The Everton Board Thread 2015/16 [ Not takeover related ]

[chippy1722]

Man City probably have professional businessman with a wealth of experience and contacts on the case, we have someone who in comparison, should be on a minimum wage zero hours contract.

 

[blueloon]

The ray of light re the City deal is that it may persuade someone to step up to the plate and buy us , invest money and believe that as our assets increase they can sell a small proportion and get their money back. A forlorn hope maybe.

 

[Bluesnapper]

We were told the stadium was the main reason Mansour never invested in the first place, he has spent £200m developing the academy at city alone to go along with the £720m on players. The stadium is a real issue at Everton but it's not the only reason, everything is outsourced so what would investors make £££ for their investment.

Going over old ground here anyway, nothing can be done about it now, still maddening all the same.

The main reason why nobody will buy the club is that the whole set up stinks to high heaven, the club is poorly run and the price thats hiked around is very inflated.

Hence nobody will touch us.

 

[Woolly Blue]

The main reason why nobody will buy the club is that the whole set up stinks to high heaven, the club is poorly run and the price thats hiked around is very inflated.

Hence nobody will touch us.

I disagree a bit. I"d say the first bit's wrong, but the second bit's got a lot of truth in it.

Any buyer will be thinking more about the potential rather than the here and now. For example, any poor commercial deals can be replaced when those contracts end, or can be renegogiated before they that, or just nought out.

Price will always be the important thing so you're spot on there.

 

[roydo]

Any buyer will be thinking more about the potential

Gets forgotten that.

*digs out the "How we could be marketed in the US" posts*

 

[Steve Wigan]

The main reason why nobody will buy the club is that the whole set up stinks to high heaven, the club is poorly run and the price thats hiked around is very inflated.

Hence nobody will touch us.

The main reason nobody will buy the club is that a few misguided 'supporters' keep telling the world that we are badly run, despite the football world in general saying the opposite. Comments like yours above are really going to help you achieve your object of having the club sold, won't they? NOT.

 

[By god I'm blue]

The main reason nobody will buy the club is that a few misguided 'supporters' keep telling the world that we are badly run, despite the football world in general saying the opposite. Comments like yours above are really going to help you achieve your object of having the club sold, won't they? NOT.

Yes, because I'm sure all the major sports investors log into forums like this and take note of members like Bluesnappers posts as a yardstick to their investments.

The reason that the club has not attracted any investment for 16 years or been sold, is that your hero is stopping such a thing happening.

 

[Steve Wigan]

Yes, because I'm sure all the major sports investors log into forums like this and take note of members like Bluesnappers posts as a yardstick to their investments.

The reason that the club has not attracted any investment for 16 years or been sold, is that your hero is stopping such a thing happening.

So you don't agree with Bluesnapper? The reason the club has not been sold are many, and I'm not going to trot them all out again here, now. As the 'guardian of the club' the chairman has a responsibility to sell to the right buyer, and his idea of the right buyer may differ from others. I personally think BKs major problem is that Robert Earl is looking to maximise return on his investment, and I also think that at this point Bill is looking to get out for personal and health reasons. Jon Wood will support Bill whatever. Bill sold the idea of retail profits from DK to Earl, who he knew anyway(Bill knew Earls father ) in the same way that he had 'sold the dream' to Gregg, who had built his fortune on the back of Bills shows, but Earls desire to make maximum capital out of his investment has come back to bite Bill in the bum.

 

[mrb85]

So you don't agree with Bluesnapper? The reason the club has not been sold are many, and I'm not going to trot them all out again here, now. As the 'guardian of the club' the chairman has a responsibility to sell to the right buyer, and his idea of the right buyer may differ from others. I personally think BKs major problem is that Robert Earl is looking to maximise return on his investment, and I also think that at this point Bill is looking to get out for personal and health reasons. Jon Wood will support Bill whatever. Bill sold the idea of retail profits from DK to Earl, who he knew anyway(Bill knew Earls father ) in the same way that he had 'sold the dream' to Gregg, who had built his fortune on the back of Bills shows, but Earls desire to make maximum capital out of his investment has come back to bite Bill in the bum.

For Robert Earl read Philip Green and you're probably right there. I'd go further though and say that it is Green/Earl calling the shots on this one.

 

[Chang Elephant]

The main reason nobody will buy the club is that a few misguided 'supporters' keep telling the world that we are badly run

This is like a Dougie post gone wronger, it's that desperate.

 

[efcjames]

are we mates with man city

 

[tmgc]

The main reason nobody will buy the club is that a few misguided 'supporters' keep telling the world that we are badly run, despite the football world in general saying the opposite. Comments like yours above are really going to help you achieve your object of having the club sold, won't they? NOT.

I thought the main reason might be the asking price, or the lack of investment in the stadium.

Opinions eh.

 

[Carlito]

So you don't agree with Bluesnapper? The reason the club has not been sold are many, and I'm not going to trot them all out again here, now. As the 'guardian of the club' the chairman has a responsibility to sell to the right buyer, and his idea of the right buyer may differ from others. I personally think BKs major problem is that Robert Earl is looking to maximise return on his investment, and I also think that at this point Bill is looking to get out for personal and health reasons. Jon Wood will support Bill whatever. Bill sold the idea of retail profits from DK to Earl, who he knew anyway(Bill knew Earls father ) in the same way that he had 'sold the dream' to Gregg, who had built his fortune on the back of Bills shows, but Earls desire to make maximum capital out of his investment has come back to bite Bill in the bum.

At this point I think that's probably correct.

Makes you wonder why our 'guardian' decided to hand-pick the face of bankruptcy to be a major shareholder at Everton in the first place.

 

[joey_macmo]

The main reason nobody will buy the club is that a few misguided 'supporters' keep telling the world that we are badly run, despite the football world in general saying the opposite. Comments like yours above are really going to help you achieve your object of having the club sold, won't they? NOT.

Not sure if serious

 

[Steve Wigan]

At this point I think that's probably correct.

Makes you wonder why our 'guardian' decided to hand-pick the face of bankruptcy to be a major shareholder at Everton in the first place.

Robert Earl is a businessman....and successful. Many successful business people experience bankruptcy, or the watered down American version.....Richard Branson for example. Bill knew Earl because he was quite friendly with Earls father. When the relationship with Gregg went sour(and Greggs business was built up largely through Bills shows...Gregg would buy run down theatres and refurbish cheaply, then fill up with Bills budget touring versions of guaranteed hit musicals etc. Gregg succeeded on the back of the success of regional theatre in the UK, after years in the doldrums, and Bill Kenwright was the major force behind this success. As a senior exec at One Nation/Apollo Leisure once told me...'there would be very little provincial theatre in the UK without Bill Kenwright'.