don't follow any PL team but the way the Everton supporters reacted you kinda knew Benítez wasn't a good hire and this wasn't gonna end well falling out with players from start.
Its funny how polar opposite the owners of the two Merseyside clubs are. One are very hands off Money-Men who expect the club to operate within a fairly tighter budget than most big clubs but have hired the right people to do just that while the other is very hands on and spends lavishly without really caring about whether the money is being invested in a worthwhile manner
@@bman977 look at all the great managers Everton have brought in to do diddly squat. It’s clear there’s more to this than just a great manager. Between Koeman, Benitez, and Ancelotti, they have 11 league titles (12 if you assume the title Real has essentially won), 7 cup triumphs, 3 champions league titles, and 2 Europa leagues. Considering NONE of those honors came at Everton, this to me looks like a club who wishes they could be “bailed out by an elite manager” like FSG is. But unfortunately, you have to put them in positions to succeed too
@@bman977 Yes and no. Klopp and Pep are exceptional but wouldn’t be competing in that Everton set-up (I’m a Liverpool fan). So much rotten and hideous/ comical mismanagement. Klopp himself has said the right structure is everything to the workings of a football club; both Liverpool and City, despite very different budgets, are extremely well-oiled machines at all levels 🤷🏼♀️
I've been a fan since I was 10. Something about seeing the likes of Tim Cahill, Steven Pienaar and Jolteon Lescott playing no nonsense football attracted me to the club, since my home team (Feyenoord) is basically the same. It hurts to see what Everton has become and I was always hopeful that a turnaround was in the makings.. maybe it is, but definitely not this season...
i miss moyes era..even though that time we spend on free transfer and loan player at least we consistent getting spot 5,6,7,&8 with balance book account...with the squad player can play for more than 10 years(baines,pienaar,cahill,fellaini,coleman,jag & so on..)i start felt the team going down,from martinez,big spending,good one season then already & the club became less competitive.after that being same untill carlo arrive..i thought hope revive for the club,i can see why carlo left the club,he left silence.then when benitez arrve a lot mess happens.... kinda sad to see the i club support since childhood
Everton is the epitome of how not to spend money on players. It's crazy under Moyes they were top 7 regulars with a small budget. Finishing 4th the one time in 2005. Since the money came, they hired people who knew little about football and spend on players who are average or really poor examples Delph, Iwobi, Keane, Pickford and Tosun. Plus they were planning to build a new stadium to attract players to their project that is failing big time. Few signings like Richarlison, Calvert Lewin, Digne(Likely to join Villa soon) and Gray have been a success but that's the only positive. 27 years and no closer to silverware and 6 different managers failed to get them European football on a consistent basis last time was in the 17/18 Europa league. Some of the managers were league and Champions league winners like Ancelotti and Benitez while others are terrible managers in Koeman and Marco Silva(the most overrated manager ever, the next Mourinho my ass). They have gone backwards over the years. The blame goes to the board for having no proper planning on player recruitment, improving the club's infrastructures and hiring the right manager to take them to the next level. Now Everton is a side of false hope and grandeur of delusion. Thinking that spending a lot of money will close the gap on the big boys only to spend it poorly on players who don't fit the culture of Everton. James lasted for one season before heading to Qatar. Delph and Iwobi stealing a living. Keane is abysmal in most games. The less said about Sigurdsson the better. I truly feel sorry for the fans to witness the chaos that is happening at Everton. They are yet to be relegated but if this don't get better soon then relegation could be inevitable in the future.
@@agastyagarg4204 But that's what I like in Premier League now In every country, money is enough But not in England Because everyone has money And Everton proves it : they spend a lot of money, but they're badly managed, so they're at the bottom Even be a "great club" isnt enough because... Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, even Newcastle, Tottenham, Man City and Chelsea are great clubs too with at least 10 domestic titles... We could argue rightly against Kroenke and Glazer, but their club work Man U has the largest scouting and data squad in the world
@@vincesalamander5980 Yeah but they would put bids of 40 million each for them. As for the money in PL, they have successfully build a good financial model.
There’s an old joke amongst Liverpool fans which seems appropriate again. “Liverpool have won more trophies but the contents of the Everton trophy room are more valuable as they are all antiques”
Great comments. I could not imagine the previous managers spent control as seems their goal is to spend all funding given. Koeman, Silva n Alladyce are the culprit to Everton downfall. The current strategy that can address is gradually replacing under performing players by stages where all Everton fans has similar view who should stay/who should leave. Too bad we have attitude players that does not wants to leave or go on loan when like Tosun. Hope Mr. Morshiri continues invest but wisely as give Benitez another season as only able to judge after we have players fit for the club.
lucas digne is 29 in July injured a lot and on the decline he lost loads of pace.... hes getting worse not improving... Villa will be left with a 30 year on over 140 grand a week with still 3 years left in his contract trying to get him off the books.... Everton have done good business here
@@digvijaykole6746 but Coleman is a right back who's been replaced by Patterson next season why would we want a 29 year old left back playing right back... we've got a 20 Ukraine international at left back now.... plus I don't rate Coleman anymore either so would care if he went either
I used to look as some signings like Iwobi for 27m or Walcott for 20m and think wow I didn’t know those players would cost so much. Walcott was on the decline and prob worth 10m and iwobi 15m maybe at the time of their moves. Same with Sigurdsson, Richarlison(who turned out to actually be good), Tosun, keane, all half decent players I think they could/should’ve gotten for less
Everton need to be a little careful what they wish for... yeah it's been a long time without a trophy, but unlike a lot of other 'big clubs' like Newcastle, Aston Villa, Leeds, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, etc. - at least they haven't been relegated multiple times. Also when they won the FA Cup, they finished in 15th that season and just 5 points above the relegation zone. It's hard to compete with the big boys without an oil rich sugar daddy I'm afraid...
Wow great points. I think some people deliberately don't tell the full story because in their heads they're the ones playing Football manager. 'I'll just get in this young manager, play attacking and focus on the academy and we'll make top 4 in a season or two'. The big criticism about Morshiri is that he doesn't have a footballing brain and he doesn't have the right people around him. Well he's brought in Rafa who most definitely has a footballing brain. The biggest impact he had at Liverpool was not only winning the Champion's League, but changing and upgrading the youth setup. He had a good track record with transfers as well despite the shoestring budget. This idea that he hasn't been successful I can't get my head around. Only a handful of managers in the prem have ANY titles to speak of. Graeme Potter has come in and done well (like Martinez all those years ago). You fire Benitez now, pay him and his background staff over 10 mil pounds, get in someone promising, then see they're not cut out for it. Let the man that knows football do his job. I'd give him one more season then re-evaluate.
