Tip my Hat to ya

Well done Everton. Well done David Moyes. Very, very well done Bill Kenwright. Everton are going (back) to Wembley, and they will face Chelsea for the right to be named FA Cup Winners. It is no surprise that it is Everton, who have beaten away the threat of the Top 4 to reach the final. For years, David Moyes’ side have been knocking on the door, and maybe this is the start of something wonderful for the club.

A lot of credit must go to Moyes for the job he has done, and the brilliant squad that he has assembled, but also, one must tip their hat to Bill Kenwright, Chairman of Everton FC. Even when the club were in serious danger of relegation, Kenwright  plucked a relatively unknown young man from Preston and has stuck by his side ever since. Even when the club were threatened with relegation, Kenwright kept the faith with Moyes and he has constantly been paid back.

Kenwright backs Moyes. Moyes delivers.

It’s the way that Everton FC work. 

It isn’t rocket science, Moyes has created a side which has a strong backbone of experience mixed with youthful exuberance and some world class players who know the meaning of the word ‘loyalty’.

Even without Mikel Arteta, one of the best players playing for a side outside the Top 4, Everton have continued to prove effective in spite of a crisis which left them with no fit strikers (Saha aside).

Evertonians like to refer to the club as ‘The People’s Club’, and while there will be many teams that argue that point, there is certainly some truth in the sentiment. This is an honest club, with an honest manager and honest and determined players leading from the front.

Good luck Everton, I hope that you go all the way. Not because I hate Chelsea, and not because I love Everton, but because well run clubs deserve to be noticed.

The Debt-man? Run!

MPs want to stop owners from piling huge debts onto football clubs.

I’m sorry, is it me, or is this about 10 years too late?

The Parliamentary Football Group report says that it had “severe doubts” about whether clubs can continue to run with such high levels of debt…tell me something I don’t know. The one real fact to come out of the report is that the MPs have absolutely no power whatsoever when it comes to changing the face of the game. All of their suggestions are, well, just that. Suggestions. Will they be listened to? Come on, if football hasn’t listened to everyone else in the past who has warned of such dangers, are the footballing hierarchy really going to listen to a few MPs?

Question answered, case closed.

Respect for The Big Man

Mohamed Al Fayed has launched a stinging attack aimed at the “donkeys” running the FA and Premier League. Al Fayed said:

“But I worry that it won’t happen [a salary cap], because the Premier League and the FA are run by donkeys who don’t understand business, who are dazzled by money.”

He will probably get fined and strictly disciplined by the FA and the Premier League…but whatever happens, he is absolutely 100% correct. As he said, it is about times that chairmen stand up together and do something to change the way our game is going. However, while he said that change is needed, he also recognised the main reason why we will not get change. Money. Clubs will do anything possible to try and get more, even if it is at the expense of the normal fan.

Sort It Out

Manchester United can do it. So can Chelsea. Arsenal do it as good as anybody else. Heck, even Fulham and Spurs do it well. So, why can the FA not make a decent pitch? Top managers have all pointed out that the pitch is a complete disaster, but why? No-one plays there for most of the season, unlike at nearly every other ground in this country, yet the pitch is absolutely abysmal. The grass has been re-laid five, (yes FIVE) times since the stadium re-opened, and it will be re-laid once again this summer. 

The problem comes because of the numerous events hosted at Wembley stadium. Whenever there is a concert at the stadium, the pitch is rolled up and transported away, and there is the problem. The pitch cannot it. Why are concerts being held at Wembley? To pay the bills, of course. These concerts, and NFL events are being hosted to try to pay back some of the £757 million paid in the construction of the stadium.

This is our national stadium. This is our pride and glory. This needs sorting. Soon.

On the run down south

Apparently, UEFA won’t mind if Rangers and Celtic want to join the Premier League. Well that’s just grand of them isn’t it? Be serious, if those two sides leave the SPL, then the league there will collapse. TV and sponsorship deals are based around the two Old Firm sides and if they leave then it will be simply disastrous for the country. Hold on, who actually said that they were wanted in this country anyway?

By akvbcfc