Interest in Everton’s finances and in general football

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I’m interested solely because of my professional background and reading accounts is something I’m sad enough to actually quite enjoy.

I find some of the analysis offered, often flawed and somewhat simplistic, as they often tend to ignore whatever factors don’t suit their preordained narratives.

 

[everton fan number one]

I’m interested solely because of my professional background and reading accounts is something I’m sad enough to actually quite enjoy.

I find some of the analysis offered, often flawed and somewhat simplistic, as they often tend to ignore whatever factors don’t suit their preordained narratives.

I nominate you our new financial ITK.

 

[Benedict]

It seems to be the in thing to be an armchair accountant these days.

I’ve never seen the attraction to it. I honestly think some people get off more on making a profit via trading players than seeing a new signing.

I get that money is a big part of football, but don’t try to tell me that it’s interesting. It’s as dull a subject as can be.

Remember in the 80's when we signed a player, absolutely no one would even think about sell on value, it was all about the player playing football, it's quite sad nowadays.

 

[Martin Alvito]

It's part and parcel of sports these days.

In the US, you have salary caps. In Europe, you have FFP. A team largely succeeds or fails on the quality of its players, and the finances dictate the degree that teams can make upgrades.

 

[Carlito]

I'm too old to get invested in plans to improve the club's credit score.

If the Ancelotti era ends up being a dud, I'm just going to buy a dog and become one of those weirdos that goes around watching amateur games on local fields.

 

[monty]

It seems to be the in thing to be an armchair accountant these days.

I’ve never seen the attraction to it. I honestly think some people get off more on making a profit via trading players than seeing a new signing.

I get that money is a big part of football, but don’t try to tell me that it’s interesting. It’s as dull a subject as can be.

I can see where you are coming from Groucho but sadly it's an essential element in the running of the club. Much too often do we find naughties going on from money laundering, tax evasion and downright cheating in club accounts. My concern is that clubs are not sufficiently punished when false accounting is discovered unless you have little or no clout, most Bury fans will agree.
Fans understandably get bored by mundane matters but if the game isn't honest God help us all.

 

[TheBigIguana]

It's a means to an end. If you want us to compete on the field we also need to compete with the resources we have. So signs we are or are not doing that are important even if they're boring day to day. I can't say I listen to the Esks podcast or whatever, but it definitely matters.

 

[brieverton]

This is what I don’t get.

I don’t care as long as we’re not going under.

It has a correlation with how competitive we can be though, surely? Although with the amount of money already wasted you could argue the opposite. Folk have zero interest in Usmanov other than the $$$ he could bring.

 

[Groucho]

Remember in the 80's when we signed a player, absolutely no one would even think about sell on value, it was all about the player playing football, it's quite sad nowadays.

This is very much where I’m coming from

Why have you created a thread on it then?

To fume.

It’s what we do

I wouldn't say its exciting, its as exciting as the Arsenal game a little while back,

And that’s fair enough.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

@Groucho perhaps the only thing less interesting than the club accounts is hearing a bunch of 'uneducated-in-the-topic' bedwetters railing about the subject as if they had any experience of running a company with an annual revenue anything near Everton's.

 

[Noble Savage]

I nominate you our new financial ITK.

I wouldn't wish that title on my worst enemy .

 

[zzr45]

Imagine waking up and finding out that you’d turned into one of’them’

 

[monty]

@Groucho perhaps the only thing less interesting than the club accounts is hearing a bunch of 'uneducated-in-the-topic' bedwetters railing about the subject as if they had any experience of running a company with an annual revenue anything near Everton's.

Some of us have experience of examining accounts hence the need for scrutiny. Some of you only get riled when things are wrong, false accounting has been used at that point the club itself can go bust. You should be glad that those who can do take an interest.

 

[Groucho]

@Groucho perhaps the only thing less interesting than the club accounts is hearing a bunch of 'uneducated-in-the-topic' bedwetters railing about the subject as if they had any experience of running a company with an annual revenue anything near Everton's.

Perhaps so

 

[witchdoc187]

I don't care if Everton lose I'm a numbers man. Bad accounts mean this season is a write off. Hoping we sell everyone and bring in some non league players on small wages so we can have brilliant accounts next season.