to Shamoon at the BBC; seems Everton has touched him. His first presser was a car crash, and many have been since. Awful questions delivered badly which clearly annoyed Dyche.

He seemingly had some inside new sources throughout last season and wrote some balanced words in amongst all the crap from Matt Hughes etc.

Most recent article about how TFG could change our fortunes is nothing new at all, but has the right amount of reverence and respect for our history, our standing in the game, and the clubs importance to the fans.

 

[Brisan123]

Tiny sliver of optimism creeping in ...

Don’t worry
Everton will stamp out that sliver
Experience tells me so

 

[Dr Baxter]

People are aware they aren’t rich enough for Everton to tick the boxes required to enter the elite and be allowed to win stuff again right?

That's irrelevant. You can't do it that way anymore, in any case. Ask NUFC. The Snidey Six have pulled up the drawbridge.

 

[Drico]

Freidkin trades with those regimes. So your point is moot.

But ok, let's see how fans react to the stadium seat prices and the charges from vendors at the new stadium.

The era of working class attendance at Everton games is going to be hurtling toward an end now.

Whether the point is moot or not is in itself moot. You are the one heralding head-choppers as the ideal future for Everton, so your comedy pantomime opposition to the new shower is performative entertainment. Fair play.

As for decline of working-class attendance, that's the inevitable outcome of this club attempting to compete with its erstwhile peers. Evertonians have a choice: compete or die. Competing will, inevitably, mean higher prices for tickets, etc. Working-class attendance has been in decline around the entire country since the onset of the Premier League. Even the price of a ticket at Everton - what, 58 quid or something - is no longer tailored to "working-class" people. It's a discretionary spend aimed at middle-class wallets. This is the outcome of Philip Carter's breakaway in 1992. We just didn't have the gumption to follow through with our greed and spent 30 years in a sentiment-infused mausoleum rather than doing what we always did: lead and compete.

Either way, we're no longer living in the 1970s. It's a globalised game now - as can be seen by the nationalities of the players on the pitch - and the choice is no longer, sadly, between working-class prices and middle-class prices. It's between the likes of the Friedkins and the head choppers. Pick your poison, but don't pretend some Sheikh is a socialist.

Unless we decide the German model is the way to go - with fan ownership at the forefront. Good luck selling that to Brexit Britain.

 

[badloaf]

Random point, but fair play to Shamoon at the BBC; seems Everton has touched him. His first presser was a car crash, and many have been since. Awful questions delivered badly which clearly annoyed Dyche.

He seemingly had some inside new sources throughout last season and wrote some balanced words in amongst all the crap from Matt Hughes etc.

Most recent article about how TFG could change our fortunes is nothing new at all, but has the right amount of reverence and respect for our history, our standing in the game, and the clubs importance to the fans.

There are certainly far worse culprits to go after than him. He’s making an effort to be fair to us.

 

[KaiserEFC]

That's irrelevant. You can't do it that way anymore, in any case. Ask NUFC. The Snidey Six have pulled up the drawbridge.

My only disagreement would be that it isn’t even a 6 anymore. Otherwise spot on

 

[DualityNSNO]

That's irrelevant. You can't do it that way anymore, in any case. Ask NUFC. The Snidey Six have pulled up the drawbridge.

Making us competitive enough to challenge for the top 6 (or whatever it's called now) and maybe get a few cups along the way and we'll be fine imo.

They probably want us to compete in Europe in some capacity in the next 4-5 years, and the quicker way is either be very good in the league or win a cup of some sort, so...

 

[Toffe3m4n]

People are aware they aren’t rich enough for Everton to tick the boxes required to enter the elite and be allowed to win stuff again right?

I'm genuinely not bothered about having all kinds of money again. I just want a clean slate - new ownership, new stadium, healthy finances & a more ambitious direction in general. Pretty sure like 99% of blues feel the same.

 

[anton66]

Freidkin trades with those regimes. So your point is moot.

But ok, let's see how fans react to the stadium seat prices and the charges from vendors at the new stadium.

The era of working class attendance at Everton games is going to be hurtling toward an end now.

Hopefully a football regulator will not let admission charges escalate for the average supporter.

 

[KaiserEFC]

I'm genuinely not bothered about having all kinds of money again. I just want a clean slate - new ownership, new stadium, healthy finances & a more ambitious direction in general. Pretty sure like 99% of blues feel the same.

Just bring in a board and a footballing hierarchy who aren’t incompetent lunatics and can actually create a positive culture, please

 

[Drico]

I'm genuinely not bothered about having all kinds of money again. I just want a clean slate - new ownership, new stadium, healthy finances & a more ambitious direction in general. Pretty sure like 99% of blues feel the same.

It'd be lovely simply not to be a car crash.

Even sitting mid-table with genuine hopes of making Europe or winning a cup, rather than enduring the nosebleed glass ceiling that we have imposed on ourselves over the last 30 years.

Imagine making a cup semi-final with a manager and team that could genuinely compete for that trophy against any opposition. We're not demanding league titles - but surely we should aspire to winning pots when the chance arises.

 

[milks]

He's done ok but like Kylie I just can't get Beto out of my mind.

How any DoF could think that Beto was the answer suggests that he had no clue what the question was.

I think Beto was the only answer to the question - who can we get now and pay for in 12/24 months time? I also think that given a run of games he could do well; there are plenty of positives about what he does. He's certainly an improvement on many of the forwards we have had over the years.

 

[Thomasc]

Freidkin trades with those regimes. So your point is moot.

But ok, let's see how fans react to the stadium seat prices and the charges from vendors at the new stadium.

The era of working class attendance at Everton games is going to be hurtling toward an end now.

Sorry to break it to you Lenin, but the PL sold out 2 decades ago.

However, your post is once again based on nothing but hysterical, OTT dramatic scenarios which seem to float around in your head on a regular daily basis.

 

[Toffeepot]

I'm genuinely not bothered about having all kinds of money again. I just want a clean slate - new ownership, new stadium, healthy finances & a more ambitious direction in general. Pretty sure like 99% of blues feel the same.

I'd be happy with not hearing FPL players say 'I'm getting player X in coz he's playing Everton next'

That would be a nice start

 

[Dr Baxter]

My only disagreement would be that it isn’t even a 6 anymore. Otherwise spot on

And to think LFC only finally got out of the 2nd Division in the 60's when they scrapped the maximum wage for players.