Are we a club on the decline?

[Corky]

2 minutes ago, phoneticerror said:

We’re the talking topic on Talk Sport at the moment 

They said Rodgers would leave his contract worth £30m voluntarily earlier if he wasn't backed.

[Dames]

2 minutes ago, Corky said:

They said Rodgers would leave his contract worth £30m voluntarily earlier if he wasn't backed.

Ha as if. 
 

Rodgers is in a great position, if he does well all of a sudden he’s succeeding on a shoestring and there will be interest in his services and if he doesnt do well he can say he wasnt backed and some guillible clubs will eat it up.

 

 

[phoneticerror]

11 minutes ago, Corky said:

They said Rodgers would leave his contract worth £30m voluntarily earlier if he wasn't backed.

One of the presenters has made a bold claim that Brendan won’t be our manager by MW10.

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, Corky said:

They said Rodgers would leave his contract worth £30m voluntarily earlier if he wasn't backed.

Same clowns who claimed Poch would be a good fit at Everton.

[adam1]

7 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

He left because the club would not offer him a new contract on anything like the salary of his existing contract. The club did not fight for him to stay, so he took a rational career decision to end his playing days on the south of France. Good luck to him. This is not evidence of a club in decline, though - it is evidence of a club looking forwards.

I admire your optimism and I do hope you are correct.... however I fear not.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

Who could be as good as Vestergaard last season.

 

Everton have spent 0.5b on new players over the last 5 seasons how's that gone?

 

 

Who could be as good as Vestergaard last season?                           I bet they bloody well won't.

[Adrian]

We better hope patson daka turns into a monster this year...he needs to finish 50% of his 2 chances per game otherwise we are 17th I'm afraid

 

It's not so much we are in decline it's more the league just gets bigger and bigger

[volpeazzurro]

12 hours ago, Corky said:

They said Rodgers would leave his contract worth £30m voluntarily earlier if he wasn't backed.

Do they know him that well?

Why would he make himself unemployed and out of pocket unless an almost equally soundly paid job came along?

[volpeazzurro]

12 hours ago, Dames said:

Ha as if. 
 

Rodgers is in a great position, if he does well all of a sudden he’s succeeding on a shoestring and there will be interest in his services and if he doesnt do well he can say he wasnt backed and some guillible clubs will eat it up.

 

 

Exactly. 

[HighPeakFox]

I suspect not. Kasper going may well ease tensions, not because he was necessarily a consciously malign influence, but he had been at the club a long time and made his opinions known. For all we're losing his many merits, some problems at his end of the pitch may now get fixed at the very least.

[filthyfox]

1 hour ago, Adrian said:

We better hope patson daka turns into a monster this year...he needs to finish 50% of his 2 chances per game otherwise we are 17th I'm afraid

 

It's not so much we are in decline it's more the league just gets bigger and bigger

Daka is Shinji on speed. I hope he and Vardy get some decent game time together... but, who would be left out?

[LaCiudad]

On 03/08/2022 at 20:41, frany104 said:

With Kasper leaving and the lack of a replacement or any signing. Are we on the d clone as a club? Have we reached our peak and that’s as good as it gets? 
 

it all seems so negative and we seem to be feeling the effects of not qualify for the champions league twice and some poor management with regards to transfers and contracts.

Yes. Just like Derby we're in decline. FFS.

[Unabomber]

Yeah we clearly are on the decline. Surprised the question had to be asked 

[fuchsntf]

On 04/08/2022 at 17:35, gerrytaggart said:

I swear most people on foxestalk are on some kind of drugs.

 

 

No..No.. The Real problem...They aint...!!

Some medis... do so  open those Nirvana cells, to see the future through foxes eyes,lets those positive vibes, Really Dilly ding,Dilly dong....

[shailen]

Our key issue this season was not recruitment. It is fitness!! A fully fit squad and I'm confident we fight for Europe. 

[Manini]

Harv injured, Riccy injured, no signings, Wes probably off, Tielemans not signing a new contract, Maddison = **** knows 

 

We’re either getting relegated or we’re winning the whole ****ing thing. My mental state is in pieces. Im listening to Drizzy One Dance on repeat (number one when we last won the whole ****ing lot) just to try and manifest some form of good feeling. 

[StonyFox]

On 03/08/2022 at 20:41, frany104 said:

With Kasper leaving and the lack of a replacement or any signing. Are we on the d clone as a club? Have we reached our peak and that’s as good as it gets? 
 

it all seems so negative and we seem to be feeling the effects of not qualify for the champions league twice and some poor management with regards to transfers and contracts.

More transition than decline. We've learned our lessons from having players on the books that we can't register, and it would be irresponsible to bring in more players if we end up with a group of players totalling over 200k a week doing nothing but training. It is concerning that we're useless at moving players on when they're not wanted, but maybe we should cut our losses with some of them. I expect next summer to be different when we have quite a few contracts expiring. 

 

Either that or the owners are lining up a sale . The seagrave investment and stadium expansion are material assets, where as putting money into the squad is a lot more uncertain financially. Do they feel they've taken us as far as they could and can't see us breaking into the top 6 consistently? 

[Bilo]

Characteristically excellent from this channel.

 

I honestly think that this lad is a better football journalist than almost anyone outside of the broadsheets.

 

[Spudulike]

 Why does anyone subscribe to Sky if this is the sort of crap they broadcast?

 

 

[Blue ROI]

1 hour ago, Bilo said:

Characteristically excellent from this channel.

 

I honestly think that this lad is a better football journalist than almost anyone outside of the broadsheets.

 

Very good summary.

 

Nearly knows the club better than most of us on here.

 

No mention of swapping the Family Stand/Kop mind.

[fox_up_north]

It's been mentioned we might get sold and, truthfully, I can see it in the next few years. The cup win looked like it meant so much to Top - he achieved an ambition the family had. 

 

Kasper's gone, Vardy will be done in 2-3 years. All the immortals will have gone. What more does he have left to achieve with the club? 

[Spudulike]

17 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

It's been mentioned we might get sold and, truthfully, I can see it in the next few years. The cup win looked like it meant so much to Top - he achieved an ambition the family had. 

 

Kasper's gone, Vardy will be done in 2-3 years. All the immortals will have gone. What more does he have left to achieve with the club? 

It was his Dad's club. The family wanted his image outside the stadium. Probably too emotional to sell. 

[Bilo]

48 minutes ago, Blue ROI said:

Very good summary.

 

Nearly knows the club better than most of us on here.

 

No mention of swapping the Family Stand/Kop mind.

He's a brilliant journalist.

 

He's not just limited to mainstream stuff either; he made a fascinating video about, of all things, Tajikistani football not so long ago. His knowledge and research are on a different level.

[Facecloth]

2 hours ago, Bilo said:

Characteristically excellent from this channel.

 

I honestly think that this lad is a better football journalist than almost anyone outside of the broadsheets.

 

Excellent video and great point about players coming back being as good as strengthening the squad. We finished 8th last year without Fofana, Justin, Evans, Vardy, Ndidi etc for large chucks of it, and Ndidi was often filling in at the back when he was playing. Add those to the team, plus a more settled Daka, potentially a more settled Soumare, along with Praet returning. We really don't have much to worry about. Sure it would have been nice to add even more to the squad, but its hardly as bleak as some make out, and above all else we're being sensible on the finance so as not end up like Everton. So even we do end up moving a first team player on this window we can invest into improving the squad.

 

That's not to say everything is rosey, the situation with unwanted players isn't ideal, and neither is the head of recruitment situation, but we not in the depths of despair just yet.

[thesilverbluefox]

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