Everton 23-24: You Don’t Own Me (Yet)

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This is fantastic news. It does raise the question about one owner having operational control over 2 clubs in UEFA - will Freidkin structure this in some way to get around rule prohibiting Euro-level competition between clubs of same ownership? Will he sort out a model that others will copy?

Problems - good problems - for the future. Everton deserve serious ownership.

Agree it’s a serious concern generally.

Freidkin is not without blemishes. There have been some investigations of Roma. Nothing serious it seems (regurgitating Everton social media chatter).

 

[HowBoutDemSox]

Th Friedkin deal is now done, subject to league and regulatory approvals:
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/23/friedkin-group-agrees-deal-to-buy-everton-from-farhad-moshiri

 

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I had been happy about the prospect of the Friedkin group taking over. Roma is a similarly situated club to Everton- their budgets, history, and fan bases are comparable - and Friedkin engineered a turnaround at Roma, so I figured if he could do it there he could do it here.

But: Roma fired manager Daniele de Rossi (a club legend as a player, 20+ years) after an 0-1-3 start and the fans are furious. The club president resigned. Friedkins are in damage control mode. Roma fans on Everton boards have been all “watch out for these guys” and are also leery that they intend on using Roma as a feeder club for Everton, like NYCFC for City, or Southampton for Liverpool.

so yes, it’s a welcome development, but there’s a bit of concern.

 

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Dyche watch is officially on. Everton have one of the most forgiving schedules in the league over the next several weeks.



if Toffees aren’t comfortably out of the drop zone by the time Fried kin is approved, he gone.

 

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Dp

 

[Rusty Gate]

The Dyche watch seems appropriate. He's been the right man in the right place since he came to Everton. But this season has been underwhelming due to his stubborn inflexibility in choosing washed up veterans over untested youngsters, and failing to use his substitutes strategically to fit game situations. We'll see over the next few weeks when he will likely have a bigger squad to choose from whether he will put Young, Keane and even Gueye out to pasture, and start giving more playing time to the younger guys like Lindstrom, Roman and Armstrong, among others, who have not looked at all out of place in their limited opportunities. I'm confident that Lindstrom will start converting his chances if he is given a chance to settle into the regular rotation. Everton should have some successes to build on over the next weeks, and if they don't, I'll be OK with the new management choosing to move on from Dyche.

 

[OCST]

The Dyche watch seems appropriate. He's been the right man in the right place since he came to Everton. But this season has been underwhelming due to his stubborn inflexibility in choosing washed up veterans over untested youngsters, and failing to use his substitutes strategically to fit game situations. We'll see over the next few weeks when he will likely have a bigger squad to choose from whether he will put Young, Keane and even Gueye out to pasture, and start giving more playing time to the younger guys like Lindstrom, Roman and Armstrong, among others, who have not looked at all out of place in their limited opportunities. I'm confident that Lindstrom will start converting his chances if he is given a chance to settle into the regular rotation. Everton should have some successes to build on over the next weeks, and if they don't, I'll be OK with the new management choosing to move on from Dyche.

me too.

With Ndiaye and Lindstrom looking lively, and McNeil doing better centrally as the 9 1/2 behind Dom than he did as a winger, and Irogebaum and Mangala seeming solid as options at the 6 or 8, Everton are poised to be a good attacking side - which we haven't been since Carlo had James.

Dyche isn't the guy for that.

The defending has been horrific, but chalk that up almost entirely to Branthwaite being out - and Dyche's stubborn insistence on using Keane. I've posted multiple times that Everton give up a goal a game more, and average a point a game less in the table, with Keane on the pitch - and these are big sample sizes.