Team formation has been cited, the Manager's inflexibility to respond, the lack of a Plan B and selecting player's in unfamiliar positions have all contributed to the quagmire that we currently find ourselves in dismally propping up the Premier League. Glass ceilings quotes have been trotted out, punching above our weight for too long and being found out by other team's are also factors that seem to be having an effect upon our current form.
The FA Cup Final defeat by Chelsea proved one point, even after Saha scoring so early on in the game: with the evident deficiency down the right hand side being cruelly exposed, we were never going to win that game in a million years. The loan signing of Landon Donavon papered over the cracks in this position last season and given or afforded the funds and working through David Moyes pre-season comments Donovan would have been the stellar signing evidently needed.
All of this brings me to my point: on such limited resources and with such little financial support, contrary to the rhetoric and soundbites trotted out by Moyes, why is it that he continues to try to operate with one hand tied behind his back? The contract impasse and long and protracted negotiations would suggest that Moyes was clearly having second thoughts regarding the way ahead. The small factor of an alleged £3.5 million salary on a 5-year deal may have been the deciding sweetener, with Moyes continuing to sing to Bill Kenwright's tune.
Kenwright has recently been in the press again stating his alleged desire to sell, of David needing the funds to do his job, and of the long line of suitors who make an enquiry but fail to materialise with the cash. The leveraged buyout across the Park is cited as a case of being careful to what you wish for; however, the continuing roles of Robert Earl and Sir Philip Green as apparent guarantors to Kenwright seemingly go by unquestioned.
Whilst the Spirit of Shankly and local media harangue the American owners regarding their dereliction of Liverpool, the Everton fanbase by and large meekly accepts its fate, whilst the regime in place shuts down any means of dissent in the form of banning AGMs.
The logical conclusion for me is that David Moyes is therefore taking the coin; as an experienced coach and manager, it would surely even be beyond the most serious dissenters to believe that he does not know where the deficiencies lie within the current squad. The ludicrous £1 million budget for transfer acquisitions this season, the fact that he was forced to retain the services of a clearly spent Yakubu, and the start to the current campaign clearly suggests that we are operating on a 'make do and mend' approach.
For all Moyes's critics, I say one thing: has anyone heard, seen or read the accounts of the silenced Trevor Birch, Paul Gregg, Keith Wyness or any other former employee that has had the misfortune of working with Bill Kenwright? David Moyes may happen to be the next sacrificial lamb, the £3.5 million a year contract may soften the blow and help to temper any ambition that he once may have harboured, but ultimately David Moyes looks like the kind of guy at the moment that is happy to take the coin.
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These lot survive by owners giving out the cash. Mike Ashley used a £100m interest-free loan to the club from his own business to keep them going, Roman at Chelsea just writes a blank cheque. Man Utd increase the debt against global fame and Liverpool until now were doing the same.Our turnover was £79m with £85m out. So when fans ask us why do we accept that 5th or 6th is great, what else are we suppossed to do with clubs allowed to produce sets of figures like this?
To be honest, we are like Stoke, £53m in, £53m out and that was with £14m for transfers, yet you don't see them hitting 5th and 6th. Moyes has worked wonders and earns every penny.
Saha has not scored since February, Yakubu is totally crocked, Anichebe seemingly unable to recover from his serious knee injury, Vaughan likewise and now out on loan, and Beckford untested and apparently on the evidence to date not going to cut it at this level.
Yet we go into the season with such deficiencies now seemingly exposed, we can't buy a goal for love nor money, the imbalance from Left compared to Right almost renders us listless, and the best that Kenwright and Co can muster together is fucking £1 million quid. At least Martin O'Neill has the bollocks to stand up and walk and he has in comparison to Moyes spent a shed-load in recent years. The relationship between Moyes and Kenwright for my liking is too cozy.
So taking someone like Yaya (an extreme example I know), if he plays for say 6 years on an average of £100k net per week, he's earned £31.2 million after tax! On the current national average wage, you would have to work for around 1200 years to earn the same.
Sure players have a short working life, but the top players now earn obscene amounts of money. Can't imagine Arteta will end up "working in a pub or selling curtains" somehow!
As for the article above, I feel Moyes has been a great servant to the club and has been value for money in comparative if not absolute terms. As for investment in the club, it is a sad reality to see us skint for so long. If I won £120m on the Eurolottery rollover would I run to Blue Bill and Moyesy with the money for a £40m striker? Would I 'eck. Only Arsenal I would suggest have given value in the history of the Premier League. Chelsea, Liverpool and particularly Man Utd are in very precarious positions.
You get what you pay for at the end of the day. When you made your choice to become an Everton fan, you made your bed; now lie in it. The alternatives? Become a Man Sitteh fan or send your kid to school in a Chelsea top. Not very palatable are they?
Being an Everton fan is a choice really and you have to take the rough with the smooth. We're not going to get relegated, neither are we going to win the league this year. Our position will probably be an amalgam of our hopes and fears.
We have a ginger manager and a Chairman who is a bit of a Drama Queen. This is Everton COYB.
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