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The Friedkin Group reaches agreement to buy Everton

What do we reckon?

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    Votes: 772 71.8%
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    Votes: 264 24.6%
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    Votes: 39 3.6%

  • Total voters
    1,075
The biggest thing this takeover will do is provide stability.

We need a board who will see Everton as the club we all know we can be.

From day one, we need a board appointed and a forensic look from top to bottom. Question marks over Dyche and Thelwell will remain because of their recent issues but we had NO BOARD and they kept this club afloat despite the bad times. IF they pull the trigger on sacking Dyche, they must have a manager in who Thelwell has identified will take this club further.

Personally I think we need a new manager to start this revolution and a manager who connects to the club. I don't want Moyes or Carsley by the way, but a man who is forward thinking, attack minded and passionate about Everton. Our manager has to link the dressing room and the fans with an identity and belief in winning games.

We need to create our identity for day one. As a club we are historically successful but 30 years without a trophy is unacceptable so this needs to be addressed. We can't keep looking back and thinking we are a Big Club, we are not but with time and building the right relationships we can.

January Window is a perfect opportunity for the club to jumpstart the rest of the season. We could find ourselves near the bottom, daylight from the bottom 3 and still in the FA Cup or on the cusp on top 10, a great window would boost the team and the final season at Goodison, we could finish strong and make this season memorable.

More long term, commercially, we are woeful. From kit deals, sponsorship to social media, we are operating as a family shop while others are global businesses. We missed out on boat to reach new markets while we had players like Cahill, Howard, Pienaar and James. It's this short term, small gains thinking which has hamstrung us for decades.

We have green roots of a team and a stadium which will be the backbone of reawakening Everton.

COYB!
 

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