Andy Francis💙

Ex Main Stand now Upper East Stand ST. The provider of unprovoked hilarity to both wife and daughter.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@PalaceReport @reluctantnicko I just don’t wanna see McNeil coasting through games with an Everton shirt on ever again. Just take him! He’s a lazy one-footed excuse of a player.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@nexta_tv I doubt he knows the meaning of the word. He has the vocabulary of a small child.

[Terry ▶️ @TFinnAgain]

The vast difference in total cost of very different “rule breaking” for 2 Premier League clubs: 💰

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EVERTON narrowly overspending on PSR due to interest payments on a new stadium at the end of the 2021/22 season:

- Loss of league position prize money = £27m

- Compensation to Burnley = £40m

- Legal and administrative costs defending multiple cases, appeals and the Burnley tribunal = £17m

(Not to mention damage to brand, damage to squad mentality, damage to prospect of potential new signings & attracting potential managers & new ownership, damage to sponsors and massive reduction in broadcasting and commercial income)

TOTAL COST: £84m 💰

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Chelsea blatantly cheating for 7 straight years with 74 for charges for funnelling £47.5m in 36 secret, off the books payments (via shady third parties and offshore entities) to unregistered agents & player reps from 2011-2018 to grease deals for stars like Hazard, Willian, Eto’o, Ramires, David Luiz, Schürrle and Matic in order to win:

▪️ 2012 UEFA Champions League
▪️ 2012 FA Cup
▪️ 2013 UEFA Europe League
▪️ 2015 Premier League
▪️ 2015 League Cup
▪️ 2017 Premier League
▪️ 2018 FA Cup

TOTAL COST: £10.75m 💰

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CHELSEA escaped with a mere £10.75m fine for systematically concealing backhanded payments over seven years to rig transfers and gain real sporting advantage by winning 7 trophies during their 7 year period of dodgy deals.

This grotesque disparity, punishing the likes of Everton who could have - and arguably should have - been relegated with the harsh points deductions issued, while slapping the wrist of the profligate powerful, exposes football’s rotten core.. rules enforced not by justice, but by current club size, influence and the Premier League’s embarrassingly obvious selective blindness.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

It’s even more laughable when you consider the three panel members who decided to issue this ground breaking never been done before compensation claim to Burnley from Everton.. were somehow the same three panel members who dished out the harshest points deduction in English top flight history to Everton for the very same reason!?

How on earth is that allowed?

English football, rotten to the core!

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@MattJFootball @TheBlueRoomEFC @Paddy_Boyland Looking forward to hearing your and Paddy’s take on the Byline.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@owenjonesjourno Uncomfortable from Miliband there. Looks like he’s not a hugger.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@MailSport Stinking of piss

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@DeadlineDayLive Thank God for that. 👍

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@paddypower Can include throw-ins in that list now 😂

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Listen, Florian Wirtz might not be the strongest, or the quickest, or the best dribbler, or good at shooting, or the best crosser

[Warren Evans @Warren_Evans]

🙄 Chris’s former boss David Prentice has controlled the narrative at Everton for 30+ years, whether that be as a reporter or as the club’s actual PR Manager. It’s time for change.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@markgoldbridge It’s called The Martinez Impact!

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@anon_opin And beards that are technically neck hair.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@Everton Nothing special about his riding. See North Face cu#ts doing all this and more down Breck Road most afternoons.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@Paul_Lfc4 Dickhead statement! Ask Margaret Aspinall et al who they’d prefer to lead a Labour Government.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@Iancroll1 Sell

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@DeadlineDayLive I’d rather use it to settle up with Burnley. 🤣🤣

[Patrick Wintour @patrickwintour]

Izadi one of the most senior academics at Tehran University here reflects the internal strategic pressure the Iranian govt faces not to settle now.

[Andy Francis💙 @AndyFrancis02]

@slbsn I’ll be awaiting your analysis, myself. Always great and simplistic read for the layperson. Thanks. 👍