Tag: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]