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

[Tchnique]

This is a bit tin-foil hat, but...

...anyone else think that Kenwright's possible health issue has forced him away from the board? Martinez being held back by the remaining board who has no attachment or interest in advancing the club?

Came up with this on the toilet. So you have an idea of this theory's quality.

 

[Deco]

This is a bit tin-foil hat, but...

...anyone else think that Kenwright's possible health issue has forced him away from the board? Martinez being held back by the remaining board who has no attachment or interest in advancing the club?

Came up with this on the toilet. So you have an idea of this theory's quality.

Funnily enough, the theory can be described by the location which the theory was thought of in.. lol

 

[Matty_j1878]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/everton-fans-view-after-years-6250933

Everton fan's view: After years of excuses it's time for Bill Kenwright to let go of the club.

"The time has come for Kenwright to accept that his performance as chairman has been unacceptable," writes Joe Jennings, editor of the School of Science Everton blog

Following an insipid performance in last season’s Premier League, coupled with what is currently one of the lowest levels of transfer activity in the country, revolt is in the air at Goodison Park and Evertonians appear to have ran out of patience with the most unsuccessful board in the club’s history.

When Bill Kenwright and True Blue Holdings had their bid accepted to purchase the club on Christmas Eve in 1999 from the controversial Peter Johnson, Evertonians rejoiced and lauded him a saviour.

Kenwright promised that he didn’t have endless cash to plough into the club but he did have a plan.

Sadly, almost sixteen years on and having not invested a single penny into the business, Kenwright and his board have lost both the trust and respect of a growing section of the passionate fanbase.

The theme has been consistent throughout Bill Kenwright’s reign at Everton: failures and broken promises.

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When the club were pursuing a stadium move to the Kings Dock on the banks of the River Mersey, Kenwright assured everyone for over two years that Everton’s contribution of just £30m was “ringfenced”.

The money never materialised, with disgruntled former director Paul Gregg having pushed for the board to entertain a reverse-mortgage package to secure the move. Kenwright didn't agree and Gregg was eventually bought out in 2006 by Robert Earlwith the Kings Dock dream having long collapsed.

In 2004, after Wayne Rooney lit up the European Championships in Portugal, Bill insisted that he would not be sold, “not even for £50m”. Rooney was eventually sold to Manchester United on deadline day for a meagre £10m upfront.

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Come December 2004, Kenwright was coming under increasing pressure. At a stormy AGM, he paraded Chris Samuelson in front of Everton shareholders, and claimed he was going to invest £30m into the club through the Fortress Sports Fund.

Kenwright claimed that “the money will be in the bank on Monday morning”. Suffice to say, the cheque never cleared and Kenwright refused to explain where Samuelson disappeared to or why the deal broke down.

In December 2007, on live television prior to Everton’s UEFA Cup fixture with Zenit St Petersberg, Bill Kenwright claimed that Goodison Park “would not soon not pass safety tests” in a cheap and disgraceful effort to gain support for a controversial stadium move outside of the Liverpool city boundary to nearby Kirkby despite a significant 41 per cent of Evertonians having voted against the move.

Despite the litany of failures overseen from his board, Bill Kenwright is clearly a likeable man, and it’s entertaining when he’s telling yarns about holding Eddie Kavanagh’s jacket as he invaded the Wembley pitch in 1966 and travelling to Goodison Park on his Uncle Cyril’s handlebars.

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Sadly, as proved with the club’s unforgivable attempts to move to a retail park in Kirkby, it becomes very serious when he’s jeopardising a 137 year old institution.

It is difficult to see how Evertonians, with the history of broken promises and failures, can still trust Bill Kenwright and this board.

They have spectacularly failed in their efforts to sell the club, despite Kenwright insisting that there is "no better salesman for Everton".

Kenwright's pursuit of the man, company or consortium to purchase the club has left more questions than answers.

