New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

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mmmmsnouts said:
Dave must have a giant wheel like Bruce’s Price is Right that he spins every day or two to decide what he’s going to have a pointless moan about
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They were in Rome within a fortnight of buying Roma and have been there on multiple occasions since.

They bought this club before Christmas and haven't set foot in the place since.

Now some might not think that's unusual, but I for one do.


...and if anyone says they understand that and "aren't arsed about it" then they accept that we are less of a club than Roma and deserve no attention at all.

If that's the case then I would suggest they need to examine their own motivation in supporting Everton.
 
I agree at this point it would send a positive message by attending at least the final match at Goodison and for sure the first match at BMD. They don’t need to be a continual presence. That’s not necessary. But being in attendance is a must at least once or twice a season.
 

….i am surprised the new owner hasn’t been to a game or visited Goodison. Not sure of his track record of attendance at Roma but it suggests to me that there’ll be no emotion in their policy direction at Everton, it’ll be strictly business.

After what we’ve had to endure, some might see that as a good thing but I don’t believe it’s ’one size fits all’ when it comes to Football, owners neeed to understand the level of emotion in a club.
 
DaChunk said:
Any good?
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Well one of them is listed as a contender for being responsible for player contracts, which given how many Leeds players were able to leave the club on loan for free, sounds a bit of a clown imo.
Besides, what’s wrong with whoever is already at the club doing that role?
Stinks of jobs for the boys and this Kinnear getting his mates in to cover his backside.
 
Eggs said:
….i am surprised the new owner hasn’t been to a game or visited Goodison. Not sure of his track record of attendance at Roma but it suggests to me that there’ll be no emotion in their policy direction at Everton, it’ll be strictly business.

After what we’ve had to endure, some might see that as a good thing but I don’t believe it’s ’one size fits all’ when it comes to Football, owners neeed to understand the level of emotion in a club.
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He’s been in a Texan stand off with Moyes over the new stadium. Wants to be the last senior figure to visit and Moyes was in a head 2 head with him.
Now Moyes has graced the stadium with his presence been I reckon Dan will be on his way in his Bombardier Global 6000 in a jiffy.
 

The binman chronicles said:
Seems a bit lazy. Recruiting from a notoriously yoyo club.
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Yeah, I’m hugely positive on the Friedkins as a whole - but the Kinnear appointment already concerned me.

The idea that he wants to fill slots with people he’s currently working with instead of looking for the best out there doesn’t scream ambition.
 
Eggs said:
….i am surprised the new owner hasn’t been to a game or visited Goodison. Not sure of his track record of attendance at Roma but it suggests to me that there’ll be no emotion in their policy direction at Everton, it’ll be strictly business.

After what we’ve had to endure, some might see that as a good thing but I don’t believe it’s ’one size fits all’ when it comes to Football, owners neeed to understand the level of emotion in a club.
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I agree with this, and don't think anyone is asking for the owner to be at every game. You would expect some degree of curiosity at the very least, given that this was a transaction worth over £500 million. Just to get an experience of the club with your own eyes and ears and not through TV or Teams meetings with the executives.

It's not a huge deal either way but it is symbolic to a degree. The last game at Goodison and the first at Everton stadium are huge, monumental events in the clubs history, and I'd just expect the owner to make time to attend at least one of them. It's a statement that this matters, that it's important, in the same way people show up for things all the time.

I just have a hunch that he'll attend the first game at Everton stadium but not at Goodison. That's fine, and I would get that. For him, that would be the "new" Everton under his ownership and not the "old" mediocre and struggling Everton. But he should show his face wherever it is, sooner or later.
 
They’ll turn up at the new gaff. Goodison is “old Everton”. To be honest, the sooner we move on to the new place, the sooner “new Everton” can exist in earnest. All a bit of a limbo at the moment.
 

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