6 + 2 Point Deductions

[Simon Buttle]

spending 20 mil on ben godfrey got us in this position

there was just no need

he doesn't even play

he's been replaced by a 1 mil signing from Carlisle

More than anything it's been giving excessive wages to average players who when it doesn't work out (like Godfrey) we can't sell them because no other club is going to pay them those wages, and tbf that player is under a contract so why should they leave. For me no player at EFC should be on £100k or more per week and we still have about 7 (we have had more) Also even when we had the USM sponsorship we were still pushing far too high in terms of wages, it gave us a revenue of about £220-230m per season and we need to be closer to about £250m.

 

[Furey1878]

spending 20 mil on ben godfrey got us in this position

there was just no need

he doesn't even play

he's been replaced by a 1 mil signing from Carlisle

Easy to say that mate but he was a regular under Carlo in that season. Long covid has clearly impacted him also.

Bottom line is that he isn't good enough for us now but at one time there was a player in there and he has had some misfortune.

 

[Caso01]

i saw one comment say this is what we deserve after spending 40 mil on dele alli

lol

Ridiculous.
Everyone knows he’s only on loan

 

[stamullenblue]

Less than the inflated number we put on the balance sheet. I still don't think he was worth even the money we sold him for never mind £20m more

He was worth more at the time though based on market value and either way we got shafted by levy again

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Finally talking about the regulator and I'm due in a meeting now lol

 

[ToffeeTim]

i saw one comment say this is what we deserve after spending 40 mil on dele alli

lol

To be honest there is so much poor reporting in the media that I can understand why people don't fully understand everything. There were lots of reports at the time on that deal that just used the £40m total and gave none of the other important information or context.

But it's the people on social media who just keep shouting "YOU CHEATED" that wind me up. Go and do some proper research, or look up the meaning of the word cheated.

 

[arch stanton]

I'm an Everton fan you muppet!

you can see the confusion as lots of our friends from across the park come on here pretending to be toffees, and they often have blue in their username to 'prove' they aren't a RS. An almost undetectable plan.

 

[efcfanwirral]

Easy to say that mate but he was a regular under Carlo in that season. Long covid has clearly impacted him also.

Bottom line is that he isn't good enough for us now but at one time there was a player in there and he has had some misfortune.

yeah he was exactly the type of signing that should've been made. That fact it didn't work out for various factors doesn't mean it wasn't a bad signing.

Also, if its true that Newcastle want him its an indicator that there is a chance his career can be put back on track. They saw something in Gordon and its working out

 

[Cameron Manning]

I'm just guessing like everyone else. Not gonna enter discussions on legalities and accountancy. Plus it's out of my hands. And we're Everton, when is the news ever good?

You said it better with ‘ let’s see what happens’ and leave it that!

 

[MACCA75]

Am I right that 2 different panels will be appointed to judge on Forest and Everton? As that seems ludicrous also.

 

[Lob]

I’m sorry but he is just a different cheek to the same a**e.
He’s been involved in the PL since 1992 and if he was sitting in Masters seat he would be arguing black was white to suit his own and PLs agenda.

Oh…he’s a Kopite as well.

It was a tongue and cheek comment mainly pointing towards the fact that Masters is acting like a devious snake whereas Parry is at least trying to give straight responses. All i want is external oversight with an independent regulator no matter who is in charge. The PL is completely out of control.

 

[bcblue1878]

Yes and they changed the rules to 5 years because of this

So nothing will ever be done about it

And along similiar lines the Profit and Sustainability rules are expected to be changed in August. Possibly will mean that “guilty” now under the current rules may well be innocent in September!
Potentially we could be relegated on the back of rules that are so flawed now that they require changing !

 

[kenada_blue]

Mate if mine said "Again? For the same thing? Surely the 10 points covers the lot and they should move on? They've proved a point"

Sensible if you ask me. You get 9 for administration...and you don't tend to fall into that again lol

 

[NathDogg]

Sick of certain fans/clubs parroting on about city 115 charges not getting heard before us.

We all know those fans and clubs only want to see city battered even more harshly than we have been, and to take any potential trophies off them ( never happen in a minion years but keep dreaming).

They don’t care about Everton, Notts Forest or any other club and how unfairly we’ve been treated for building a brand new stadium during covid and brexit, or for Forest for just trying to be competitive in the premier league after promotion or how badly FFP and P&S is for any club outside of the cartel. Keep our clubs name out of your filthy mouths if you only want us to be used as a stick to beat city with.

I heard this morning on talkshite, MCoist and Townsend giving forest stick for not selling Johnson on the cheap, at £15 million less than they eventually got, to spurs just to comply with these broken, rigged rules - unbelievable nonsense and exactly what’s wrong with this bastardised version of football.

 

[gwladysnight]

We argued that's what we're over by. The PL disagreed.

Rumour is we're over this by £9mill too.

The thing is at the pre-trial hearing we admitted even with both the Stadium interest and Transfer levy we were still over by £7.9m.

37. At the pre-trial review on 4 October 2023 both parties were given permission
to amend their pleaded cases. In its Amended Answer Everton admitted it
had abandoned its claim to be entitled to many of the additional exclusions
that it had advanced in its PSR calculation, and accepted that it had exceeded
the PSR threshold. Maintaining its entitlement to exclude the Transfer Levy
and the pre-planning stadium interest adjustment, Everton argued that its
breach of the PSR threshold was £7.9 million. It further maintained that it
was entitled to substantial mitigation. The Premier League challenged
Everton’s case in its Amended Reply. It rejected the claimed entitlement to
the additional exclusions, and rejected the claimed mitigation, arguing
instead that the reality was that there were aggravating factors. It put
Everton’s breach of the PSR threshold at £124.5 million.