The Everton Board Thread 2014/15

[Dario Terracotta]

We need a visionary at the helm again,oh for a houlding/cuff/moores type figure,again its not a pop at bill,I just think maybe allied to his illness,he's become a tired man with stale ideas,fresh blood/ideas even without the required capital are going to be needed soon to keep the good ship Everton on an even keel let alone anything else IMHO.

 

[bobafro]

Couldnt/wouldnt you say that the two are inexorably linked? If we arent spending the money on transfers and we arent doing anything to get a new stadium then...wheres the money and thats what people are livid about?

I think people are generally level-headed once they get past their knee-jerk stage. Seeing us near the bottom of the spend table yet again in an era of unprecedented wealth being literally thrown into the game is making people beyond despair. If it were another club it would almost be comical.

But its not another club, its OUR club.

I don't know where all of the money is gone anymore than the next person does. I'm not trying to suggest that it was all spent on training facilities or youth as I was accused of earlier. I was just giving examples of things that we invested in that are certainly more strategic investments than tactical. These are questions that the board needs to answer and the fans should be completely fed-up with the lack of transparency here.

I'm just not of the school of thought that massive transfer deals are a judge of how ambitious a club is... it's more a judge of the level of risk they're willing to take.

Like, I'm positive that EFC could go out there and spend £60m on players now without selling... but it would be in the knowledge that if we don't achieve CL football during the course of the seasons then we will have to disassemble the team and take a giant step backwards. Personally, I wouldn't want to risk this and I'm not surprised that the board don't want to either.

It probably is time for the board to go, to be fair, but mainly because the poisonous feeling of the fans towards them has begun to leak into their feelings towards the team and the manager. I'm just weary of getting a Randy Lerner in their place... someone who looks fantastic at the beginning but eventually shows what they're really about. Remembering they were probably the closest team to us when he took over and they look likely to be going down the drain this season. (obviously villa aren't everton and any comparison between us and anyone else will always be weak but this is honestly why i'm weary of change).

 

[1966efc]

'Weary'? Wary, maybe?

One trophy in 28 years suggests that all is not well despite, as you say, improvements to the squad.

 

[MickA]

It probably is time for the board to go, to be fair, but mainly because the poisonous feeling of the fans towards them has begun to leak into their feelings towards the team and the manager. .

This is getting bizarre now. There are many, many, legitimate reasons that this board should resign today yet you think they should because of some supporters reactions?

 

[bobafro]

This is getting bizarre now. There are many, many, legitimate reasons that this board should resign today yet you think they should because of some supporters reactions?

Everyone here has made it clear that they've had enough chances... that there is essentially nothing they can do to win the fans back over. That seems to make their position untenable and as a result, yes, I believe it could be a valid reason for them to step down. Not quite sure how that's bizarre. And I've said probably 20 times in the last two pages that they're absolutely are valid reasons for the fans to be pissed at the board.

'Weary'? Wary, maybe?

One trophy in 28 years suggests that all is not well despite, as you say, improvements to the squad.

Can't believe that the argument has gone down the road of correcting typos. Yes, I mean to say 'wary', but i can't tell you that i'm bloody weary of this conversation. I honestly didn't think I was even saying anything controversial in the first place.

I massively regret saying a single thing, there should be a 'hazardous material' warning on this thread.

 

[joey_macmo]

I'm positive that EFC could go out there and spend £60m on players now without selling...

well thats just plain ridiculous, we had to turn to Vibrac because we couldn't secure credit any other way. Never mind £60m worth of players and the wages they bring.

 

[Dymak]

Like, I'm positive that EFC could go out there and spend £60m on players now without selling... but it would be in the knowledge that if we don't achieve CL football during the course of the seasons then we will have to disassemble the team and take a giant step backwards. Personally, I wouldn't want to risk this and I'm not surprised that the board don't want to either.

Why would not qualifying for the CL have such a consequence, when the hypothetical investment that you are talking about is made with TV money, and the TV money is set to increase? Even if the consequential scenario you describe took place, the regression would have taken place after progression, so we would be no worse off than what we are right now. We would also have a few new assets (players) to sell in order for us to cope with your supposed consequences of spending the TV money on players right now.

 

[bobafro]

well thats just plain ridiculous, we had to turn to Vibrac because we couldn't secure credit any other way. Never mind £60m worth of players and the wages they bring.

We could absolutely secure credit if we were willing to take huge risks with our current assets. This is what I meant by being forced to disassemble the squad if CL wasn't achieved in that scenario. Anyway, it is actually a silly point in the first place as no club in their right mind would do this after seeing what has happened to relatively large clubs who have done it in the past.

 

[bobafro]

Why would not qualifying for the CL have such a consequence, when the hypothetical investment that you are talking about is made with TV money, and the TV money is set to increase? Even if the consequential scenario you describe took place, the regression would have taken place after progression, so we would be no worse off than what we are right now. We would also have a few new assets (players) to sell in order for us to cope with your supposed consequences of spending the TV money on players right now.

Er, I never mentioned TV money. But, as i said above.. it was a silly point for me to make in the first place for the reasons that I have given.

 

[Verbal Kint]

89 people voted for things to remain as they are....

 

[GwladysBlue]

89 people voted for things to remain as they are....

Wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool fans make up a good portion of that number.

 

[nil satis]

'Weary'? Wary, maybe?

One trophy in 28 years suggests that all is not well despite, as you say, improvements to the squad.

name teams out of the top five that do win trophys? Football has changed as we all know unless we get a billionaire Arab to invest its impossible for Everton to win the premier league. I also believe its impossible for the s---- to win the league now.

 

[Carlito]

Did you lot not listen to what Bobby said? We're concentrating on keeping our diamonds.

Bill, Bob I, Bob II and that other fella are in the War Room now, camped behind an overturned table, ready to bat away unsolicited interest. If they let their guard down for a second, some shyster could sneak in and make off with a player.

They've got tea bags and biscuits enough to last until about ten minutes before the transfer window shuts, so worry not, Blues.

 

[1966efc]

Everyone here has made it clear that they've had enough chances... that there is essentially nothing they can do to win the fans back over. That seems to make their position untenable and as a result, yes, I believe it could be a valid reason for them to step down. Not quite sure how that's bizarre. And I've said probably 20 times in the last two pages that they're absolutely are valid reasons for the fans to be pissed at the board.



Can't believe that the argument has gone down the road of correcting typos. Yes, I mean to say 'wary', but i can't tell you that i'm bloody weary of this conversation. I honestly didn't think I was even saying anything controversial in the first place.

I massively regret saying a single thing, there should be a 'hazardous material' warning on this thread.

Not a typo - a misspelling which confused your answer. I'm weary of change is just that little bit different to wary.

Suspect you're in the majority on wariness. It's one of the reasons why we've gone from contenders to also rans.

 

[By god I'm blue]

Just get out of our club you complete pi55 taking, god awful, cringeworthy, theatre impresario bell whiff!