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Goodbye to 5th Place - Hello SKY FIVE! Well... if you were awake into the small hours with only Sky Sports News for company then you'll know where I'm coming from.
Was it just me or did the final day of the transfer window leave you utterly gutted ? not so much at our lack of activity ? but at the fact that the Sky Four became the Sky Five thanks to a rich Arabian doctor...
Add to this the lack of any real exciting signings for us, Spurs, Villa etc means the gulf at the top of the league is set to broaden further - I could see the Prem being a carbon copy of the SPL within a couple of years.
Although they only managed one signing last night (Robinho!!!) just think what will happen in January... Berbatov's signing was almost a side-note on SSN last night as they we're going (understandibly) crazy over the events over at City.
For me this means one thing - 15 Premier League teams will be fighting for one European spot from now on; unless an oil rich investor looking for a new toy happens upon us.
Still hate the idea of DK??? I can't help but think that if we had our flash new stadium we may have been a more attractivbe proposition than City given our superior trophy cabinet and European pedigree. Although I am a Southern Evertonian, I have always been in favour of redeveloping Goodison (Although DK would have been easier for me to get too) but the events of yesterday really highlight what is needed to attract investment.
While I think Blue Bill and his rotund former mate Mr Wyness have done a hell of a lot wrong, I think this shows that the general idea of a new state of the art stadium (even if it is out of town) would have lead to future stability for the club.
NB: The stadium design for DK and the fact that a Tesco would be sat on it were both total crap in my opinion however!!! and the lies we have obviously been told are unforgivable.
In summary I think Blue Bill had a decent enough idea of what was required to get some real investment for the club. Unfortunately the execution of this has been embarrasing for all of us.
I hate seeing teams come in and buy the title overnight but I wouldn't be gutted to have seen us sign the likes of Robinho from under thew noses of Chelski on deadline day...
Jim Starling, Posted 02/09/2008 at 13:19:51
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Interesting times indeed Jason.
That is to say that Manchester City will undoubtedly replace one of the clubs who have for so long considered themselves to be untouchable. One of the clubs will be removed from the ?gravy train? that is the Champions League.
Looking at the clubs concerned I would suspect that ManU and Chelsea (unless their owner walks away) would be relatively safe which would leave either Arsenal or our ?near neighbours? as the sacrificial lamb (pig). Whichever club was removed from the ?elite? group could (would) end up in severe financial crisis.
But where does this leave our beloved club? Well if anyone still had thoughts of breaking into the ?Sky4? then this is no longer a possibility (even if it was after our summer of inactivity), but even a 5th place Premier League position becomes almost impossible unless one of ?the 5? ends up destroying itself.
We may have to accept that our chances of ?moving to the next level? have disappeared for some time to come...
Our loveable neighbours from across the park perhaps?. And if they don’t qualify for the Champions League spot for a couple of seasons then the whole deck of cards that is their shaky financial well being might collapse... now wouldn’t that be nice?
Personally, I’ve not completely given up on us breaking the top four... that would be nicer
If either Arsenal or Liverpool look like ending up outside the top 4 you can bet your bottom dollar that they will play weakened teams in the PL and go all out for that CL trophy.
City in Europe due to fair play league hmmmm...what that about refs favouring the Sky boys?
How on earth are you differentiating between the dull predictability of the Premiership and the SPL?
Competetive English football only died a little more yesterday. Not even Liverpool going bust will rejuvinate it for me.
City will be battling it out with the rest of us for 5th imo it might change next year though.
I figure he is just trying to bait up the top four... and I think it will work. As a consequence I can see the "top 4" being clawed back instead of peeling away.
I can see them (top4) losing a record number of games this year with no gaurentees in results.
This will of course make me feel ALOT better with losing to Blackburn and Pompey.
- How about in January when they sign a new back four, Cesc, Ronaldo, Torres etc etc - get my point?
Fingers crossed eh folks!
This will not change the appalling leadership at EFC Limited who I would sooner focus on. We need a complete overhaul corporate and marketing at the club regardless of any small or large investment within the current ownership.
DM working miricles on the pitch will not last forever!
How can this happen when Bill has been looking 24/7.
I alo agree thatManchester is a brand thanks to the Man U/Beckham effect. - just look at Twaty Deansgate.
To be honest the start reality of City now attracting there 2nd Billionaire, is just too hard to swallow. We must somehow attract a new owenr, I fucking hate the present one.
This may be of some amusement to a neutral observer but it can only have a detrimental effect on Everton. Their will be one fewer Uefa place to fight over.......and NEXT season City will be going places.
The thing I dont get is none of the current top 4 is making a profit, go figure huh!
Tycoons don’t invest in clubs because they are fans, but either for ego trips (Chelsea / Man City) or because they think it is a good investmnet (Liverpool, Man Utd). Owning a club that isn’t in the CL meets neither of these criteria so the tycoon walks away and buys a Formula 1 team instead, leaving the club in the shit.
Therefore either Man City break into the top 4 and chuck another club out, or new owners investment hits the road. And, very sadly, of the Sky 4 clubs, it looks like Liverpool are the most likely to drop out - of the current Sky 4 they have the worst team, most debt, and dodgyist owners! what a sahme!
"Ronaldo has said he wants to play for the biggest club in the world, so we will see in January if he is serious," Al-Fahim said in The Guardian.
"Real Madrid were estimating his value at $160million (£90m) but for a player like that, to actually get him, will cost a lot more; I would think $240million (£135m). But why not? We are going to be the biggest club in the world, bigger than both Real Madrid and Manchester United."
He also states that he wants to bring in a minimum 18 new players in January. Sure does look like another case of someone wanting to buy their way to the top.
It does sadden me though that he stated that he looked at buying Liverpool, Arsenal etc but no mention of Everton (are we really that much of a poor prospect? even to a man who is 10 times richer that Red Rom?)
It is bad news and a dark day for the EPL. The top four which will now include Man City will now go from strength to strength and the rest will fall apart. Either Liverpool or Arsenal should be the most worried because their days as numbered unless they can find a similar investor. Soon we will be in a situation where there are many wealthy clubs and no enough world class players to go around. Then it will get interesting!
It destroys our chances of breaking the top 4 but what will happen to Liverpool or Arsenal should they not qualify??
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