The Everton Board Thread 2014/15

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

About time those who sit at a PC came out on a summer Saturday and get down to the Casa and say it how it is and participate in the meeting.

Dont forget this is the most unsuccessful board in Evertons illustrious history and thats at a time when there is record amounts of money swishing about.

What are you hoping to achieve at the meeting?

 

[joey_macmo]

Sold all assets, saddled us with high interest loans from shady companies, awful long term commercial and sponsorship deals, 3 failed stadium moves, park end development thing failure, culture of secrecy and lies akin to north korea, Etc, etc.

Theres a good infographic few pages back that sums up many of there failings in one easy to process pic


Think theyre just idiots and a bit naive the people on the board and those who are hired to run it i.e elstone blurt

& NTL, Fsf "cheque will be in the bank tomorrow", Chris Samuelson being at the AGM, lies about Kirkby etc

 

[marty mcfly]

About time those who sit at a PC came out on a summer Saturday and get down to the Casa and say it how it is and participate in the meeting.

Dont forget this is the most unsuccessful board in Evertons illustrious history and thats at a time when there is record amounts of money swishing about.

If you mean money swishing about in the premier league. I have a feeling the two are related.

 

[MickA]

Found the infograph, doesn't make things look good although it was obviously made by someone who isn't happy with the board and offers little context.

Don't think even Bill Jong-Un's biggest fans could counter what is listed in the infograph

 

[Bluesnapper]

What are you hoping to achieve at the meeting?

Its not MY meeting but I hope those who attend will learn even more about the dark corners of GP remembering this is the most unsuccessful board we have had.

They have yet another site all but given to them on a plate for a new stadium, for the third time.

They knew best (the "worlds greatest Evertonian" said he "was the best salesman" with regards to the club) when the BU asked them to bring in an independant group to oversee a sale of the club. What happened - nothing.

Then there is the RedEcho with even them saying from their own mouths that they havent delved into the board and its lack of plans.

That should be enough to be going on with, for now.

 

[bitter-no-better]

Found the infograph, doesn't make things look good although it was obviously made by someone who isn't happy with the board and offers little context.

Think I spotted someone saying Stoke have a higher commercial turnover than us, if that is true it's criminal and as much evidence that I need that the board are failing in many aspects. The city is a contender for biggest dive in the UK, they are historically a lot less successful than us and they hardly have a great stadium. Can only be down to incompetence.

Sunderland, Stoke and west ham earn more commercially than us and crystal palace and west brom are not far away. We turned over more than villa last year yet they bring in over 3 times more commercially. Sky money aside the commercial aspect is one of the reasons we cannot progress further . The top earners have more than twice the outlay in wages than ourselves.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Its not MY meeting but I hope those who attend will learn even more about the dark corners of GP remembering this is the most unsuccessful board we have had.

They have yet another site all but given to them on a plate for a new stadium, for the third time.

They knew best (the "worlds greatest Evertonian" said he "was the best salesman" with regards to the club) when the BU asked them to bring in an independant group to oversee a sale of the club. What happened - nothing.

Then there is the RedEcho with even them saying from their own mouths that they havent delved into the board and its lack of plans.

That should be enough to be going on with, for now.

With respect, it was YOU that was urging people to attend therefore making the assumption that you therefore had a part to play in the agenda setting wasn't a crazy assertion.

What you've replied with is meaningless. So you're going to sit there and rake over the coals of past failings, and what?

What's the actual aim of the meeting? What are you hoping to achieve? Simple question.

 

[Groucho]

I generally dislike the aggressive stance taken by both supporters and detractors of the board. It's rarely a discussion, so often a slanging match. Why is that?

I dislike the inference from both sides, that the other viewpoint is somehow "less" Evertonian. People with a genuine desire to see the club move forward would see past such bickering.

And I think I've upset just about everyone......

 

[kithnou]

With respect, it was YOU that was urging people to attend therefore making the assumption that you therefore had a part to play in the agenda setting wasn't a crazy assertion.

What you've replied with is meaningless. So you're going to sit there and take over the coals of past failings, and what?

