The most recent filings at Companies House give a fascinating insight into the recapitalisation and restructuring of Everton Football Club by the Friedkin Group. As was widely reported the Friedkin Group took […]
Transcript of the Talking the Blues Podcast, Chelsea (h) pre-Christmas, post Moshiri, and welcome to the Friedkins!
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 pre-Christmas, post-Moshiri, now-Friedkin version of Talking […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast, Arsenal (a) – the end of an era ?
Paul: Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where in the world you are and what time of the day you’re listening to this episode of Talking the Blues, a […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Arsenal (a) – the end of an era ?
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back with wildly different takes on a point gained at the Emirates, before turning to the end […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Brentford (h) and the overwhelming case for change
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on a dispiriting afternoon at Goodison Park against Brentford. The case for change is compelling at […]
Talking the Blues, International break, no fixed agenda but we cover a multitude of topics
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. With the international break we go into the podcast with no fixed agenda but end up discussing a multitude […]
Time to say goodbye…..
Quando sono solo e sogno all’orizzonte e mancan le parole It’s time to say goodbye to the club we have become. New ownership, a new stadium and one hopes, leadership and ambition […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Crystal Palace (h), set piece defending and a little on the Friedkins
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. We look back on an important first league victory of the season, have a detailed chat about defending….. find […]
A buyers’ market for Premier League clubs & Moshiri’s weaknesses adds to the difficulties of selling Everton
The complexities around the sale of Everton appear to show no signs of reducing. During the international break, there was of course, considerable excitement of a prospective bid by John Textor, the […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Villa (a), ownership and pies
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. We look back on another heart-breaking day, discuss the game, the manager and who can bring about change at […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast, Bournemouth (h), Dyche, the alternatives, ownership, Moshiri & Textor
Welcome to the transcript of the Talking the Blues Podcast published Sunday 1st September 2024 Paul: Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending upon where in the world you are and […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Bournemouth (h), Dyche, the alternatives, ownership, Moshiri & Textor
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]