Shukes

Onana was always a maybe.

18 minutes ago, Newty82 said:

How do you guys get tickets these days? I always struggle...unless I'm leaving it too late?

Join a supporters club mate. I’m in Mid Wales supporters club and get tickets for any match I ask. Brilliant bunch of people as well. 
I live in the midlands as well, so they are no where near me.

I’m back today. Got up here early to see the stadium…. Wow. 
Can’t wait to get inside after a couple of beers first.

11 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

Knowing you, you've sent it to the wrong address.

That could well be true.

Guys if any of you get an email with some wierd pictures of a guy with a Gomes blow up doll…. Could you forward it to Romey please.

I do like him and recognise what he can offer offensively. But he does make me so nervous when he hangs in to the ball. So many times last night he looked like he got away with it by the skin of his teeth. 
 

But on the other hand, he try’s the passes that no one else has the technical ability to try. He should be used for the games we can win.

On 01/04/2024 at 16:29, Romey 1878 said:

I can tell you now, he's not getting in.

'Mericans aren't allowed.

Sent my application in.

Still haven’t received a reply. You must be really busy or something and getting round to it. Ye that must be it.

I look at him and think….. he is a talented player and generally looks our best player. 
Its easy to see why so many other teams are interested in him.

I see him play the same football he does with us, with Belgium. The big difference is their players don’t think the ball is an atom bomb.

I don’t understand why a few of our fans expect him to be an offensive dynamite? It was obvious from his first few weeks here that he was here to replace Gana. His natural state is to sit in front of defence and provide a link up. He won’t go for 50-60m no way.

33 minutes ago, badaids said:

Best everton performance so far today is the fans; in fine voice.

Was just saying that. Not many away teams come to St James Park and outsing their fans. 

Onana off? He’s been our best player.

3 minutes ago, milesey05 said:

I don’t think any player has been shocking imo, Beto probably the worse but he doesn’t stop working hard. 
 

As a team we are shite.

Need 2 up top 2nd half 

I agree here. We haven’t actually been that bad. We’ve had some good moments. 
But there just seems to be something not connecting. 

McNeil is losing the ball every time he touches it.

Beto is working so hard but for all his chasing, has been terrible once on the ball. 
 

Onana is looking really good.

Appreciate that Palfy. Thank you. 
I think I’ll need a bit more than luck though haha. But thank you, a kind word can be inspiring.

On 21/03/2024 at 13:53, Palfy said:

I’m like you I go in at around 30-35% above what I my cost of labour and materials will be, if it’s a big value contract I will be prepared to negotiate and come down to 20-25%, and I will also drop to keep my labour and stop a competitor that I don’t want to get the contract. 
My pretax profit after everything is stripped out is generally around the low to mid 20%, as people who own our own businesses, we try to keep control of our outlay and none productive costs, because it’s our personal income that’s being spent. 
Bigger business do suffer hugely from none prod costs that’s inevitable, to try and control this they take on more management and give them targets to meet with the carrot of bonuses, all of which had to the none prod costs, big isn’t always beautiful the people you have the greater chance the money runs through there fingers, especially for certain industries when there is a financial crisis, and never more so than for the construction industry, and car industry. 

I think I suffered from this when I tried to expand. There was so much more to think about. It destroyed me if I’m honest. I struggled to keep my sanity. 

I Still think larger company’s seem to have so much dead weight though. So much wasted money on jobs that just aren’t needed. But I understand it’s a way of securing budgets for the next year. 
 

Im trying my best to start again and hope that the knowledge I’ve gained helps me out this time. But knowing me…. I’ll do the sale again haha.

On 18/03/2024 at 08:48, Palfy said:

Here’s the last 3 years of Laing O’Rourke accounts. 
2023 turnover £3.6B  Loss £288M

2022 turnover £3.1B   Profit £2.7M

2021  turnover £2.6.   Profit £41.0M

2020. turnover £2.5.   Profit  £46.0M

Laing are the largest construction company in Europe with offices in the Middle East and Australia, where they deliver some of the biggest projects in those countries. 
They explain the biggest reason for their loss in 2023 was the higher than expected rate of material costs, and the increase in labour costs, added by fixed rate contracts on 2 contracts neither which was Bramley more which isn’t fixed as touted by the club to try and make DBB look competent as the CEO. 
You are right about the NHS but remember they are not PLC trying to deliver profits for their shareholders. 
Looking at their Profits and I put 2020 in because in was their best performing year for many years, it doesn’t read any where near your assumptions. 
I would guess that they go in at tender stage of about 20-25% gross on average, and after over heads would be happy with 4-5% net profit and would be ecstatic with anything over that. 
Shukes mate get your CV off to them  if you can deliver them the margins you believe they should be making, they'd make you Commercial Director in an instant

You’re easily fooled mate. Being on this business I would expect more savvy. 
 

