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Nothing Left In The Tank
Comments (41) : It's a combination of poor leadership, crap football and a sense of going nowhere as a club/team. We are a rudderless ship heading for the rocks.
I honestly don't have a clue what needs to happen to turn things around at the club but this situation cannot and must not persist like this. The notion that doing fuck all and hoping for the best is a plan astounds me beyond belief.
Let's be honest: Kenwright is a grade A fool if he thinks he can stay put and function at a football club with nothing to contribute but hot air. He has well and truly been found out and the Kings Dock fiasco has finally come home to roost.
Being short of funds is no crime but trying to compete in the Premier League with the slummy out of your arse pocket is. Make no mistake, this could be our last season in the top flight if no one comes in and takes over.
As for the football being played, it's as bad as it ever was. The disgraceful display against West Ham last week was shocking. Now I know we are skint but that was our strongest side out there and we were out-classed by the Hammers!
Blackpool have virtually the same team that got them promoted last season and they knock spots off us as a footballing unit. Blackpool are skint also but do the basics right and their manager and players can out-think and out-play other top sides on a regular basis. WHY the fuck can't we???
I feel the pain we all feel as Evertonians right now and I don't see it getting any better any time soon. We are heading for oblivion with this crowd of jokers in charge. Where the fuck is Rocky when we need him? Why can't Sylvester give Billy Boy a Sub?
Kenwright is a spiv, he has syphoned off all the petrol and we are running on fumes. Unless investment is found soon, we will be getting out to push the old banger down the street to the Championship.
It's heartbreaking to watch us self-destruct and the less we see and hear from our Beloved Bill the more worrying it becomes. Where the fuck is he and What the fuck is he doing?
I don't give a shit about Saturday's Cup game as a win over Chelsea would only paper over the cracks and give Bill a stay of execution. It needs to get a whole lot worse for us before we see any change. What purpose would a win serve other than to create a another smoke screen?
I can't hack it any more. I hate football at the moment. I hate everything about the game. I long for the 1980s and the fact that we all had a chance to compete on a level playing field back then.
Forest, Villa, Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal all won the League title back in that decade and many others came close. Now... it's just a spending and paying salaries competition. Players don't give a fuck any more ? all the twats want is another Baby Bentley for their tart to ponce around in.
I'm in serious talks with my self at present debating whether or not this is my last season paying to watch shite and have multi-millionaires take the piss out of me every week. Surely this can't be where football in this country ends up... can it?
My view now is that watching football these days is like visiting a terminally ill friend in hospital every week pretending to yourself they will get better. Deep down, we know the truth... and, no matter how hard we try to put a brave face on it, we know the end is near.
Heartache and misery are two off the things Evertonians know most about. Now though we are becoming sick and tired of it all. Chins are on chests, shoulders are stooped, and there is no spring in the step. We drag ourselves to the game with a sense of fear and trepidation... No fun and no enjoyment guaranteed.
Well, if that's all we have left then it's no wonder so many want to opt out. As for me, I am still having a talk with myself about the whole sorry affair.
Please don't tell me there is still the FA Cup to play for either ? we all know what happens when Moyes gets near to success... don't we? And if that's the case, then no wonder so many want out.
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2 Posted 29/01/2011 at 05:54:28
Fair point about Blackpool, even more so as one of our least worst players, Coleman, was in the squad that got promotion and they are doing it without him
The same squad that as you say are making a semi decent-ish fist of it (bless em, they probabley don't know any better).
Rumours of serious cash shortages, if not quite administration. A shortage of strikers, yet we loan them out, to save on their wages??
The way it's going the supporters buy out won't have to get too much cash together. At this rate in a couple of seasons you will be able to pick the club up for a tenner and a handshake.
Some of us are past the denial stage and you've deffo done the anger stage. I'm not sure which is next? is it dispair or resignation?
Bill is on the London stage doing a silent mime type act pretending to be a chairman of a struggling football club.
Me? I'm at the Hail Mary stage.
