SteV

She is - I went to Uni with her (assuming he still has the same one). Remember seeing some article ahead of one the WC’s, listing all the WAG’s and there “professions”. Had her down as a yoga teacher. I must have skipped that module…

1st July

If there’s no/limited additional ST sales, there’ll be plenty of individual match tickets. Pain in the arse to keep on top of when they go on sale every game, but still should be easy enough to get if you’re on the ball.

Absolutely no-one saw this coming… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61751366

Only reason I can think of is trying to avoid a Sterling/Gomez type situation going into the WC. Pathetic though.

Jordan Lukaku failed his when he was supposed to come here on loan a few years ago didn’t he?

Interview dropping this evening

Brice Samba not renewing his contract with Forest. Got to be a chance Darlow ends up back there now.

Kyril Louis Drivefast

Probably doesn’t tell us too much we don’t already know. Confirms the players we all expect to be moved on (Hayden, Clark, Gayle, Hendrick etc.), whilst stating wages might see some of them just go on loan with us having to subsidise part of them. Sounded more positive towards Jamal Lewis than you might expect. Says Matty Longstaff’s wage (£20k) is set to drop, without stating why. Must have had a clause to do with having to make so many appearances or something ??‍♂️ Dan Langley could end up being third choice keeper if the others leave. Almiron’s release clause is £60m ?

I think you’ll find he’ll wear a magic hat and he could have signed for Dortmund…

*any better

Has a player ever left an established league for a ‘money league’ for a couple of seasons, then returned as good, or better, than when they left? Sure there are examples, but can’t think of any of the top of my head.

You have to factor in peoples opinion of him is clouded because he did a photo shoot in a dress and has his hair in a man bun. (and I’m not specifically relating that comment to our fans, it applies to all fans, Everton included)

Pretty decent travel-wise for them next year (bar Cardiff, Swansea, Norwich). Mad there’s no team south of London.

How far down are we going here? Sure there’s some Gateshead players in with a shout? Blyth? North Shields? Consett?

Because his distribution is Sunday league standard, which will hold him back from getting a top team unfortunately

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61555291 As tempting as it is to say ‘Scousers gonna Scouse’, it’s good to see something actually being done about this kind of thing. Obviously I’m sure there’s some that will sell on successfully in slightly more sophisticated manner, but still. May become a big issue for us one day…

They haven’t announced yet (or even whether there definitely is going to be one).

Possibly preparing to try and avoid the inevitable catastrophe that will ensue from any online general sale

Would people that are happy with 5 matches a year be happy if those 5 were Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham, Palace and Wolves? Maybe. Suppose that would be the chance you take. Although tbh, I very much doubt the club will go for anything this innovative/convoluted. Not yet anyway. Whichever way they go it’s likely to be fairly straightforward.

Not really feasible given the amount fixtures get shunted about (if pre-planning would be the main reason for doing this).

I have no real opinion on the bloke, but a scroll back through his social media suggests this to be total bollocks…

My take from that SR thread is that it is clearly sensible to be prudent (insert your own figure as to what prudent looks like) to a degree. Obviously we’re looking to improve step-by-step, and we can probably reach the next step (lower top half) with the addition of players ~£40m and under, and the kind of wages they command. Once we’re in a position to genuinely challenge the top 6 / top 4, you’re probably looking at players that will improve us being ~£40m and upwards (and associated wages), so we’re going to have to have a bit in reserve to allow us to get them, before the CL money starts rolling in on a regular basis. Obviously the above is a very simplistic and linear take, and there’s always anomalies, but I think that’ll probably be our overarching long-term view.