Everton cleared of outstanding PSR charge

So much for the Premier League being out to get us.

What power do TFG bring to this?

Just a pity Leicester got away with it. A points deduction for them would have been a big help.

At long last we can perhaps now start the long process of rebuilding the playing squad.

We will soon see if Moyes is better than Dyche though; when Dyche came in 2 years ago, I thought Everton were doomed, whereas the club has a fighting chance now…

A couple of players are imperative, just like I thought they were when Dyche arrived. Will we ever get out of the nightmare?

Or have the Premier League been kind to us? Which would run totally counter to so much of the previous narrative that the Premier League have got it in for Everton.

His links to Russia must have been uncomfortable in certain corridors of power…

Still sticks in my craw that Everton are always first to get a negative decision against them. Yet again, another nailed-on penalty denied vs Villa. Ref an absolute disgrace. Where do they get them from?

As Dyche used to say "You can smell it". I wouldn't trust any of them to sit the right way on a toilet.

Their owners can afford to pay the price, even though the Premier League told us we couldn't be fined, because we had a rich owner and that might encourage other clubs with rich owners to break the rules.

Chelsea in talks to settle secret payments case without points deduction

We're no longer owned by Usmanov's money launderer, the Premier League's last link to Oligarchs.

Great news.

The Premier League has formally discontinued the second part of the PSR complaint for the period ending FY23 and has deemed the Club PSR compliant for FY24.

No way should Everton allow this to cloud the Man City breaches.

Will we see Man City punished? Points deductions or relegation? I think the blanket PSR compliance, this and probably Leicester will pave the way for a smack on the wrist and a hefty fine... after all, it's only 115 charges!

Did we go over our spending limit? Yes, but there were valid reasons for it and, if it we were any other club, we were fine.

As for the punishment, it was astonishing that a made-up on-the-spot points deduction was allowed to be given.

But rest assured the Premier League are determined to get points off Everton via the match officials. If Onana was still in blue, he was off the other night. And we now need more than two fouls on our players in the penalty area to be given a penalty.

Until the club goes for the Premier League, it will continue, game after game.

Headline will likely say ''Everton get away with it''.

I'd be demanding a public apology for that thing alone.

I bet Stefan Borson is fuming.

Are you saying that the PremierLeague haven't had it in for us?

No. I'm saying perhaps we were clean on this charge.

Masters and Co had no intention of punishing anyone else.

All we have to deal with now is the imminent threat described for us all by Sean Kearns of this parish; that North Wharf Road has decided to "sacrifice" us by giving us as a gift to the Championship in compensation for their inequitable redistribution of profits.

There is a narrative that many on here will not like one bit: that we were - in proper tragic mode - the main authors of our own misfortune, recognised this and adopted a reconciliatory posture, were made to suffer by North Wharf Road who have now dropped the second charge in the best interests of everyone concerned.

No conspiracy. No plotting. Just a badly run club being taken to task and finally getting a break.

Thank goodness that we will now we hope be able to take full advantage of the potential of new ownership.

5 gold rings
4 good officials
3 points for winning
2 pacey wing backs
And a striker in good form

I know it's new year, but we all had Xmas wishes...

It's not always the case that only one party has all the merit on its side. Sometimes both sides can cock up - the EPL did and we did.

Lyndon, thanks for posting this clear dropping of the charges, as there were many differing opinions. e.g. Joe Thomas, Paul Joyce, Stefan Borson, and Kieran Maguire et al...

I was wondering if you have seen or had any information regarding the ongoing Premier League Board vs LCFC arbitration at all?

I think that the PLB will be desperate to 'catch out' the Foxes for them running loop-holes regards PSR previously regards Jurisdiction. I also think that LCFC has some pretty savvy Legal representation, so let battle commence!

I see there is still nothing close to being announced re City.

Also, I'd love to see the logic (sorry, legal reasoning) behind CFC and MUFC decisions not to penalise them?

Is it the associated clubs ownership groups, or is it their 'Global' appeal; and by punishing those teams, it could be construed by the PLB as shooting at the Golden Goose that the PL is? Or am I being cynical (or maybe naïve?)

Maybe one season we will get more than two penalties? (if that?)

The PL were a mess with these processes. Ill thought out and sanctions worked out on the fly.

But our leadership were responsible for the poor financial management of the club and the risks they took that threatened not only PSR sanctions, but the ability for the club to continue to operate. PSR might have actually saved us.

Chelsea have shown how easy it is to avoid charges using transactions and creative accounting. Yet we were selling sob stories about Gylfi's mental health, COVID, and how unlucky we were to be entirely funded by an Oligarch.

Thankfully it's all behind us now. New owner, new stadium... there's a chance to actually run this club properly.

If money is coming into the Premier League the Premier League can sort out any problems. It has always been like that.

In light of the fact that Man City and others still haven’t been penalised by the PLB for alleged breaches far in excess of that, it would have made it even more of a farce than it already is if they continued to pursue Everton for another paltry $6.5M.

Just shows what a corrupt or incompetent shower the PLB is.

No-one knows our PRS situation other than hopefully our Chairman and Finance Director (if we have one) but my hunch is that

1) Dyches removal and pay off leaves us with too little January headroom to take a risk on anything other than loans or frees, and even then, with an eye to total wage bill and
2) The position changes in summer where a reasonable forecast can be made as to the incremental revenue accruing from the stadium, especially if a name sponsor is lined up for it and the loss of many fairly expensive out of contract players will give is a fair amount of leeway to do a fairly substantial squad refresh. In fact I think that will be a necessity, with the idea that we bring in players much more useful to us on the wages the outgoing were paid. Or more of them on the same total wages. So it is over to Thelwell (or whoever replaces him) but this time, with at least more than a shilling in his pocket

In my dad's few last days we spoke about the greats, he said Ball, Bell, Law.and of course Bobby Charlton.

Dennis was an extrovert on the field with the ball and without it, arguing the toss with with anyone including referees but quiet and reserved off it.

Mike I’d love to see that photo of Dennis scoring that volley while twisting in the air———he scored one like that v Everton at Old Trafford in a night game, I don’t think it was on TV but I was at the game and with Unt. 2-0 up near the end of the game David Herd the Unt. striker with a terrific shot in him hit one across the gaol, not sure if it was a shot or a centre, but it went right across the goal, Gordon West just left it looked like it was going behind for a goal kick when Dennis flew through the air and volleyed it home, absolutely astonishing and amazing, you just had to admit what a great goal it was even if it meant us losing 3-0.

Dennis was a player and a half, no cancel that make it a player and seven eighths!