The Everton Board Thread 2014/15

[bourneblue]

But kenwright did say " the money was ringfenced" I remember that

Yeah money that Gregg promised him was available via Houston securities but in reality never was.

 

[jaycee]

I don't need to, im not one of those who makes up speculative rubbish about the board on a regular basis.


@canuckblue, i agree about him loving the camera, he hangs himself out when doing that for sure. However Moyes didnt outlive his usefulness, if anything he hung around like a puppet for 4 years too long because no one else was stupid enough to take him off our hands. Got lucky twice with managers? If anything it was Moyes who got lucky with us, he wont land on his feet like that again and he must be gutted he left.

Well i can but it wouldn't be what you want to hear. Whats going on? well for example Martinez has sisgned a 5 year deal, the team is back in Europe, season ticket sales are fantastic, the squad that starts next season will be stronger than the one that ended the last and no decent players are going to be sold this window



The other half

So basically you know whats going on because next season maybe better than this season?
Well that makes up for 15 years of inactivity thank for the insight of whats really going on

 

[tmgc]

The failure of Kings dock was Kenwrights doing ? Hmm here's a balanced appraisal of the whole debacle.
http://www.vintagebluekipper.com/kingsdock/kingsdockisover.htm

A balanced appraisal, from Mickey Blue Eyes on Kipper. The bastion of fair minded journalism , reporter of the year last year wasn't he ?

Or is this Mickey Blue Eyes one of Kenwrights chief apologists, who writes for a website that can hardly be called impartial where Kenwright is concerned.

You're scraping the barrel now Bourneblue, you've more chance of getting a balanced appraisal of a Liverpool v UTD game from TC Aldridge, than getting anything balanced from Mickey Blue Eyes.

 

[bicycleheader]

So basically you know whats going on because next season maybe better than this season?
Well that makes up for 15 years of inactivity thank for the insight of whats really going on

I think the point was that he can only post about things he knows for a fact are really going on, whereas he thinks many posters post, complain and criticise based on little more than speculation which they decide to take to be facts.

could be wrong though..

 

[Chang Elephant]

I think the point was that he can only post about things he knows for a fact are really going on, whereas he thinks many posters post, complain and criticise based on little more than speculation which they decide to take to be facts.

could be wrong though..

What does he think about the failure to secure the NTL investment ?

 

[Moomin]

The failure of Kings dock was Kenwrights doing ? Hmm here's a balanced appraisal of the whole debacle.
http://www.vintagebluekipper.com/kingsdock/kingsdockisover.htm

Hahaha balanced from him, he knows which side his bread is buttered.

 

[ROBERTOMARTINEZ]

Where is the transfer thread?

 

[Clint Planet]

Where is the transfer thread?

*drops bacon sandwich*

 

[roydo]

Where is the transfer thread?

Sticky, top of the page mate.

 

[bicycleheader]

roberto, you tease

 

[Bluesnapper]

A balanced appraisal, from Mickey Blue Eyes on Kipper. The bastion of fair minded journalism , reporter of the year, last year wasn't he ?

Or is this Mickey Blue Eyes one of Kenwrights chief apologists, who writes for a website that can hardly be called impartial where Kenwright is concerned.

You're scraping the barrel now Bourneblue, you've more chance of getting a balanced appraisal of a Liverpool v UTD game from TC Aldridge, than getting anything balanced from Mickey Blue Eyes.

Exactly

MBE was named by Elstone in the leaked emails using his name, Durkin, when he called in favours in order to help him and the board out.

 

[nigelcoyb]

Bill gets grief from people who question stuff which is a relatively weird concept among footy fans because undying loyalty has always been the name of the game. My dearly departed dad (79yrs) would sooner walk across broken glass than question/criticise anything EFC. It made him uncomfortable hearing his "religion" pulled apart. So much so I stopped talking about "Kirkby, Moyes, Elstone, Kenwright" etc. It's exactly the same with his neighbour and most blues I know.

But the problem is you can't unlearn. Once you look into "Kirkby" where facts are available everything else gets tainted. Secrecy about Kings Dock, lack of transfer funds, troughs of money on "other expenses" and countless other stuff culminating in the biggest mystery of them all - why haven't we been sold? It all just festers.

I believe in vested interest I've been in business long enough to KNOW nobody does anything for nothing. Bill is a low level millionaire playing in a billionaires playground the glass ceiling it produces he acknowledges, yet still he remains. His reasoning is "protecting EFC", sorry that's altruism not vested interest, it don't add up.

Personally I reckon his chairmanship of Everton is a massive aid to his theatrical biz he's got access to the great and good of this country and abroad plus his personal profile has risen exponentially (not to be ignored in the "luvvie" game). His EFC reign has coincided with his own company doing incredibly well - which of course could be just that - coincidence. But for a club renowned for being skint till the TV money of this season it is odd he has hoovered up any available EFC shares in a trice I've seen it mused he's protecting his share price - well, possibly.

But to my mind it's much better than that, he knows the TRUE level of genuine interest in this club and such is the gold plated nature of the thing he can wait. He wins either way the reflected glory of EFC chairmanship enhancing his Theatre business and long term the asking price keeps rising (the minor caveat being staying in the Prem).

Now that's vested interest but miles away from doing the best for the club. It seems a 100m war chest is the dowry brought by new owners judging by Villa and Liverpool I doubt we'd be worrying about losing Martinez, Barkley etc if that and the telly money was at GP.

Sorry dad.

 

[Chang Elephant]

But for a club renowned for being skint till the TV money of this season it is odd he has hoovered up any available EFC shares in a trice

I'm sure there's a good reason for that....

 

[eternal_defiance]

The wiki for Bill Kenwright is interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kenwright#Everton_Football_Club

The part I find interesting is :

On 1 June 2004, Kenwright became chairman of Everton Football Club. On the same day, Trevor Birch was appointed Chief Executive Officer to replace the outgoing Michael Dunford. Kenwright said that Birch would be his "sounding board" and that the new CEO should "dictate the policy of the football club". Kenwright stated that Birch had not been brought in to sell the club, but that a new investor can have his shares as long as they "have money to run the club".[14] Birch resigned six weeks later.[15] He resigned after a meeting with True Blue Holding (Kenwright, Woods, Gregg and Abercromby) where the board opted to not to sell the club. Gregg claimed there was a refusal to relinquish control by other directors and that it was preventing progress at the club

This seems to be the case, Kenwright doesn't want to sell the club but wants investment. Is that realistic? He's been on the board since 1989, so in cutting ties with Everton he'd be saying goodbye to 25 years of actual involvement in the club's running.

 

[nigelcoyb]

I'm sure there's a good reason for that....

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