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, […]
Part II, Everton’s ownership and leadership, the cost of poor recruitment
In this the second part of the Everton ownership and leadership series, I wanted to focus on our finances but in a slightly different way than normal. I want to try and […]
Part 1, Everton’s ownership and leadership: the importance of good governance
I want to set out a clear analysis of Everton’s performance in recent years on and off the pitch and the role the club’s owner and leadership have played in it. In […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Tottenham Hotspur (H) and why are managers treated differently to players?
Hello and welcome to this episode of Talking the Blues with Andy and George. We look back over the Tottenham game with an encouraging improvement in effort before asking the question why […]
The esk podcasts: We’re not exactly rocket scientists
I’m making this the esk podcast with Rodger Armstrong and Paul Brown available to Talking the Blues listeners We look at the Wolves match but also a wider look at where we […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Walter Smith RIP, Wolves (a), substitutes, rule changes & much more
Massive agenda in this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with Andy and George. Firstly, we pay tribute to our former manager Walter Smith, RIP who sadly passed away earlier this week. We […]
Benitez is right in calling for improvement across the board
“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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]