3 Posted 29/01/2011 at 07:06:02
4 Posted 29/01/2011 at 07:03:02
Post after post I have written you off as a ranting nutter but I feel no joy in agreeing with most of what you say this time.
I'm not usually one who thinks the end is nigh but I am seriously worried about the club at present.
If we have reached a stage where even a loan for half a season is beyond us, then this is serious.
But like you Tony, I have no idea what the solution is. And the worst thing about it is I fear this may just be harsh market economics.
Bottom line is, if no one wants to invest in us (as seems the case), then what do we do.
But then I look at the rest of the division and wonder how smaller clubs are better off.
We inevitably arrive at the door of BK seeking an explanation.
5 Posted 29/01/2011 at 07:14:10
6 Posted 29/01/2011 at 07:36:35
Clubs massively in debt, being run in the slight glimmer of hope that they one day might get a shot of finishing in the top4, no chance of any silverware, being forced to pay average players massive huge wages that the man in the street can only dream of earning. Fans being ripped off at the turnstiles and in the club shops.
The only good thing about football now is Everton, and we are still there. I'll still support them, they may be down but we are not out yet.
7 Posted 29/01/2011 at 07:49:17
But whats all this "I dont give a shit about the result against chelsea, what purpose would a win serve" ?
If Everton get to the latter stages of the cup you`ll be the first down the M1.
As far as you were concerned Tony, Chrimbo was on, then off, then on, then off . . you very nearly treated us to a round of the Okey Cokey.
Of course you care about the chelsea game. if we get to Wembley I`ll look out for you, you`ll be easy to spot. You`ll be the fella shaking it all about
8 Posted 29/01/2011 at 08:12:12
I am 45 and will be a Blue all my life.I have seen us be the best team in the league(if not Europe) and all of my life has been with Everton in the top division.
I just don't know where this ends.I want to put COYBB and obviously really want to beat Chelsea this afternoon, but I am at the point where blind optimism isn't enough.
9 Posted 29/01/2011 at 08:29:35
10 Posted 29/01/2011 at 08:28:55
11 Posted 29/01/2011 at 08:49:51
As much as I hate the way football has gone, what I'd give for some rich c*nt to invest his spondooneys in Everton right now!!!
12 Posted 29/01/2011 at 09:08:55
We are going down this year and all the "better off with with Bill than Johnson" brigade better explain themselves to justify thgeir anger at people such as ourselves who have (righly so) questioned what has been going on at our club for many years.
13 Posted 29/01/2011 at 09:35:38
Football being played is "as bad as it ever was" ? What nonsense. We're playing much more attractive football than we did even five years ago. Our midfield pass the ball sweetly and we've got class players the likes of Baines, Cahill and Fellaini. The more other teams allow us to play open football the better we look - as shown by wins at Goodison over the last 12 months against Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs and LIverpool.
"this could be our last season in the top flight " - again, nonsense. We're in the bottom half only because we've drawn more than anyone else. We've lost about the same number of games as Chelsea. If anything we deserve to be a little higher than we are. There's no sign of the kind of crumbling or morale among the players that might see us drawn into a relegation dogfight.
Where you're right is about the disillusionment and the sense of going nowhere. Some of us have been saying for years that Everton have been punching above their weight under Moyes. This has created a feeling of entitlement - an expectation that we'll be in the mix when trophies and European places are handed out - which makes it harder to swallow when we find ourselves where we are now. I'm not convinced that we're heading for any kind of meltdown or relegation as Tony suggests, and unlike him I do give a shit about today's game and I desperately want to see a glorious Everton win. But when you see good internationals like Pienaar and the Yak taking the exit door and the club having absolutely no means and no apparent strategy to replace them, it is depressing and one has to fear for Everton and to wonder whether we're consigned if not to oblivion then at least to irrelevance for years to come.
14 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:02:57
We aren't going to get a buyer because we aren't worth buying and sugar daddies are in short supply. Relegation isn't out of the question by any means and if not this season I'd put money on it being next year. Sometimes going down can help but only when you can see a future and know that it'd be temporary. I see no limit to how low EFC could go including eventually going out of business. It's a shame because we have to vote for some kind of change with our wallets and voices but I really don't see any potential for things to get better.
