Yeah, the whole thing is a cynical black box, especially when you factor in the Seat Unique stuff.
I think Everton need to clearly set out the way the process works behind the scenes.
Yes, and that first ballot has been over-subscribed by roughly 3 to 1, according to the poll on this thread:
https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/villa-ballot.122422/
I mean, I could listen to Internet conspiracy cranks such as yourself on this - because you're directly plugged into the truth grid, after all - but I think on balance I'll go with the manager of the team.
Yeah, that ought to close that particular conspiratorial avenue (though, of course, it won't).
It seemed pretty straightforward to me.
We're not signing the players we want because they want European football.