29 Jan 2026 11:52:09
I'm truly grateful that the TFG have put us on a better financial footing.
However, their choice to back their Italian club in the transfer market, rather than us, does give me great concerns over the whole concept of multi club ownership.
A place in European football is very possible, or it would have been had the club been givern the opertunity to strengthen a number of key areas.
It would have allowed us to attract good player in the summer, increased our profile, and further improved our financial situation, but TFG have focussed on their Italian club. This is a bad sign of things to come.
29 Jan 2026 12:07:51
So you think Moyes has asked them for certain players and they have said no? We all know what dithering dave is like.
29 Jan 2026 12:35:19
It’s not an either or situation.
29 Jan 2026 12:44:57
They have been at Roma a few years and have built sold foundations. It is also highly more likely that they make the CL in Serie A than we do in the PL.
They are probably aware that our squad is small and limited (to be polite) , so any European football will create a whole host of issues. You only have to look at Palace and Forest this year, the latter's squad being massive compared to ours. Newcastle also suffered when they made it to the promise land, as did Villa.
Before we kicked a ball this season, I had more or less written it off. I do get though that being so close to CL or European positions in general does frustrate, because with a couple of decent additions we could finish comfortably in Europe (freak scenarios aside) . I would love to have gone and got a couple of full-backs at least but it is what it is. Hopefully we get some luck on the injury front now and manage to keep the nucleus of our first team fit and healthy and we are still likely to finish in Europe anyway if that happens, given the way the league has panned out this year. The only issue with that is, it would mean a lot of recruitment in the summer and if that is their plan and they fail to deliver on that, then of course they should be called out for it.
29 Jan 2026 13:01:50
Given our positions in the last 3 seasons I’d say where in no need of overspending on players this window, nor do I believe the dream of Europe next season is something we need right now, as mentioned where in need of a couple of positions filling with better quality but also better covering players.
I get the frustration but where heading the right way just not immediately enough it seams.
29 Jan 2026 13:29:24
We need to stop playing the victim. Roma and Everton two completely different columns on the sheet.
29 Jan 2026 13:41:37
Have they knocked back requests from Moyes about signing players? It's not an either/or situation either. each club has different needs and different financial restrictions to comply with (and of course different financial performance over last few years that factors into that) . It's utter nonsense to suggest that they're choosing to spend their own cash on Roma instead of on Everton.