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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]