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Why have all of Everton's peers and indeed 'smaller' clubs either received significant investment or been taken over? Why have dozens of "interested parties" disappeared and what exactly is the club's asking price?

Evertonians have been incredibly patient throughout Kenwright's trophyless tenure.

We have adopted the role of luckless bridesmaid with good grace whilst our rivals have invested both in their playing squads and their infrastructure.

Now however, that patience is wearing as thin as Roberto Martinez's squad. The tide is turning and the dissenters are growing by the day, with newly formed fan group@EvertonBoardOut having gained close to 2,500 followers in little over two weeks.

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The time has come for Bill Kenwright to accept that his performance as chairman has been unacceptable and to let go of the club.

The board should seek to appoint an autonomous group of professionals that will undertake the identification and selection of potential buyers of the club who will oversee the sale to the potential owner who can best demonstrate the resources, ability and a genuine desire to take the club forward on both a commercial and football level.

Everton, as a club, have zero assets left aside from the players. Goodison Park is mortgaged to the hilt based on future season ticket sales and the club shamefully do not own the megastore, and are tenants at our own training ground.



Commercially, the club continues to woefully underperform, with total income of £12m in 2014 highlighting just how reliant Everton are on the broadcasting money. This is a direct result of the club's business model - asset utilisation in place of investment; they've sold everything and outsourced everything they can to ensure they don't spend a penny in place of speculating to accumulate, the tried and tested route which all successful clubs use.

Everton’s board appear unable to address the issue of operating a 20th century stadium in a 21st century environment; having failed twice to relocate to a new stadium their third attempt is now following a well-worn path with equally well-worn excuses, the failure of which is common to everything this Everton board attempt: a lack of finance.

The conclusion is inescapable: this board’s position is untenable due to their inability to promote any semblance of a business plan for the future, an inability which condemns Everton to continued stagnation.

And, believe me, that stench of stagnation hangs heavy around Goodison Park at the moment.

Edit - Removed all links other than the actual article.

 

[Saint Domingo]

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School of Science ‏@SOS1878
Major announcement coming at 21:00 this evening. And no, it's not about a new player. #EFC

Might not be the right thread for this.....

 

[Saint Domingo]

Of course they've been wrong before, most notably on Charlie Austin.

 

[efcfanwirral]

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Major announcement coming at 21:00 this evening. And no, it's not about a new player. #EFC

Might not be the right thread for this.....

Must be with them being on talksport and in the Mirror... is it a club annoucenment or SOS1878 announcement? If its SOS its probably a banner or something...

 

[waggy27]

Seems a bit poorly timed that article - if the idea is to get apathetic fans onside with the Blue Union and start attending meetings etc, then surely once the money is spent by the end of the window and there are shiny new players for people to look at then they will revert to their original apathy or become convinced that all is well.

If people really think that no money will be spent save a fraction of the proceeds of any potential sale of Stones, then surely it would be much more impactful to write this after the close of the window? If a boss playmaker materialises in the next couple of weeks then the vast majority will forget about this and the several reasonable questions it poses.

 

[Bigmaclad]

Signed anyone?

 

[TheFinnFan]

Credibility somewhere between BU and Jesse Ventura

 

[Connor]

 

[efcfanwirral]

Credibility somewhere between BU and Jesse Ventura

Blue union have put "21:00....#timetogo" and SOS have said its about the fan unrest.

They've messed this up royally here - assumptions that we wont sign anyone, and as said above once we actually do sign someone, even if we've sold Stones to do it, it will be forgotten.

 

[LocalNative]

Bill to announce his resignation due to poor health?

 

[KUEFC09U2]

They are loosing any type of support with all this major announcement crap

 

[Steve Wigan]

Bill to announce his resignation due to poor health?

Thats a good outside bet, to be fair. It also explains the 'possible' tardyness in the transfer market. I say 'possible' because it may well be that it is Martinez who has been keeping his powder dry, for various reasons.

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Or this announcement will be nothing,