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TheRam wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:11 am
Kendall was an absolute mess unfortunately.
It’s widely known now that Gary Speed left because of his drinking but would never go public with it.
That’s why I never piled-in on the Barkley stuff like others have. There’s always two sides to the story and stuff has come out retrospectively about how Koeman withdrew his contract offer and the club were shopping him around, long before his hamstring injury and move to Chelsea.
The club did it with Rooney, too.
Shameful the grief Speed got when he could have come out and said the gaffer was drinking voddy out of water bottles, during training.
I bumped into an old friend at the weekend who isn't in to football but works in media and marketing. He was telling me how much of a nightmare Everton are to work with and how the name is mud in the industry because of a lack of professionalism.
His agency paid Everton millions to get time with players for brand activations and the players repeatedly didn't turn up because they couldn't be bothered, at one point in lieu of a player for a brand activation Everton sent along the kit man instead!
Sad to hear that we're apparently so poorly run in this area as growing our commercial income is key to the club's long term growth.
Audrey Horne wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 8:55 am
Surely thats bullshit??
Sadly not, he was pretty pissed off about the kit man turning up.
The lad isn't interested in football so no incentive to lie, he just knew I supported Everton so was showing me some stuff he'd done with Pickford recently.
Shogun wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 9:22 am
I wouldn't turn up to them either tbf
If the club are going to sell the rights to time with the players for millions of pounds then surely they have to make sure they actually turn up - especially if we want to keep getting that money
StirlingBlue wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 9:23 am
Sadly not, he was pretty pissed off about the kit man turning up.
The lad isn't interested in football so no incentive to lie, he just knew I supported Everton so was showing me some stuff he'd done with Pickford recently.
StirlingBlue wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2026 9:24 am
If the club are going to sell the rights to time with the players for millions of pounds then surely they have to make sure they actually turn up - especially if we want to keep getting that money
Oh I agree, just saying as a player it would be the last thing I wanted to do
