The Everton Board Thread (Inc. Bill Kenwright / Blue Union)

[davek]

That's a great analogy & very true imo.

It's like buying a mansion with borrowed money & not being able to maintain it or pay the heating bills.

After a while the paint starts to crack, the weeds are 2 foot high & you're sat in the living room chopping up & burning your furniture to keep warm.

...and then anther feller who owns a few mansions himself and controls a retail empire comes along and says: "want to borrow some money to pay the mortgage bollocks? It'll cost yer like".

Yeah, it's defo like that.

Good analogy this one.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I thought you were on Kenwright's side, though?

Side?

I'm on no-one's 'side'. Why would I care about Kenwright?

What I care about is my club & people understanding what the reality is. Not some skewed agenda driven, one sided view of the reality - the actual reality. Some of the stuff posted by those I would describe as 'haters' is simply not true & some of it is libellous to boot. I don't agree that people have the right to spread what they like as 'fact' when it patently isn't.

It's about balance, as some would have you believe that merely replacing the current lot will lead to utopia, it simply won't (unless it's a Billionaire benefactor that comes in) As whoever takes over will face the same problems & challenges. Assuming they'll be looking to run the club as a business, then the road for Everton to get back to the pinnacle of the game is a long one. The expectation amongst some, is that the change will automatically bring about positives when there's no guarantee of that at all.

Having said that, the fear of change shouldn't stop us from moving on either, we just need to hope that the fabled 'right man' that Bill's spent a decade looking for, ends up being just that.......given his track record so far, the odds dont' look great, but maybe his parting shot could be his finest hour............that's my hope.

 

[peanuts]

I'd love for us to get taken over however when you look at the past teams who have been taken over, your QPR's, your fulhams, your Blackburns, VILLAS, its worrying...

 

[Allezfan]

Side?

I'm on no-one's 'side'. Why would I care about Kenwright?

What I care about is my club & people understanding what the reality is. Not some skewed agenda driven, one sided view of the reality - the actual reality. Some of the stuff posted by those I would describe as 'haters' is simply not true & some of it is libellous to boot. I don't agree that people have the right to spread what they like as 'fact' when it patently isn't.

It's about balance, as some would have you believe that merely replacing the current lot will lead to utopia, it simply won't (unless it's a Billionaire benefactor that comes in) As whoever takes over will face the same problems & challenges. Assuming they'll be looking to run the club as a business, then the road for Everton to get back to the pinnacle of the game is a long one. The expectation amongst some, is that the change will automatically bring about positives when there's no guarantee of that at all.

Having said that, the fear of change shouldn't stop us from moving on either, we just need to hope that the fabled 'right man' that Bill's spent a decade looking for, ends up being just that.......given his track record so far, the odds dont' look great, but maybe his parting shot could be his finest hour............that's my hope.

But nobody tries to run football clubs as buisnesses.

 

[Allezfan]

I'd love for us to get taken over however when you look at the past teams who have been taken over, your QPR's, your fulhams, your Blackburns, VILLAS, its worrying...

Your evertons.

Why isn't Kenwright on these lists of disastrous takeovers?

 

[Goat]

But nobody tries to run football clubs as buisnesses.

Some owners even make a good job of it tho.

Sunderland sponsorship 20m
Everton 4m

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

But nobody tries to run football clubs as buisnesses.

They do & some of them even make a profit

 

[Allezfan]

They do & some of them even make a profit

Name one that isn't based in germany.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Name one.

Arsenal

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

As a business venture we're a no go. Tons of debt to clear and a new stadium to pay for. Need a billionaire evertonian who just wants to see us boss. That grantchester bloke would be handy.

 

[Allezfan]

Arsenal

Okay I'll give you that.

They'd still make more money if they sold all their players and rented out the land at the emirates rather than built a stadium there. They'd still make more money if they gave up on being competitive and settled for not getting relegated too.

 

[Moomin]

I'd love for us to get taken over however when you look at the past teams who have been taken over, your QPR's, your fulhams, your Blackburns, VILLAS, its worrying...

Fulham?????

 

[peanuts]

Fulham?????

If we got tookover, i'd want us to do better than them... If they get 12th, they probably are happy... or do they battle for europa? Memory lost haha!

 

[Allezfan]

If we got tookover, i'd want us to do better than them... If they get 12th, they probably are happy... or do they battle for europa? Memory lost haha!

**** team doesn't always mean **** board, though.

And their last cup final was both more recent and tighter than ours to be fair.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Okay I'll give you that.

They'd still make more money if they sold all their players and rented out the land at the emirates rather than built a stadium there. They'd still make more money if they gave up on being competitive and settled for not getting relegated too.

They make money because they're extrmely well run & they had the foresight & the bottle to embark on the Emirates. Yes, they've got some trading advantages over the likes of us, but they're a sound business that produces a good return.

By the way (from memory) 5 or 6 PL clubs declared a profit in the 10/11 tax year.