Hats of David Moyes the manager of Everton!!

That is one of the reasons why I admire German and Italian clubs. I also think that is one of the key reasons why the German and Italian national teams do very well in international tournaments. Coming back to David Moyes, what is more impressive is that all around him clubs in England are spending money like water. Clubs like Portsmouth have gone into administration because they could not pay players wages because they spent more than they could afford. So in that atmosphere he still sticks to financial budgets. It is really amazing. Cheers! Ram

You know what happens if a team which is owned by a wealthy person who spends money without reasoning before? It will eventually go bankrupt. What do you think it will happen with City and Chelsea in time? If Abramovich or the sheik will have some kind of problems and they will suddenly stop poring money in the clubs, there will be huge contracts which cannot be honored and so the club will lose the players for free. This can be observed in Romania, where the team which two seasons ago represented Romania in the Champions League, Unirea Urziceni has already disappeared, and another traditional team, Poli Timisoara was left by the owner, he will not finance the team anymore. The team was forced in the second division, despite finishing in the second spot, and now the huge contracts will not be honored anymore. The only healthy way to build a team is what in Germany is being done, or what David Moyes is doing at Everton. You will see, if the Financial Fair Play will be introduced and it will be strictly followed, the clubs like Everton will benefit a lot from that.

Hopefully, you are right and Financial Fair Play helps clubs like Everton. I personally like such teams which are built by hardwork, patience and planning to succeed rather than clubs built on money. As far as Abramovich and Sheikh is concerned, I think it would take more than a financial slowdown to really affect them financially. :) Both of them are sitting on riches of oil which at least for the next 30 years is as good as gold. :) Cheers! Ram

Completely agree with your assessment. The case of Portsmouth a couple of seasons ago is a clear example of this. They spent so much on new players using debts that they had to go into administration. Cheers! Ram

Wow!! People with criminal past running the clubs. That really is very dangerous. It opens ways to things such as match fixing, illegal betting etc. Is that also rampant in the Romanian football? Cheers! Ram

This is what happened in Romania also. Unirea Urziceni, the former Romanian champion doesn't exist anymore, because the owner has spent money without head and has run out of it or he didn't wanted to reinvest anymore, nobody knows anymore. Another traditional team, which has played European competition semifinals in the 80's doesn't exist anymore. Poli Timisoara, a similar team, is about to go bankrupt and disappear. And you know what is common in Romania among the owners? They have been to jail for different financial crimes or they have many lawsuits currently. So would anybody want to see his favorite team in the hand of a such person?

Yes, Moyes gets his players to play with the heart and passion. Players like Cahill, Osman and Jagielka would simply work their socks off on the field. At the end of the day, hard work counts for as much as talent!! Cheers! Ram