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Paul Quinn

Talking the Blues podcast, Give me a little more time

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We review what’s been happening this week, the most farcical of circumstances played out in front of the world’s […]

Guest article: If

Today, there’s a guest article by Everton fan John Hoyte “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs” So the Rudyard Kipling poem goes. Written, in fact, […]

Talking the Blues Podcast: It’s time to go….

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with Andy and George Costigan following our 5th home defeat versus Aston Villa, our 10th defeat in 13 games.   Duncan Ferguson, back in […]

Profitability and Sustainability rules, Everton’s position

Commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as “FFP” profitability and sustainability rules are the regulations that restrict the magnitude of adjusted losses for Premier League clubs. Before reflecting on Everton’s position, a brief […]

Talking the Blues Podcast, Norwich City (a) the final countdown?

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. Yes, there’s only one topic in town, what do Everton do now? Will Benitez be relieved of his duties, […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Hull City (a), Benitez interview, Digne, Graeme Sharp

Welcome to this week’s edition of Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. We look back on the FA Cup third round tie with Hull City, explore VAR and look […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Brighton & Hove Albion (h) Farhad Moshiri do you care as much as the fans do?

Welcome to the first Talking the Blues podcast of 2022, following the shambolic (in every sense) performance against Brighton & Hove Albion. We discuss the match for a short while before turning […]

Part V, Everton’s ownership and leadership: A winning strategy

In this 5th part of a look at Everton’s ownership and leadership, I’m going to look at strategy. In particular a winning strategy, what is it and what’s required to achieve it. […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Boxing Day edition. Respect!

Welcome to this Boxing Day edition of Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. In the absence of a game today – when was the last Boxing Day that Everton […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Chelsea (a), transfers, ESSG & secret santa

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast where we reflect on a much better night at Chelsea than any of us could have reasonably expected. We look at the transfer story […]

Talking the Blues Podcast, Crystal Palace (a) Time is running out?

Welcome to this weeks Talking the Blues,  Time is running out? We examine for whom exactly is time running out. A deeply cathartic experience. As ever all  our podcasts are available on […]

Good independent regulation benefit all clubs, including the Premier League

Inevitably and predictably Premier League clubs and their media chums are lining up to pour scorn over the proposals contained within Tracey Crouch’s Fan Led Review. Claims from Aston Villa’s Christian Purslow […]

Talking the Blues Podcast, Arsenal (h), Brands, the 27 minutes for 27 years campaign and much more

So much to talk about in this episode of Talking the Blues with Andy Costigan and George. The Arsenal match, Brands, the 27 minutes for 27 years campaign, Andy losing his internet […]

27 minutes for 27 years

The #27minutesfor27years campaign is an embryonic campaign like no other in the history of Everton Football Club. It’s an informal alliance of supporter groups, fan organisations and individuals with a clear purpose. […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Moody Blues, post-match analysis, followed by an appeal to Farhad Moshiri

Welcome to Talking the Blues in which we analyse the 4-1 Derby loss to Liverpool. We look at the comparison of Liverpool’s development over the last ten years compared to ours over […]

Direct questions for Everton’s major shareholder, Farhad Moshiri

There are many specific questions relating to footballing matters, finance, operations and strategy which can be asked of board members by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. However I wanted to address […]

Talking the Blues Podcast, Brentford (a) Where do we go from here?

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues. A short review of the match (not much to be said) followed by a focus on immediate objectives (Liverpool, Wednesday) short term – our next […]

Part IV, Everton’s ownership and leadership, finance and funding

So far in this series, I’ve examined the impact of governance, the cost of poor recruitment and the role of the director of football. Now I’d like to turn the attention to […]

Talking the Blues podcast, Manchester City (a), fan led review & the state of the club

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues. A slow start as we discuss this afternoon’s game before we liven up with the prospect of the fan led review followed by a splendid […]

Part III, Everton’s ownership and leadership; the director of football

So far in the series, I’ve looked at governance in Part I and recruitment in Part II. In today’s article I want to examine the director of football role at Everton. Interestingly, […]