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wilfjacko
Player Valuation: £8m
My favourite.
Stephenlloyd
Player Valuation: £40m
But we may finally get our new ground at the 4th attempt, if bill was still running the show we would never leave Goodson, didn’t it fail the safety certificate about 10yrs ago according to billy liar
TheSecondComing
Player Valuation: £35m
The worst Everton chairman in our history and he’s still lingering around.
It will be a great day once his time here is at a end.
It will be a great day once his time here is at a end.
Bill has done a job, unfortunately he's the ultimate kid that can't let go of his toy,
Thank you Bill but you've overstayed your welcome.
It would be ideal for everyone if he went gracefully but he won't.
Thank you Bill but you've overstayed your welcome.
It would be ideal for everyone if he went gracefully but he won't.
Should name one of the new grounds stands after him 
Vic Flange
Player Valuation: £750k
The Bill EndShould name one of the new grounds stands after him
As would most of us
Proof ?
Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
I love how easy you make it all sound. City got lucky with Shinawatra, Liverpool got lucky with Hicks and Gillette, there are also countless clubs who were not so lucky. Even buyers with good intentions have caused havoc at clubs.
The Kenwright "fans" thing is interesting. Why does having a sense of realism mean you are a fan? You keep saying you are "sure" things would work out, but you cant be sure, it doesn't work like that. We would have had plenty of offers, how do you know that? And even if we did, how many of them would have been good ones that would have been beneficial to the club?
The abuse he received has never been full on. It was and still is an element of fans, not everyone. I do find it to be a bit more pronounced on here for some reason compared to other groups.
Steve Wigan
Player Valuation: £35m
It wasn't a mystery illness at all. And it still effects Bill. You're another one who won't let facts get in the way of your cowardly abuse of another human being from behind a keyboard. By all means 'have a go' at Bill, but please use facts and not hearsay,pub rumour and downright untruths.
But valid...
Edit; maybe not hate but his failings, multiple failings would have seen him sacked in the real world.
Yeah but he's one of us a blue and he does give a good memorial address
William Luvington Hickson Boyspen Kenwright
vinvinvin
Player Valuation: £1m
Running a football club is essentially running a multi million pound business but with a social / community element to it as well. Bill has ran the business side of Everton like a family business were he is the patriarch who has just kept it going at all costs, gradually weakening it by taking short term decisions to keep it going rather than potentially relinquishing control by looking for ways to grow the business, like accepting outside help. You can make judgements about whether this is due to his personality, love of Everton or some sinister reason but in my view running a multi million pound business is not easy and the vast majority of people will make the wrong decisions, rather than the right decisions that will grow the business and lead to it thriving. His cosy relationship with Moyes is an example of this - Moyes the equivalent of a highly capable General Manager or MD in the family business that is very capable, can control costs and can deliver consistent results each year, with the occasional very good year, but isn't going to try to rock the boat and push to take big risks to grow the business. In that sense I don't think Kenwright is the nefarious character some make out, just that he is out of his depth, terrified of making the wrong decision and prolonging the inevitable - as most of us would be in such a situation.
It demonstrates the point that only a handful of Premier League clubs have managed to be truly successful at the business side of the game and a few of them have received massive cash injections to do it. Moshiri is more ambitious than Kenwright but is finding out now how difficult it is to make the right decisions in football, whatever your background. On the community side it is well documented that he has done good work and kept the club much more active and successful in that sense than a lot of our peers, which is commendable and should be celebrated, but neither that or commercial success (if there were any) are substitutes for success on the pitch and on the pitch we haven't been successful by any real measure during his tenure.
With that in mind it is fair to say that Kenwright doesn't deserve a stand named after him, or to be lauded as a hero or a villain, just to be remembered as the teams during his tenure will be - hardworking but limited, punching above their weight on occasion but ultimately never pushing on and just being, well, average. With hindsight everything is easy, but to be successful Kenwright would have needed a mix of money, luck, incredible business acumen and foresight to anticipate the changes in football in the last 20 years and to capitalise on them. In reality he had none of those things, but in his defense only the best people do, which means that if we take Nil Satis Nisi Optimum seriously as a club motto Kenwright isn't good enough and never was, and we should be looking to move on from him to something better, rather than lionise him as something he's not.
It demonstrates the point that only a handful of Premier League clubs have managed to be truly successful at the business side of the game and a few of them have received massive cash injections to do it. Moshiri is more ambitious than Kenwright but is finding out now how difficult it is to make the right decisions in football, whatever your background. On the community side it is well documented that he has done good work and kept the club much more active and successful in that sense than a lot of our peers, which is commendable and should be celebrated, but neither that or commercial success (if there were any) are substitutes for success on the pitch and on the pitch we haven't been successful by any real measure during his tenure.
With that in mind it is fair to say that Kenwright doesn't deserve a stand named after him, or to be lauded as a hero or a villain, just to be remembered as the teams during his tenure will be - hardworking but limited, punching above their weight on occasion but ultimately never pushing on and just being, well, average. With hindsight everything is easy, but to be successful Kenwright would have needed a mix of money, luck, incredible business acumen and foresight to anticipate the changes in football in the last 20 years and to capitalise on them. In reality he had none of those things, but in his defense only the best people do, which means that if we take Nil Satis Nisi Optimum seriously as a club motto Kenwright isn't good enough and never was, and we should be looking to move on from him to something better, rather than lionise him as something he's not.
StreetEndBlue
Player Valuation: £10m
Given his track record, had BK been a foreigner, or a red like Peter Johnson , he'd have been chased out years ago like Johnson himself was.
He's cynically promoted his Blue credentials over the years to gain support and many have fallen for it.
Fans of any of the top clubs wouldn't have put with him for 20 long years. The day his influence finally ends will be the day we can begin the long road back to being a big club again.
He's cynically promoted his Blue credentials over the years to gain support and many have fallen for it.
Fans of any of the top clubs wouldn't have put with him for 20 long years. The day his influence finally ends will be the day we can begin the long road back to being a big club again.
Chimpy Glassman
Player Valuation: £30m
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