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Whoever agreed to give Everton 33% sell on fee, is a clown. That’s ridiculously high. I play management games and they are so realistic these days, Mourinho and others actually use them for research.
I’ve never done a sell on for more than 25%. Usually it’s 15-20%. To sign off giving someone a THIRD of the sell on fee…thats absolute madness. Been done again.A couple of weeks ago York fans were getting on Stones back apparently. Questioning if he was good enough or not.
I’ve no doubt that it was quite useful having an ex player as chairman. Dave Whelan played against some if the best players of his generation, such as Bobby Charlton and Duncan Edwards. He played against them in inter Army games during the National Service days. I think he even played alongside Edwards.
So Dave knew a player. Most of us who’ve been going years know who is a good player and who isn’t. We can see the limitations of our current squad, and how when they are all fit that a player such as Matt Smith isn’t used correctly. Plays too deep.Maybe it’s a point that we haven’t got that knowledge in the powers that be at the top of the club. Is it just a ‘project’ for them? Rather than a devotion.
Maybe we need a manager to be under more pressure from a more pushy and hands-on type of board.
We’re knackered in the summer when all these loans go back. Back to having no players again.
Another thing with loan players is, if we go down, they’ll just walk away not bothered. It’s a dangerous game Baloney and the club are playing.
We can’t keep on running the club like that year on year. Or we will end up in non league. Just keep signing misfits and never will he’s year upon year…it catches up with you.
And where’s the next big hopeful in the youth set up? I can’t see that we’ve got anybody coming through. Our actual squad has hardly any value to it, apart from Tickle and maybe Kerr.This current ‘model’ won’t work forever so at some point some money will have to be spent.
We don’t need another defender. We’ve got that Josh Robinson to come in at right back and then Sibbick will be a centre back reserve.
I’ve heard good things about Kristian Sekulerac at Fulham. Interestingly, his grandad was a Red Star Belgrade club legend, Dragoslav Sekulerac, who played for them in the 50s. A number 10 in the playmaker mould of the likes of Gheorge Hagi or Zidane. So the lad is from great pedigree. Not sure how good he is, but I’d like us to have a look.
I’d love us to bring a striker in tomorrow, but I’ll equally be as happy if the window closes and we haven’t lost anybody else this window.
Wiredu, that is. Apparently failed the medical.
But if that’s right 600k for a defender we don’t need….
Get a bloody striker signed you incompetent bellends.
Failed the medical, apparently.
If we can spend 600k on a defender we don’t need, why can’t we go and spend that on a striker such as Jatta from Notts County?
The club and our manager really baffle me.
I see Wrexham are signing everyone.
Signed Sam Smith from Reading and Jay Rodriguez from Burnley today.
I honestly can’t wait til they go tits up.
I don’t know what the actual wall is they’ve got to us going for a striker. You see clubs like Leyton Orient, Bromley, and many others and you see they’ve got a player who can be a real handful and can score goals. Yet we always go for someone who doesn’t score goals.
I’m sick to death of loan players now. Apart from Taylor, they’ve been crap who they’ve brought in. And this self sufficient nonsense they keep wittering on about, how’s that going to work in forthcoming seasons when we haven’t got any more young scarlets to sell on? Because we’ve relied heavily on borrowed players.
It’s a short-term thing, definitely not a long term thing. Unless we discover some absolute gems…its not going to happen.
If this is the sum of our aspirations and ambition, we really are in massive trouble.
We’re only heading in one direction at this club. The difference to 93-94 when we recruited suchlikes as Morton and Gavin is we really didn’t have a pot to piss in, were paying players £200pw and our top goalscorer ended up being Andy Lyons who also worked as a postie in Blackpool whilst playing for us. But…even though we were shite, we did score goals. And we did play attacking football. We were miles better than how we’ve been showing recently.Well, I hope people start showing their decision by voting with their feet and giving games a miss.
Lots have already dropped off, including ST holders who are staying away. They still get counted in the attendance though, hence why it always seems they’re announcing 8756 when in reality it’s minus 8000. And it’s going to get worse and worse. I’ve no thought of going on Saturday, and the cup game is also a no no. I couldn’t care less about it, to be honest.
I genuinely think this is worse than Kolo. We’ve had 2 years of this now and have gone backwards. Maloney was never the owners choice…so why have they not appointed their own man? Because they don’t actually care and he’s a cheap option. Probably the only man who would work to the constraints they set.
With his links and all that, it’s a shame it’s gone this way. But it’s even worse because it’s being allowed to drag on. For me, I look at Burton and they’ve got Gary Bowyer as manager. How that guy has never had a crack here, I’ll never know. He’s transforming Burton and may well keep them up yet. They did us a couple of weeks ago.
My point though is a new man to come in and shuffle the pack…albeit a poor pack, might just shape these into something that stabilises us those season and keeps us away from the drop. My biggest fear now is us selling Tickle on or just before Mondays deadline. If we do that, we will be right royally screwed. Big time.It’s simply Aasgaards decision…..he can choose to stay and wait. Unless he’s completely pissed off with the running of the club and just wants to get out of Dodge. Can’t blame him if I’m truthful. Was hoping Lutons interest would start a bidding bun fight,but more likely Danson wants a cash return 1st and foremost so probably deadbolt the door behind him as he left for negotiations…..I try never miss a game at home and have done quite a few away but thinking about sacking Saturday off. The football on offer is dreadful,w### ambition signings,w### ambition sales..pointless continual loan deals…the dreary uninviting stadium and match day experience etc struggling to get me there so no F####### chance of persuading day tripper supporters to come on down. Really starting to lose that “my club” passion I’ve always had…..Danson may have rescued us but in 18 months done nothing to regenerate that feeling of unity and us against the odds that was so prevalent in all the 50 year I’ve supported us. He may own us but he doesn’t appreciate the emotional input during our lives that we invest in our club….you can’t buy that or put a price on it……then again he’d F####### try !!!!!….Club feels like a carcass being picked apart.
Totally agree.
It’s all the reason I didn’t renew in the summer. The club is just ticking along and despite what they put out every now and again at forums and things like that, I don’t see any ambition whatsoever. In Administration, we ended up with a valueless squad.
With Aasgaard going and maybe Tickle as well, that’s our two assets that’s worth anything, gone. The rest are a mish mash of freebies and loans. Not much value at all left. And not much coming through the youth ranks, either. Luke Brennan was highly rated and you know where he is at now? Buxton.
People have mentioned ‘asset stripping’. So far this season, we’ve lost Charlie Hughes and Josh Stones. We are likely losing Aasgaard and maybe Tickle as well. Is it asset stripping? It’s hard to say it isn’t.
The old club we knew and loved, has gone. This isn’t the same club, we are existing and nothing else. It’s shite. Fans are dropping off massively and it’ll only get worse and worse. Can’t blame anyone.