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Indeed mate, you got it in one.
See below.
Indeed mate, you got it in one.
See below.
Unbelievable rewriting of historyI'm not sure it is the same mate. The major shareholders BK JW and Robert earl formerly controlled the club, they made the decisions and managed our decline in PL terms over the last 20 years. It is their management of the club that puts us where we are today.
The smaller shareholders have not had the opportunity to participate in the management, in fact we've been actively discouraged. I'd put it to you had the fans been able to inject some of our ambition and enthusiasm into the club we'd be far better off.
ownedUnbelievable rewriting of history
There was a rapid decline in the 1990s which probably had it's roots in the break-up of the successful 1980s team. This decline was exacerbated by the farce that was Peter Johnson's ownership and was only arrested by the intervention of Bill Kenwright and the eventual appointment of David Moyes as manager. For twelve or thirteen years we had stability which we hadn't had for the previous twelve to fifteen years. We also had reasonable results on the pitch without ever breaking the stranglehold of the big four (later joined by Man City). The Martinez appointment looked inspired but turned sour very quickly in his second and third seasons. Then along came Moshiri, who to date, with Ronald Koeman's assistance, has managed a more rapid decline in Everton's status than any of us thought possible.
He has promised the earth and delivered an inept manager with no sign of any new investment and the usual pie in the sky promises about a new stadium trying to mask an appallingly managed summer transfer window where we gained three journeymen, a promising midfielder and a South American failure.
Good start Mr Moshiri.
Unbelievable rewriting of history
There was a rapid decline in the 1990s which probably had it's roots in the break-up of the successful 1980s team. This decline was exacerbated by the farce that was Peter Johnson's ownership and was only arrested by the intervention of Bill Kenwright and the eventual appointment of David Moyes as manager. For twelve or thirteen years we had stability which we hadn't had for the previous twelve to fifteen years. We also had reasonable results on the pitch without ever breaking the stranglehold of the big four (later joined by Man City). The Martinez appointment looked inspired but turned sour very quickly in his second and third seasons. Then along came Moshiri, who to date, with Ronald Koeman's assistance, has managed a more rapid decline in Everton's status than any of us thought possible.
He has promised the earth and delivered an inept manager with no sign of any new investment and the usual pie in the sky promises about a new stadium trying to mask an appallingly managed summer transfer window where we gained three journeymen, a promising midfielder and a South American failure.
Good start Mr Moshiri.
Agree with your sentiments here, however whilst we may have had "twelve or thirteen years of stability" on the pitch, thanks largely to Moyes, we stagnated massively off the pitch and our immediate competitors left us for dead in terms of commercial growth and exploiting the opportunities in the modern game. Hence, we're now in a position where we cannot attract decent talent, sponsors or investment in the club.
Can't disagree with that assessment as it's self-evident that we couldn't match top four/five in the Pl for commercial activity and investment. The reasons for that are quite complex and certainly the board must take some responsibility for this relative stagnation, but I'm not buying this simplistic "it's all Bill's fault" analysis. This can be debated for ever, but what is more important is that we now have a saviour in Moshiri who so far has done nothing to convince me that he is capable of saving us. That's the really bitter pill to swallow.Agree with your sentiments here, however whilst we may have had "twelve or thirteen years of stability" on the pitch, thanks largely to Moyes, we stagnated massively off the pitch and our immediate competitors left us for dead in terms of commercial growth and exploiting the opportunities in the modern game. Hence, we're now in a position where we cannot attract decent talent, sponsors or investment in the club.