@@ryanjohnson6272 Spurs maybe. Would Everton fans really want to swap with West Ham? They are doing well now at this point in time, but it's been a roller-coaster couple of decades for them. This season is an anomaly. They've been relegated and normally used to the other end of the table. They are having one good half-season, doesn't mean suddenly they are the gold-standard club. Ironically they are doing it with none other than Mr. David Moyes..
Born in 75 I remember the good old days. They have had glimpses of it over the years but just never seem to get there. I honestly don't think it's the managers. The buck has to stop with the players, stop buying big (ish) names and buy good solid players (Seamus Coleman) example - who are young and hungry. Give big Dunc the job and start over next season. COYB 🔵
while this last few seasons results do leave a sense of a club that's "threading water", i wonder just how much of this is down to the competitive state of the Premier League, where if you stand still, you will get overtaken by other clubs in the pecking order. Everton spent hundreds of millions to reshape a side that was caught between the end of the Moyes Era and a lot of financial and sporting uncertainty. I don't think they spent that money particularly well (some signings were very inflated) but they do have some talent on the team (namely Richarlyson and Calvert-Lewin, Mina, Davies...). It's not Top Premier League level (that's world class/"#1 in position in the world" level), but it's not that far from Leicester's squad level. What i do feel is that a lot of fans of clubs just outside the top 6 are forever trapped in this cycle that, with a little bit more investment and better managment, they can get into those Top 6 places. It's just not that easy. The level in the Premier League is very, very high. Lots of clubs are spending fortunes to keep up and get ahead. You have to keep moving forward or risk getting trapped. Everton have just about kept up. Could they have done it with better use of the resources? Absolutely!, as Leicester and others have shown. But i don't think it's reasonable to expect a dramatic improvement that assures the Toffees a top 6/top 7 status every year in a very competitive EPL that is only getting stronger and stronger.
thank you for making this video, it is a really scary time to be an evertonian. The board are running the club into the ground and as a supporter there is not much you can do other than watch in horror
The decline isn't as simplistic as you make out. The shit show is becuase of: 1. Usmanov. His bag man Moshiri knows the sum total of nothing about footall. He is Usmanov's puppet. Usmanov thinks he understands football and his 'gaze' fell upon Everton when he was frozen out of his favoured Arsenal. As crap as Arsenal have performed subsequently, they are lucky Usmanov didn't get his way. Usmanov is the man who mingles with the "hollywood" football elite and picks the managers. His money (managed by Moshiri) attracts the players. He is supposedly the person who insisted on Everton signing Iwobi. He is the man who is mates with Benitez and asked him to manage Everton. He hides behind Moshiri for the reasons detailed in the press. 2. DoF/signings. Whilst Walsh and certainly Brands have faced interference from Usmanov, the fact is they were out of their depth. Brands was happy to keep taking a hefty salary until the fans turned on him, and even then he tried to deflect blame. If he had signed the right players for the club then Everton would be performing well and that would have meant that Usmanov's picks could've been tolerated. Nothing wrong with playing Iwobi or James intermittently if the team was winning - they're regularly unfit anyway. All concerned would save face. Too many of Walsh's, and then Brands' signings were abysmal. 3. The club perception. As many people who have worked for the club have commented, Everton is seen as a care home for the obsolete, overpaid and underworked. Whether you're a second-hand car salesman like Walsh or Brands, a stubborn idiot like Silva (who brought a coach with him who'd previously accused Big Dunc of racially abusing him ??!!), a big time Charlie like Delph or James... Everton is now synonymous with paying you handsomely to fail. Not only can you prove incompetent, but the 27 years of shite has guaranteed that you get away with it because the club is of little interest to the pundits and journos who would rather scrutinise the bigger teams. You get to continue out of the spotlight until your contract expires (see whole list of players still on our books who haven't kicked a ball or play once a year!), or you get a better offer (Ancelotti)/ you're fired to spare Kenwright and Co. 4. Business plan - there isn't one. No one has any idea how to run a football club... but the good news is, according to Kenwright other clubs' hierarchy look to Everton and ask what would Everton do? Then presumably, do the exact opposite.
It’s really worrying what’s going on with Everton yes they’ve had investment recently however alongside the merry go round of managers it’s took the club backwards towards relegation rather then European football. The best solution in my view is to get an owner who will trust football people to run the club for him rather then him running. Yes the club I support Newcastle United have some may say the richest owners in football however they leave the running of Newcastle to football people whereas the owner wants to run the whole club himself.
Chelsea have 1 billions debt Roman gone and Chelsea will left to dust. Shrivadanaphraba family are the role model for great owners. Built the club from top to bottom, from academy, training facilities to recruiting system and even if they gone the club would still self sustain themselves. They built leicester to be as competitive as possible for years, with long term plan and sustainable growth even if they forced to sell the club for some unknown reason in the future.
I know next to nothing about African football. I'm stretched thin with the European content and figured nobody would want to hear a know-nothing speak about their football. But! I will try to find a way to get some coverage done.
Been a fan for 20 years, never felt so disconnected with the club, but at the same time we should've seen this coming. The board have been inept for the whole 20 years, Moyes was basically the only reason we could somewhat pushing for Europe consistently that decade, he managed the whole structure of the club, but we couldn't capitulate on the success on the pitch to build bigger. On the business side it was terrible, just need to look at Spurs for comparison, they were on the same stature not long ago. Once Moyes left, we've been found out, even now with a billionaire as an owner, we still have the same amateurs running the club, this tells you money doesn't equal success.
Something that has been largely unspoken of is the cost these days of "becoming" a Top 4 club (let alone League Contenders) in the Premier League. After all; the owners of Manchester City (who at the time of the Al-Nahyan takeover where in a similar position to Everton) have had to spend around £2 Billion to turn that club into a Regular Top 4 finisher that can win the Premier League, despite the fact they have mostly made the right footballing decisions since the takeover. Thus in an age where World Class Players cost £100+ Million these days; even if Everton got every footballing decision right (which they clearly haven't), there was zero prospect of reaching the Top 4 (and almost none to reach the Top 6) on a £500 Million spend, not when Everton need to usurp all of Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolves & Leicester City to break into the Top 6 and usurp Manchester United to break into the Top 4. Regardless, my advice to Everton would be to appoint a more progressive coach like Erik ten Hag and give him something like £1 Billion to spend on the Transfer Market. Then Everton would be in a position to secure regular Europa League Football (and win the competition on a regular basis, thus getting into the CL via the Back) and challenge for Top 4 on occasion.
@@imbloodbath9908The failure of Levy & Lewis to spend enough (especially on their Defence & on a Backup Striker) on Transfers is the main reason why Tottenham Hotspur no longer finishes in the Top 4 these days...and why they haven't won a trophy since 2008. Thus it's no coincidence that Chelsea & Manchester City have always finished in the Top 4 (bar 2 seasons with Chelsea) since they became major clubs.
