Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

Our owners are suing the Italian helicopter company that manufactured the aircraft that the late Chairman died in for £2.15 billion - the largest Fatal Accident claim in English Legal History ...

No details of whether this is just the family or partly the football club in terms of the legal action - but one of the elements within the claim is 'loss of earnings' ...

Now the conspiracist in me is raising an eyebrow - if any 'loss of earnings' is deemed to be for the football club and the claim is successful ... it is likely that the sums received would get apportioned across each accounting period from the date of the accident until the date of settlement... and whilst compensation of that size would normally be categorised as 'exceptional income' in each accounting period - the fact that it would represent 'loss of earnings' could potentially bring it within 'exceptional operating income' ... and therefore within FFP/PSR offsetable income...

 

I hear you and it's hard to define what "fighting relegation" really means so i did a 2 minute wiki search. Since the early 90's:

Without Moyes you have finished in the bottom 6 on 10 occassions out of 20odd seasons and the top 8 on 6 occassions.

With Moyes you finished in the bottom 6 once and the top 8 around 7 times. The league places suggest it was a very different era.

ps. The numbers are roughly correct, I couldn't be bothered to find the exact dates Moyes joined and left tbh.

 

As regards trying to define a relegation fight it's hard to do after the fact as you need to have felt how the season went as you go along. In the season when Howe took over Newcastle we were undoubtedly in a relegation fight and had 11 points from the first 20 games of the season. We then picked up 38 points from 18 games (which is insane) and finished 11th so just looking at the finishing position makes it look like we were fine all season.

From the outside I guess I'm just saying it's felt as though Everton without Moyes have always been in a relegation fight, probably a lot of a) recency bias and b) bias from where Everton were when I first started following football.

 

Football nothing without fans say Sky.

 

That is a horrifically long journey. We don't even play them for 8 days.

 

They’re leaving now just to stay warm on the bus since Starmer took their fuel allowance.

 

Average about 10th since the PL started. Similar to Newcastle.

Obviously both with the odd blip at the upper and lower parts of the table.

 

It's a joke but they've gone well overboard with those times, is it even real? It's a 6 hour journey from here maximum so would only take 7 from there.

Then again lots of toilet stops needed for over 70s in fairness.

 

On a serious note I do think it's a problem for us. Our nearest Premier league club is probably Manchester or Notthingham - they're like 3 hour drives...

There's not really a solution though, I think us building a new stadium in the midlands wouldn't be well recieved.

 

Yeah pretty similar. I think we're around 7th or 8th in terms of points gained or average position but it's hard to compare as we haven't successfully fought relegation! Twice...

I'm not sure which I'd prefer really, probably ours as we're done a bit better when in the league and there's overall more excitement I think. That's an opinion rather than a fact though of course. I certainly wouldn't hold us up as any model of success though on any level!

 

Google maps says six hours from Bournemouth and I guess you’ve got at least two stops and possibly three if the driver has to stop every two hours. Probably 8.5 on a bus with stops.

 

The obvious solution would be to not play Newcastle v Bournemouth at 12:30.

 

you forgot the bus is going to be slower accelerating, decelerating and can only do 60 on the motorway

 

And also especially slow if the driver is, presumably, southern

 

Should probably just take a taxi instead. 7 seater should do the trick.

 

You could have 'Pride Park' ... hasn't been used for years .......

 

The great Potter takes his first loss after snaking his way into a Job Tonight.

West Ham fans chasing out Moyes has really worked out. ..they may even have saved Everton

 

I think Moyes is probably the best option Everton had at their disposal.

It's a good appointment imo.

 

I think it's a good appointment too ... but not an exciting one ...

Our appointment of Coopernicus was a 'good' one on paper ... but I doubt any single Leicester fan thought it was exciting, right from the get go ...

 

How Ruuuud