Recent content by Eggsyblueskin

I think that is the point. It’s impossible to argue that Everton and Roma do not share the same ownership. It is a blight that has been allowed to spread through football and is definitely against the spirit of competition. It is not a problem for us currently, but potentially could be in the...

I think it has always been a second rate competition since its inception. Its high point was around the time we met the RS in the final . Its main purpose nowadays is to allow the PL clubs to give their reserves a run out . And it is usually won at a canter by one of the top six. It would still...

I think you need to get out more 😁

The racism still exists , and can still be heard just not chanted but muttered. Homophobic abuse was , however , shouted at him frequently, and not all by older fans either. We aren’t as special as we sometimes like to think.

I think he just wanted to get away from the abuse he has suffered at times here. Like most English clubs, we have a toxic underbelly amongst our supporters and he became a convenient target for these cerebrally challenged lowlifes at times. They are probably the same people that chanted the ‘...

I think , like the owners of most clubs , it is the prestige of competing at the highest level of European football that is the aim. Currently this is more likely to be achieved with Roma . Ultimately we are governed by a corporate entity now and our aims and aspirations are subject to the aims...

This thread acts as powerful indicator of whether anything of interest has occurred in the world of Everton. The higher it sits the less likely anything of substance is being discussed.

Actually the excerpt you posted above labels it as a ‘Sea Ballad ‘ which is quite different to a ‘Sea Shanty’. Just to reiterate , a Shanty is a work song utilising the call and response structure from West Africa. Sorry to be pedantic 😁

Minor correction. ‘Johnny Todd ‘ isn’t a sea shanty , it’s a folk song that was peculiar to Liverpool . Sea Shanties are work songs that evolved from the call and reply songs sung by African sailors and dock workers in the colonies . Carry on !😁

The all powerful manager who dictates the style , direction and purchasing of the club ? (Plus pockets a few backhanders in the transfer window , no doubt .) Then the manager fails so you have to replace him and are faced with either continuing with the failed style of play , or going in a...

Absolutely agree with everything you say here. However the slightly unpalatable fact remains that the RS are far more valuable to our city. It should also be remembered that our council , like all Northern cities, has been largely starved of money and investment. The disparity between what has...

I’m not sure that is strictly true . However it is worth remembering that our lovable neighbours are worth a significant amount more to our City than ourselves. Both in terms of bringing money into the city on matchdays and in terms of advertising the City worldwide and acting as a significant...

To be fair adding more carriages to existing services isn’t providing extra trains just extra capacity. It’s something Merseyrail have always done during periods of heavy use .

The manager should serve the long term vision of the club. Managers are always temporary , they either fail to achieve targets or succeed well enough to be offered a better job elsewhere. The manager serves the club , not the other way around. We have seen how relying on managers exclusively for...

The only problem with this reasoning is what happens when after getting through half a season and still not being guaranteed a place in the World Cup squad ? Do such former Billy big b’s still give a flying one about Everton when their World Cup dreams fade? I’m not so sure .