Everton have to break into the top mids clubs (top 4 and uel) first before even talk top 4. I can't see everton have the patience of leicester city to build scouting network(fofana was bought using scouting network and manager links, go looks who is the saint etienne, its puel)
@@r3zaful I would very much agree, however even reaching the Europa League would be a challenge in itself since it would have to involve Everton having to outperform both Arsenal & Tottenham Hotspur. That can only be done with a high level of investment involved, after all for all the good work Leicester City have done of late, their failure to invest Last Summer might well lead to the Foxes finishing outside the Top 6 this season.
Need appoint Rooney - a Childhood Everton fan and Player . Done well at Derby and is winner . Appoint Rooney look what Gerard doing a Villa and attracting top players .
Everton need to sell the underperforming players and then build around their core of Richarlison, Calvert- Lewin, Godfrey and Pickford: as much as he still has his bad moments. Then they need to hire a manager and a director that will work together to secure the right signings. I would go for German coaches as they have one of the most rigorous programs to become pro coaches. Invest in youth academy and scout young under-appreciated players. Similarly to Brentford but with 3x more budget. Players like Allan and Tosun should never have been signed, they need to get younger like Arsenal.
The season is finally over and now the serious rebuilding begins and Everton needs to find the right identity to acquire the right, young, talented, fast, dedicated, passionate players to help them move forward and climb up the table and hopefully stay there with the working, collaboration and communication amongst the owner, manager and director of football and I really hope that the management learns from all their previous mistakes and sell the deadwood, over-paid, under-performing, mediocre players and stop hiring so-called Hollywood managers and up the Toffees
don't follow any PL team but the way the Everton supporters reacted you kinda knew Benítez wasn't a good hire and this wasn't gonna end well falling out with players from start.
Most Everton fans were behind Benitez? Manchester City copied Barcelona’s model… without the corruption? Yeah, video lost all credibility at that point.
@@callumsnaylam1758 Lmao. I actually started supporting Everton because I used them in FIFA against my brother. I started in the last season of Lukaku at Goodison
@@prayaaskochhar8783 I don't know how he has been at arsenal. When he played for Benfica I didn't think he was good. I think nobody I know thought he was good. I can't remember for how much he was transferred, but every single person I know thought we got the best pit of the deal
He is talking about playing style, not managerial quality. Graham Potter is definitely not in the standard of Pep and Klopp, but he certainly plays a more offensive style of football unlike Mourinho or Benitez.
The blame lies squarely with a meddling owner, all hiring and firing comes through him.A weak ex chairman in kenwright is giving him poor advice and along with poor fiting managers have ruined the club.
City have done something amazing "without the corruption". Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally? Different form of corruption and much worse from City owners. They paint a more positive image over here. Why, because of their shocking reputation of human rights issues in their own country. There is such a thing as "relationship laundering". Glad I am not a City fan who has to try to accept this in order to love their club.
Yep nothing to see there. 🤣 Also "Everton fans gave Benitez a chance" then he quickly glossed over banners. Rafa was a deeply unpopular appointment. To say otherwise is revisionism. Now they are picking want away Digne over the manager. Digne who will not get into a war of words "only takes one person to ruin a love affair" 🤣 tbf Rafa & Everton was always ending in tears ! but if Digne loved Everton as he claims why not wait Rafa out.
Liverpool: They got lucky with some great signings (super cheap) . They play the majority of players really high wages. Last summer they couldn't afford to buy and only renew contracts. Time will tell for sure.
I think they did that out of desperation. They're trying to weaken their table rivals while simultaneously looking for immediately effective players i.e. Chris Wood. A proven EPL goal scorer that knows the game and can make a difference in their relegation scrap now rather than investing in the young for later. It's a bold purchase that's for sure. I'm not sure what shocks me more. Burnley giving up their main goal scorer or Newcastle dropping £20 mil for him.
@@callumsnaylam1758 What stops now Burnley to go out in the market and find a striker better than Wood cause that's not that hard ... Yuri Alberto from Internacional from Brasil 21 year old Inter demands 25 million to release if Burnley are a bit creative they can get him now , he is better than Wood
@@clintstewart5545 This is what makes the whole transfer market fun to watch. There r heaps of players that Burnley can shop for and try implement into their squad but nothing is guaranteed to work out. Most people were convinced Snacho was gonna be a world beater at United but he's been very underwhelming. Chris Wood was a tried and true Burnley style striker now they gotta find a new one. Easier said than done.
Ohhh everton. You had a very promising team, with digne, james carlton lewin etc etc. Fighting last year for the top 8. No patience or tolerance, no respect for a squad that was getting fit. And the worst mistake, signing a dinosaur, old fashion manager like benitez. You destroyed your own future.
I think its an insurance job!!!! Get in a bad manager who the fans hate and can't get behind. Make sure he loses the confidence of the players and hey presto, Everton are relegated from the Premier league and the Chairman claims the insurance!! Rafa OUT NOW!!!!!!
This guy is too partisan. "fans were definitely open to benitez", "we are a big club", "aging stars are not what we need" - sounds like he's come straight from the pub with those talking points. I'd like to hear from someone who's more impartial, and all of your other guest speakers have been so far IMO.
*Too partisan* LMAO we are talking football mate, what are you on about? The video is specifically about Everton - why would he not get an Everton fan's perspective? What a stupid comment.
Everton is not a big club. Only in lala land that Everton is a big club. I never heard of Big reputed players wanting or desperate to sign for Everton lol.
The UK needs an Ajax. You know, A club that does not buy buy buy but one that mostly trains its own youth and suplements that with great incoming transfers when and where needed. Focus on mainly players with an English Passport. Focus on attacking free flowing play. Using the same tactics/style in all ranks of the club. Setting itself a hard (and below league average) limit for maximum money spent on suplemental new players and setting a maximum on how much is spent on a single transfer. Making interaction with the local citizens of prime importance. Such a club would win the favor of many a fan. I propose doing it at Nottingham Forest. And once they are a stable at least mid table Premier League club, they should do whatever they can to help pull Notts County out of the hell they are in.
Everton fans incorrectly placed their trust in Ancelotti. His record is pretty bad when you compare it to the upper echelon coaches that he's compared with. Ultimate conman.
???? Bro what? You don't understand what you're talking about, do you? James was never "exiled" - he didn't want to play for the club, he didn't want to play in England. This was *highly* reported on, and frankly, while he was a class player, he was hardly consistent in his output or his health - both of which were equally widely known. I mean for fuck's sake man James openly came out and said that he only joined because of Ancelotti. Why bother having an "opinion" when you don't know anything about the thing you're opining on?
@@scrubbyasuka5044 They mismanaged him. After Mr Ancelotti left he wasn't given a fair shot and Benitez didn't even try. No need to get rude bro. Everton had a world class player and couldn't adapt, cater to or manage him. It's just the clubs design. The James treatment is a sign of the mindset of the club.
