Koeman appointment will banish 'plucky Everton' tag

We're players now. Enjoy it!

He knows exactly who he wants and has worked tirelessly until he has persuaded Koeman to take the helm.

'Everton are lords of the English game'

What a statement!

Koeman will need good time though to assess the players and to build a team that he thinks can be successful and it isn't just as simple as buying a few players. Getting them all to Gel is the hard thing

No more knife to a gun fight and getting out of Old Trafford alive.

No more teary eyed panto boys pen stories and ring fenced quotes and blind loyalty to mediocrity "what a manager".

Moshiri is making his mark with cold hard cash. Money talks.

We have a billionaire owner and our days rattling around in the bargain bin are over.

Dan@13, 'what a manager' can go down in history with 'you can't win anything with kids'. Lol

It has been interesting to see all the mini freak out Saints fans have had over the last couple of days with all the 'big club talk'. Bizarrely I've seen lots of West Ham fans have join in, in shock at him leaving as well. What I've noticed is that much of the questioning of size has come from a number of pundits, who aren't the brightest. When City and Chelsea went through their takeovers, they became 'big clubs' over night with the huge wealth they received. Their lack of history was erased and a new dawn brought them a new standing. Their brash handling of the new wealth also made a name for themselves, with the Lescott saga making them and Hughes look slightly foolish how they went about the whole transfer.

I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing more pieces like this over the next few weeks/months, with the media finally and conveniently remembering that we're a 'big club' again, as we have a wealthy owner. Who will spend large amounts of money on the players to get us back on top.

When the media and pundits begin to moan about 'Plucky Everton' having the cheek to turn up to the top table you know you've hit a nerve. I say long may it continue

If Mr Moshiri has decided to give Everton all that he is, then watch out you RS loving BBC mob, and the rest of the cronies in the press, I think we might just be on our way...at long, long last.

I think his deciding upon and landing of Koeman is a real message of the direction we are going in, and equally as important the quality of style with which we are going about the business.

Fascinating to see the contrast of the appointment of Mourihno at Man Utd. First order of business is 30 million on a relatively unknown defender. OK he may be good . . . . Second action, levering their new manager to make a public apology for his previous sexist behavior with Chelsea.

Somehow I think those kind of headlines will continue to fly around Old Trafford but stay away from Goodison. I believe we have dodged a bullet with Mourihno, he was probably never on Moshiri's radar anyway.

Aristocrats of the game with a new found strength, money, the same source of the success of the Sky 4 but without the vulgarity. I love it! COYB.

I think his deciding upon and landing of Koeman is a real message of the direction we are going in, and equally as important the quality of style with which we are going about the business.

Fascinating to see the contrast of the appointment of Mourihno at Man Utd. First order of business is 30 million on a relatively unknown defender. OK he may be good . . . . Second action, levering their new manager to make a public apology for his previous sexist behavior with Chelsea.

Somehow I think those kind of headlines will continue to fly around Old Trafford but stay away from Goodison. I believe we have dodged a bullet with Mourihno, he was probably never on Moshiri's radar anyway.

Aristocrats of the game with a new found strength, money, the same source of the success of the Sky 4 but without the vulgarity. I love it! COYB.

Before we get too excited lets see what the quality of team is that play the first league game.

West Ham are doing season tickets at promotional rates for "The Jelly Deal Arena", better to fill the gaff.

Build it, 'cos we're gunna bloody well need it !

And I'd call it "The Dean Ground".

We have a name which will stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

If Everton are ever on TV and the camera cuts to our manager on the touch line he will be the instantly recognised world wide by fans as the dutch legend Ronald Koeman. Not an unknown like Martinez, Moyes or Howe.

Fot gawd's sake let's see what the season brings before we start getting off on Monshiri. Leicester didn't need his millions but Evertonians seem to think that money alone will conquer Europe !

But for now, surely we can get a bit excited, eh?

Telegraph "Beyond a few anodyne quotes on the club's website, Moshiri has not uttered a word in public since investing in Everton. In securing his prime managerial target, he has spoken volumes about how and where he intends to lead the club."

So can we now allow the club get on with transfers, stadium etc without the constant complaints we've always had about being kept in the dark?

A lot of gooner fans hate kroenke and his acceptance of top four and a profit, and we're hopeful Usmanov and his mate would take over. No chance of that now.

It wasn't so long ago on these very pages we were reading statements like "we can't improve our commercial income" or "we'll never fill a 50,000 capacity stadium." I think that attitude was also unbelievably prevalent at boardroom level.

Everton fans were that downtrodden after 20 years of being told how lucky they were to finish in the top eight, that all ambition had long since left the club. Some swallowed it whole and agreed we should know our place. A lot knew we were still a massive club just by going to one or two games across Europe, or witnessing our fans at Wembley. Two seasons of finishing 11th and we have just sold a record number of season tickets - 31,000 I believe. Potentially, we could expect to be challenging for the League title every year if we can bring in the right people, that should be the level of our ambition.

I think the reason Kenwright has at last let go is twofold. His health problems have certainly been a factor. Also, the fact people like Earl have been happy with their fat profit has enabled the board to move forward with a sale. The words 'ambition' and 'Everton F.C.' were nowhere to be seen in the same sentence.

