New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[brieverton]

I’m just hoping the takeover gives the club a kick up the arse. Since the start of 22/23 season we’ve won 15 games at home. That’s 15 out of 44 games up to now. Every transfer window is just another opportunity to sell one of our better players and replace them with substandard signings. The players we do sign are slow, uninspiring and boring to watch. We’re being slowly suffocated. I’m not agreeing with the posts that have said going down wouldn’t be a bad thing, but I can see where they’re coming from. I work with a Leeds season ticket holder and he’s enjoying going to the game. They win most weeks and score loads of goals. Meanwhile we’re in our 4th consecutive season of checking the results of other relegation candidates and wondering if we can scrap to a 1-0 win over Wolves.

I’d love the Friedkin’s to go all out for someone like Conseicao. We need a fresh start with someone who has the ambition to create a team the fans can be proud of and sets the team up to be on the front foot, not looking to grind out 1-0’s or grind out draws. I want them to have the ambition to sign new players who are fast, bold and ambitious- who see Everton as a chance to show what they can do and kick on in their careers, not has beens who see Everton as an easy pay day. This seems like an impossible task at the moment, but the example of teams like Villa should give us grounds for optimism, it can be done, Come on Friedkins. Give us something to believe in.

Agree with all of that except for relegation having in any way a positive side. We can reset as a Premier League club.
If the worst happened, then it would have to be accepted and we try to recover, but let's not go there.

 

[Jacko93]

Nothing you've said is wrong. But is that sacking them because we weren't competing or because we genuinely looked like being relegated?

Because after Koeman, Big Scam cruised to 8th. After Silva, Carlo easily got us away from the relegation zone.

We also didn't really get the bigger picture behind the scenes.

Post Carlo, the drop, money, and PSR came into play where we sacked managers because of genuine fear of relegation.

We did get a bit of behind the scenes. Baz Rathbone gave us an idea of Silvas working environment. He completely shut out anybody other than first team, didn't allow ANYBODY to watch or join in training sessions, his fitness coaches were having ciggies behind the storage containers while the lads were off running. The culture Silva created was by his account, quite a toxic one.

 

[kenada_blue]

We did get a bit of behind the scenes. Baz Rathbone gave us an idea of Silvas working environment. He completely shut out anybody other than first team, didn't allow ANYBODY to watch or join in training sessions, his fitness coaches were having ciggies behind the storage containers while the lads were off running. The culture Silva created was by his account, quite a toxic one.

But yet seems functional at Fulham

 

[Lob]

Would be awesome if we heard something today ahead of tonight's must win game. Just give everyone a bit of a boost knowing that we are almost out of purgatory. Not holding my breath though, just wishful thinking more than anything else.

 

[mahermi1]

Would be awesome if we heard something today ahead of tonight's must win game. Just give everyone a bit of a boost knowing that we are almost out of purgatory. Not holding my breath though, just wishful thinking more than anything else.

Alan Myers said, "he guessed the announcement would appear.... just after the Derby" hmmm.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

The consensus around a lot of the murmurings is that next week (so after the derby) is when we should be hearing something.

 

[Lanolin]

Bit of context for koeman (who I’m glad we sacked but feel people forget the start he had to the season).

He had 8 points from 9 games. (So only 1 point worse than Dyche this season and 1 point more than Dyche last season).

Having played Man City, Chelsea, spurs, man United and Arsenal.

They were the teams that finished 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 the season before. The only other game he lost was to Burnley who actually finished 7th that season.

I didn’t like Koeman but after finishing 7th and losing Lukaku, 9 games with those fixtures looks like a harsh sacking, especially compared to the time given to our managers since.

That also needs to be put into the context that the situation at the club, the finances and the expectations, were a world away from what they are now. It's all very well saying he only had 1 point less than Dyche but this was a side which was expected to be getting into Europe and potentially challenging the top 4. It was a period where Moshiri was telling us we were going to win titles, that we had a short window to do it, that money was no object, and that Koeman was being hired to compete with Klopp, Guardiola and Mourinho. It's not quite the same as the club literally just struggling to stay afloat, having points deducted, and not having any actual board members.

 

[Bryan+]

That was a bad squad, not surprised Howard was on the pop tbf

Everton FC - Detailed squad 97/98

Everton at a glance: The compact squad overview with all players and data in the season 97/98.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

I’m not surprised our fans go to games absolutely stuffed to the gills on coke either at the moment. Maybe bring back the Toffee lady to throw some diazepam to the fans.

 

[Drico]

Agree with all of that except for relegation having in any way a positive side. We can reset as a Premier League club.
If the worst happened, then it would have to be accepted and we try to recover, but let's not go there.

We haven't reset though, have we. Each year we do this, we get told "no, we can't get relegated, it'll kill us, stay up and reset", yet we find ourselves waking up to I Got You Babe, heavy snow, and a chat with Ned Ryerson over and over again.

I do agree that the new owners could indeed change that - but I don't fear relegation any more because if the Friedkins are as good as people claim they are, relegation just means we reset at a lower level and work our way back from the ground up.

Winter continues for six more weeks.

 

[OnlyTheBestIsGoodEnough]

yet we find ourselves waking up to I Got You Babe, heavy snow, and a chat with Ned Ryerson over and over again.

I love that film

 

[brieverton]

The consensus around a lot of the murmurings is that next week (so after the derby) is when we should be hearing something.

I believe independent verification of PL approval is required, so perhaps its at that stage now.

I'd assume TFG have been told its done and just to await completion of the formalities.

We'd all take next week now, so let's hope that's correct.

 

[OnlyTheBestIsGoodEnough]

I believe independent verification of PL approval is required, so perhaps its at that stage now.

I'd assume TFG have been told its done and just to await completion of the formalities.

We'd all take next week now, so let's hope that's correct.

I will take that as well, just let this circus end

 

[Exeter_Gently]

We haven't reset though, have we. Each year we do this, we get told "no, we can't get relegated, it'll kill us, stay up and reset", yet we find ourselves waking up to I Got You Babe, heavy snow, and a chat with Ned Ryerson over and over again.

I do agree that the new owners could indeed change that - but I don't fear relegation any more because if the Friedkins are as good as people claim they are, relegation just means we reset at a lower level and work our way back from the ground up.

Winter continues for six more weeks.

We haven't had the means to reset properly over the past few years for one reason or another.

Next summer could actually be the summer we genuinely have a proper sort out....all obviously down to survival.

 

[Drico]

I love that film

We're living it, it seems.

 

[pfim]

We haven't reset though, have we. Each year we do this, we get told "no, we can't get relegated, it'll kill us, stay up and reset", yet we find ourselves waking up to I Got You Babe, heavy snow, and a chat with Ned Ryerson over and over again.

I do agree that the new owners could indeed change that - but I don't fear relegation any more because if the Friedkins are as good as people claim they are, relegation just means we reset at a lower level and work our way back from the ground up.

Winter continues for six more weeks.

Resetting in the Championship without new ownership would have been catastrophic.

We’re in Punxsutawney because we have no cash.