@@your_virtuoso No James is a wage mercenary. He had the opportunity to go to Porto and get CL football in a respectable league but he choose Qatar. He didn't want to play for Everton and wanted out and took the biggest paycheck. He ruined Evertons chances of landing Luiz Diaz in a trade deal + money. If he had really wanted Everton to go places then he would have played against Man City in the final epl game to help them get into the conference competition but he jumped on a plane and went on holiday to Colombia early.
@@your_virtuoso Ah yes! It's "rude" to apply a bit of common sense and say that, if you don't know what you're talking about, just don't talk. Sure. I thought my criticisms were pretty fair but whatever. But no, this second comment is also filled entirely with bullshit. Stop rewriting history. Again, he only joined the club because of Ancelotti - Benitez literally had nothing to do with it, by the time he joined, James *already* wanted to leave. Equally, he was given a fair shot time and time again. But what the point of a "fair shot" if their heart isn't in it? You clearly still live in 2014 mate - James is gifted, but world class??? What world do you live in lmaoooo...his career fell off before he joined Everton, he failed to revive it at the club and I doubt he will ever come close to the top level of football again. You say the club couldn't adapt, but this is exactly what I mean - you're literally warping the facts to fit whatever agenda you have. *James is the one that failed to adapt. He literally complained about the physical intensity of English football, and even USED ENGLISH WEATHER AS AN EXCUSE FOR POOR FORM AND A LACK OF MOTIVATION.* AGAIN, this was widely reported on by the press at the time - because he said these things PUBLICLY! Now I would be the very first person to point out how poorly the club is run - trust me, it pisses me off, all the time! But James has absolutely nothing to do with that. You cannot change the facts that were, again, *widely reported* - James only joined the club because of Ancelotti, he constantly displayed a lack of motivation to play in England, and as such, his performances were inconsistent. When Ancelotti left, he made it abundantly clear to the public that he wanted to leave too. Which was convinient since *he was grossly over-paid, and we desperately needed to balance the books to avoid getting in trouble for violating Financial Fair Play, since we have drastically over-spent in the past few years and have not seen a return on our investments in terms of revenue - ALSO HIGHLY REPORTED BY THE PRESS!* Why do you think we could only afford players like Demarai Grey for 1.7million? Because that's how restricted we were for overspending! So in the end, he didn't want to play for us or in England, and we needed him off our wage bill. These are the facts, you can choose to ignore them in favour of revisionism, but at the end of the day, like I said, you're merely exposing the fact that you don't know anything about the situation. Football isn't as simple as you think it is. It's never so black and white, there are so many shades of grey, so many conflicting factors at play. And the James situation perfectly encapsulates this.
It's not out of the question that a run of a good couple years could get Everton a league title. Look across town at Liverpool. Decades without a league title is not insurmountable.
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Annnnd Benitez is gone.
@Sisa frank lampard
don't follow any PL team but the way the Everton supporters reacted you kinda knew Benítez wasn't a good hire and this wasn't gonna end well falling out with players from start.
I am still here
Its funny how polar opposite the owners of the two Merseyside clubs are. One are very hands off Money-Men who expect the club to operate within a fairly tighter budget than most big clubs but have hired the right people to do just that while the other is very hands on and spends lavishly without really caring about whether the money is being invested in a worthwhile manner
It simple one has klop so like the glasers with fergi can be bailed out and hide
@@bman977 look at all the great managers Everton have brought in to do diddly squat. It’s clear there’s more to this than just a great manager. Between Koeman, Benitez, and Ancelotti, they have 11 league titles (12 if you assume the title Real has essentially won), 7 cup triumphs, 3 champions league titles, and 2 Europa leagues. Considering NONE of those honors came at Everton, this to me looks like a club who wishes they could be “bailed out by an elite manager” like FSG is. But unfortunately, you have to put them in positions to succeed too
@@TylerAven10 yes but fergi and klopp pep are another level they make it work despite the environment they find a way that how great they are
@@bman977 Yes and no. Klopp and Pep are exceptional but wouldn’t be competing in that Everton set-up (I’m a Liverpool fan). So much rotten and hideous/ comical mismanagement. Klopp himself has said the right structure is everything to the workings of a football club; both Liverpool and City, despite very different budgets, are extremely well-oiled machines at all levels 🤷🏼♀️
Man, so much money spent yet so little ROI. I wanna see clubs like Everton do well. Good for the league. Another banger, Adrian! Have a great day! :)
I swear they’re somehow using Everton to launder money. How else can you explain this
Don't assign as malice what can just as easily be assigned to incompetence.
Thought this myself mark. Really have. Moshiri is dodgy af. Wouldn’t be surprised if we have just become fodder.
@@TheMightofDab very few people accrue that much wealth and then throw it away stupidly due simply to incompetence
@EKLAVYA PRATHABHA VARMA you’ve missed the point of the comment
I've been a fan since I was 10. Something about seeing the likes of Tim Cahill, Steven Pienaar and Jolteon Lescott playing no nonsense football attracted me to the club, since my home team (Feyenoord) is basically the same. It hurts to see what Everton has become and I was always hopeful that a turnaround was in the makings.. maybe it is, but definitely not this season...
Ah, Jolteon Lescott's tackle. Mildly effective against ghost-type Pokemons.
Was good to see Jolteon in his lightning element
i miss moyes era..even though that time we spend on free transfer and loan player at least we consistent getting spot 5,6,7,&8 with balance book account...with the squad player can play for more than 10 years(baines,pienaar,cahill,fellaini,coleman,jag & so on..)i start felt the team going down,from martinez,big spending,good one season then already & the club became less competitive.after that being same untill carlo arrive..i thought hope revive for the club,i can see why carlo left the club,he left silence.then when benitez arrve a lot mess happens.... kinda sad to see the i club support since childhood
Everton is the epitome of how not to spend money on players. It's crazy under Moyes they were top 7 regulars with a small budget. Finishing 4th the one time in 2005.
Since the money came, they hired people who knew little about football and spend on players who are average or really poor examples Delph, Iwobi, Keane, Pickford and Tosun. Plus they were planning to build a new stadium to attract players to their project that is failing big time. Few signings like Richarlison, Calvert Lewin, Digne(Likely to join Villa soon) and Gray have been a success but that's the only positive. 27 years and no closer to silverware and 6 different managers failed to get them European football on a consistent basis last time was in the 17/18 Europa league. Some of the managers were league and Champions league winners like Ancelotti and Benitez while others are terrible managers in Koeman and Marco Silva(the most overrated manager ever, the next Mourinho my ass). They have gone backwards over the years.
