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Bottom is what we deserve!
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No puns intended with the title - but being at the bottom of the Premier League is exactly what we deserve. This is what happens when you fail to spend a penny and bring in any new faces.
Our injury ravaged squad, now one international defender down even on last season, is extremely fragile. For those who label us "Well run" and "living within our means" should be ashamed. A tramp lives within his means but that doesn't mean he/she is organised or "well run".
The bigger question is why a club of our size no longer operates in the same circles as the likes of Sunderland, Stoke or Bolton? Who actually made £10m+ bids for players during the summer. We're light years behind Spurs, Villa, Newcastle (pre-relegation), City and the Top 4 when it comes to player investment.
No one expects us to do a Leeds and gamble. But aren't the pro-Kenwright, Earl, and Woods people worried that for the 2nd year running our squad is weaker (and not just in numbers) than the end of the previous year?
When we were consistently crap (i.e. finishing bottom 8 regularly) we had an excuse for not spending much. The prize money for lower finishes is drastically less than the top 5 or 6 places. Now we finish top 6 almost every single year and have cup runs. But we still tread water. How does a club of our size and status consistently fail to perform financially against lesser clubs?
The only other team who haven't bought anyone during the summer is Portsmouth and they're second bottom —coincidence?
The bottom line is we've tread water for long enough and now we either sink or swim. Again, sorry for the obvious pun —- but IMO this fits perfectly to our situation. Forget NSNO .... "Well run" and "living within our means" should be on our crest.
Phil Martin, Posted 24/08/2009 at 07:09:18
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2 Posted 24/08/2009 at 14:42:26
And then we have the usual annual bullshit emporium from Kenwright... although this year he seems to have done it without moving his lips... like a decent ventriloquist, his puppet has done it all for him, and all he’s had to suffer is the shame of having his hand up someone's rectum.
The only surprise for me this summer has been that Moyes has been complicit in the usual dramas... he is big on honesty and integrity when it suits him — but when’s he gonna show a degree of integrity to the real fans of this club... and stop propping up the junket of some phoney fat grinning cunt, who has got away with fucking murder for years???
Moyes needs to get his priorities straight, stop playing the fucking victim and grow some balls for once... and pretty sharpish too!
His pissing about over the Lescott scenario was starting to really fuck me off... but then again — it’s all Man City’s fault... isn’t it???
3 Posted 24/08/2009 at 15:32:31
So I will ask the same question: where has the money gone? Why has our debt rocketed despite the consistent high finishes? And what use was the outsourcing and securitising of all our income streams if it simply puts an even tighter straightjacket on our operations?
4 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:02:05
5 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:08:56
If you wanna play Stowe’s Uncle Tom to Kenwright’s Catcher in the Rye ’phoney bastard’ routine... then by all means grasp this pathetic nettle.
But don’t fucking dare tell others how they should behave in the face of this shambles.
6 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:15:07
7 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:09:19
The club have in my opinion overstated the value of these corporate facilities to get a Yes vote on the Kirkby move. The financial benefits are minimal.
Is there an exact figure for the debt? (Excuse my ignorance.) The way the money disappears, anyone would think we were servicing a debt of MUFC or LFC proportions!!
I like to think that I am quite a level-headed supporter but I am totally fed up of the Kenwright's rule that is tantamount to dictatorship of our club. The first sign of trouble and he is nowhere to be seen. He doesn't even have the decency to answer fair questions at the AGM or whatever he calls it.
This is in total contrast to the Kenwright of the good times... a la the FA Cup Final. You can't get him out of the fucking limelight, accepting the plaudits like he has made any contribution to them. Fucking pathetic.
8 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:16:56
9 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:27:55
10 Posted 24/08/2009 at 15:57:35
The Lescott saga is primarily Citeh’s fault for not going through the right channels, and Lescott’s must share in the blame for talking to Citeh without permission. A clear case of tapping up which is in breach of FA rules. It has clearly upset Moyes who thought a great deal of Lescott and is feeling let down by the man, and his disappointment has obviously rubbed off on the team IMO.
We do need to strengthen, especially in the CB area, but we shouldn’t have lost to Burnley, and should have run Arsenal a lot closer with the players we had on the field.
11 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:32:46
Oh yes, You were obviously told that by our local comic Steve Edwards... a guy who regularly complains about Evertonians having a go at each other — yet has some fascination with me being 13... a rather unhealthy and hypocrtical stance might I add.
Patty, I don’t care what age you are, or what your heirarchical family status is... If you're willing to tell others how to think, then you should accept the consequences, and in this instance that’s being told to give it a rest.
Maybe, at your age, you should actually know better.
12 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:39:31
Your entire summary of the Lescott saga is conjecture. Please stick to facts - at least if you are going to present it that way. There is no evidence of ’tapping up’ in the public domain.
Similarly your appraisal of Burnley and Arsenal is fantasy that bears no resemblance to reality or fact... we are poor all over the pitch, and especially in midfield.
You can put whatever spin on it you like... if it helps you get through those long summer days. I, however, value reality.
13 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:57:05
I agree with you, what we need is loyalty and support.
14 Posted 24/08/2009 at 17:43:23
15 Posted 24/08/2009 at 16:44:28
We have no money until a mere few days before the window shuts AGAIN and the way our club is run can be described as nothing other than an absolute farce. We can all name the fiasco’s of Kenwright's leadership: Fortress, Kings Dock.....
All this "City didn't go through the right channels" is no more than a side issue. I hate to say it but I agree with Hughes. Most transfers are conducted at boardroom level. At City at least, Hughes I imagine has nothing to do with the negotiations on price.
On Lescott, yes he has been mischievous in talking to City behind our backs, and that is all. Let's not get ’holier than thou’ on this, it happens and we probably do the same thing all the time. Yeah it's tapping up but what can the FA do, bug every player, manager and agents phone?
The one thing what has disappointed me is Lescott's refusal to play. For that reason he has lost my respect. If he had gone to City, even post transfer request, but give his all for us in the meantime I would have wished him the best of luck but not now.
16 Posted 24/08/2009 at 20:32:40
17 Posted 24/08/2009 at 10:15:02
I have suported Everton for 32 years and although I live in the South, I still watch about 10 games a season either home or away. I follow with great interest the well being or otherwise of this once great and proud club and its current demise under Kenwright and his " cretins" of friends, Philip Green et al.
With all this shite over Lescott I'm pleased he has gone. I think Hughes is hoping to scare his opponents with Tevez and Lescott, when the new faces arrive at City, I am sure these two will be first in the queue, or they should be.
18 Posted 24/08/2009 at 12:46:23
No money, No direction, No new transfers! I'm sorry to depress you all but it's there for all to see! A new board and a fresh start is needed before it's to late. Bill Kenwright, you've given it your best shot; it wasn't good enough... do the right thing and sell! COYB
19 Posted 25/08/2009 at 08:59:20
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1 Posted 24/08/2009 at 14:30:19
Show Me The Money!