15 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:08:25
16 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:15:06
17 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:35:15
18 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:47:16
19 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:24:52
Regards comparing us to Blackpool that is a joke.Lets see how long they stay in the Premier League.
Holloway knows he has nothing to lose and his "entertaining" approach his teams play is in the full knowledge that this is the case.
20 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:58:04
Its because of the likes of you
that BK is still in charge.
Hope you and him enjoy watching the blues
in the Championship.
Because if he is not forced out, then we are
as the saying goes DOOOmed.
21 Posted 29/01/2011 at 10:54:19
22 Posted 29/01/2011 at 11:10:50
Big IF but if we can get through, I would love a good cup run. The cash from it would be f all but at least it would be something to cheer about,
A up run will have little effect in the medium to long term and we will jsut have to see how things pan out.
23 Posted 29/01/2011 at 11:10:50
Big IF but if we can get through, I would love a good cup run. The cash from it would be f all but at least it would be something to cheer about,
A up run will have little effect in the medium to long term and we will jsut have to see how things pan out.
24 Posted 29/01/2011 at 11:37:31
Although lets just see how long Blackpool survive in the Prem. on their limited resources.
But point well made. Cash is the king and unfortunately we can't even manage our pauper like finances.
25 Posted 29/01/2011 at 12:01:03
26 Posted 29/01/2011 at 12:13:13
27 Posted 29/01/2011 at 12:01:28
It's Moyes' team...he bought the players and he decides the tactics and pattern of play...which quite frankly are SHITE !!
I gave my season ticket up this year after 16yrs...just couldn't take Moyes' style of football any more and I wont be going back anytime soon. The feelings Tony is now experiencing is exactly how I felt this time last year...doesn't mean I don't love Everton cos I do...I just don't love the Chairman and Manager who try to con me every week so they no longer get my cash.
A manager who gets paid more than his players (who has NEVER won a trophy) is a joke and it wouldn't happen anywhere else...how people class him as great is totally beyond my comprehension.
Nick Wal.....l if you think we play attractive football then you are either blind or have no idea whatsoever what good football is...just like our manager.>
Both Moyes AND Kenwright have to go asap
28 Posted 29/01/2011 at 12:01:28
It's Moyes' team...he bought the players and he decides the tactics and pattern of play...which quite frankly are SHITE !!
I gave my season ticket up this year after 16yrs...just couldn't take Moyes' style of football any more and I wont be going back anytime soon. The feelings Tony is now experiencing is exactly how I felt this time last year...doesn't mean I don't love Everton cos I do...I just don't love the Chairman and Manager who try to con me every week so they no longer get my cash.
A manager who gets paid more than his players (who has NEVER won a trophy) is a joke and it wouldn't happen anywhere else...how people class him as great is totally beyond my comprehension.
Nick Wal.....l if you think we play attractive football then you are either blind or have no idea whatsoever what good football is...just like our manager.>
Both Moyes AND Kenwright have to go asap
29 Posted 29/01/2011 at 13:02:36
30 Posted 29/01/2011 at 13:24:51
31 Posted 29/01/2011 at 15:53:18
32 Posted 29/01/2011 at 16:45:55
33 Posted 29/01/2011 at 16:55:08
However, I don't really feel anything other than sympathy with your point of view. Its clear that you're a die hard blue, its been a massive part of your life and your passion has been second to none, and with all that in mind the most important thing, rather than pointing out my differences is to sympathise with you. Football does stink in many different ways and on many different levels, and being a relative pauper as we are now is difficult. The worst thing to me though seems to be that the club hierarchy don't seem to be of a mind to do anything about it. I believe our situation is far from irretrievable, relegation this season is still highly unlikely, and our short to medium term future with the status quo is one of boring mid-table mediocrity rather than despairing and disastrous free fall.
I understand that as someone who lived through the 1980s that's unlikely to cheer you up, but my formative Everton supporting years are the 1990s, and there were plenty of times then that I thought we were going to be stuck in the lower divisions for plenty of time to come. At least we are competing, we're not shit, and we're in a position that if we can effect the right kind of changes the distance to the top level of domestic football is bridgeable.
