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Quiet. Maybe it's a reflection of the fact that we've allowed a manager in a tenuous position to select a player of his choosing, and we don't want to get saddled with him (Carrillo) long-term in the event that Pellegrino is gone by the end of the season/next 12 months...whilst at the same time protecting his value as an asset somewhat.

Needed a target man, got a target man. Let's wait and see if he's the right target man.

As you say, pinch of salt, but those figures are quite plausible at first glance

Some might be inclined to say he's been overpaid at that rate

Is that a genuine researched statistic? Interesting if so.

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It won't include transfer profit/losses. It's purely revenue generated by broadcasting, match day income, and commercial deals. That is unless Deloitte have changed the way they structure these thangs. As someone mentioned above, we haven't released last season's accounts yet, but Everton's revenue jumped £50m based on broadcasting alone, from £122m to £172m total . Our revenue was approx £122m during Everton's £122m season, and you'd expect a similar increase in Prem broadcast revenue, along with Europa League and League Cup money = ~£180m. As always, happy to be corrected.

Pretty close, imo. I tend to regard Targett as the better defender (although if I recall correctly, you'd disagree with that(?)), and McQueen the better attacker. That being said, if Targett is on 45k then I'd rather some of that was off the books elsewhere and that he came back justifying the wage (not that it affects me whatsoever, admittedly ) P.S Long-term, I'd back McQueen (with his extra pace and physicality).

Can't say I was much of a fan of that under Koeman in 14/15.

All true enough, and in sides playing to each of their respective strengths, Gabbi would certainly score more per season, but that's somewhat irrelevant since that isn't the reality of the situation. I personally feel in our current climate that it's a complete toss up between the two, and I'd base it primarily on the strength of the opponent (i.e, weaker teams (where the goal is to win) = Gabbi, stronger teams (where it's a bonus to win) = Long. So, yeah, I would've played Long today if fit, because his style of play would've been more conducive to getting us a result. I guess that wouldn't give either of them much chance to build a run of form though

Which, funnily enough, is a fair summary of Gabbiadini at this time, with his skillset, in this side, with these players/team-mates. Ultimately, both of their all-round games are vastly lacking.

That's how I'm feeling about it. Given that he evidently isn't the most loyal of blokes (I know, I know, who is? But there are varying degrees of disloyalty), I wouldn't want us to commit long term (~3 years), which he may not be enthusiastic about (from a financial standpoint), but just stick a large survival bonus on a 6/18 month contract.

Without getting into the specifics of whether I'd like him here or not, his form with Hull would've kept them up if applied pro-rata over the season....and that was with an absolute *garbage* squad.

I would *love* for someone to put that question to Les Reed, i.e. why was Forster given a 5 year contract a year after signing a 5 year contract? Save it for the fans forum (i.e. when we're next challenging for Europe)

How the funk did that happen? :S

Ramirez was on 70k, wasn't he? (I'm now anticipating a net vs gross fight/debate )

He's taking the p*ss out of a poster (and rightly so ) who said as much a while back... Choccywoddy or some b*llocks. (apologies to poster if I've incorrectly attributed)

In all fairness, that's exactly what Mane and Wanyama were. I don't see Boufal and Hojbjerg being anything other than a similar transfer strategy.

For all intents and purposes, we'll have around £60m-£65m to invest how we see fit. Probably closer to £60m. Plenty enough to do something substantial with.

As Saint Fred has alluded to, you're comparing apples and oranges. From the article you linked.... "Everton has posted record turnover and a post-tax profit of more than £30m. Turnover for the year amounted to £171.3m, almost £50m more than the previous highest recorded in 2014/15, a season in which the Club reached the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League. Broadcast revenues accounted for most of the increase in turnover, with 2016/17 the first year of a record-breaking £5bn TV rights deal for the Premier League. " Their broadcast revenue went from ~£82m to ~£132m. There's your +£50m right there. Ours will supposedly go from £80m-£85m to ~£127m. When we publish our accounts for the same year, the turnover will be comparable, give or take £10m (speculation). So, yeah, no offense, but this... ...is b*llocks (although I have no idea about their wage bill, and I canny be bothered to look)

I almost always lean towards giving people the benefit of the doubt, but I'm now prepared to have the de facto position that any Telegraph article mentioning the word 'confident' is as damning a piece of information as you can get. I used to have confidence/belief in those statements, then that trust(?) wained due to several contradictory consequences, and now I'll simply see it as confirmation of delusion/confirmation of the opposite result of what is suggested will be happening. One can only assume Reed is behind these sorts of articles, or those very close to him, and the tremendous amount of respect/admiration I once held for him has pretty much evaporated. He/They just seem so out of touch with what is actually happening (in many aspects of the club, but obviously these articles pertain to transfer targets and player retention). Sounds a bit melodramatic, I know, but it's hard to maintain respect for someone who's continually caught spouting bullsh*t.

Err, excuse me...."with £166 million of players sold to Liverpool alone since 2014" :poundit: :poundit:

Do you envisage that happening though? Say, in the event of relegation. Usually I wouldn't necessarily advocate top to bottom changes in this situation, because relegation happens sometimes, but the sheer delusion and hand-sitting from the board is agitating beyond belief at present, so if we are relegated under those circumstances, I wouldn't be opposed to certain board members having their days numbered, even if those certain board members have been influential in our recent success. That being said, Gao is the only individual who can authorise this, and what can fans realistically do to have their say/influence? (besides wave hankies/hold season tickets up for Echo photo opps) In this day and age, is it naive to think anything can be done beside b*tch and moan on a forum?

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