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

[Chang Elephant]

Word has reached Moscow.

Just hope these Russians are so fffing rich they don't mind being ripped off by Kenwright

 

[davek]

Just hope these Russians are so fffing rich they don't mind being ripped off by Kenwright

*Dreams: oligarch cash + Bill getting thrown out of a helicopter over Siberia*

 

[Chang Elephant]

*Dreams: oligarch cash + Bill getting thrown out of a helicopter over Siberia*

A nice thought before bed

 

[NewRadical]

Russians buying/investing in Everton?

More chance of Hugo Chavez returning to life, moving to the US, changing his name to Buck Chip and singing "Living in America" in a shiny suit decorated as Stars N Stripes.

You heard it here first.

 

[edge]

jungle drums tonight...........the Russians are talking. Big moneyforgive me for being cynical but the timing is pure Billy BS with Moyes contract up in the air.

its the annual season ticket renewal takeover rumour, the first person to spot one, gets the billy bullshine award of a star on there seat for a season and a chance to go on the pitch and hit the crossbar from the centre circle for the star prize of a pair of obstructed view back row tickets for blood brothers as performed by the wirral Amateur opera society at the empire,kindly donated by are chairman

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

jungle drums tonight...........the Russians are talking. Big money

forgive me for being cynical but the timing is pure Billy BS with Moyes contract up in the air.

Aside from you, who's playing them mate & what's the rumour?

 

[D410]

its the annual season ticket renewal takeover rumour, the first person to spot one, gets the billy bullshine award of a star on there seat for a season and a chance to go on the pitch and hit the crossbar from the centre circle for the star prize of a pair of obstructed view back row tickets for blood brothers as performed by the wirral Amateur opera society at the empire,kindly donated by are chairman

it's either Neville/Kenwright or Moyes/Billionaire - 13 more years of the former is my bet when anyone sees the conditions of sale for the club.

 

[By god I'm blue]

I still love Everton, but I don't care anymore.

It would take a serious investment into the team of at least 200m to even be able to compete in the top 4, such is the gap now.

Then we just become "one of them"...the clubs that screwed football. Hated and loathed by proper football fans out of a mixture of jealousy and their own self pity.

It's all lose / lose.

 

[Dell Boy]

I still love Everton, but I don't care anymore.

It would take a serious investment into the team of at least 200m to even be able to compete in the top 4, such is the gap now.

Then we just become "one of them"...the clubs that screwed football. Hated and loathed by proper football fans out of a mixture of jealousy and their own self pity.

It's all lose / lose.

Is there a crack epidemic out there at the moment? Whilst I agree with the rest of your post in respect of money screwing football - I think you're a million miles off by saying we're £200m off being able to compete in the top 4.

We beat United at home this season. Okay lost the away tie but we're even with them over the season.
We drew with City at their place and generally have a great record against them.
We beat Spurs at home this season and have the away game coming up.
Okay we lost to Chelsea at home but we gave them a hell of a game and were very unlucky in lots of respects.
We drew with Arsenal at home but that was after coming back from their opening minute goal and we generally bossed them

I'm not saying we don't need money to really compete but £200m is way out.

If Moyes stays and somehow was given £40m I'd put all the money I had on a top 4 spot next season.

 

[By god I'm blue]

Is there a crack epidemic out there at the moment? Whilst I agree with the rest of your post in respect of money screwing football - I think you're a million miles off by saying we're £200m off being able to compete in the top 4.

We beat United at home this season. Okay lost the away tie but we're even with them over the season.
We drew with City at their place and generally have a great record against them.
We beat Spurs at home this season and have the away game coming up.
Okay we lost to Chelsea at home but we gave them a hell of a game and were very unlucky in lots of respects.
We drew with Arsenal at home but that was after coming back from their opening minute goal and we generally bossed them

I'm not saying we don't need money to really compete but £200m is way out.

If Moyes stays and somehow was given £40m I'd put all the money I had on a top 4 spot next season.

A crack epidemic?

It took Man City over 400m to win the title and that was rotating the purchase and sales of massively over inflated players and misfits such as Robinho, Adebayor etc etc to even get there.

You think Moyes just being given 40m is the answer to all of our problems? if so you live in a world of moon dust and magical pixies old chap!

And so what if we finished even over 2 games with Man U this season, they are about 30 points in front of us you! Yes we drew with City, but they will finish at least 20 points in front of us.

Whilst I would love to live in your world of unrealistic nonsense, I am sorry but I am looking at the bigger picture, not some notion that giving Moyes 40m to weed out some of the very average players we have even to make a squad will actually make that much difference.

 

[D410]

I still love Everton, but I don't care anymore.

It would take a serious investment into the team of at least 200m to even be able to compete in the top 4, such is the gap now.

Then we just become "one of them"...the clubs that screwed football. Hated and loathed by proper football fans out of a mixture of jealousy and their own self pity.

It's all lose / lose.

We don,t need an F1 supercar but we can do better than the busted old clap trap we are driving around in at the moment.

Progression will always be better than stagnation.

 

[By god I'm blue]

We don,t need an F1 supercar but we can do better than the busted old clap trap we are driving around in at the moment.

Progression will always be better than stagnation.

Of course that is the case. But cracking the top 4 is a different kettle of fish, just going off the actual history of how it has panned out over very recent years.

 

[Dell Boy]

You think Moyes just being given 40m is the answer to all of our problems? if so you live in a world of moon dust and magical pixies old chap!
.

Ha Ha nothing wrong with a good debate!

I don't think giving Moyes £40m is enough to answer all our problems. I don't think it's enough to win us the title or challenge for it til the last few games. I've not said that.

Your argument in justifying City's level of investment is fatally flawed by quoting utter donkeys like Robinho and Adebayor.

I do honestly believe a £40m net spend would see us realistically challenge with Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea and the RS for the crumbs left over from Manchester.

 

[By god I'm blue]

Ha Ha nothing wrong with a good debate!

I don't think giving Moyes £40m is enough to answer all our problems. I don't think it's enough to win us the title or challenge for it til the last few games. I've not said that.

Your argument in justifying City's level of investment is fatally flawed by quoting utter donkeys like Robinho and Adebayor.

I do honestly believe a £40m net spend would see us realistically challenge with Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea and the RS for the crumbs left over from Manchester.

How is it flawed? That's what they had to spend and had to endure to get there.

You think every signing our manager is going to make will be the next Baines, Cahill, Arteta or Fellaini? Of course not, there will be duds!

Chelsea have spent over 60m on Hazard and Oscar, just to add a couple of potentially great players who will clearly be better in season 2.

Spurs have stolen a march on us, they have added quality like Dembele to an already good squad and they will spend again big in the summer when they qualify for the CL.

The top 4 would need massive investment IMO, and 40M would only really stop us having to pick up players like Hitz and Naismith for peanuts.

 

[Dell Boy]

Chelsea have spent over 60m on Hazard and Oscar, just to add a couple of potentially great players who will clearly be better in season 2. .

Chelsea bought those players with a view to winning the Premiership and the Champions League. Even despite this ambition those purchases stood out in the summer as a massive investment relative to the rest of the global market.

Of course Moyes isn't going to pick stars every single time but I don't think that's necessarily what's needed. Our record this season against the top teams is fine. Our losing late crap goals against the lower teams is what's stopping us from being right in there in the top 4.

City and Chelsea have paid for their high manager turnovers. They've also bought some complete muppets in line with their ambition to win the top trophies.

£40m would make a massive difference to this club in my book.