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

[Archie]

Sorry if it seemed facetious or insensitive to put the link there but it only twigged when I re-read your post that you said next time I'm there that you had someone close in Alder Hey.

Didn't take it that way at all mate. Hope you and your's have a really good Christmas!

And too right on accountancy thread. Have said my piece. Back to lurking and hoping for some good football to watch

 

[TommyDavo]

Considering the vote at the top of the thread I was expecting page after page of elation, instead it appears a number of settees have lost their cushions.

 

[catcherintherye]

He apparently is worth over 500 million. But this was a decade ago. The super rich's wealth has been growing over the past decade. At an average 20% growth that would equate to wealth of 3 billion now. At 10% growth it is around 1.3 billion. Both of these figures may be high, but essentially 500 million a decade ago will have grown.

 

[Zatara]

Without going down this route...

He would simply need to speak with a solicitor and explain to them how the shares would/could be split to his family etc in this event. He wouldnt need to "sell up".

On the "positive" side of things hes always said the clubs future is his main concern for investment opportunities so you have to think if now is the time for him to sell he must have a good impression as this would be his legacy to the fans....

Something i must be missing so far as there doesnt seem a benefit to even sell the club now unless he feels they can develop a stadium and grow the club long term which i just cant see.

Never understood why Granchester didnt buy the club....

Am I missing something here? He's ill, clearly.

I can't be the only person who hasn't saw a possible link between the two surely? There's nothing distasteful at all about what I have said - if it were me in Bill's shoes, I'd do the bloody same.

Stop trying to make out I'm saying something controversial here. It may not be true, but it's a justified first impression whether you like it or not.

 

[Tubey]

Without going down this route...

He would simply need to speak with a solicitor and explain to them how the shares would/could be split to his family etc in this event. He wouldnt need to "sell up".

On the "positive" side of things hes always said the clubs future is his main concern for investment opportunities so you have to think if now is the time for him to sell he must have a good impression as this would be his legacy to the fans....

Something i must be missing so far as there doesnt seem a benefit to even sell the club now unless he feels they can develop a stadium and grow the club long term which i just cant see.

Never understood why Granchester didnt buy the club....

That's the flip side of course, and could easily be true. For me, I just looked at the timing of it and considered what could have triggered it - and if people really don't see his health status as a possible factor, then they simply aren't being honest with themselves, to put it bluntly.

What the personal motivation behind it actually is, none of us know, and we probably never will.

 

[ilikecheese]

He apparently is worth over 500 million. But this was a decade ago. The super rich's wealth has been growing over the past decade. At an average 20% growth that would equate to wealth of 3 billion now. At 10% growth it is around 1.3 billion. Both of these figures may be high, but essentially 500 million a decade ago will have grown.

He did not rank in the 2015 Forbes 400 which bottoms out at $1.7 billion which is £1.1 billion.

 

[SerenityNigh]

He apparently is worth over 500 million. But this was a decade ago. The super rich's wealth has been growing over the past decade. At an average 20% growth that would equate to wealth of 3 billion now. At 10% growth it is around 1.3 billion. Both of these figures may be high, but essentially 500 million a decade ago will have grown.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

That's the flip side of course, and could easily be true. For me, I just looked at the timing of it and considered what could have triggered it - and if people really don't see his health status as a possible factor, then they simply aren't being honest with themselves, to put it bluntly.

What the personal motivation behind it actually is, none of us know, and we probably never will.

Fair comment; can't see why his health's as good as taboo, meself.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

He apparently is worth over 500 million. But this was a decade ago. The super rich's wealth has been growing over the past decade. At an average 20% growth that would equate to wealth of 3 billion now. At 10% growth it is around 1.3 billion. Both of these figures may be high, but essentially 500 million a decade ago will have grown.

5 years ago he was worth over 500m, and has since sold pardes for a massive profit, and is still in charge of a firm that makes a lot of money in JMI.

He still has a fair bit of money, if not more than the 500m last reported, that alongside noell who has a smilar worth, along with whoever else is on the consortium means they're pretty well off / capable to run a club.

 

[Tubey]

Fair comment; can't see why his health's as good as taboo, meself.

Well, the BBC hint at it in my eyes:

It is understood that after years of inactivity regarding a sale, there has been a growing intensity and intent to do a deal in recent months, fuelled by growing, serious interest from a number of groups.

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35167102

So, for me, I look at what was the trigger to end the years of inactivity.

I'm not saying it's 1+1=2 stuff, but it's certainly a consideration.

 

[roydo]

Fair comment; can't see why his health's as good as taboo, meself.

It was inference that that was the trigger to all this. It wasnt. An unfortunate coincidence.

 

[Tubey]

It was inference that that was the trigger to all this. It wasnt. An unfortunate coincedence.

Why wouldn't it be a trigger if he wanted to secure his legacy, or reshape his business interests?

You don't know any more than I do whether it was a trigger or not.

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Anyone noticed that the poll is now down to 77% for a change of board (think not so long back it was hitting 80%) for the board to go and the I'm indifferent/Can't decide is on the rise?
Invasion of the @chicoazul fence sitting multis perhaps?

 

[roydo]

Why wouldn't it be a trigger if he wanted to secure his legacy, or reshape his business interests?

You don't know any more than I do whether it was a trigger or not.

True. Lets say my reading of this leads me say that Bills health, or not, has not been a trigger to this blizzard of take over rumours then.

My interpretation is different to yours.

Like you say, neither of us know. But just think speculating about anyones health, in the absence of any facts, is just a bit distasteful.

 

[USABlue]

Anyone noticed that the poll is now down to 77% for a change of board (think not so long back it was hitting 80%) for the board to go and the I'm indifferent/Can't decide is on the rise?
Invasion of the @chicoazul fence sitting multis perhaps?

Think some people are probably concerned about this new consortiums rep and/or were hoping for investors with more wealth than these seem to have