Well, I’ve posted about Everton before and bravo for them for finishing fifth. Despite all the positive news and the admiration from Newcastle, it’s important to point out that it did finish below the “Big 4” and it is, after all just Newcastle who is jealous.
I’ll stop posting pro-Arsenal and anti-Everton things in this website if, and when, the Everton ownership decides to take the risk and spend up to get the two or three premier players to permanently break in to the top 4 (and send Liverpool down to the middle of the table).
I realize that taking a big financial risk with a mid-table and mid-market at best club in Everton is huge. Unlike the American professional league, generous revenue sharing (making even the lowliest of teams profitable) and the eternal concept of parity just don’t exist. A club in the EPL must take a real “flyer” on expenditures without any real idea if the they will recoup the money, even if they have a winning product. If you’re Man U and one of the most known sports franchises in the world (including the US) it’s no slim chance investment to spend on playes, facilities, marketing and the like-you will get your money back and then some, even in a down year.
But Everton, that’s a different kettle of fish entirely. I will suspend further judgement until next season and let us see if Everton’s folks have the “brass” to reach for glory of if they will, as they have in the past, rely on American keepers (Howard) and wily but not superstar quality vetrans like Neville.
Everton, on the count of three get those stars on your club: one....two....
