"They've been there for a long, some are new appointments, they're long standing, they're dedicated, they're local. It's so important to keep the club in Liverpool, it's roots in Liverpool, and those are the roots. Those are the roots of the club. They love the club, they've been attending games under every condition and it's just building a £760m stadium, one of the best in the country is an enormous challenge for a club. I think they have to acknowledge they are going through a transformation and they are working extremely hard. I've added to the board every now and again to support and you know when needed we'll do it again."
long standing - and how does their track record look
dedicated - I'd hope every employee at Everton was dedicated to bringing success on and off the pitch
local - I couldn't give a pigs ear, they could be from Neptune. That doesn't matter
love the club - Quite irrelevant
attending games under every condition - as do the fans
The stadium references;
enormous challenge for a club
acknowledge they are going through a transformation
they are working extremely hard
Clearly if that's something that's causing a problem then they most definitely need help.
Kenwright might be the worlds biggest blue and a heart made a liquid love, DBB might be the spirit Mother Theresa, Grahame Sharp might be a club legend and great story teller at half time but I don't want or care about that. I don't want some lovely dovey nice to meet you person running a multi million £ business. I want horrible ***** who are at the top of their game. This is supposed to be an elite level professional football club striving for the best by getting the best people in. You could go through every single team in the Premier League and most likely the Championship and the executive staff will have more experience and expertise in this sector then our board. It's absolutely staggering.
Chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale led initial interviews with candidates and, as a childhood Evertonian herself, is likely to have smiled at Thelwell’s admission that he comes from a family of ardent Blues and the first match he attended was at Goodison Park.
This is what's wrong with the football club. Football as a business has moved on since the 60s, 70s, 80s, even the 90s. It's not one man and a few of his mates anymore, it seems at Everton though it's several people and all of their mates.
