Is Everton a 'Big Club'

[davek]

Imagine writing about Everton in the foreign press for a reader there who has no knowledge of Everton.
I think Johan in Germany would have a good read over that over his coffee and think that we were a classic example of the excesses and hubris of the Premier League destroying what was good about a once venerable club and be amazed that it was allowed to happen.

Boo Everton! Booooo!

Yes, they would see Everton as underlining the credibility of their own system of ownership whereby the club members own 50+1% of club stock by law.

 

[Yarrgh]

Yes, they would see Everton as underlining the credibility of their own system of ownership whereby the club members own 50+1% of club stock by law.

What do they call our ownership method? The "Greater Fool" system, relying on an even bigger fool to come along once the current incumbent owner has had his fill of bad stewardship. Seems very apt at the moment.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

As of today...... NO

 

[jayden28]

When you appoint someone like allardyce then it’s a big no.

 

[efcjames]

No.. haven't been one for a very long time.

 

[Lanolin]

No. Not in the modern sense anyway.

Until today we'd just about managed to bluff our way through, being the best of the rest and poaching managers and players from teams who might dare to see themselves as our equals. The appointment of Allardyce, and caving to both his financial demands and into accepting a Kopite legend and figure of Evertonian scorn as a member of our staff has put us firmly in the jumble of also ran clubs, no better than Southampton, Swansea and Stoke. How did it come to this.

 

[Rob17896]

Not anymore it isn't I'm afraid.

We've slipped down to the levels of Sunderland, Palace, Newcastle, Blackburn etc.

Discuss

Bit daft. No longer one of the elite though.

 

[Jebus_lives]

As of today...... NO

This

 

[bluestevon]

As of today we have held our hands up and admitted we aren't - we are just any other of the clubs thats focus in on finishing outside the bottom three every season rather than inside the top 6-7

 

[TraffordBlue]

Theoretically we could have been knocking on the same door that Spurs did a few seasons ago, had we been run properly.

Now with the appointment of SA, we've just set ourselves back 3/4 years and set the precedent of an unambitious nature.

We did that with the appoinment of Ronald Koeman without us realising it.

Assuming we stay up this season, I expect we will finish somewhere between 11th and 17th which means that attracting players will be even more difficult once again. However, maybe that will be a blessing in disguise where we will actually consider if the players we're going to bring in are actually ready to improve us rather than just splashing the cash for the sake of it on some signings (Klaassen, paying £45m for Sigurdsson), and neglecting other areas that need strengthening. It will take a minimum of 2 seasons to get back to where we were in the summer and even that is optimistic given the mess we're now in.

The reason we are in this mess is down to Ronald Koeman (and whoever else was responsible whether it was Moshiri and Walsh) not seeing that when you lose a 25 goal a season striker you need to replace them adequately with another striker who can get 20 goals+ or 2 of them who can get 10-15 each. He chose not to do that and instead left us relying on a 20 year old who has a scoring record of 2 in 24, an ageing and unreliable Wayne Rooney and an inexperienced young striker from Spain. Even worse he couldn't see the benefit Niasse could bring in work rate and goals and tried to get rid of him. Then there was the wasting of money on players in the same positions when we needed centre back and left back cover. And bringing in Martina who was a step down from a young talented right back who we could have played from the start and built his experience and confidence up from the 1st game.