Everton

[Exiled_red]

Someone will take a punt on Calvert-Lewin

Maybe, but for me he is over rated he had 2 good seasons and the goals (36) in those account for more than half of all the goals (68) in his 8 seasons at Everton. He's missed alot of games through injury because he seems some what injury prone, he's also 27 now so should be at his peak now.

It's the type of risky punt someone desperate for goals to stay up might take in the hope that he could get enough in the games he's available for, but he could easily miss most of the season

[red g]

Maybe, but for me he is over rated he had 2 good seasons and the goals (36) in those account for more than half of all the goals (68) in his 8 seasons at Everton. He's missed alot of games through injury because he seems some what injury prone, he's also 27 now so should be at his peak now.

It's the type of risky punt someone desperate for goals to stay up might take in the hope that he could get enough in the games he's available for, but he could easily miss most of the season

Modern day Heskey, Unplayable on his day but they are few and far between.

[Norbs]

Seems that there are some interested investors, but only if the club goes into administration so that they can pick it up at rock bottom value, and largely debt free, with the administrators left to sort out the debt.

The whole is a disgrace really. No football club should be in a position like this. And to think that FFP, fit and proper owner test, and the like were designed to stop this kind of thing happening. It's a complete failure of regulation.

Administration in general is a disgrace. Staff, inland revenue are quite rightly protected first but suppliers are right royally ****ed over. If they weather it then someone somewhere down the line suffers

[Tatterdemalion]

Don't know whether I'm off the general consensus here, but I wouldn't really care if I was. I don't want to see Everton go under - some of my mates and family are Everton fans and whilst I love beating them I don't want to see a huge part of their lives disappear. They're an ancient club and to see them go under would be a travesty. When their stadium is finished it will be a destination for tourists and that can only be good for the city. It's like sibling rivalry - you might want to beat your brother but do you really want to see them die? I'm a scouser by birth (but I haven't lived there for years) and I grew up in the '80s before the real animosity started and I know that Liverpool would be a sadder place without two teams, because back then it was like being part of a bigger family.

[Kenneth]

I don’t want to see them go under, no. Go down, absolutely.

[Buzzo]

Don't know whether I'm off the general consensus here, but I wouldn't really care if I was. I don't want to see Everton go under - some of my mates and family are Everton fans and whilst I love beating them I don't want to see a huge part of their lives disappear. They're an ancient club and to see them go under would be a travesty. When their stadium is finished it will be a destination for tourists and that can only be good for the city. It's like sibling rivalry - you might want to beat your brother but do you really want to see them die? I'm a scouser by birth (but I haven't lived there for years) and I grew up in the '80s before the real animosity started and I know that Liverpool would be a sadder place without two teams, because back then it was like being part of a bigger family.

100% agree.

[Cerbie]

3 players defending the RB position and none of them Trent…

[Kenneth]

Brilliant header. 3-1

[Kenneth]

3 players defending the RB position and none of them Trent…

Oi, that was your fault.

[Tatterdemalion]

Brilliant header. 3-1

Wrong thread man!

[Cerbie]

Del

[RichC]

Not sure about that. He was promising about 3 years ago..... If big sam was around then he'd have taken a punt on him but can't see any premier league club paying good money for him tbh.

The piss taking about their new stadium being the best ground in the championship could turn out to be 100% correct. They were saved this year purely by the fact that the 3 clubs that got promoted were total dog****.

Can see them struggling big time next year and if they go into administration then they are ****ed

One of the 3 coming up will take a look for the right amount of money and he's only got 1 year left so I doubt they'll get anywhere they think he's worth (I wouldn't risk it)/

As Dom has said they'll be vultures circling but they'll be waiting until they get an absolute steal.

[RichC]

Maybe, but for me he is over rated he had 2 good seasons and the goals (36) in those account for more than half of all the goals (68) in his 8 seasons at Everton. He's missed alot of games through injury because he seems some what injury prone, he's also 27 now so should be at his peak now.

It's the type of risky punt someone desperate for goals to stay up might take in the hope that he could get enough in the games he's available for, but he could easily miss most of the season

No argument there, still think someone will take a punt on him and he's one of the few saleable assets they've got

[Kenneth]

As long as it’s not us then cool. He’s not very good.

[baitman]

EV are going to dig their own grave and the prem must have had enough of their **** and are going to let them shoot themselves.

The future ownership of Everton will be decided by current owner Farhad Moshiri and not by the Premier League, says the English top flight's chief executive Richard Masters.

777 Partners agreed to buy Moshiri's 94% stake in September but there is increasing uncertainty over the takeover amid concerning developments around the Miami-based firm.

Appearing in front of a select committee on Parliament's Football Governance Bill on Tuesday, Masters was asked why he had not rejected 777's takeover.

“The Premier League’s role in this, as regulator, is to perform the test," said Masters.

"It is not to decide who the current owner wants to sell his club to. That is his decision. At the moment, he wants to continue to have discussions with 777 about it."

Last week, 777 engaged finance restructuring experts, casting further doubts over its ability to complete the deal.

Moshiri has held talks with 777 as he looks for clarity regarding the situation, and whether it has the cash available to pay off a £158m loan owed to MSP Sports Capital.

And eight months on from agreeing to buy the club, 777 continues to undergo scrutiny from the Premier League as to whether it passes the Owners' and Directors' Test.

Last week, Everton's Fan Advisory Board called for the Premier League to dismiss 777 Partners' takeover bid and to "allow discussions with more suitable owners" to take place.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3gxxlpk1mjo