One thing you’d change about Everton

[JLW]

The small time mentality that has riddled this club for decades.

 

[Big Neville Southall]

My local team makes full use of its training pitches. Runs skills sessions for all age groups as young as 6 as part of community outreach to get kids more involved in sport.
The training is run buy the older youth team players who the club pushes through their coaching badges.

The kids love it, as not only do they play football, they get to know the youth team players they can see playing (youth team games are free to watch for those u16), and they get indoctrinated into the club.
The youth team players love it because they get coaching badges and a bit of a purpose outside actually playing (and there is always competition in the older age groups). The club love it because pretty much all the kids in the U21/18’s have coaching badges, so they understand the game/fitness/training a bit better, and the young kids get used to being around the club, helping out and supporting.

Yeah thats quite common amongst clubs. Teaching football is a good way to understand the game as it takes the perspective away from yourself. Great bonus that local kids can one day watch Everton and say "they coached me"!
By us the local club who do it are in the equivalent of Div.16 so not quite as exciting!

 

[wearethefamousefc]

Kings Dock

This is probably the most consequential of everything on this thread.

Had it have been built we would've been at the front of the queue for investment just before the pulling up of the drawbridge when psr came in.

If built to the original specification, the retractable roof would give us so much extra income due to all the events held there, although I doubt given the state of the club at the time we'd actually own it outright

 

[barneygumble]

Knew this would be a @NeilMorepies threat. You are the master of triggering rage.

I am a sucking for falling for the trap though.

The mentality. We brought about a mentality of "little old everton", in the early 90s. Being happy with 11th isnt good enough.

If you fix the mentality you fix the angry nature of the fans too. Two birds, one stop.

 

[ClausThomsen]

An Ajax style youth academy.

I'd prefer one that consistently produces Premier League capable players. Very few Ajax youth players have fulfilled that requirement the last few years.

 

[Gilbert..]

I'd prefer one that consistently produces Premier League capable players. Very few Ajax youth players have fulfilled that requirement the last few years.

So do i. I wasnt suggesting bringing them through to play in the Eredivisie lol.

 

[NeilMorepies]

Not paying the rent increase in 1892

Got to be the winner so far, but lots of points about mentality and settling for mediocrity.

 

[degsy]

Got to be the winner so far, but lots of points about mentality and settling for mediocrity.

A lot of which might be caused by and or due to...?

 

[witchdoc187]

The utter nonsense spouted on our football forums.

 

[Daytripper]

A winning mentality, eradicating fluff talk about projects. I would also like the local media to be objective and honest in its appraisals.

 

[Blue Pride]

The events of May 29th 1985 along with Kenwright assuming ownership of the club. The two worst things to ever happen to this club along with John Houlding upping the rent and forming a new club out of spite.

 

[leslad]

Within the bounds of success, even more booing

 

[NeilMorepies]

The utter nonsense spouted on our football forums.

You know the score lad.
Name names.

 

[Abraders]

Wish we'd have or will win something in my lifetime tbh

 

[Davideeyore]

Consider playing football.