Quote from: olaftab on October 24, 2021, 06:15:58 PMOne thing that really annoys me is when fans talk about net spend and translate that into zero spend. FFS net spend argument is bollocks. Just because we got £100M in and spent about the same it does not mean we didn't spend any money. Just ask Norwich and Leverkusen and Southampton how much money they have had from us yes real money that owners backed us with.Exactly. We couldn’t spend £100m on a player because no one that good would come to us. Seems clear to me the strategy was get into Europe with this squad and then spend big again when we can offer European football to top quality players.
One thing that really annoys me is when fans talk about net spend and translate that into zero spend. FFS net spend argument is bollocks. Just because we got £100M in and spent about the same it does not mean we didn't spend any money. Just ask Norwich and Leverkusen and Southampton how much money they have had from us yes real money that owners backed us with.
I’ll admit to being just a tad bit pissed when writing that post. It was overly harsh - they’ve spent a fuck ton of money and deserve a lot of credit for it. So I’ll happily retract! I just want to see the club move forward and they will need to spend another £xhundred to achieve it. I’m not completely convinced they will.
Quote from: Rigadon on October 25, 2021, 06:34:22 AMI’ll admit to being just a tad bit pissed when writing that post. It was overly harsh - they’ve spent a fuck ton of money and deserve a lot of credit for it. So I’ll happily retract! I just want to see the club move forward and they will need to spend another £xhundred to achieve it. I’m not completely convinced they will. Don’t worry we’ve all done it mateWell most of us
In terms of investment we've been truly blessed since the owners came in. But I really think we are being hamstrung by the 15,000 on the season ticket waiting list. We've always had one of the country's top stadium's but VP is now only the 8th largest stadium in the PL and soon to become the 9th once Everton build their new 54,000 capacity ground. The extra numbers and the extra match day income are now paramount. Off the field we are now being steadily left behind.
We'll have a new North stand before Bramley Moore is done. They're still dredging it.