Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
I think if memory serves it equates to about 1750 shares?
The first thing the new Chairman/Chairwoman must do, is to start the healing process. As witnessed on this thread the fanbase is horribly split in two over the last incumbent. We have to have a new dawn. A "new broom sweeps clean" speech or press release is badly needed. Mistakes made have to be recognised. That and a commitment to building trust with all Evertonians.
Moderatelywarmwater
Player Valuation: £10m
That’s more a CEO’s job though isn’t it?
Dublin blue 75
Player Valuation: £40m
How was that ever a free?
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Aye this is where I am. Although the anger has turned to sympathy more than anything with his passing earlier this week. Whoever drafted that release really did a number on the divide between the fans and the board.
Yep
Exactly.
The online Auction of Everton shares last week saw 52 shares sold to two seperate buyers at 3'700 pounds each.
In theory his wife/daughter have 6.5 million worth of Everton stock. Seeing as how it ended, I can't imagine they will be overly sentimental about holding onto them.
royvernon39
Player Valuation: £10m
I admired Bill for being a self-made man who built up a tidy business and had
an interesting and varied life. However, in relation to EFC my biggest complaint
is that he never had sufficient dosh to run a big, capital-intensive operation like EFC.
He was like a bloke who gets by luck a Rolls-Royce and cant afford the insurance.
Lets not forget that he was the one of the worst Chairman EFC have had.
an interesting and varied life. However, in relation to EFC my biggest complaint
is that he never had sufficient dosh to run a big, capital-intensive operation like EFC.
He was like a bloke who gets by luck a Rolls-Royce and cant afford the insurance.
Lets not forget that he was the one of the worst Chairman EFC have had.
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
After reading that heartfelt article about Bill by Evertonians favourite hack Ollie Holt that's us well and truly put back in our box.
smileychap
Player Valuation: £8m
I have made various complaints and admittedly insulting remarks about BK's tenure as chairman and owner. These comments focused on his competence, sometimes appearance and also the 'impression' I had of his attitude towards people given what I saw of him on screen and quoted as saying in the press.
Not sure why I feel bad for those remarks now he's gone. Ultimately, I never met him in person to really judge him as a person. Obviously his time as Chairman etc is well documented.
If there is a redeeming impression I have gained from reading more lately from people who knew him better, it was a readiness and instinct for Everton FC to work in its community. My own mother is disabled and the help and assistance we have at Goodison is the benchmark for top venues for disabled supporters in the UK (by and large only a couple of the Test Cricket grounds are on par with EFC in our various experiences).
Everton is rightly admired for its work in the community in various other aspects too.
For BK's part in any of that - respect. I hope that is a more positive and enduring focus for his contribution during his time at the club.
RIP Bill.
Not sure why I feel bad for those remarks now he's gone. Ultimately, I never met him in person to really judge him as a person. Obviously his time as Chairman etc is well documented.
If there is a redeeming impression I have gained from reading more lately from people who knew him better, it was a readiness and instinct for Everton FC to work in its community. My own mother is disabled and the help and assistance we have at Goodison is the benchmark for top venues for disabled supporters in the UK (by and large only a couple of the Test Cricket grounds are on par with EFC in our various experiences).
Everton is rightly admired for its work in the community in various other aspects too.
For BK's part in any of that - respect. I hope that is a more positive and enduring focus for his contribution during his time at the club.
RIP Bill.
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
It's the bit of your post when you mentioned about people who knew him better.
There's no doubt he was decent bloke who wanted the best for the club and we are hearing in a bit more detail some of his efforts.
I will applaud on Saturday but without the heartfelt feeling I've reserved for others. I will be respectful on the occasion.
Magus
Player Valuation: £8m
I only met him once, during trying circumstances for my family, and in those circumstances he was friendly and compassionate without any of the trademark luvviness of his public persona.
He seems to have been a complicated character, with some good and some bad traits (possibly magnified by his business dealings), but on that personal level I found him likeable and approachable so I can see both sides of other people's views of him.
Objectively, he wasn't a successful chairman and it all ended in rancour and bitterness. Over the last few years I felt his interaction with the fans was poorly judged and divisive, but I still can't understand the level of hate projected by a tiny minority. I have read some really atrocious stuff since his death which does us all a disservice.
Anyway, the least we can do now is show some dignity and respect for another human being whose time has passed.