The blame goes to the board for having no proper planning on player recruitment, improving the club's infrastructures and hiring the right manager to take them to the next level. Now Everton is a side of false hope and grandeur of delusion. Thinking that spending a lot of money will close the gap on the big boys only to spend it poorly on players who don't fit the culture of Everton. James lasted for one season before heading to Qatar. Delph and Iwobi stealing a living. Keane is abysmal in most games. The less said about Sigurdsson the better. I truly feel sorry for the fans to witness the chaos that is happening at Everton. They are yet to be relegated but if this don't get better soon then relegation could be inevitable in the future.
Love this, what a compelling take with fan insight too!
I was *9* when Everton won that FA Cup Final.... As a Manchester United fan, I still feel it.
Always a treat to see this in my sub box! Keep up the good work Adrian!
Keep up the good work Adrian. Haven't watched this but I'm sure it's a banger
Here is hoping! (I think it will be too)
Appreciated man!
Moshiri knows nothing about football. He keeps saying Everton is a Hollywood club, buys players based on agents rather than scouting.
FC Barcelona thanks Everton so much
They bought them Andre Gomes, Yeri Mina, Lucas Digne... For so much money !
@@vincesalamander5980 They will buy likes of Dele alli, Martial in summer just wait and watch.
@@agastyagarg4204 But that's what I like in Premier League now
In every country, money is enough
But not in England
Because everyone has money
And Everton proves it : they spend a lot of money, but they're badly managed, so they're at the bottom
Even be a "great club" isnt enough because...
Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, even Newcastle, Tottenham, Man City and Chelsea are great clubs too with at least 10 domestic titles...
We could argue rightly against Kroenke and Glazer, but their club work
Man U has the largest scouting and data squad in the world
@@vincesalamander5980 Yeah but they would put bids of 40 million each for them. As for the money in PL, they have successfully build a good financial model.
“Mo money, ‘mo problems.” - Notorious BIG
There’s an old joke amongst Liverpool fans which seems appropriate again. “Liverpool have won more trophies but the contents of the Everton trophy room are more valuable as they are all antiques”
Great comments. I could not imagine the previous managers spent control as seems their goal is to spend all funding given. Koeman, Silva n Alladyce are the culprit to Everton downfall. The current strategy that can address is gradually replacing under performing players by stages where all Everton fans has similar view who should stay/who should leave. Too bad we have attitude players that does not wants to leave or go on loan when like Tosun. Hope Mr. Morshiri continues invest but wisely as give Benitez another season as only able to judge after we have players fit for the club.
As boring as it is if you’d kept Big Sam you’d be in a much better league Position rn
Watching this while wearing an Everton jacket at work. Cries
It feels like they could became the 2nd Schalke 04, if they don't stabilize now they could relegate next season
lucas digne is 29 in July injured a lot and on the decline he lost loads of pace.... hes getting worse not improving... Villa will be left with a 30 year on over 140 grand a week with still 3 years left in his contract trying to get him off the books.... Everton have done good business here
celebrating losing a 28 year old fullback when you have a 33yr old fullback on the other side is such an everton thing 😂😂😂🤣🤣
@@digvijaykole6746 but Coleman is a right back who's been replaced by Patterson next season why would we want a 29 year old left back playing right back... we've got a 20 Ukraine international at left back now.... plus I don't rate Coleman anymore either so would care if he went either
I used to look as some signings like Iwobi for 27m or Walcott for 20m and think wow I didn’t know those players would cost so much. Walcott was on the decline and prob worth 10m and iwobi 15m maybe at the time of their moves. Same with Sigurdsson, Richarlison(who turned out to actually be good), Tosun, keane, all half decent players I think they could/should’ve gotten for less
Everton need to be a little careful what they wish for... yeah it's been a long time without a trophy, but unlike a lot of other 'big clubs' like Newcastle, Aston Villa, Leeds, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, etc. - at least they haven't been relegated multiple times. Also when they won the FA Cup, they finished in 15th that season and just 5 points above the relegation zone. It's hard to compete with the big boys without an oil rich sugar daddy I'm afraid...
hard but not impossible. look at Liverpool in 2007 and their turnaround. if owner was smart, they could be where Liverpool are
There is no reason why they shouldn't be where Spurs and West Ham are, for example
Wow great points. I think some people deliberately don't tell the full story because in their heads they're the ones playing Football manager. 'I'll just get in this young manager, play attacking and focus on the academy and we'll make top 4 in a season or two'. The big criticism about Morshiri is that he doesn't have a footballing brain and he doesn't have the right people around him. Well he's brought in Rafa who most definitely has a footballing brain. The biggest impact he had at Liverpool was not only winning the Champion's League, but changing and upgrading the youth setup. He had a good track record with transfers as well despite the shoestring budget. This idea that he hasn't been successful I can't get my head around. Only a handful of managers in the prem have ANY titles to speak of. Graeme Potter has come in and done well (like Martinez all those years ago). You fire Benitez now, pay him and his background staff over 10 mil pounds, get in someone promising, then see they're not cut out for it. Let the man that knows football do his job. I'd give him one more season then re-evaluate.
@@georgeh5446 Liverpool were Champions League finalists in 2007.
@@ryanjohnson6272 Spurs maybe. Would Everton fans really want to swap with West Ham? They are doing well now at this point in time, but it's been a roller-coaster couple of decades for them. This season is an anomaly. They've been relegated and normally used to the other end of the table. They are having one good half-season, doesn't mean suddenly they are the gold-standard club. Ironically they are doing it with none other than Mr. David Moyes..
As a die hard Reds fan, I am loving this 😁
Die hard reds fan 🤣🤣 bet you couldnt find anfield with a sat nav
@@ellepant Like ur trophy cabinet😎
@@johnconstantine7776 The scouse mackems needs to get relegated pronto. The fans have started to feel too big of themselves, they really need it.
@@vforvendetta211 Can't get the context lad
@@johnconstantine7776 To put it in simple terms, I would love to see Everton get relegated and I am not a Reds fan 😂
love ur videos!....u dont only stick to big clubs rather focus on all topics of every club be it less successful/more. Keep up the good work.
"Club ownership is the lifeline or flatline for a club"
Born in 75 I remember the good old days. They have had glimpses of it over the years but just never seem to get there. I honestly don't think it's the managers. The buck has to stop with the players, stop buying big (ish) names and buy good solid players (Seamus Coleman) example - who are young and hungry. Give big Dunc the job and start over next season. COYB 🔵
Hi
Please do a video about Spurs
I want to know what You think and I would Like to find out about content creators that focus on Spurs
Thanks!
we’re promising but shit
while this last few seasons results do leave a sense of a club that's "threading water", i wonder just how much of this is down to the competitive state of the Premier League, where if you stand still, you will get overtaken by other clubs in the pecking order.
