Bill Kenwright

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

It's a thread since then I'm on about

It's a bit to early though mate to judge someone who has been on here for yonks.

 

[blueblood]

Ah, all those good times since 1995. One 4th placed finish and a couple of half interesting cup runs. In which time domestic trophies have been won by;
-Portsmouth
-Wigan
-Blackburn
-Swansea
-Birmingham
-Middlesbrough

But yeah, Bill, it’s really tough and we’ve had some good times.

 

[nonstripdzebra]

The part that bothers me most about this is him suggesting how difficult it is in this day in age. This club has refused to embrace analytics, use a director of football as primary decision maker, pragmatically set up a sell on strategy when such practices have been commonplace for almost a decade and are demonstrated by at least 2/3rds of the top division.

How long does it take to realize you are the culprit or large part the problem. Give the reigns of the club to contemporary football people and allow the vision of the club to be dictated by a director of football.

 

[Drico]

I know people feel sorry for kenwright and seen comments in this thread today saying as such.

The magnitude of the damage kenwright has done to this club over the years should warrant this level of anger. This is the same man who ring fenced funds and followed that by selling Rooney. Tried to move the club to Kirby , made transfer funds disappear and left a manager on the cusp of taking us the next level without a penny to spend.

Make no mistake about it, everything wrong at Everton has revolved around kenwright. Even now he is still involved in the club and the club is still faltering.

You want to know why we have been a mess for the past 5 years? Our owner has had bill in his ear this whole time.

As bill said not too long ago , other clubs look at us and see what would we do. Apparantly we gut staff and sell our best players before sacking the fella who's word we do it on.

The man is a cancer at this club. He has created and reinforced the culture of abject mediocrity that pervades and seeps into every rafter at Goodison. His greatest trick will be to appoint Wayne Rooney as manager, but his sentimental snake oil is beginning to curdle in the eyes of the more perceptive fans. If he leads us to the Championship, he'll utterly ruin whatever vestige of "good times" he thinks he granted to us plebs. His legacy will be set in stone: the man who relegated the unrelegatable. We no longer win the most leagues, or games, or even admirers. But we have a proud record as THE most present club in top flight football. Everton, like the poor, are always with us in the top division. Kenwright's reign could end in utter collapse.

 

[Toffeelover]

BK is the sod pushing for brown shoes.

 

[Blue83]

Sums everything wrong with him in such a position if he truly believes what he says along with the excuses

 

[luuk_deventer]

Maybe Bill feels he is better on the inside looking out than on the outside looking in.

He has some small influence over an owner who has invested so carelessly and behaved so recklessly it is almost a wonder how he became so wealthy.

 

[Zeitgeist]

Crazy how he declined several takeovers to find the right person he believed to take over Everton

And he found Farhad F'in Moshiri a man who meddles in everything. At least if we had some weird Chinese consortium they would at least appoint the correct people and have no affection for jobs for the boys.

I am appalled at the situation we are in. Most worryingly, I can't see where we will pick points.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Bill Kenwright sold this club to Farhad Moshiri, the man who appointed Rafael Benitez as manager. Two acts that could result, in the loss of this clubs long cherished top flight status.

 

[UltraVires]

That bloke telling everyone to be quiet so we could hear him speak had the right idea. We can’t get them to speak publicly and we can’t get them to hold a shareholders meeting so we need to ask the questions and let’s see how clueless they really are

 

[Eggs]

The part that bothers me most about this is him suggesting how difficult it is in this day in age. This club has refused to embrace analytics, use a director of football as primary decision maker, pragmatically set up a sell on strategy when such practices have been commonplace for almost a decade and are demonstrated by at least 2/3rds of the top division.

How long does it take to realize you are the culprit or large part the problem. Give the reigns of the club to contemporary football people and allow the vision of the club to be dictated by a director of football.

….being devils advocate & on my 4th rum, wasn’t Kenwright in Brands corner? Haven’t BK, DBB & Brands been an axis attempting to stop Moshiri’s interference in the DoF process?

I agree with the sentiment but I’m not sure of the scenario & apportion of blame. I don’t pretend to know the answers, just asking the questions.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Love how Bill gets blamed for all Mosh's mess-ups despite ample evidence him and Brands were trying to coax the Persian plonker into making sensible decisions!

 

[Davideeyore]

Something about good times?

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Maybe Bill feels he is better on the inside looking out than on the outside looking in.

He has some small influence over an owner who has invested so carelessly and behaved so recklessly it is almost a wonder how he became so wealthy.

I can see now why Arsenal, kept him on the sidelines.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Love how Bill gets blamed for all Mosh's mess-ups despite ample evidence him and Brands were trying to coax the Persian plonker into making sensible decisions!

He did bring the crazy Iranian to our doorstep though!