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Mike #5

Spot on. While I’ve a lot to criticize the club about in the window overall Everton did everything I would expect them to do concerning Balogun. The late arrival shrinking the timescale, late arrival of the medical records? Very iffy for me. Balogun walking out seems like a reaction to being found out!

Malcolm #80, that 93% figure is 2023/24 so 2 years out of date. The current estimated figure for 2025/26 is 60%, so 25% lower than the 85% lowest SCR allowance.

Nothing wrong with being positive MIke and having your own point of view. That is what ToffeeWeb is supposed to be I think. A place where Evertonians can express their opinions.

Paul #74, I chose the world “deliberately” deliberately.

I do believe that condemning the Friedkins for alleged profiteering and lack of ambition and even demanding they re-sell the club (which we have seen here) after 21 months of financial rehabilitation does, in fact, constitute never giving them a chance.

Quinn himself demonstrates the innate contradiction of this viewpoint, himself projecting as mentioned above that this ownership is unambitious and uncommitted to competitive improvement even after extensively detailing the practicality of their slow-build approach given that Everton, in Quinn’s words, “cannot spend their way up the table” but must earn spending power through incremental revenue growth and player trading.

I agree 100% that every fan has the right to question TFG, and to express frustration with the Friedkins’ lack of communication and absence of commitment to the club’s culture and traditions (which I find foolish and shortsighted).

But we all choose to be optimistic or pessimistic, to be positive or negative. And specifically many here choose to darkly dismiss the Friedkins as rank Yank opportunists before they’ve deployed much more than a fraction of the five-year plan Quinn identifies in his analysis — for our finances, our Academy, our scouting/signing structure and ultimately our playing staff.

And I have the right, as a fan as passionate as any, to express my complete and utter bewilderment at those dismissive views. After 25 years of Bill and Mosh, and after barely escaping 777 and Textor, I just don’t get it.

But then, I also didn’t understand how so many people here expressed eagerness for Moyes to be sacked before the New Year — which would of course require us to lose a lot of games.

Clearly I’m just not comprehending why my own positivity is such a misfit with the general mood. But I was long referred to by another longtime TW denizen as a Happy Clapper, and I will wear the sobriquet proudly.

Hi all,
Ian (4) I think your wrong there mate regards an underspend of 25%, above it clearly says we are at 93% and the PL limit for SCR is 85%.
I think Kinnear isn’t doing a good job and there are too many cooks in the recruitment team who are very substandard. A great interview with Cardiff ex manager 18 mths ago, who simply said, ‘The more layers you have at a football club the less likelyhood of success” that’s the rabbit hole Everton are currently going down! Moyes & a good CEO, that’s all there should be on player recruitment, that is a recipe for success going forward! 😀💙⚽