The Everton Board Thread 2014/15

[Steve Wigan]

Frank McKenna, the business analyst on City Talk, has outright stated on Twitter that the people buying WBA were turned down by Everton.

Now Jeremy Peace owns WBA. He's a careful owner. He's done his homework. He's made sure whoever he's selling to are the right sort of people. So he's happy with them right now. So why have we turned these people down?

Maybe the price wasn't right...just a guess because I don't know whether the Chinese approached Everton or not..the WBA deal includes building opportunities around the ground.Also, WBA have no major debts to speak of. Rumours that it a leveraged buy out(just like Peace when he bought WBA), and supporters aren't happy. Is it the Chinese group that was all over the Everton forums a couple of years back ? Not sure.
Hope Mckenna is not one of the Blue Union 'professionals'.......he was a supporter of Wyness and was all in favour of Kirkby (well, according to Bluesnapper, at least)

 

[Seamus Colemole]

She's a bit like Kenwright.

The annoying one you can't get rid of.

 

[Goat]

Strange that no names are mentioned anywhere with regard these Chinese lids.

 

[davek]

20 years and no trophy - most of that on Kenwright's watch. Tell me a club that we are usually bracketed with as similar size and status over that period of time that has been allowed to get away with that without regime change?

 

[BoysInBlue]

Maybe the price wasn't right...just a guess because I don't know whether the Chinese approached Everton or not..the WBA deal includes building opportunities around the ground.Also, WBA have no major debts to speak of. Rumours that it a leveraged buy out(just like Peace when he bought WBA), and supporters aren't happy. Is it the Chinese group that was all over the Everton forums a couple of years back ? Not sure.

Proof will be in the pudding when the owners are revealed and it plays out.

Peace is shrewd, he isn't going to be selling to a guy in a bedsit.

Getting bored of the excuses (not from you per se, in general). Constantly pretending to be for sale when we're clearly not is rather appalling.

 

[nil satis]

You would get the professionals into sell your house.




Plenty of grounds have been built.

Plenty of clubs outside London have been sold, some more than once.

Kenwright has not one, not two but three sites handed to him on a plate and yet he has managed to balls it up.

Selling a premier football club and asking someone to put a sign up in your garden is a little bit different.

 

[nil satis]

The third party will be professionals and as such would have a track record, so they wouldnt be unknown.[/QUOTE]

Again if you had millions invested in an enterprise would you let a third party in who have nothing to do with enterprise in to sell it for you? there's an obvious answer to this.

 

[Bluesnapper]

...but...but...are you able to name names? Come up with some worthwhile names who confirm an interest in selling Everton, and the BU immediately becomes more credible in everyones estimation. Just saying 'we'll get some professionals in' carries no weight at all. And what you do then is either present your names to the board as people who are prepared to help sell the club, or get your 'names' to approach the board directly. If the BU starts to do things the acceptable way, it may be less dramatic and rabble rousing for them, but it might just get them further towards their aims. Support for the BU will not gather momentum while support is so reliant on a massive leap of faith by supporters without evidence about progress...people are less concerned with continual repeats of the same old anti board mantras..come up with a supportable plan for the future and the BU stands a chance, otherwise, no chance.

I am not in a position to agree to sell the club, its not mine to sell. But you knew that already.

 

[Bluesnapper]

Selling a premier football club and asking someone to put a sign up in your garden is a little bit different.

To sell anything you first need a seller.

 

[Bluesnapper]

Hope Mckenna is not one of the Blue Union 'professionals'.......he was a supporter of Wyness and was all in favour of Kirkby (well, according to Bluesnapper, at least)

Correct and Kenwright supporter [at the time].

Oh, he is a 'professional' networker in the business world and a bit part player in politics.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Because they're not the right owners for Everton in the current owners eyes.

Reminds me of Chandler in Friends. Every girl he goes out with he finds some reason to finish with her.

Her head is too big.

She has funny looking fingernails.

She uses the word" smashing" too much.

Her nose looks like a banana.

Her head is too small.

She once ate a gherkin sandwich.

All really stupid insignifcant reasons for not going out with someone but valid reasons for someone "waiting for the right person".

Problem is when you're like that the right person doesn't exist, you just keep turning them down until you die alone.

Well, or you get lucky and Billionairess who looks like Monica Geller comes along.

You're spot on here to be fair. He might have even convinced himself that one day the right buyer will come along but frankly, regardless of what he says we aren't for sale. The man loves us too much to let us go, simple as that.

 

[Goat]

The man loves being in control too much to let us go, simple as that.

FIXED

 

[sageyefc]

Kenwright wants donations not a sale

 

[ham2]

Selling a premier football club and asking someone to put a sign up in your garden is a little bit different.

yes but if your house was for sale for five years and still not sold wouldnt you ask why!

 

[The Esk]

yes but if your house was for sale for five years and still not sold wouldnt you ask why!

Yep, bad neighbours lollol