*Shakes head* Everton again.

[Megadrive Man]

10 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

He would be crazy to take that job. They fucking hate him. A few bad results and they would turn on him faster than any other manager. I'm sure they would remind him of the "small club" quote at every opportunity.

 

 

 

Yeah he made the same mistake with Chelsea.

 

Jamie Carragher said in an Interview a few days ago that Benitez was the best manager that Everton could get now, so it's pretty clear that he will take it if offered. 

[Lee909]

Heads falling off all over Norway lad

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59 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

He would be crazy to take that job. They fucking hate him. A few bad results and they would turn on him faster than any other manager. I'm sure they would remind him of the "small club" quote at every opportunity.

 

 

He took the chelsea job, admittedly on a temporary basis but would have stayed on if the club had wanted him.

[Dr Nowt]

Lovely little understated snide there.

 

[Heinze]

Their heads are falling off because they think we should get a points deduction for the ESL crap. Even with a points deduction we would finish well above them, stupid cunts.

[dylstar]

7 hours ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

Fuck sake.

 

"Remind me again Rafa.....how many times in Istanbul ???"

[DalyanPete]

12 hours ago, El Dangerous said:

Bit too upbeat for McGovern that.

Yea, but still quality writing.

[Bourbon]

Some more lovely one-eyed irony in this, the reason American soccer fans should spend their cash in Walton is because they aren't murderers or brought shame...  

 

The country of native genocide and decades of institutional racism? Their money would be more than welcome, it seems...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/10/everton-premier-league-usa-links

[JagSquared]

Everton going after the US market asking “where are our fans?”, using their “unparalleled history” and “values” all based on a survey of 100 fans all Just buzzwords that sounds like it’s someone’s a-level marketing coursework.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/10/everton-premier-league-usa-links?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

“What fascinates me is that these American fans had to pick Everton,” says France. “I was brainwashed as a kid and had no say in it. Everton is in a very poor part of Liverpool, a very poor part of the UK, and a very poor part of Europe but Americans love history and Everton has unparalleled history. American fans are also attracted to the club’s values. One of the things about Everton is that it has never brought shame on the city of its birth and it has conducted itself in an appropriate way.

 

Clearly ignoring all of the clear examples of their unparalleled history.

[JagSquared]

3 minutes ago, Dom Charters said:

Some more lovely one-eyed irony in this, the reason American soccer fans should spend their cash in Walton is because they aren't murderers or brought shame...  

 

The country of native genocide and decades of institutional racism? Their money would be more than welcome, it seems...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/10/everton-premier-league-usa-links

You beat me to it by a minute or so. What a joke their whole reasoning is.

[JagSquared]

3 minutes ago, Dom Charters said:

Some more lovely one-eyed irony in this, the reason American soccer fans should spend their cash in Walton is because they aren't murderers or brought shame...  

 

The country of native genocide and decades of institutional racism? Their money would be more than welcome, it seems...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/10/everton-premier-league-usa-links

You beat me to it by a minute or so. What a joke their whole reasoning is.

[Total Longo]

17 minutes ago, JagSquared said:

Everton going after the US market asking “where are our fans?”, using their “unparalleled history” and “values” all based on a survey of 100 fans all Just buzzwords that sounds like it’s someone’s a-level marketing coursework.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/10/everton-premier-league-usa-links?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

“What fascinates me is that these American fans had to pick Everton,” says France. “I was brainwashed as a kid and had no say in it. Everton is in a very poor part of Liverpool, a very poor part of the UK, and a very poor part of Europe but Americans love history and Everton has unparalleled history. American fans are also attracted to the club’s values. One of the things about Everton is that it has never brought shame on the city of its birth and it has conducted itself in an appropriate way.

 

Clearly ignoring all of the clear examples of their unparalleled history.

Chucking bananas at black players is not a shameful episode then? Myopic, as per.

[Jockey]

Who are Everton?

 

Not Liverpool. 

 

What are Everton?

 

Not Liverpool. 

[Bourbon]

8 minutes ago, JagSquared said:

You beat me to it by a minute or so. What a joke their whole reasoning is.

It's great that more and more of us are onto them, they hate it too. 

 

Good. For as long as they peddle mentally-ill bile like this, they deserve the endless misery they wallow in. 

[Lee909]

"Everton can be a special club for special people,” France says

 

You got that fucking right

[dockers_strike]

Hahahahaha! They're kidding, right?!

 

“We came up with a primary focus on North American and the USA and some other countries where we know there is a growth opportunity – Colombia and Brazil. We asked ourselves where are our fans? Where do we have links already?”

 

Fans who latch on to a club because their personally favourite player currently plays for them, will follow the next team he signs for quicker than a duck going south in winter.

 

"One of the things about Everton is that it has never brought shame on the city of its birth and it has conducted itself in an appropriate way."

