Wasting Money...

[catcherintherye]

It’s what we do with our wages in application mate, we have Gomes, Yerry and before that Bernard on more money then Richarlison, who has contributed significantly more.

Even in Jan we brought in Dele and VDB with reported 100k weekly wages, again Richarlison contributed significantly more.

When you look what our highest earners take Vs contribution, it’s not great or value.

Yes.

Our biggest issue over the last 5 years has been getting away from contracts. Too long, and too much money offered essentially.

 

[Neiler]

Yes.

Our biggest issue over the last 5 years has been getting away from contracts. Too long, and too much money offered essentially.

The above examples I think that’s what’s wrong at the club mate, much glitz but not much substance is what we’ve thrown money at, two Barca players, a Brazilian playmaker and a Playmaker built in the Ajax academy, Dele who has been the Golfon boy of English football, we’ve been taken in by image, glitz and hype or perhaps an insecurity to be like the “big boys”. We’ve thrown and wasted so much with this bias in our thought process.

But ultimately a kid from Watford from the wrong side of the tracks in Brazil and a hungry ginger kid from down the road were the catalysts for our survival team this season.

This is the problem at Everton, pound for pound under Brands we handed out some horrifically bad contracts - whatever you think of the signings - the contracts were criminal, when you look at contribution delivered, before you look at the Delphs and Gbamin’s of this world.

We waste so much money on lads that don’t contribute enough and don’t look after the ones that do in comparison.

 

[kiss the crest]

JJK says Hi

 

[CielosGrises]

JJK probably costs us a tenth of a Delph and plays ten time more.

Tosun, Salomon, Delph, Mina, Alli, El Ghazi, VDB - money down the drain really.

 

[4737carlin]

JJK probably costs us a tenth of a Delph and plays ten time more.

Tosun, Salomon, Delph, Mina, Alli, El Ghazi, VDB - money down the drain really.

I think Ali is for next season

 

[CielosGrises]

I think Ali is for next season

I mean, I hope Ali and Mina contribute as they can be great players. And Mina has played a bit so perhaps a bit harsh on him compared to others.

 

[CielosGrises]

Moyes was great at value - we've been pretty profligate since.

I didn't mind so much looking to Barcelona - it was Sigurdsson, Bolasie, Keane, Tosun - really odd overpriced signings.

 

[CielosGrises]

I saw a poster calling 20m signings 'cheap' recently - we seem to have lost perspective somewhere along the way. A 20m signing has to have a very high chance of success - get 5 of those wrong at our level and you are stuffed for many seasons.

 

[Toffeelover]

Wanted to look at our player trading activity since Moshiri took over in 2016 to understand the extent of our squad investment. It didn't make for great reading.

I've analysed 33 player purchases of which only 17 remain at the club in some capacity (14 in the squad this season).

Of the 16 players who left the club, we actually made a profit on 6 of them in the region of £59m.

However, for the other 10 departing players, we made some substantial losses to the tune of £169m.

Now, this is likely not news to anyone - but when looking at the other 17 signings made under Moshiri who are still at the club, there are 7 players whose value has decreased in their time with the club (arguably more depending on how our new signings fare in the coming seasons):

Player	Value Change
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	PROFIT
Jordan Pickford	PROFIT
Michael Keane	LOSS
Yerry Mina	LOSS
Richarlison	PROFIT
Jarrad Branthwaite	PROFIT
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	LOSS
Moise Kean	PROFIT
Alex Iwobi	LOSS
Andre Gomes	LOSS
Niels Nkounkou	PROFIT
Abdoulaye Doucoure	LOSS
Allan	LOSS
Ben Godfrey	PROFIT
Demarai Gray	PROFIT
Nathan Patterson	PROFIT
Vitaliy Mykolenko	PROFIT

One shining light is that our recent signings in Godfrey, Gray, Patterson, Mykolenko seem astute in that they are young and based on fees paid could absolutely turn a profit - it's crucial we continue on this same initiative with our future signings to ensure we get a balance of youth at reasonable prices who provide re-sale value along with an experienced head or two on a free like Townsend who can do a job for us.

Full breakdown in the image attached - keen to hear your thoughts on our wasted money and what we can do to turn it around!?

Need to stop buying other clubs Past Its only adds to our deadwood.

 

[Yarrgh]

Appoint Zat and the big oil as directors of football . Champions league winners within 3 years with a 150 million profit on transfers.
Easy game

Yeah but imagine bring the secretary having to type up the minutes of their monthly meetings.

 

[chippy1722]

JJK probably costs us a tenth of a Delph and plays ten time more.

Tosun, Salomon, Delph, Mina, Alli, El Ghazi, VDB - money down the drain really.

I’d say JJK is defo one of the lowest earners at the club. Branthwaites probably not far off him.