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

[ToffeeMike]

You could have just said Twitter in the first place, then I could have just ignored what you said.

Well sorry for that, just passing on what I heard.

 

[Ratkiller]

Is that the catering that had been operating at a loss for years, as we're a football club & not a catering company? that operated on 1 day a fortnight & had to carry an overhead that couldn't avoid that trading reality?

What would your solution gave been to this loss making function?

I dont know. I'm not a caterist.

But they're not running the football at a profit either.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I dont know. I'm not a caterist.

But they're not running the football at a profit either.

So you've no idea whether the outsourcing was a good decision or not then. Thanks for clearing that up

No they're not taking a profit from the club either would you consider that to be a preferable option?

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

@TelegraphSport: Premier League clubs vote overwhelmingly to adopt spending controls, including FFP and a wage increase cap, according to David Gold #WHFC

Might be worth a thread of it's own, but thought I'd drop it in here. Interesting stuff, is common sense about to finally arrive in the PL?

 

[billy bluestar]

@TelegraphSport: Premier League clubs vote overwhelmingly to adopt spending controls, including FFP and a wage increase cap, according to David Gold #WHFC

Might be worth a thread of it's own, but thought I'd drop it in here. Interesting stuff, is common sense about to finally arrive in the PL?

Is it fair on the newly promoted clubs who will have spend big to compete, which will obviously have them running at a loss.

With the wages thing totally agree with a cap.

 

[FTY]

The tag cloud for this thread is ace.

 

[Christiffa25]

Common sense ?????

FFP is going to ruin the chances for all clubs bar the top rich few.

On are way to a Scottish PL before long.

 

[banno]

Common sense ?????

FFP is going to ruin the chances for all clubs bar the top rich few.

On are way to a Scottish PL before long.

This is the way I see it also. Top clubs will just continue more or less as normal whereas the likes of us and the rest will fall even further behind.

We are not far off the SPL now but for sure we will just be like them. The rich clubs will only get stronger.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Common sense ?????

FFP is going to ruin the chances for all clubs bar the top rich few.

On are way to a Scottish PL before long.

How can it make the situation any worse for the likes of us, as we stand today?

 

[Bluenose1995]

How can it make the situation any worse for the likes of us, as we stand today?

because the only way a club like us can win the league would be to do a city or spend big money like your spurs/liverpool problem is how can we do this if we have caps? if us and utd are bidding for the same player our only hope would be to outbid them otherwise they would always choose utd based on their stature.

its a way of keeping the status quo

 

[Bluenose1995]

and we run at a loss anyway so I dont get why alot of evertonians are so happy for this we will be ****ed unless kenwright has a billionaire brother who wants to give us a mega sponership deal which will happen for city, chelski, utd,liverpool etc.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

because the only way a club like us can win the league would be to do a city or spend big money like your spurs/liverpool problem is how can we do this if we have caps? if us and utd are bidding for the same player our only hope would be to outbid them otherwise they would always choose utd based on their stature.

its a way of keeping the status quo

Us outbidding United? yeah right oh, I'll miss those days if this comes in.

There's already a financial chasm between the top & the bottom, but some of the clubs are operating falsely i.e. spending benefactor cash & racking up massive losses. Force them to trade within their means & we'll slowly see them being dragged back into reality.

The only way you could view this as a bad thing, is if you're expecting a Blue Billionaire to land at Goodison.

 

[davek]

Us outbidding United? yeah right oh, I'll miss those days if this comes in.

There's already a financial chasm between the top & the bottom, but some of the clubs are operating falsely i.e. spending benefactor cash & racking up massive losses. Force them to trade within their means & we'll slowly see them being dragged back into reality.

The only way you could view this as a bad thing, is if you're expecting a Blue Billionaire to land at Goodison.

I think you'll find that Billy Liar and his barking dog Elstone have reservations over stuff like this and the FFP. Elstone in particular has been outspoken against curbing 'the market' in football (neoliberal cheerleader that he is) - which is just code really for "if these changes come in then Bill and his spiv directors wont get their big buyout.'"

As for the 'agreement': I'll believe it when I see it being brought in and then enforced.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

I think you'll find that Billy Liar and his barking dog Elstone have reservations over stuff like this and the FFP. Elstone in particular has been outspoken against curbing 'the market' in football (neoliberal cheerleader that he is) - which is just code really for "if these changes come in then Bill and his spiv directors wont get their big buyout.'"

As for the 'agreement': I'll believe it when I see it being brought in and then enforced.

Surely these rules won't stop someone from buying the club though will they? If some crazy bilionaire wants to pay the asking price they still can, they just can't then invest money direct into the team.

 

[davek]

Surely these rules won't stop someone from buying the club though will they? If some crazy bilionaire wants to pay the asking price they still can, they just can't then invest money direct into the team.

There'd no doubt be loopholes to exploit and the building of stadia and infrastructure that can generate spending is excluded from FFP. It probably makes it more of a hassle though, and the impact (unlike at City and Chelsea where it was almost instantaneous) would be shuffled down the line - which might be off putting to some sheik or oligarch who want high profile success in the here and now.