In answering a question regarding summer transfer activity, Carlo Ancelotti spoke at a media briefing on Wednesday 12 May regarding Everton’s finances in the context of the Premier League profitability and sustainability […]
Talking the Blues, West Ham United (a), the summer and what fans need to do to improve the regulation of football
This week’s Talking the Blues podcast with Andy and George Costigan, looks back at a superb defensive display at West Ham resulting in our 11th away win and keeps the prospects of […]
Reform in Football, Part II, Governance
Independent regulation Full engagement, decision-making and degrees of control for fans Football needs reform at every level, from FIFA, UEFA, to the Premier League, The EFL and the Football Association, to individual […]
Reform in football, Part I
The public announcements of the formation of a European Super League, the fact that six of the miscreants were the largest of the English clubs, merrily plotting whilst pretending business as normal […]
Talking the Blues, Aston Villa (h), Carlo, social media absence and the PL’s continued silence
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan. On another desperately disappointing evening at Goodison Park, we try and make sense of what the problem is. We […]
Doing nothing is not an option, the response to the Super League
Harold Wilson famously said “a week is a long time in politics” whilst Chamberlain said “there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight”. A week ago you could be forgiven for […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Arsenal (a), that was the week that was, more on the Super League
Welcome to this week’s edition of Talking the Blues with, as ever, George and Andy Costigan. This week we look back on the Arsenal match (briefly) before turning our attention to the […]
Live by the sword, die by the sword but change brings opportunity for a much better future
The collapse of the incredibly ill-conceived Super League will be viewed as a great victory for all stakeholders in football. There will be enormous relief, perhaps jubilation in board rooms, dressing rooms […]
Everton Business Matters, Super League Special
In a special episode of Everton Business Matters, John, Rodger and Paul update on the fast moving situation, consider Everton’s response, the implications for the game, the opportunity for a reset, “the […]
Some thoughts on the Super League – impact on Everton
All the past certainties – participation in the world’s wealthiest domestic football competition, tv rights payments, sponsorship deals, all the potential for the future (new stadium, prospect of European football etc) are […]
Talking the Blues, reflections on Spurs (h) and a detailed look at Marcel Brands
Welcome to the latest Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look at the Spurs game before delving into some of Marcel Brands comments to our American brothers and […]
The drivers behind Forbes’ football club valuations
Every two years, Forbes – the US business magazine, produces a list of the top 20 most valuable football clubs. Alongside the valuation there is a limited analysis of the overall trend […]
Talking the Blues podcast, preview of Brighton (a) and the need to win
Today’s Talking the Blues with George and Andy Costigan looks forward to the Brighton & Hove Albion game – a game now critical to our European qualification prospects. In the words of […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Crystal Palace (h) the best of intentions…..
Good evening, after tonight’s disappointing home draw to Crystal Palace and yet another opportunity to make European football a reality seemingly blown, Andy, George and I get together to express our frustrations. […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Carlo’s love & family, wage caps, investment in football & Crystal Palace (h)
This week’s podcast explores Carlo’s comments relating to the love and family atmosphere prevalent at Goodison, looks at the impact of such whilst comparing how other achieve “high performance”. We then look […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Question Time?
Welcome to the slightly delayed latest episode of Talking the Blues where George, Andy and Paul take listeners questions. Join us for an hour or so, some laughs but some serious responses […]
Everton Business Matters podcast Series 4 Episode 8, planning approval for Bramley-Moore, a point called start
Series 4 Episode 8 of Everton Business Matters with John Blain and Rodger Armstrong examines the surprising news (in terms of timing) that the Club’s planning application received government approval. We look at […]
A change of Financial Fair Play regulations? Good or bad news for Everton??
Andrea Traverso is Uefa’s director of research and financial stability and as such is charged with regulating the current and post Covid-19 financing of football clubs participating in Uefa licenced competitions – […]