Everton spent hundreds of millions to reshape a side that was caught between the end of the Moyes Era and a lot of financial and sporting uncertainty. I don't think they spent that money particularly well (some signings were very inflated) but they do have some talent on the team (namely Richarlyson and Calvert-Lewin, Mina, Davies...). It's not Top Premier League level (that's world class/"#1 in position in the world" level), but it's not that far from Leicester's squad level.
What i do feel is that a lot of fans of clubs just outside the top 6 are forever trapped in this cycle that, with a little bit more investment and better managment, they can get into those Top 6 places. It's just not that easy. The level in the Premier League is very, very high. Lots of clubs are spending fortunes to keep up and get ahead. You have to keep moving forward or risk getting trapped. Everton have just about kept up. Could they have done it with better use of the resources? Absolutely!, as Leicester and others have shown. But i don't think it's reasonable to expect a dramatic improvement that assures the Toffees a top 6/top 7 status every year in a very competitive EPL that is only getting stronger and stronger.
thank you for making this video, it is a really scary time to be an evertonian. The board are running the club into the ground and as a supporter there is not much you can do other than watch in horror
The decline isn't as simplistic as you make out. The shit show is becuase of:
1. Usmanov. His bag man Moshiri knows the sum total of nothing about footall. He is Usmanov's puppet. Usmanov thinks he understands football and his 'gaze' fell upon Everton when he was frozen out of his favoured Arsenal. As crap as Arsenal have performed subsequently, they are lucky Usmanov didn't get his way. Usmanov is the man who mingles with the "hollywood" football elite and picks the managers. His money (managed by Moshiri) attracts the players. He is supposedly the person who insisted on Everton signing Iwobi. He is the man who is mates with Benitez and asked him to manage Everton. He hides behind Moshiri for the reasons detailed in the press.
2. DoF/signings. Whilst Walsh and certainly Brands have faced interference from Usmanov, the fact is they were out of their depth. Brands was happy to keep taking a hefty salary until the fans turned on him, and even then he tried to deflect blame. If he had signed the right players for the club then Everton would be performing well and that would have meant that Usmanov's picks could've been tolerated. Nothing wrong with playing Iwobi or James intermittently if the team was winning - they're regularly unfit anyway. All concerned would save face. Too many of Walsh's, and then Brands' signings were abysmal.
3. The club perception. As many people who have worked for the club have commented, Everton is seen as a care home for the obsolete, overpaid and underworked. Whether you're a second-hand car salesman like Walsh or Brands, a stubborn idiot like Silva (who brought a coach with him who'd previously accused Big Dunc of racially abusing him ??!!), a big time Charlie like Delph or James... Everton is now synonymous with paying you handsomely to fail. Not only can you prove incompetent, but the 27 years of shite has guaranteed that you get away with it because the club is of little interest to the pundits and journos who would rather scrutinise the bigger teams. You get to continue out of the spotlight until your contract expires (see whole list of players still on our books who haven't kicked a ball or play once a year!), or you get a better offer (Ancelotti)/ you're fired to spare Kenwright and Co.
4. Business plan - there isn't one. No one has any idea how to run a football club... but the good news is, according to Kenwright other clubs' hierarchy look to Everton and ask what would Everton do? Then presumably, do the exact opposite.
It’s really worrying what’s going on with Everton yes they’ve had investment recently however alongside the merry go round of managers it’s took the club backwards towards relegation rather then European football. The best solution in my view is to get an owner who will trust football people to run the club for him rather then him running. Yes the club I support Newcastle United have some may say the richest owners in football however they leave the running of Newcastle to football people whereas the owner wants to run the whole club himself.
Great vid Adrian
as a liverpool supporter and rabonatv subscriber……. inject this video directly into my veins 🤩
great vid!
All owners should learn from Roman Abrahmimovic. Perfect owner. Perfect balance.
Chelsea have 1 billions debt
Roman gone and Chelsea will left to dust.
Shrivadanaphraba family are the role model for great owners.
Built the club from top to bottom, from academy, training facilities to recruiting system and even if they gone the club would still self sustain themselves.
They built leicester to be as competitive as possible for years, with long term plan and sustainable growth even if they forced to sell the club for some unknown reason in the future.
I'm kinda disappointed that you haven't done any content on the AFCON, you have fans in Africa too
I know next to nothing about African football. I'm stretched thin with the European content and figured nobody would want to hear a know-nothing speak about their football. But! I will try to find a way to get some coverage done.
@@RabonaTV Give some coverage to Cabo Verde and Guiné-Bissau ...
Because its just a little tournament that nobody cares. Even your referees does not know how long a game is played lol.
@@allybuhorun3827 Daft.
Been a fan for 20 years, never felt so disconnected with the club, but at the same time we should've seen this coming. The board have been inept for the whole 20 years, Moyes was basically the only reason we could somewhat pushing for Europe consistently that decade, he managed the whole structure of the club, but we couldn't capitulate on the success on the pitch to build bigger. On the business side it was terrible, just need to look at Spurs for comparison, they were on the same stature not long ago. Once Moyes left, we've been found out, even now with a billionaire as an owner, we still have the same amateurs running the club, this tells you money doesn't equal success.
Two of my favourite things. A video from Adrian and its bashing Everton ❤️
Where is the portion of the video talking about Bill Kenwright?.......
Something that has been largely unspoken of is the cost these days of "becoming" a Top 4 club (let alone League Contenders) in the Premier League. After all; the owners of Manchester City (who at the time of the Al-Nahyan takeover where in a similar position to Everton) have had to spend around £2 Billion to turn that club into a Regular Top 4 finisher that can win the Premier League, despite the fact they have mostly made the right footballing decisions since the takeover.
Thus in an age where World Class Players cost £100+ Million these days; even if Everton got every footballing decision right (which they clearly haven't), there was zero prospect of reaching the Top 4 (and almost none to reach the Top 6) on a £500 Million spend, not when Everton need to usurp all of Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolves & Leicester City to break into the Top 6 and usurp Manchester United to break into the Top 4.
Regardless, my advice to Everton would be to appoint a more progressive coach like Erik ten Hag and give him something like £1 Billion to spend on the Transfer Market. Then Everton would be in a position to secure regular Europa League Football (and win the competition on a regular basis, thus getting into the CL via the Back) and challenge for Top 4 on occasion.
Yes but look at spurs they don't spend that much.
@@imbloodbath9908The failure of Levy & Lewis to spend enough (especially on their Defence & on a Backup Striker) on Transfers is the main reason why Tottenham Hotspur no longer finishes in the Top 4 these days...and why they haven't won a trophy since 2008.
Thus it's no coincidence that Chelsea & Manchester City have always finished in the Top 4 (bar 2 seasons with Chelsea) since they became major clubs.
Everton have to break into the top mids clubs (top 4 and uel) first before even talk top 4.
