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distin hasnt been brilliant the last few weeks, but hes still been better than yobo the clown. i still think he's a decent signing.

i didnt say he was worth 18m, i said you wouldnt get him for less than that. Sunderland have a wealthy backer, so dont need the money, and he is their best player. so why would they sell him for little money? they paid £6m and he has been brilliant for them. probably get parker for 6-8m, cant see him looking to move unless west ham go down. his last two moves were terrible and now hes settled hes playing well again.

im drowning in pessimism!

wouldnt get Cattermole for anything less than about £18m now. before he got injured he was Sunderlands best player, and they dont exactly need the cash.

yobo hasnt travelled, now distin is out. maybe rodwell and hibbo at the back? not good edit; seems rodwell is still a doubt. Shane Duffy and Shkodran Mustafi both travelled, plus hibbo. bad bad times. edit2; looking at the training pictures, Duffy is a man mountain, he looks huge next to most of our team! (Pienaar may be in trouble, pictured in Nike flip flops, may cost him his Adidas deal)

come off the platform, through the ticket check, turn right, walk out the door, step into the black cab at the front of the que, just ask politely to take you to goodison park. job done. easiest way for a first timer imo

his determination and agression in his play was much better, could see the frustration in him, i like to see that in a player, shows his will to win. if he keeps that up he'll show us why we paid all that money

i went for Felli, was an all round good midfield game from him. great close control, determination and in the second half he really came out fighting and pulled his team mates with him. everyone played well, if Billy scores that sitter then its a different game and we may well be sat here saying its the best derby win since the 3-0, but it was defo the best i've seen us play in a derby, just one thing missing. ah well.

if they knocked down the park end and rebuilt that first, the capacity would be 32,000. if it was built quite big, we would not have to go below this figure at anytime. as soon as it is open the cost of season tickets in the park end would cost more and the corps could go in there at a higher cost too.

as his latest interview says hes looking for investment, not a buyer. i think no, but went for unsure as i dont really give a shit anymore, he will do what he likes anyway, and he likes being the boss.

Redknapp? with defoe, keane, pav and crouch, would they need him?

no one will buy a player just after being out for 9 months.

damn good point, i hope they havent fucked themselves up even more. i just live in hope that now Wyness' crap idea is out of the window, Elstone pulls a rabbit out of the hat. I've backed him all along, i hope he comes through! at least something came good from today anyway!

i agree with a lot of what he says in round 3. and in reaction to the last question, we dont need a billionaire, just a millionaire to steady the ship and let us run as a club on our own from scratch, which out reaching for the stars. in my opinion anyway.

i think its because we wear the latin on our badge that makes us want better mike. but that second paragraph is a very very good point. its still a no from me.

who signed the forms?

made me chuckle

ok, so your facts say that our turnover is 75m and our debt is 39m. the facts that matter to me is that we make a loss every year, and every time that happens we increase our debt. its not like were spending the money on transfers because we tend to spend about £3m a year after player sales. im happy to agree to disagree (offering my hand to shake on it) but i dont see how you dont see our financial situation as worrying and stil think we are manageable.

Villa Sunderland and Spurs all have wealthy backers, their debts are not in any danger. what happened to Leeds did not happen to Newcastle. do you remember what happened to Leeds? they spent so much and then had to sell it all for a loss and still pay wage compo to half of the players. Newcastle did not have to sell and still do not have the financial problems of Leeds. Liverpool can sell up within weeks if their owners would let the club go. im not saying BK should spend, hes borrowed so much im suprised we can still get any sort of finance (it help when uncle Phil says please) im happy to agree to disagree, as i said previously, most of your arguments were unfounded when you didnt know the club was so badly in debt, just appeared to me that you were making lots of assumptions. im sure BKs reputation will be set in stone one day, but not a day soon enough for me.

im not being funny, but im not here to do the maths for you. pur debt has increase over the past six years, and our assets have also decreased, which is also a massive problem as we have used up pretty much all of our liquidity apart from the playing staff. you can either go and work it out, or not. its upto you mate, i know my reasons for my opinions, but it seems your opinions are based off BK being a nice guy and us having less debt than united liverpool and arsenal. i dont need to keep backing up my opinion, but educating yourself on the issues before posting may be useful.

not one of our shareholders has invested a penny in the club. Elstone laid that one out on the table in public. the money they spent was to buy the shares and nothing else at all. you might not know the situation, i do. anyone who does understand the figures and has taken the time to read them knows our situation has become worse year on year. it sort of levelled out when Rooney was sold. just because you might not know the situation, dont think other people dont too. i'm not saying i think that, but a lot of his comments about the lack of transfer fund would make lots of people think he hisnt happy with the situation.

the other clubs who have big debts, like liverpool and united far exceed out income so can manage better. the other clubs who have big debts have been in trouble, the likes of pompy and west ham. it cant go on forever. i think the kitbag deal is good in terms of the club shops and online store. but it is disappointing when fulham get a better deal, but all round im happy with that. i think elstone done well to get that deal in a relatively small amount of time. we have moved in the right direction in terms of the commercial aspect, but we are still falling behind the other clubs around us.

i may be able to sort that out

im in danger of sounding like a real PJ fan, but we havent got 2 new shops. PJ opened the one at goodison (and still rents the shop to EFC) and the other shop was opened and run by Kitbag, but i'll give you that one. do not try to make the Tesco/Knowsley stump up for the ground as a positive argument. and if you do think Tesco are paying for this, please read the open letter by Terry himself on evertonfc.com i think you miss a lot of the fear we have. its not a case of wanting success now, im scared of losing the club completely. we are in massive debt, people always say not as much as the big boys, but they bring in a lot more cash to cover them. we are on the brink! we have sold everything we own apart from GP (and bellefield but with no PP we wont sell it to anybody) i just want someone to come in who can stabilise the club, not arsed about buying all the worlds stars, just let us run from scratch again, that would give us a transfer budget of £15m+ each summer. maybe even buy back finch farm. but just to make us safe is priority number one for me. oh my god, you dont even look into any of this before posting. anybody can go and find the company accounts, they are clear for anyone to see. we have increased debt year on year.

i like him as a bloke, i dont think hes out to line his own pockets, and i do believe hes looking for investment. But i dont think for one minute he'll find investment, i think finding a buyer for the club is more likely than finding someone to back him running the club. If you had the money would you back someone with no proven business track record? thats my only current gripe, the others are in the past and will just upset me.