The likes of Neville Southall was pilloried for even mentioning the thought of League titles. Graeme Sharpe & Graham Stuart were only saying 'be careful what you wish for' only 6 weeks ago FFS!!

No set of supporters deserve success more than our loyal lot, that's for sure.

In the meantime, have a listen to this, it's bloody good and might just hit the spot for you.

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I love the way that Moshiri has done his business saying nothing and courting no popularity as BK would have done but just doing it. He's bought good experience from Arsenal and I'm sure that Koemans knows exactly who he wants to buy from his Southampton research.

Amazing days.

I'm so excited about the future. In Moshiri we trust!

NSNO

All this SHOULD be enough to see him garner at least the 'seventhish' place he managed for Southampton and which was almost ours of right before the Martinez experiment.

What I don't buy into is all this talk of our being in a position 'to challenge for the Prem title year on year'! Let's just remember ALL clubs will be blessed with more dough from now on and at least SIX of our rivals still have backers whose wealth leaves Mosher in the pauper class !

So how do my beloved bookies see it ?

Well, truth to tell, they see no less than EIGHT other clubs more likely to pull off the title than Everton, so let's take a glance at how they rate:-

Man City 9/4, Man Unt. 9/2, Arsenal 6/1, Chelsea 7/1, Spurs 8/1, RS 9/1, Leicester 33/1, West Ham 100/1.

Everton are next at 125/1. Who's up for a bet ?

It all depends how much our knight in shining armour is willing to spend on players.
We will have to wait and see.
I do think there's a very good chance we will finish in front of Leicester and West Ham this season though, the other 6 may be more difficult.

Only eight clubs? Last season they thought there were nineteen clubs with more chance of winning the league than Leicester City and we all know how that turned out.

Besides I'd be more than happy with a top four finish.....and maybe a cup.

:) A thousand apologies!! No I didn't miss that golden, glorious hiccup on our way to our long sleep. Forgive me, I think I've been bitten by a bug. It's a bug that's a new one on me I can't figure out,,,think it might be called... Hope!

Phil, as for us all being seduced. I'm a reasonably cautious man and, until/if Ronal Koeman and his chosen staff are presented to the world, part of me is thinking that somehow, somewhere, sometime something will go wrong.

We've all been let down a fair few times in the past, so it's natural for me and maybe quite a few more, are not going to relax until we see the picture in the Echo.

However, it seems like most sources now think that, apart from the lawyers going over the fine details, Farhad Moshiri has interested Koeman enough to come to Everton.

If this is true, then Koeman will have been told clearly, what Mr Moshiri's plans are and what will be made available to Koeman to carry the plans out.

I don't think Ronald Koeman would come to Everton, even if the salary is what has been muted. I don't think he'd leave a club where expectations are lower and the team is in a better shape than ours, purely for the money.

I'm sure, in his mind, he is thinking that if he can mould an Everton Squad into a challenging for honours squad, on a regular basis, then the football world will be his oyster.

About the stadium. If I read his comments in the Chelsea programme, he recognises that the Stadium issue is a massive part of the re-building of Everton as well.

There's no doubt in my mind that Mr Moshiri will have plans for a stadium on the go already, whether its a new one or a redeveloped Goodison, it will be coming.

So on this occasion Phil, will allow yourself a slight glimmer of hope, or are you steadfastly remaining in the Glums household?

Wage Structure

Perhaps we need to issue a "guide to TW" for the newbies. There's a great deal of background and numerous historical references on here which will be a complete puzzle to the uninitiated.

Phil usually does good Everton reports from the match and is not normally prone to saensationalist type stories. I can't see Everton Broadcasting what their wage structure will be. But it's probably a fair guess.

If we are going to attract higher class of players, then they'll expect commensurately decent Pay packets, to ther Permiership sides aiming to challenge regularly for honours. I wonder if that's any more than West Ham offer to top players?

1. What is the significance of the Moyes family holiday, and what name was used for the spouse in question?
2. Where is the Freshie?
3. Who has received the greatest number of bans on the live feed?
4. Who was known as "Softollies"?
5. Name the South American player most often referenced on football transfer day.

We may not be title contenders for a while yet but the genuine prospect of glory days to return and with the prospect of a new stadium on the horizon has me positively brimming with excitement again. It really feels like the real deal this time round and I'm going to enjoy this moment for some time. 125/1 Phil? Yeah I'll have some of that

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/Everton-fc-ronald-koeman-quotes-11447931?

I've supported Everton for 55 years, in that time seeing us win 4 titles, 3 FA cups and a Cup Winners Cup. That's an average of a trophy every 7 years, plus we've never been out of the top flight. The last 20 and more years have been what Everton would regard as relatively mediocre, but which most clubs would regard as success.

All the talk about whether Everton is a big or small club is just a load of media drivel. We've just lacked the financial resources to be the buying team that we were and not the selling team we've been seen to be during the last couple of decades. Until now!

I have a good feeling about this and, having supported the blues for over 50 years, I do not say that lightly.

This is one cost of having billionaire owners - some have said many times it constitutes the loss of part of our collective 'soul'.

Our comfort zone is diminishing, there will be moaners for years (ask any Man C fan you know). Is selling a part of our soul worth it for a new stadium, challenging as genuine contenders, beating LFC more than once every ten years? Of course it is!.

A Big Club?