I can't see everton have the patience of leicester city to build scouting network(fofana was bought using scouting network and manager links, go looks who is the saint etienne, its puel)
@@r3zaful I would very much agree, however even reaching the Europa League would be a challenge in itself since it would have to involve Everton having to outperform both Arsenal & Tottenham Hotspur.
That can only be done with a high level of investment involved, after all for all the good work Leicester City have done of late, their failure to invest Last Summer might well lead to the Foxes finishing outside the Top 6 this season.
Need appoint Rooney - a Childhood Everton fan and Player . Done well at Derby and is winner . Appoint Rooney look what Gerard doing a Villa and attracting top players .
Only small club like Everton struggle to win trophies. Big clubs like Liverpool will always win trophies.
Everton need to sell the underperforming players and then build around their core of Richarlison, Calvert- Lewin, Godfrey and Pickford: as much as he still has his bad moments. Then they need to hire a manager and a director that will work together to secure the right signings. I would go for German coaches as they have one of the most rigorous programs to become pro coaches. Invest in youth academy and scout young under-appreciated players. Similarly to Brentford but with 3x more budget. Players like Allan and Tosun should never have been signed, they need to get younger like Arsenal.
The season is finally over and now the serious rebuilding begins and Everton needs to find the right identity to acquire the right, young, talented, fast, dedicated, passionate players to help them move forward and climb up the table and hopefully stay there with the working, collaboration and communication amongst the owner, manager and director of football and I really hope that the management learns from all their previous mistakes and sell the deadwood, over-paid, under-performing, mediocre players and stop hiring so-called Hollywood managers and up the Toffees
don't follow any PL team but the way the Everton supporters reacted you kinda knew Benítez wasn't a good hire and this wasn't gonna end well falling out with players from start.
Good video
“I was in my mother’s stomach” well hopefully not
Will you cover the AFCON ?
Most Everton fans were behind Benitez? Manchester City copied Barcelona’s model… without the corruption? Yeah, video lost all credibility at that point.
I think they should go for graham potter next season
😂😂😂
8:45
The moment they got rid of Moyes is the end of Everton. I pray to god that West Ham DO NOT do the same and West Ham fans do not say MoyesOut.
Im portuguese and both a Benfica and an Everton fan. Gotta say this year hasnt been good for neither
Everton fan because of Tosun?
@@callumsnaylam1758 Lmao. I actually started supporting Everton because I used them in FIFA against my brother. I started in the last season of Lukaku at Goodison
That’s awesome! I’m a Porto fan and an Everton fan! Nice to find someone in the same boat!
On a different note, what do you think of Nuno Tavares's time at arsenal up until now.... Are you surprised or was this inevitable ?
@@prayaaskochhar8783 I don't know how he has been at arsenal. When he played for Benfica I didn't think he was good. I think nobody I know thought he was good. I can't remember for how much he was transferred, but every single person I know thought we got the best pit of the deal
He put Graham Potter in the same sentence of Klopp and Guardiola LMFAO
He is talking about playing style, not managerial quality. Graham Potter is definitely not in the standard of Pep and Klopp, but he certainly plays a more offensive style of football unlike Mourinho or Benitez.
@@Timliu92 even then brighton plays nothing like man city or liverpool they are quite poor
Neville Southall and Duncan Ferguson would have
Destoryed such weak fools in the dressing room.
Great video
Johnny Cash song One piece at a time. No identity.
The blame lies squarely with a meddling owner, all hiring and firing comes through him.A weak ex chairman in kenwright is giving him poor advice and along with poor fiting managers have ruined the club.
So moshiri is the evertonian Ed Woodward lol.
City have done something amazing "without the corruption". Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally? Different form of corruption and much worse from City owners. They paint a more positive image over here. Why, because of their shocking reputation of human rights issues in their own country. There is such a thing as "relationship laundering". Glad I am not a City fan who has to try to accept this in order to love their club.
Yep nothing to see there. 🤣 Also "Everton fans gave Benitez a chance" then he quickly glossed over banners. Rafa was a deeply unpopular appointment. To say otherwise is revisionism. Now they are picking want away Digne over the manager. Digne who will not get into a war of words "only takes one person to ruin a love affair" 🤣 tbf Rafa & Everton was always ending in tears ! but if Digne loved Everton as he claims why not wait Rafa out.
They need luis campos. Trust me
Hardest thing being an Everton fan isn't it lads?!!🤐
Agent Benitez!!!! As a red I love this
As a red 🤣🤣🤣 you have never been to anfield in your life,and have absolutly no connection to merseyside,what you are is a glory hunter,and that is it.
@@ellepant says who?
City? no Corruption? Are you having a laugh?
Bring back #WKNDRECAP 😢
Liverpool: They got lucky with some great signings (super cheap) . They play the majority of players really high wages. Last summer they couldn't afford to buy and only renew contracts. Time will tell for sure.
Newcastle is following Everton example spending a lot of money wrongly Chris Wood 30 year old from Burnley for 20 million it's a joke !!!
I think they did that out of desperation. They're trying to weaken their table rivals while simultaneously looking for immediately effective players i.e. Chris Wood. A proven EPL goal scorer that knows the game and can make a difference in their relegation scrap now rather than investing in the young for later. It's a bold purchase that's for sure. I'm not sure what shocks me more. Burnley giving up their main goal scorer or Newcastle dropping £20 mil for him.
@@callumsnaylam1758 What stops now Burnley to go out in the market and find a striker better than Wood cause that's not that hard ... Yuri Alberto from Internacional from Brasil 21 year old Inter demands 25 million to release if Burnley are a bit creative they can get him now , he is better than Wood
@@clintstewart5545 This is what makes the whole transfer market fun to watch. There r heaps of players that Burnley can shop for and try implement into their squad but nothing is guaranteed to work out. Most people were convinced Snacho was gonna be a world beater at United but he's been very underwhelming. Chris Wood was a tried and true Burnley style striker now they gotta find a new one. Easier said than done.
@@callumsnaylam1758 I am not gonna lie I thought sancho would struggle because the difference between premier league and bundesliga is abysmal
@@callumsnaylam1758 Would be really funny if Burnley buys someone with that money who goes on to score 15 goals and saves them
from relegation.
They will go down
The worst club in premier league era.
Ohhh everton. You had a very promising team, with digne, james carlton lewin etc etc. Fighting last year for the top 8. No patience or tolerance, no respect for a squad that was getting fit. And the worst mistake, signing a dinosaur, old fashion manager like benitez. You destroyed your own future.
I think its an insurance job!!!! Get in a bad manager who the fans hate and can't get behind. Make sure he loses the confidence of the players and hey presto, Everton are relegated from the Premier league and the Chairman claims the insurance!! Rafa OUT NOW!!!!!!