Any business has at least 20% over staffed and unneeded administration. After all it’s how people like myself make money. 
 

Great example is the NHS. Their own department will quote them £12k to put in an automated door. Not making this up either, i tendered for the work. 
My quote was £3.5k or thereabouts. I would have still made around 40% gross on that, which again would work out around 12% net. After all the politics, they went with their own department. 
 

This kind of thing happens through all large corps and businesses. 
I know many people that work for Phillips and get paid a good whack. They will still tell you that their job isn’t really needed and that it’s just to fill up the quota of civil engineers the company needs.

Does your company run at 4% net? 
I’ve always been told if it lies beneath 12% then I should think about doing something else haha. 
 

Though mine is very small so I do need to make more of a profit, so that could be where I’m confusing what’s needed. 
 

4% for me is a few quid haha.

4% for Laings could be millions.

8 hours ago, Palfy said:

Shukes you are out by about by miles mate, let’s say the stadium finishes at 800 million and Laings make 60% profit that’s 460 million. 
Laings will make between 8-10% after there Pre-lims have been taken out, which is in the region of 8-10 million EBIT. 

If they do then they are a really poorly run business.

You should he aiming for a minimum of 40% profit which would result in around a 12% net. Anything less would be classed as struggling by any reputable accountancy. 
 

Laings are definitely not struggling.

And don’t be fooled by money paying people that aren’t needed at all. Laings are huge. They have so many administrative posts that are not really needed but help line pockets to keep Corp tax down. It’s easy to fool people into believing things cost a fortune. 
 

a lightbulb for the NHS costs about 15 times as much as we pay ourselves. Is that because it’s a special lightbulb? No it’s because it takes twelve people to order that lightbulb.

The project would have a 60% profit margin at least. They have plenty of room for Inflation.

For anyone trying to understand construction costs, you should go and price pre-fabricated concrete costs. You will question how any build could possibly cost half a billion.

I remember Buckingham palace rewrite costing 175 million. I could have knocked the whole palace down and rebuilt ten of them for that price.

He wasn’t good enough for the premier league. Lots of players score for fun in lower leagues but struggle in the premier league.

Let’s not pretend he has been banging goals in either, he hasn’t. He is on a purple latch at the moment after going a long time not scoring and not getting the team.

The one that hit him in the face and went in was a good goal though. 

Not exactly sure what to make of that.

Weve actually been pretty good. McNeil looking really lively.

But defence has been woeful.

Never heard that word before… but I’m sure it’s something nice haha!

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

Shukes, you called for him to be on the bench so... .

I feel you scour my posts looking for mistakes or a way to take the piss out of me. 
And to be fair you always find something haha.

Shukes have feelings to!

Guys… the whole team were shit today. That was poor no doubt about it. Nothing in the middle at all. 
Onana looks like he is already gone. 
Said it a million times but Garner isn’t a central midfielder, he needs to be on the side of a a three man or put him on the right side and let him put balls in. 
 

Branthwaite was decent, and so was Myko.

2 minutes ago, Sev said:

I believe frustration is the right word for that.

I feel sick mate.  They were poor today and we haven’t taken advantage. Then at the end we’ve thrown the towel in. 
I feel absolutely sick to the stomach.

3 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

What happened? I switched off after garner corner and losing ball. 

Two corners hot straight at the first man, then literally playing the ball to them for the break. I am confused as to what just happened at the end there… fuming and gutted to the core.

That’s absolutely disgusting. Three pathetic mistakes in a row from one player. 
Never saw one person work so hard to fuck up before.

1 minute ago, badaids said:

There’s a lot of people in here, if you’ve got hats, go and take a bite of of them.

Don’t think there will be a single person not happy he scored.

Everton always come before egos.