Everton Thread - 2023/24

John Wayne said:
Appendix: and there was no organised resistance from either fan group at the time.

Burnham is spending loads of time on it. Imagine if he put as much effort into being mayor of Manchester.
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You're right - there wasn't, but part of that can be attributed to the fact that fanbases would've been conditioned to believe that FFP was in the best interests of their clubs. Newcastle fans - to be fair - wanted Ashley out and him voting for FFP was a sideshow to that. It was a bit different for Everton fans. They'd done well under Moyes and were generally over-achieving in relation to the money they'd spent - who can forget the chants of "2 nil, and we've spent fuck-all" when they beat us at our place one season? - so they probably thought it was going to be a good thing for their club. But things can move on quickly in football. Just a few months after Kenwright voted for FFP, Moyes left to take the United job and then shamelessly tried to take some of their best players (Baines and Fellaini) for low fees. What large amount of credit Moyes had built up with Evertonians rapidly disappeared.
 
I think the points deduction(s) could be far less damaging than any financial repercussions. The club probably needed the new stadium to save us about 3-5 years ago at least. I remember reading somewhere that Everton spent nearly 80% of their revenue on players wages- madness if true
 
yankblue said:
So have the rest of the clubs caught on to the corruption that is FFP or is it still City's ruining football, 115 charges, etc
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Get with the narrative mate.
The PL is corrupt and inept when dealing with its member clubs in all circumstances, bar one.
That one is, obviously, when charging City. Then, they are incorruptible, bastions of fairness and guardians of our national sport.
It’s exactly the same as UEFA. Hopeless and corrupt, unless charging City….

What we’ll get now is more fans from everton, forest and the usual suspects displaying dizzying amounts of cognitive dissonance. “It’s not fair, it’s all a sham, the PL are corrupt.”
Followed, often in the same paragraph by; “and when will City get done?” “They should be deducted xxxxx points, relegated etc…”
Not only is the above true but, if Everton and or Forest were to go down, would they really not be bothered, provided City went as well? Of course they would.
By bringing city up, at every available opportunity, these saps are doing exactly what the cartel want. I’d imagine even the red shirts can't believe how easy it is..
 
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waspish said:
Need an independent regulator now and suspend all points deductions on provision that the clubs are found in the right direction in the next two years they doing everything they can to put it right! After two years if it doesn't look like it then dock those team points!

Seems no club thought they were serious about points deductions and just expected a fine or transfer embargo at worse! You see it now with clubs knowing they serious about point deductions that they going to be more frugal and saying they need to sell first!! It's a mess..
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It is madness to sanction a club for investing too much money without implementing controls over debt levels. These rules are just as stupid as they were when they were introduced. Clubs go bust when they can't service their debts and then they have to face the consequences of their own incompetence.
 
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