Elstone on Summer transfer/Everton Finance/Ground Move etc TV Debate! etc.

[Goat]

Your reliance on trusting the balance sheets is to your credit Bruce. But sadly your trusting people who have been known to "distort the truth" many, many times.

The Kings of the Soundbites, The Kings of Misdirection, The Board of Everton Football Club, circa 2009.

 

[davek]

Your reliance on trusting the balance sheets is to your credit Bruce. But sadly your trusting people who have been known to "distort the truth" many, many times.

The Kings of the Soundbites, The Kings of Misdirection, The Board of Everton Football Club, circa 2009.

I agree. They're liars. Kenwright cant help it...I'm almost convinced of this now. It's pathological with him. The other feller, Earl...it's not even his real name FFS! How can you trust a man who runs from his own past...and uses offshore numbers rackets to pay for his Everton shares...Elstone: nuff said after Wednesday's embarrassing porkies....Woods - well, I suppose he's excused, as lies are a human trait not one glove puppets are capable of.

 

[chicoazul]

Your reliance on trusting the balance sheets is to your credit Bruce. But sadly your trusting people who have been known to "distort the truth" many, many times.

The Kings of the Soundbites, The Kings of Misdirection, The Board of Everton Football Club, circa 2009.

falls off chair through irony*

 

[Goat]

How dare you, I never distort truth, only lies.

 

[chicoazul]

At least you're consistent.

 

[best little spaniard]

falls off chair through irony*

Brilliant

I wish we had spent the money (if it was there) but I can see the point of view of the board if they chose to withold it (doesn't mean I agree with it though)

However we can't keep spending money that we don't have forever.

I think this November/December will be crucial. Whichever way Kirkby goes, I think someone will try and buy us out. Why it hasn't happened so far is the price. Bill will wan't the club's worth with kirkby, whereas investors wont want to pay that until it's passed (which I bloody well hope it isn't)

That's just my own opinion like, but it's one that seems to fit with my perception of things (rightly or wrongly, I don't know)

Anyway, we can but see how things turn out

 

[Neiler]

Is everyone compleatley missing the point here - borrowing money for players is a bad thing, unsustainable blah blah! It is actually a good thing for the club not to have to borrow this summer given the context of the Lescott deal (though i didnt agree with iot at didnt want him to go).

Are we back to plan A - Just get a billionaire!

* Sigh

 

[ToxtethBlue]

Says the man who wanted us to keep Joleon Lescott (the beginning of the end if he was sold) and I thought we'd be spending (borrowing) around 12-15 million on players during the summer without selling anyone.

 

[davek]

Is everyone compleatley missing the point here - borrowing money for players is a bad thing, unsustainable blah blah! It is actually a good thing for the club not to have to borrow this summer given the context of the Lescott deal (though i didnt agree with iot at didnt want him to go).

Are we back to plan A - Just get a billionaire!

* Sigh

Can I draw your attention to post #66 on this thread?

 

[ToxtethBlue]

Everton chief executive Robert Elstone claimed earlier in the week that the club had spent £8million on new players during the transfer window in addition to the money received in selling Joleon Lescott to Manchester City.
Moyes, though, believes he has merely balanced the books with his summer business.
“You can work it out yourself,” said the Goodison manager. “Bilyaletdinov, Heitinga and Distin came to roughly £19m give or take a bit, and money we got back for Lescott after we paid Wolves is about £19m.
“We’ve only spent what we have brought in, we haven’t spent any other cash on top of that. That’s what it looks like to me. Times are hard, so I will work to what I can do.”

 

[Goat]

David Moyes, the last beacon of hope.

 

[kenada_blue]

Everton chief executive Robert Elstone claimed earlier in the week that the club had spent £8million on new players during the transfer window in addition to the money received in selling Joleon Lescott to Manchester City.
Moyes, though, believes he has merely balanced the books with his summer business.
“You can work it out yourself,” said the Goodison manager. “Bilyaletdinov, Heitinga and Distin came to roughly £19m give or take a bit, and money we got back for Lescott after we paid Wolves is about £19m.
“We’ve only spent what we have brought in, we haven’t spent any other cash on top of that. That’s what it looks like to me. Times are hard, so I will work to what I can do.”

and on that note.... The board are holding the club back. Moyes should go on to bigger better things. The entire board need to go.

Thank you. Please come again

 

[GrandOldTeam]

David Moyes, the last beacon of hope.

Indeed and he isn't happy...

"We are not ready as far as the squad goes, we want more players in. We let a few go in the summer - Andy van der Meyde, Lars Jacobson, Nuno Valente - and we have not replaced any of those players yet. "If we want a run in Europe we need more players quickly. The search goes on, it has never stopped all summer and I am feeling a bit demented with it all now!
"Apart from a couple of clubs, the transfer activity around the country has been limited. But for us, to have finished fifth and reached a cup final, to improve on that costs a lot of money.
"But we don't have that money. So trying to find players who are cheap, don't want much wages and will come here to improve us, well, it is not easy.''

Moyes (this week after signing Bilyaletdinov) "I would be disappointed if we didn't get at least four, maybe more,"

"With the position Everton are in, I think we should be entitled to go out and spend the cash," said Moyes. "We have made a profit in the last couple of years.
"We want a club which keeps aiming to progress, so I'm going to push the board really hard not just to spend the Joleon money but to spend more."
"You can't be at the top of the league and want to be at the top of the league and not invest in the team. The team needs investment"

And now he is dismissing Elstone in public.

"I've taken Everton as far as I can......."

 

[Goat]

None of it makes pretty reading to be honest. Next big job he gets linked with, which he can spend money, hes off and I for will not begrudge him 1 little bit.

Last 1 out turn off the light.

How long must they feed him on scraps?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

None of it makes pretty reading to be honest. Next big job he gets linked with, which he can spend money, hes off and I for will not begrudge him 1 little bit.

Last 1 out turn off the light.

How long must they feed him on scraps?

As I said here ;

In all honesty, it was an absolute shambles of a summer, one which I think will be detrimental to Moyes' Everton longevity.

He stalled on his last contract, once bitten, twice as shy...

I'm told the club aren't sticking to the assurances he was given prior signing his contract. His latest comments against Elstone seem to demonstrate how eager Moyes is to make sure the fans know that he again hasn't been backed with any new funds.

Moyes: “We’ve only spent what we have brought in, we haven’t spent any other cash on top of that"