Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan (back, refreshed) and myself. We try to make sense of the Bournemouth game at the weekend before turning our […]
Everton, Moshiri & John Textor – part I
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about why Everton’s ownership issues needed resolving urgently and why John Textor was not the answer to our many problems as a football club even […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast, Tottenham Hotspur (a), & a general update
Paul: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending upon where in the world you are, on what time of the day you’re listening to this post-Spurs match, Talking the Blues. Andy, […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Tottenham Hotspur (a), & a general update
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast following on from our away trip to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Andy and I take a look back on a desperately disappointing afternoon for […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – a new season 2024/25, Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. For the whole podcast we reflect back on what was a traumatic occasion for fans, players, and manager alike. […]
Transcript – Talking the Blues Podcast – a new season 2024/25, Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Welcome to the transcript of the latest Talking the Blues Podcast Paul: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where in the world you are, and what time of the […]
Chong’s stadium interview provides no real answers to Everton’s ownership and financing issues
In an interview with Sky Sports on 14th August 2024, Everton CEO Colin Chong gave a rare but brief update on the stadium construction, finances and the takeover situation. As one might […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast, the final pre-season game, modern football & pre-season predictions
Welcome to the transcript of this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast Paul: Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where in the world you are and what time of the day. […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, the final pre-season game, modern football & pre-season predictions
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with Andy and George Costigan. We look back on the final pre-season game at Goodison against Roma, before discussing our feelings over the modern […]
Why Everton’s ownership needs sorting urgently, and why Textor is not the answer to the problem
The complacency around Everton’s debt position is staggering and worrying in equal measures. Commentators, even many fans and smaller shareholders with some interest in the club’s finances almost glibly talk of external […]
Transcript of the Esk podcasts; Bigger and better but also riskier
Welcome to the transcript of the Esk podcast, Bigger, better and also riskier with Matt Slater of the Athletic to chat with Bart Huby of LCP Actuaries; a podcast in which we discuss a […]
The Esk podcasts: Bigger and Better but also riskier
I get together with Matt Slater of the Athletic to chat with Bart Huby of LCP Actuaries whose football analytics division has produced a recent report on football finances entitled “Bigger, better but also […]
Everton takeover – just what is Everton worth, the impact of the new stadium and what type of investor can we attract?
There’s a difference between what a football club is worth, what owners think it is worth and what an incoming investor pays for his or her shares. Take, for example, Manchester United […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Pre-season friendly, Coventry (a) & the current situation post Friedkin
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan in which we look back at the Coventry game, discuss Sean Dyche and then move onto the situation regarding […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast – Pre-season friendly, Coventry (a) & the current situation post Friedkin
Welcome to the transcript of the Talking the Blues Podcast recorded on Wednesday 31st July 2024. Thanks as always for reading or listening: Paul: Good morning, good afternoon or good evening […]
Ungoverned, ungovernable? or both?
I’ve touched on this subject – governance – many times. It seems a dry, academic topic to write about whilst addressing an audience made predominantly of football fans, but in an era […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast – detailed analysis of the Friedkin withdrawal, 21st July 2024
Paul: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending upon where in the world you are, and what time of the day you’re listening to this episode of Talking the Blues. George: […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – detailed analysis of the Friedkin withdrawal
After a short summer break in which George maintained a strict dietary schedule to return to pre-season in the best of condition, George, Andy and I return to discuss the major story […]
Major, unresolved uncertainties make Everton’s sale to new owners a real problem
It’s been a common theme for many months on these pages and elsewhere, the total unsuitability of 777 Partners as funders of Everton and Moshiri’s chosen original suitors. Yet again, the actions […]
What the Friedkin Group are inheriting and the way forward for Everton
As the Friedkin Group proceed through their due diligence process at Everton, apart from what they inherit (which will shape the way they address Everton’s recovery going forwards) they will no doubt […]