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Everton are bracing themselves for the departure of Chief Executive Robert Elstone to Super League, 13 years after he first arrived at Goodison.

No decision has been taken yet and further talks will take place in the next 24 hours between Elstone and senior Everton officials, but it looks increasingly likely that the 54-year-old will return to his first sporting passion.

However, rumours that Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright is also poised to leave the club are incorrect.

Elstone has been heavily involved in Everton's proposed move to a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and his departure would come at a sensitive time for the project.

But since the Blues board was reshaped with the additions of Alexander Ryazantsev and Keith Harris in October 2016, there has been a growing belief that the club needs a new direction.

Elstone has been at Everton since 2005, having held a position on the board of the Super League side Castleford. He was also employed by the Rugby Football League and is regarded as one of the key figures in the creation of Super League in the mid-1990s.

Rugby League has remained a burning passion and when Everton entertained Apollon Limassol in their first home game in this season's Europa League group stages, Elstone chose to watch the hugely significant Super League showdown between Castleford and St Helens instead.
 
Azza said:
The most important person in the business structure of the company is leaving yet once again they can't even a simple announcement done correctly.
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The club has no need to announce something until it’s official that he is leaving.
 
Connor said:
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Everton are bracing themselves for the departure of Chief Executive Robert Elstone to Super League, 13 years after he first arrived at Goodison.

No decision has been taken yet and further talks will take place in the next 24 hours between Elstone and senior Everton officials, but it looks increasingly likely that the 54-year-old will return to his first sporting passion.

However, rumours that Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright is also poised to leave the club are incorrect.

Elstone has been heavily involved in Everton's proposed move to a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and his departure would come at a sensitive time for the project.

But since the Blues board was reshaped with the additions of Alexander Ryazantsev and Keith Harris in October 2016, there has been a growing belief that the club needs a new direction.

Elstone has been at Everton since 2005, having held a position on the board of the Super League side Castleford. He was also employed by the Rugby Football League and is regarded as one of the key figures in the creation of Super League in the mid-1990s.

Rugby League has remained a burning passion and when Everton entertained Apollon Limassol in their first home game in this season's Europa League group stages, Elstone chose to watch the hugely significant Super League showdown between Castleford and St Helens instead.
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Good riddance, notice that the Kenwright comment doesn't say not leaving his position though, so could be same as is now, or could be him being moved into a honorary role at the club without any influence.

As for Elstone, about ten years too late at best, hard put to imagine as pathetic a CEO as he has been.


If this summer just sees Elstone, Woods, Walsh and Big Fat Sam gone, I'd be more than happy.

Get the rest out over the next year or so.

Biggest worry going forward, is we will get caught in a circle now

Ideally, need a CEO, who hires the DOF, who hires the Manager, builds a strong connection of a vision throughout the club and thats what we need.

My fear, we end up tapping up a manager like Fonseca, sounding out a DoF, and then hiring a CEO, throw them all into a room together and hope they get along and have the same ideas.

More worrying is if our majority shareholder is just looking around thinking 'i like him' offers job without any coherent plan - Silva for example if he is hired is a manager the owner wanted, and expected to work under/along Walsh, Brands for example is a utterly different DoF - in that he actually seems competent. so it's hiring people based on what he feels like rather than hiring at the top and letting people do there actual jobs.

Until this period is done with we won't have a real picture though, as up to now, we have had an incompetent CEO so that makes it 'easier' for Moshiri to think he needs to get involved.

Strong CEO - leads to a strong DoF, leads to a strong manager with a consistent vision throughout the club.
 

We have an incompetent CEO and a terrible manager. How on earth some people think the club would be weakened ("there will be a vacuum") if these were replaced asap is beyond me. There is already a vacuum in existence at Everton and a manager hated by 100% of the fan base. There is no way the club can move forward while Allardyce and Elstone remain
 
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We have an incompetent CEO and a terrible manager. How on earth some people think the club would be weakened ("there will be a vacuum") if these were replaced asap is beyond me. There is already a vacuum in existence at Everton and a manager hated by 100% of the fan base. There is no way the club can move forward while Allardyce and Elstone remain
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Cortese
 
The Siggurdson injury comments from Allardyce show that once again we do not have a joined up operation at Everton. The sooner Elstone is out the better; the place needs an operational review from top to bottom.
 

Saint Domingo said:
The Siggurdson injury comments from Allardyce show that once again we do not have a joined up operation at Everton. The sooner Elstone is out the better; the place needs an operational review from top to bottom.
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Just Allardyce being Allardyce though isn't it. Not sure it matters who your CEO is if your manager is the sort of person who will throw a junior member of staff to the wolves for doing what they're paid to do. Allardyce himself will have given timescales for an injury return on hundreds of occasions, but suddenly it's not something you should do. It's smoke and mirrors from him, as always.
 
As when Koeman left, even if they have a clear heads-up on Elstone's departure, I'd still expect DBB to named acting CEO which is far from ideal.

The most senior business position at the club should really not be left unfilled for anything other than a very short period, in circumstances where the departure was not unexpected.

I'm waiting to be pleasantly surprised otherwise, but I don't expect it. It will be a positive if Elstone leaves before the end of the season, but there can't be any delays in getting someone to fill the role permanently.

Ideally we get a new CEO who can at least be consulted on the thinking about whether Allardyce/Walsh are to stay or go and could have some input in terms of Manager/DOF. There could be a spiral of events where key roles are all unfilled simultaneously. Moshiri has had over two years to think about who he might want and who would be feasible to appoint.
 
You’d love to think everton would have binned him off rather than the other way round?

Chances of Everton actually having a better replacement lined up? Zero.

They’ll be waiting on suntans decision before they meet to discuss the process. Bill will probably want to put the position in the local newspaper.
 
Bob Elstone said:
You’d love to think everton would have binned him off rather than the other way round?

Chances of Everton actually having a better replacement lined up? Zero.

They’ll be waiting on suntans decision before they meet to discuss the process. Bill will probably want to put the position in the local newspaper.
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Mangala will be given the position of CEO because he played for us for a bit
 
Bob Elstone said:
You’d love to think everton would have binned him off rather than the other way round?

Chances of Everton actually having a better replacement lined up? Zero.

They’ll be waiting on suntans decision before they meet to discuss the process. Bill will probably want to put the position in the local newspaper.
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Maybe Everton did bin him off ?
Maybe he was given a date when he was expected to leave ?
Maybe he’s been given the option to walk rather than been sacked to salvage what’s left of his reputation?
Maybe he knew the day was coming and looked for another job ?
Maybe he’s jumping before he is pushed ?
Maybe his replacement is already lined up and serving out a period of notice with his current employer ?
All speculation of course
Once he goes along with Kenwright, Woods and a few others , that’s all that matters
 

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