Are Everton Still A Big Club ?

[thebluefox]

a big club does not have to sell its best players every year

 

[Del]

a big club does not have to sell its best players every year

Correct

 

[Brennan]

I think I may have to draw up a sig strip for that one.

"Basel - a club that hasn't even won the Swiss league more often than it's domestic rivals and whose club legend is Scott Chipperfield - are a bigger club than Everton."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Nice try, but i didn't say they were bigger, they would clearly get into a European super league ahead of Everton, who have never even reached the Champions League proper since it's inception.

 

[Azzurri]

Ajax sell their best players every season and have done for at least 10 years. They're still a huge club.

 

[Del]

Ajax sell their best players every season and have done for at least 10 years. They're still a huge club.

Huge in there country maybe but not in europe

Top players leave there not join them, Plus when is the last time they did anything of notice outside of there league,I think there last cup win in europe was 95

 

[Pabbers]

Huge in there country maybe but not in europe

Top players leave there not join them, Plus when is the last time they did anything of notice outside of there league,I think there last cup win in europe was 95

They are a big club, without question.

So, back to my point really, Its not about being a BIG club, its a bout being a RICH club.

Holland has a wage cap, and prefer to build teams through local talent, AND overseas youth. By using this method, that does not make them any less a big club IMO.

C

 

[Azzurri]

Huge in there country maybe but not in europe

Top players leave there not join them, Plus when is the last time they did anything of notice outside of there league,I think there last cup win in europe was 95

Yeah but there's loads of ways of looking at size. I know they haven't done much in Europe but I was just thinking of the prestige their name carries. Leeds are bigger than Swansea, for example.

But anyway *screams due to fear of going off topic* EVERTON BIG SMALL LITTLE HUGE MONEY TROPHIES YEAH.

 

[peteblue]

No, but we are still a Great Club......

 

[Philw]

Nice try, but i didn't say they were bigger, they would clearly get into a European super league ahead of Everton, who have never even reached the Champions League proper since it's inception.

Based on what grounds? Their European record is haradly great, this season aside. They have been the best team in Switzerland for the last 4/5 years, but so what, and they're hardly breathing down Man U/RM/Barca's necks on the Rich Lists...

 

[davids]

Who are they?

Relegated

 

[Leonard Rossiter]

to me, there is no bigger club than Everton, just "other" clubs.

 

[davids]

Our manager doesn't think so, that's why 40 points is usually our first target.

Isn't that true for the majority of the Prem though?

 

[Brennan]

Based on what grounds? Their European record is haradly great, this season aside. They have been the best team in Switzerland for the last 4/5 years, but so what, and they're hardly breathing down Man U/RM/Barca's necks on the Rich Lists...

Swiss League: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Swiss Cup: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010

They haven't lit Europe alight but they've done far more than we have, and have done far more to deserve entry to a European super league than we have.

Hardly any teams are breathing down those three when it comes to the rich list, but i really don't see how that's relevant at all...

 

[Brennan]

Isn't that true for the majority of the Prem though?

Technically yes, but i don't think Fergie tells his players they need to focus on avoiding relegation first, then winning the league.

 

[Del]

Swiss League: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Swiss Cup: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010

They haven't lit Europe alight but they've done far more than we have, and have done far more to deserve entry to a European super league than we have.

Hardly any teams are breathing down those three when it comes to the rich list, but i really don't see how that's relevant at all...

In what way?