 

Just couldnt wait to get that in, could he? Cunt.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, JagSquared said:

Everton going after the US market asking “where are our fans?”, using their “unparalleled history” and “values” all based on a survey of 100 fans all Just buzzwords that sounds like it’s someone’s a-level marketing coursework.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/10/everton-premier-league-usa-links?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

“What fascinates me is that these American fans had to pick Everton,” says France. “I was brainwashed as a kid and had no say in it. Everton is in a very poor part of Liverpool, a very poor part of the UK, and a very poor part of Europe but Americans love history and Everton has unparalleled history. American fans are also attracted to the club’s values. One of the things about Everton is that it has never brought shame on the city of its birth and it has conducted itself in an appropriate way.

 

Clearly ignoring all of the clear examples of their unparalleled history.

Straight outta GOT, that.

 

What clubs have a parallelled history, anyway?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

It's pure Everton, though, isn't it.  All the big clubs started trying to tap the US market 25 years or so ago. Now they think people should be drawn to them, because...

 

because...

 

well...

 

because...

 

EVERTON AREN'T WE!

[Trumo]

I would have thought that Americans are drawn to sports teams either because they are from the same city, or because it is a winning team. They're not inclined to start following a team that has some 'history' but doesn't fit the above criteria.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

19 minutes ago, Trumo said:

I would have thought that Americans are drawn to sports teams either because they are from the same city, or because it is a winning team. They're not inclined to start following a team that has some 'history' but doesn't fit the above criteria.

I think there is a niche for the cool kids to pretend they support a non-winning team (with unparalleled history, of course) but West Ham got there first.

[JagSquared]

Americans won’t give a toss that Brian Mcbride used to play for them or that Sylvester Stallone got to use their stadium in one of  his films after doing a few laps of their ground. They have no connection to the club or city. If they are interested in picking a club they will go for one which has a chance of success.

 

It just seems all very futile and very very late to try and tap into the US market. The article itself calls out how much of a challenge it will be and all they can say is “well we’re unique”, so are Fulham and they have just as many links to the US (if not more) than they do.

[Josef Svejk]

"According to David France, a Liverpool-born Everton historian who has lived in the US for 44 years, the club’s relationship with North America is a long one. France has written 18 books on the Merseyside club..." 

 

Holy fuck! 18 books? On Everton?! What a lunatic. 

 

Take your pick, folks: 

 

Toffee Cards – The Tobacco Years (1997) ISBN 1-874799-05-9
Toffee Pages – The Post-War Years (1997) ISBN 1-874799-06-7
Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame (1998) ISBN 1-874799-09-1
Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame Edition 2 (1999) ISBN 1-874799-10-5
Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame Edition 3 (1999) ISBN 1-874799-12-1
Gwladys Street's Holy Trinity (with Becky Tallentire 2001) ISBN 1-874799-14-8
Gwladys Street's Big Book for Kids of All Ages (with Peter King 2002) ISBN 1-874799-15-6
Gwladys Street's Blue Book (with David Prentice 2002) ISBN 1-874799-16-4
Virgin Blues (with David Prentice 2003) ISBN 1-874799-17-2
Toffee Cards – The Bubble Gum Years (with Barry Hewitt 2005) ISBN 1-874799-18-0
Moyesiah (2006) ISBN 1-874799-19-9
Evertonians Eat Scouse (2006) ISBN 1-874799-19-9
Everton Treasures – The David France Collection (with David Prentice 2007) ISBN 1-874799-20-2
Dr Everton's Magnificent Obsession (with David Prentice 2008) ISBN 978-1-905266-79-1
Alex Young – The Golden Vision (2008) ISBN 978-1-874799-21-4
Everton Crazy - Sixty Seasons, Two Million Miles (2016) ISBN 978-1-909245-46-4
Everton Proud (2016) ISBN 978-1-909245-52-5
Blue Dragon - The Roy Vernon Story (with Rob Sawyer 2019) ISBN 978-1-9162784-0-0

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11 minutes ago, JagSquared said:

Americans won’t give a toss that Brian Mcbride used to play for them or that Sylvester Stallone got to use their stadium in one of  his films after doing a few laps of their ground. They have no connection to the club or city. If they are interested in picking a club they will go for one which has a chance of success.

 

It just seems all very futile and very very late to try and tap into the US market. The article itself calls out how much of a challenge it will be and all they can say is “well we’re unique”, so are Fulham and they have just as many links to the US (if not more) than they do.

This. Yanks only love winners. And if you havent won a trophy since 1995, you can hardly call yourselves 'winners,' can you?

[Jose Jones]

Just now, dockers_strike said:

This. Yanks only love winners. And if you havent won a trophy since 1995, you can hardly call yourselves 'winners,' can you?

Not sure you can be quite as sweeping as that.
There’ll be a few reasons foreign fans decide to support a team.

Winning is obviously a big one, playing exciting football is another and having a player from that country is probably third. If you combine them all then you hit the jackpot.

Not having any of those, but having an unparalleled history, and you might be struggling.

[Josef Svejk]

Don't forget the Z Cars factor. Americans can't get enough of Z Cars. They're obsessed with it...