What's the actual aim of the meeting? What are you hoping to achieve? Simple question.

I guess we will all have to wait and see as the day approaches and they do some more advertising

 

[The Esk]

Its not MY meeting but I hope those who attend will learn even more about the dark corners of GP remembering this is the most unsuccessful board we have had.

They have yet another site all but given to them on a plate for a new stadium, for the third time.

They knew best (the "worlds greatest Evertonian" said he "was the best salesman" with regards to the club) when the BU asked them to bring in an independant group to oversee a sale of the club. What happened - nothing.

Then there is the RedEcho with even them saying from their own mouths that they havent delved into the board and its lack of plans.

That should be enough to be going on with, for now.

With respect, any campaign by any group of supporters, be it Blue Union or anyone else that decides to campaign would be best served by removing the personal elements from the debate and concentrate on the issues as they see them.

Personal attacks on the very people who hold all the cards in terms of future decision making, strategy and ownership of the club is not a sensible strategy in my opinion.

For any meaningful progress to be made, you'll have to win the support and trust of the Board. Now you might say that's not possible and as supporters (and some are probably shareholders) you're entitled to express any view with regards to the club and the people who run and own it. Of course, that's true, but don't be surprised if you achieve nothing other than the satisfaction of expressing your views to a public audience.

There's only two ways to influence change in my opinion - (i) to win the trust and support of the Board through bringing added value either in terms of new propositions which the Board may be able to accept (this is a long game strategy though) or (ii) create a business case, find an investor/investors and other stakeholders (local authority & other funding organisations) and present a fait acompli which no reasonable Board or shareholder would refuse.

No-one doubts the passion for the club that anyone in BU or any other supporter group has. But for that passion to turn into effective action and ultimately investment and change of ownership there has to be a radical re-think in terms of strategy.

 

[summerisle]

All the campaigns, votes, polls - - -

 

[Chang Elephant]

For any meaningful progress to be made, you'll have to win the support and trust of the Board. Now you might say that's not possible and as supporters (and some are probably shareholders) you're entitled to express any view with regards to the club and the people who run and own it. Of course, that's true, but don't be surprised if you achieve nothing other than the satisfaction of expressing your views to a public audience.

For me they're a shower of vermin that have leeched onto this club for parasitic gain. Therefore the supporters groups attempting dialogue so far are misguided. Businessmen like Earle, Green and Kenwright need solid, unrelenting criticism from their customer/fanbase.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

With respect, any campaign by any group of supporters, be it Blue Union or anyone else that decides to campaign would be best served by removing the personal elements from the debate and concentrate on the issues as they see them.

Personal attacks on the very people who hold all the cards in terms of future decision making, strategy and ownership of the club is not a sensible strategy in my opinion.

For any meaningful progress to be made, you'll have to win the support and trust of the Board. Now you might say that's not possible and as supporters (and some are probably shareholders) you're entitled to express any view with regards to the club and the people who run and own it. Of course, that's true, but don't be surprised if you achieve nothing other than the satisfaction of expressing your views to a public audience.

There's only two ways to influence change in my opinion - (i) to win the trust and support of the Board through bringing added value either in terms of new propositions which the Board may be able to accept (this is a long game strategy though) or (ii) create a business case, find an investor/investors and other stakeholders (local authority & other funding organisations) and present a fait acompli which no reasonable Board or shareholder would refuse.

No-one doubts the passion for the club that anyone in BU or any other supporter group has. But for that passion to turn into effective action and ultimately investment and change of ownership there has to be a radical re-think in terms of strategy.

They had their chance of meaningful dialogue with the board when Kenwright met with them, but they chucked it back in his face looking to score points with a selective published transcript, that sought to belittle and therefore ruined any chance of genuine 2 way communcication. They're on the outside now and always will be, hence my question, what are they looking to achieve at the meeting?

 

[Neiler]

Is it possible to dislike the board and the Blue Union.

#winner

 

[Charlie Sweet]

In a world where TV cash becomes the more and more dominant in terms of revenue - how is it we can keep getting outspent by every two bit team in the league?

The board is a total joke.