Maybe you're sick of going to the game, so take a break. Go shopping with the missus for a couple of Saturdays. I'll bet you a hearty handshake you'll be looking forward to the next visit to the Old Lady by the time you're on you're way out of the third shop.
34 Posted 29/01/2011 at 22:01:57
I watched the West Ham game last week and all of my mates agreed that we are in a very dangerous decline both on and off the pitch.
I would like however to point to another post: "Time for a supporters trust" to get back some positivity.
Keep the faith Tony, we need Blues pulling together.
35 Posted 30/01/2011 at 03:50:55
Kenwright OUT
36 Posted 30/01/2011 at 11:06:27
Now there is no longer a level playing field and the title is devalued, much like the SPL. Liverpool actually won all their titles when money was not the deciding factor... But the pundits seem to believe that football history in England only began at the inception of the Premier League.
Our city were the tops in title and European honours over EVERY other city in the country. Man Utd had great players but won no titles between 1967 and 1994 but that is never mentioned.
Like the article writer, I am growing heartily sick at the way football is being run nationally and at our club in particular. I can only think that embezzlement must have been a factor in our demise as I am completely frustrated at being told that we have no money for transfers and we can only afford loan deals... what did clubs do before loan deals were allowed???
We should be able to compete in the transfer market with most of the clubs and I cannot see much point in continuing to pay money to watch football which is not entertaining, especially when our squad is dwindling. I cannot see our better players staying around too long and we appear to be a sinking ship.
I have been lucky enough to see our great sides of the 60s and the times that we were a chief threat during Liverpool's domination. Chelsea were a joke team as were Man City. London clubs were hammered every time they came to Merseyside and we were Man Utd's bogey team...
I am really hurt at the club's current position and really cannot see a solution... no player of any real worth seems to want to play for us!!!
37 Posted 30/01/2011 at 15:41:38
38 Posted 30/01/2011 at 23:57:35
Tony is right. There is malaise in our club, which we occasionally fend off when we have a good match. Overall though, we are on a downward spiral where our chances of getting in the top six are looking more and more remote.
Trevor Lynes (#36) ? You have certainly been privileged to see our great side of the sixties and, as a kid, I couldn't believe that football could be so magical as what we played during the first years of that decade. It's all the more depressing to see our club crumble away in front of our eyes.
39 Posted 31/01/2011 at 01:44:46
I wouldn't put any more hope to see replacements coming in this January window for a start. First step to recovery.
40 Posted 31/01/2011 at 03:24:35
Another grear article... SO TRUE ? the man is a phoney!! And make no mistake, his side-kick Elstone will be appearing soon asking us to get season tickets early so to help the manager get funds for players ? that's his usual fantasy quote!
I just can't understand where all the money goes! We cant even afford £1.5 mill for a Championship player e.g. Eagles!
Then we're struggling to score goals ... so let's get rid of two forwards!!?? And bring none in!!!!!
Then there's the fact there is no sign of discontent within the ground! COME ON! WAKEY WAKEY!! WE CAN STILL support the team but not the Board ? if that's what you can call them!!
WE DESERVE BETTER and answers!! Someone help! Or it's the Championship!! Come on, BLUES... KENWRIGHT OUT, OUT, OUT!!
41 Posted 31/01/2011 at 22:29:06
But somehow we always seem to hang on. Remember that only two teams have always been in the top flight in the past 50 years, and that's us and our hosts of tomorrow night.
I know just the mention of his name will anger a few people around here, but I have a secret hope that Sir Terry Leahy, who's retiring from Tesco in March, will organise a consortium to take BK & Co. out of their misery. Mind you, I was no fan of DK, but let bygones be bygones. He's not just a fan like the hapless incumbent, he's a fan with business skills and drive.
Derek # 2: we don't have a shortage of strikers: we have a shortage of strikers who can score goals!
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1 Posted 29/01/2011 at 06:03:24