27 years without winning a thorny as a Liverpool fan i don't care about them, the blue shite
Everton are easily the worsed run club in the entire leauge from literally every metric
Why not they just merged with Liverpool and be successful 1 City 1 club 🙌🙌👍👌🙏🤔
We’ll return, Moshiri is our problem. He’s a classic arrogant billionaire thinking he knows better than the fans that were born to this club.
This guy is too partisan. "fans were definitely open to benitez", "we are a big club", "aging stars are not what we need" - sounds like he's come straight from the pub with those talking points. I'd like to hear from someone who's more impartial, and all of your other guest speakers have been so far IMO.
*Too partisan* LMAO we are talking football mate, what are you on about? The video is specifically about Everton - why would he not get an Everton fan's perspective? What a stupid comment.
Everton is not a big club. Only in lala land that Everton is a big club. I never heard of Big reputed players wanting or desperate to sign for Everton lol.
you came out of ya mammys stomach like an alien, projecting forth ? always knew scouseville was a bit odd....
Banter club
Liverpool is Red...and will stay this way..!!!
LiVARpool
Whiney in other words. The red shites fans gets sulky even if a player stubs his toe when trying to tie his shoes.
@@Haakonisak I'm not even a Liverpool fan...just stating a fact..Reds rule in Liverpool..
Unlike Manchester where the blue side is ruling!!
@@swadbodhy9242 if the refs favoured us like you we would be winning the league
Next year will be Everton's year
Their year to relegate !!
Hoping it's this year lol
It's gonna be hard to be relegated when teams like Newcastle, Burnley, Norwich and Watford exist...
@@callumsnaylam1758 Let's see on the 9th, loose and just 1 point ahead.
:)
The UK needs an Ajax.
You know, A club that does not buy buy buy but one that mostly trains its own youth and suplements that with great incoming transfers when and where needed.
Focus on mainly players with an English Passport.
Focus on attacking free flowing play.
Using the same tactics/style in all ranks of the club.
Setting itself a hard (and below league average) limit for maximum money spent on suplemental new players and setting a maximum on how much is spent on a single transfer.
Making interaction with the local citizens of prime importance.
Such a club would win the favor of many a fan.
I propose doing it at Nottingham Forest.
And once they are a stable at least mid table Premier League club, they should do whatever they can to help pull Notts County out of the hell they are in.
REAL LIFE AIN'T FM
@@clintstewart5545 Indeed, doing something hard is hard
Leeds?
@@Bfg12327 sure, why not.
Everton fans incorrectly placed their trust in Ancelotti. His record is pretty bad when you compare it to the upper echelon coaches that he's compared with. Ultimate conman.
I pray on Evertons relegation, amen 🙏
😂Loser
Okay Alejandro, thanks for letting us know how empty your pathetic existence is...stay strong soldier 😂
@@hazeventura2768 you mad ?
@@hazeventura2768 you mad cause I support Liverpool and don’t give a shit about Everton ?
@@Alejandroprz000 that's not an English name. I'm guessing we've found the foreign glory supporter (who's probably never even been to Liverpool)
This is deserved after the way they exiled James Rodriguez
???? Bro what? You don't understand what you're talking about, do you? James was never "exiled" - he didn't want to play for the club, he didn't want to play in England. This was *highly* reported on, and frankly, while he was a class player, he was hardly consistent in his output or his health - both of which were equally widely known.
I mean for fuck's sake man James openly came out and said that he only joined because of Ancelotti. Why bother having an "opinion" when you don't know anything about the thing you're opining on?
@@scrubbyasuka5044 They mismanaged him. After Mr Ancelotti left he wasn't given a fair shot and Benitez didn't even try.
No need to get rude bro.
Everton had a world class player and couldn't adapt, cater to or manage him.
It's just the clubs design.
The James treatment is a sign of the mindset of the club.
@@your_virtuoso No James is a wage mercenary. He had the opportunity to go to Porto and get CL football in a respectable league but he choose Qatar. He didn't want to play for Everton and wanted out and took the biggest paycheck. He ruined Evertons chances of landing Luiz Diaz in a trade deal + money. If he had really wanted Everton to go places then he would have played against Man City in the final epl game to help them get into the conference competition but he jumped on a plane and went on holiday to Colombia early.
@@callumsnaylam1758 that seems fair
@@your_virtuoso Ah yes! It's "rude" to apply a bit of common sense and say that, if you don't know what you're talking about, just don't talk. Sure. I thought my criticisms were pretty fair but whatever.
But no, this second comment is also filled entirely with bullshit. Stop rewriting history. Again, he only joined the club because of Ancelotti - Benitez literally had nothing to do with it, by the time he joined, James *already* wanted to leave.
Equally, he was given a fair shot time and time again. But what the point of a "fair shot" if their heart isn't in it?
You clearly still live in 2014 mate - James is gifted, but world class??? What world do you live in lmaoooo...his career fell off before he joined Everton, he failed to revive it at the club and I doubt he will ever come close to the top level of football again.
You say the club couldn't adapt, but this is exactly what I mean - you're literally warping the facts to fit whatever agenda you have. *James is the one that failed to adapt. He literally complained about the physical intensity of English football, and even USED ENGLISH WEATHER AS AN EXCUSE FOR POOR FORM AND A LACK OF MOTIVATION.* AGAIN, this was widely reported on by the press at the time - because he said these things PUBLICLY!
Now I would be the very first person to point out how poorly the club is run - trust me, it pisses me off, all the time! But James has absolutely nothing to do with that. You cannot change the facts that were, again, *widely reported* - James only joined the club because of Ancelotti, he constantly displayed a lack of motivation to play in England, and as such, his performances were inconsistent.
When Ancelotti left, he made it abundantly clear to the public that he wanted to leave too. Which was convinient since *he was grossly over-paid, and we desperately needed to balance the books to avoid getting in trouble for violating Financial Fair Play, since we have drastically over-spent in the past few years and have not seen a return on our investments in terms of revenue - ALSO HIGHLY REPORTED BY THE PRESS!* Why do you think we could only afford players like Demarai Grey for 1.7million? Because that's how restricted we were for overspending!
So in the end, he didn't want to play for us or in England, and we needed him off our wage bill. These are the facts, you can choose to ignore them in favour of revisionism, but at the end of the day, like I said, you're merely exposing the fact that you don't know anything about the situation.
Football isn't as simple as you think it is. It's never so black and white, there are so many shades of grey, so many conflicting factors at play. And the James situation perfectly encapsulates this.
Everton are a small club
Everton need to be relegated for change to happen, many fans believe this
It'll either help them or it'll go the way it went for Sunderland
It's not out of the question that a run of a good couple years could get Everton a league title. Look across town at Liverpool. Decades without a league title is not insurmountable.
But Liverpool were always close. Everton are miles off.
top players were still going to Liverpool just because of their reputation. Nobody wants to play for everton
@@Mark-uh3un i think so too. At best everton will be spurs 2.0 before they can win something