“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year” – John Foster Dulles When a […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Watford home, club, players, managers or any number of reasons
Talking the Blues podcast gets together to look at today’s disappointing result and above the obvious headline, tries to put some reason behind our current dilemma…….. Thanks to Andy and […]
Talking the Blues, WHU (h) & a heartfelt discussion on Newcastle, the Saudi’s & the Premier League
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues. 40 minute or so on the West Ham game before a really heartfelt discussion on the Premier League, broadcaster reaction to the Saudis and where […]
Further thoughts on fan tokens, choice of partners & business models
Sport is one of the largest bill boards globally for those seeking wider brand recognition or indeed corporate, sector, or even State acceptance, rehabilitation or re-positioning. The Saudi takeover of Newcastle United […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Baines, Rhino & Ferguson, Newcastle United & safe standing
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. With the international break upon us we spend 20 minutes or so talking about our former players who have […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Manchester United (a), the Goodison Gang and “the Benitez Redemption”
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy. One of the most complete Everton performances in many years saw us unlucky not to come away with all three […]
Fans on boards, the benefits, challenges and how it can be achieved
The behaviour of the largest clubs with their “big picture” idea, and latterly the Super League proposals has quite rightly led to the call for greater levels of governance within the game […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Norwich (h), Benitez, spending, and heading
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues when we look back on the Norwich game (briefly) analyse Benitez’s comments, talk about spending in the next transfer windows before finishing off with a […]
Talking the Blues podcast, QPR (a), James Rodriguez & a frank exchange on who & where we are
Welcome to the latest Talking the Blues Podcast where we have a heartfelt discussion on where we are, how we arrived here and what we need to do. Our thoughts may not […]
Talking the Blues, Burnley (h) and an update on Fan Tokens
We’re back after a tremendous victory against Burnley. We analyse the performance, the initial formation and then the change at the back. We eulogise over the three goads, explore where would James […]
Talking the Blues podcast, tennis, creating champions, FIFA World Cups, fan tokens and a look at Burnley (h)
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues where we remember September 11th for two reasons. A passionate discussion on young winners, on to why would FIFA want World Cups every two years. […]
Caveat emptor, $EFC fan token offering (C)
Over the next few days, Everton football club are going to try and convince (by my estimate) more than ten thousand Evertonians to part with £1 million. A million pound which will […]
Reform in Football – the Fair Game Manifesto
A little under 5 months ago the Super League proposals rocked football and whilst the initial ill-conceived proposals have been moved to the back burner for at least the short term, the […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, “the winner takes it all” a look at the closing of the transfer window then the women’s team, how to attract a new audience?
This week’s Talking the Blues podcast goes deep into the transfer window. As well as examining what transpired, we look at what got us to this position in the first instance. Plenty […]
The hard work starts now
For as long as I’ve been writing about football finances I’ve tried to show that funds for players can only come from limited sources. Simply, if you want to buy and pay […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Brighton (a), early report on Benitez’ impact, the academy,James, Richarlison, Iwobi and more
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast a couple of days after a very impressive 2-0 victory at Brighton’s Amex stadium. We look at the match and analyse the impact of […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Huddersfield Town (a) and the Richarlison question?
Welcome to a look back on the Carabao Cup 2nd round tie at Huddersfield. We analyse player by player their performances before turning our attention to the remaining days of the transfer […]
Talking the Blues podcast, post match analysis Leeds United (a) and we salute the entertainer, the great Denis Law
Welcome to this weeks Talking the Blues as we look back on a thrilling game at Elland Road resulting in a 2-2 draw with plenty to talk about…… Fittingly on a day […]