Quinn31

Zero chance of Pochettino. He's tempting United to sack Solskjaer. Otherwise, he'll wait for that job, or perhaps entertain Arsenal or tempt Bayern. Real Madrid are never too long from a managerial vacancy either....

Great business minus centerback, which could prove to be scary.

Completely reliant on Keane continuing good form and Mina coming good, both of which are shaky. After that, thinking about the cover behind them is just frightening.

Glad he's gone if for no reason other than not having to one of our players referred to as "Pickles".

On 29/05/2019 at 05:15, Shukes said:

Best for him to be fair. Reminds of Duffy a lot, old fashioned strong no nonsense type. 

But we need more for our level. Wish him the best though.

This. This isn'tt his level. I'm sure he will make a good Championship defender and he should find a side sooner rather than later, and we shouldn't pin false hopes that he's the answer.

The path to Champions League, or Top 6, starts with a European ban and/or transfer ban to one or more of the big 6.

19 hours ago, StevO said:

I am aware we are behind the top six, but we are not the paupers you make us out to be either. I did not make us out to be paupers, however I will and have noted that we are closer to the likes of Leicester, West Ham, Southampton financially than we are the top six. 

Congratulations on your unique expertise though.  I’m sure you’re the only member of the site who works in your field, and so successfully at that. You can be TT’s very own Gordon Gecko! Awesome! 

Gordon Gekko? A bit of a silly reference there. You know, I'd be more than happy to accept or at least appreciate the view of someone with medical experience relating to player injuries on this board, as I generally trust experts. However, it would seem you're the type of guy who lectures his own doctor.

In seriousness, apart from one comment in one post where you are a self proclaimed expert, why would I have appreciation for your professional background? I could tell you my job is absolutely anything, that doesn’t need to be the end of the debate, and you wouldn’t have to believe me. We don’t agree, it doesn’t matter. I wish you nothing but luck in your career regardless. I'd be more than happy to see your analysis of Everton's annual accounts. My point still stands that our club earns ~60% of the annual revenue that Spurs does, which essentially  significantly limits our buying power in the transfer market relative to the big six. 

Hi Stev0, comments provided above. 

On 03/04/2019 at 15:06, StevO said:

I don’t care if you’re a financial professional or not, Teressa May is a professional politician, you might be shit at your job too. 

I guess we are broke and can’t afford to spend the kind of money we have managed to spend in recent seasons, we aren’t better off with the improved terms we have from the financial institutions the club have now and we don’t benefit from the lack of huge interest payment that we used to pay, we didn’t get increased sponsorship deals for the shirt, the sleeve or the training ground. 

Like any other rich owner out there, he will still find ways to get money in the club. I’m pretty sure it’s no coincidence he keeps buying up more and more shares. 

Your hyperbolic reaction and non-appreciation for my background (that gives me unique expertise here) aside, my original point that we are still miles off Spurs, the least financially strong of the "big six", stands whether you're capable of comprehending that or not.

On 28/03/2019 at 08:07, StevO said:

You know we have a billionaire owner who is still putting money in right? 

Right... Moshiri is worth ~$1.5 billion - he can't bankroll us, or wouldn't be wise to, to keep up with the likes of Spurs or City. We'd also be in violation of financial fair play, but please feel free to debate me, a finance professional, on this.

On 11/01/2019 at 16:52, StevO said:

Quinn we have plenty of financial clout. But it’s not like can’t afford to pay £100m to buy Griezman, it’s that we can’t attract a player of that value in the first place. 

2017-2018 Turnover:

City:  470m pounds

Spurs: > 300m pounds

Everton: ~170m pounds

5 hours ago, Matt said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46984229

Good post - I work in aviation and saw this quote and was going to post it but you beat me to it!

Aerospace is one of the few manufacturing industries where the UK (and the US...) still have a leading presence. 

We don't have anywhere near the financial clout of Spurs, much less City.

Is the Den/Millwall fans still as.... rough and tumble as their reputation?

4 hours ago, aaron said:

Being drunk and swearing doesn't really warrant being arrested though does it, that's my point. My issue is it seems very backwards that a country will openly allow machine guns to be bought but gets overly sensitive to drunken swearing by arresting someone. Christ I'd have a whole filling cabinet if I was arrested everytime I've said a swear word when intoxicated. The story defo carries more weight here because of who he is, arguably the biggest name England have every produced and he's in trouble, again (although this time I have major sympathy for him). 

My big problem in this country is that we hold our celebrities and athletes to higher standards of personal conduct than we do our leaders.... Seriously, leave Rooney alone folks. 

On 22/12/2018 at 10:51, Aidan said:

Love this bloke. A credit to any team he's played for and an absolute gentleman. Won't ever forget about his kindness towards others. We were lucky to have him here.

Not sure what his post retirement plans are, but could he be a good fit to work for Everton in the Community? If he's truly passionate about philanthropy, I would love to enable him to do so through our club. The work any club does in the community would be amplified if they had an ex-player involved on a day to day level, as it would probably garner more attention from fans and the media.

Think it will be an iconic stadium and in a way, we're lucky to have seen others make mistakes (West Ham) so we can ensure that the new design isn'tt a total atrocity. 

I think a jump from 39.2k straight to 60 would've been a bit ambitious - remember, the club is taking a financial risk by doing this and we don't want to be burdened with an oversized stadium we can't fill up and need the city of Liverpool to bail us out. Also, the marginal revenue from those last 10K seats are less than the previous 10k before it and they are likely to be "worse" seats. I probably would've preferred slightly large but it's nice to know we can expand if need be. I'm now itching to see some renderings!

I declare myself winner of all awards. Mission Accomplished.

22 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

I hope we see more of him for us next season. 

Agreed. Think he'd really help Unsworth's team.

22 hours ago, markjazzbassist said:

not with trump, you're a criminal and a rapist since you're a foreigner according to him

"When England is sending us their people, they're not sending us there best and brightest! They're sending us rapists and murderers and football forum commenters! These people have serious mental problems, like supporting Everton!" - Donald Trump on the 2016 campaign trail

10 hours ago, MikeO said:

We're playing the US so similar level to them.

Nice one... ass

You've officially stung we butthurt Yanks on here 

On 03/11/2018 at 16:14, Palfy said:

He could surprise a lot of people. 

I think he could do well with top players... if he can win over the dressing room and not have them treat him like a clown. Real Madrid's dressing room has to be the biggest bunch of egomaniacs in football... 

7 hours ago, Matt said:

Are you sure about that last bit?

  Cool it Matt! I like you!

On 30/10/2018 at 11:45, markjazzbassist said:

good point so have the cowboys, they can't win a playoff game, are intolerable, and are all about making money.  apt.

They exaggerate a bit - They are Texas' team, which, thankfully, is not a representation of the rest of our nation 

Wish he'd keep his mouth shut while he's still on contract to us. I believe he's a diva, but it's just kinda who he is. He's just going to fuss if he isn'tt playing. Better than someone like Shaun Wright-Phillips or Scott Sinclair who'd rather collect a huge paycheck and not play.

4 hours ago, hafnia said:

The broken leg will have done him the world of good....  quite simply cos it stopped dickhead managers playing him when fatigued or not quite recovered which has happened continuously since 2014...

Hopefully his body has had a chance to rest and recover.  Very easy to dismiss him as injury prone - he's been medically mismanaged and it started with Martinez. 

For anyone who needs to understand the Ireland situation you only need to see the fallout with Walters and Keane over injuries. 

Amazing that man is allowed anywhere near a senior international team.... Or an amateur team... or a Sunday League team.