Latest Takeover Rumour. The Moores / Noell one

[allen]

the irony of the Kenwright era is that the basis of some forumers' expectations about how much better things much should apparently have been rests entirely on the stability, transfer-shrewdness, and successful scouting and youth development that characterized his time as chairman. it's only because we did so well at these that so many feel so comfortable taking it for granted.

Agreed. Kenwright got almost everything except the commercial side right, in my opinion. Because the game has become so commercial in nature, that failure outweighs everything else in the eyes of many fans.

But no club in the Premier League era, bar perhaps United under Ferguson, have had the stability of Everton. That is now under threat, and it could go very well or very badly.

 

[Dr Baxter]

Where is the poor performance? We've been top 5_8 for the last ten years, consistently finishing above teams many times our size

As far as I am concerned there are arguably only 3 teams bigger than us. "Finishing above teams many times our size" Sorry, I don't EFC in the same light as you do, obviously.

 

[Khalekan]

Where is the poor performance? We've been top 5_8 for the last ten years, consistently finishing above teams many times our size

Eh?

 

[Kev50]

Where to begin with this one? Kenwright brought no new money to the club, squandered the chance for the King's Dock due to his own inflated ego, outsourced catering and merchandsing meaning we get a pittance compared to other clubs, nearly took us to Kirkby, sold off the training ground and neglected Goodsion. It didn't have to be that way. We are soon to be one of only 6 clubs to have played every season in the PL (Villa are going down) despite the money that has passed through the coffers and the opportunities to expand the club and its infrastructure. If he was unable to take the club forward, he should have left WELL ALONE.

You say Where to begin, and then refer to'outsourced catering', and nearly did this, and could have done that.
Right.ill just look at the league tables.

 

[Khalekan]

As far as I am concerned there are arguably only 3 teams bigger than us. "Finishing above teams many times our size" Sorry, I don't EFC in the same light as you do, obviously.

+1

That was quite a bizarre post from that chap.

 

[Kev50]

Eh?

Liverpool Spurs Villa Newcastle. All clubs with much better grounds and access to much more money than us

 

[sageyefc]

You say Where to begin, and then refer to'outsourced catering', and nearly did this, and could have done that.
Right.ill just look at the league tables.

Our league finishes over the years arent because of the board, its managers working miracles

 

[Dr Baxter]

Agreed. Kenwright got almost everything except the commercial side right, in my opinion. Because the game has become so commercial in nature, that failure outweighs everything else in the eyes of many fans.

But no club in the Premier League era, bar perhaps United under Ferguson, have had the stability of Everton. That is now under threat, and it could go very well or very badly.

The stability of Everton? We should have been relegated in 1998. Admittedly, it was when Johnson was chairman but Kenwright had been on the board for the best part of a decade then.

 

[blulouie]

maybe , but it may not be as accurate as its in the bag though does it it also mentions other chinese investors too!

Joe I was replying to the post about not being reported in the media (it quite clearly is) not the accurancy of it.
Greg O'Keefe is probably closer to the club than anyone in the media.I remember Moyes berating him over letting info out.
For what its worth I believe this is further down the line as we're led to believe ,almost signed and sealed unless a vastly over the top bid comes in.

Further more if the club didnt want O'Keefe to release the story they would have told/asked him not to.

 

[Kev50]

+1

That was quite a bizarre post from that chap.

Do you realise how much bigger Liverpool are than us? Or Spurs?

 

[Joey66]

Joe I was replying to the post about not being reported in the media (it quite clearly is) not the accurancy of it.
Greg O'Keefe is probably closer to the club than anyone in the media.I remember Moyes berating him over letting info out.
For what its worth I believe this is further down the line as we're led to believe ,almost signed and sealed unless a vastly over the top bid comes in.

Further more if the club didnt want O'Keefe to release the story they would have told/asked him not to.

Yes but we have had stories like this before its only a meeting etc - they will not want to meet the asking price no buyer will!

 

[Khalekan]

Liverpool Spurs Villa Newcastle. All clubs with much better grounds and access to much more money than us

They may have better grounds and access to more money than us, but to say they are "many times" bigger than Everton is just plain ridiculous.

 

[Kev50]

The stability of Everton? We should have been relegated in 1998. Admittedly, it was when Johnson was chairman but Kenwright had been on the board for the best part of a decade then.

What, your blaming Kenwright for Johnson?
Have a lie down

 

[abelard]

The stability of Everton? We should have been relegated in 1998. Admittedly, it was when Johnson was chairman but Kenwright had been on the board for the best part of a decade then.

not going to let the correlation v causation distinction hold you back then eh?

 

[Dr Baxter]

Liverpool Spurs Villa Newcastle. All clubs with much better grounds and access to much more money than us

Spurs, Villa and Newcastle? Oh, the irony. Maybe they had access to more money and had better grounds because they were better run for at least some of the time in the last 2 and a half decades? It didn't have to be that way. You are looking through the rear mirror and assuming our fate was not in our own hands, it was. Better leadership in the boardroom was the key. We lacked it.