The Everton Board Thread 2014/15

Is it time for change?

  • I'm happy with the way thing are. Kenwright and the Board should stay.

  • Kenwright and the board need to go. We need change.

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piddlywiddly said:
What is Mansour doing exactly for Manchester? Does it change the fact that that football club is entirely at the mercy of his will and pocket? Does that make Man City one of the most financially risky clubs in England? No i absolutely would not want that for Everton, i think anyone who wants this high stakes roulette to continue in football is certifiable. We are going to end up with every club owned by a billionaire throughout Europe wanting to form a European super league with a cup comp to go alongside it. You give me the choice of the Man City business model and finances or the Arsenal one and i go for Arsenal every time and twice on Sundays. One is built on the building of solid financial assets and resources working to provide significantly higher revenue than most other clubs and the other is built on middle east sand. Thats my opinion. Arsenal are the best run club in the country by an absolute mile off the pitch and they can compete with top clubs in Europe without the need for a billionaire pumping money in left right and centre. They survive off their revenue and thats how every football club should be run.

I can't be bothered to get into a debate about Southampton but if you read this and tell me everything is rosy and been sorted out, then thats the reason i cannot be bothered to get into a debate - http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/...ortese-pochettino-liebherr-and-saints-future/ - Southampton have had a good season, but football isn't about a season, it's about stability, investment from revenue and a long term plan and success - if you think thats what they have at Southampton then........

Why will clubs need Champions league money less and less to survive? What exactly changes in the premier league when ALL the clubs in it are about to get huge money? Champions League money will still be a significant amount of extra revenue the clubs who qualify for it get thats the clubs who don't qualify for it don't get, add in the advertising and promotion of the brand and that top players will only want to play for clubs in the champions league and i see it as a basic necessity for any club wanting to be successful.
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USABlue said:
Tbf korenke who is arsenals leading shareholder is loaded (net worth of 6.3 bil) that being said he does know how to run sports teams. Owns quite a few in the U.S. Has plans to build a 2 billion dollar football (American)stadium in LA with no public funding
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I'm fully aware of that but the club are living off their revenue not his money, which is the crucial aspect.
 

piddlywiddly said:
I'm fully aware of that but the club are living off their revenue not his money, which is the crucial aspect.
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I agree. I think Arsenal has the best sustainable model in the Prem at the moment, just pointing out that the difference in ownership level.

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Moomin said:
You mention Southampton not having a long term plan. But, what exactly have we had these past 15 years???

Infrastructure wise since true blue holding originally took control, Southampton have had a new stadium and only recently completed an upgrade of 20 million to its training facilities.

We have erm...... had a marquee in the parkend and sold off two training facilities to lease our training ground. Some long term planning from us on that front.
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I would suggest that keeping our finances in check and keeping the club as high up the premier league table has been the plan which would account for the negative aspects in your post.

Someone might correct me if i'm wrong but the council offered Southampton the land with which to build a new stadium on in a perfect area and i doubt Southampton FC funded all the construction work themselves. It's horses for courses, you can't just say, oh look they got a new stadium and we didn't without apply context and specifics. For what it's worth i think not providing Everton FC with a new stadium is the worst crime the current board have committed and could be their legacy. Even though they will argue they had one lined up.
 
USABlue said:
I agree. I think Arsenal has the best sustainable model in the Prem at the moment, just pointing out that the difference in ownership level.

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Which is largely irrelevant if you are not using the financial resources of your owners. Arsenal could have spent Man City or Chelsea money but they haven't, they cut back on spending to fund the new stadium until it was paid off. It's a completely different business model to anyone else at the top of the premier league currently.

Isn't Lord Granchester still a shareholder at Everton with a net worth of 1.2 billion?
 
piddlywiddly said:
Which is largely irrelevant if you are not using the financial resources of your owners. Arsenal could have spent Man City or Chelsea money but they haven't, they cut back on spending to fund the new stadium until it was paid off. It's a completely different business model to anyone else at the top of the premier league currently.
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I was just illustrating that owners like kroenke don't get to 4 billion pounds networth without knowing how to do great business and kroenke has great experience running sports teams. Everyone knows our marketing, etc is crap which plays into that.
 

piddlywiddly said:
Which is largely irrelevant if you are not using the financial resources of your owners. Arsenal could have spent Man City or Chelsea money but they haven't, they cut back on spending to fund the new stadium until it was paid off. It's a completely different business model to anyone else at the top of the premier league currently.

Isn't Lord Granchester still a shareholder at Everton with a net worth of 1.2 billion?
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Isnt Granchesters wealth based on the value of land he owned? Rather than coin in the bank and buisness...etc
 
Moomin said:
You mention Southampton not having a long term plan. But, what exactly have we had these past 15 years???

Infrastructure wise since true blue holding originally took control, Southampton have had a new stadium and only recently completed an upgrade of 20 million to its training facilities.

We have erm...... had a marquee in the parkend and sold off two training facilities to lease our training ground. Some long term planning from us on that front.
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I think Southampton's plan is groom young talent and sell them for profit. I'd prefer if Kenwright, et al., had a different plan.
 

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