Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back at the Palace game, have a good discussion around Moyes,have we had a good start to the season or not?Plenty for the glass half full or indeed half empty brigades.
We touch on the Independent regulator and US ownership of Premier League clubs.
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Hi Paul, Really enjoyed the far ranging discussion and largely agreed with the fair analysis of Everton’s recent games. I, too, believe that our weaknesses at full back and lack of power/speed/attacking intent in those areas are a major weakness in giving our wide players options and achieving George’s call for faster play. This also makes it even more difficult for our struggling strikers. One point not raised is that our first half displays have also shown too much caution in our centre backs with our defending line being too deep and overly cautious passing sideways and backwards and leaving our midfield dreadfully exposed and on Sunday dominated by a fine Palace team first half. I accept that lack of pace at the back is a factor in being risk averse in the early stages of a game but AT HOME they need to push up, condense the play, and get in the face of opponents and, hopefully, help get the fans onboard with that battle in terms of noise/bear pit atmosphere. Keep up the banter Guys.
Thanks Jeff, totally agree with you. Good to hear from you and hope you are well 🙏
Paul, as ever, a really entertaining piece.
I think Andy’s description of the American sports system missed a key point. As far as the NFL works (I don’t know about baseball etc), the key difference is that there is no relegation. This means that the reward for finishing bottom is, as Andy said, access to the top players in the draft system.
As we know too well, the reward for finishing bottom of the Premier League is relegation and possible financial oblivion. In this context the behaviour of American owners is entirely capitalist and rational. To protect their investment they buy the best players etc and try to regulate the system in their favour. I’m not knocking the Americans specifically because all the other owners (Gulf states etc) want the same thing.
Thanks Stephen, agree we were running out of time sadly. There were many other points to make