Moyes and Kenwright are a dream team, David Maddock - Mirror

[Sharpys top lip]

While Liverpool disappear into the morass of their American-induced financial mess, Everton slip quietly along, untainted by such distress.

Earlier this season, I wrote a series of articles suggesting that, for all the financial limitations at Goodison, they still had much to be thankful for.

Thankful for a manager who can still perform on a strict, sometimes oppressive budget, and create a squad that has consistently challenged at the right end of the table.

And thankful for a chairman whose skills as a negotiator have brought top class players to the club for fees and – most significantly – wages that will not bankrupt Everton.


Every fan wants more money spent on players and their wages, every fan dreams of unlimited spending in the manner of the early Abramovich days or Manchester City’s current owners.

But the reality is different for most clubs. These are straightened times, and those clubs that go ridiculously beyond their budgets will pay a heavy price – just ask Portsmouth.

That’s why Kenwright deserves credit. He has tried desperately to give his manager some funds to work with, but at the same time has kept the debt at Goodison down to, if hardly negligible levels, then at least manageable ones.

The wage bill at the club is not even in the top 10 in the Premier League, and yet Everton can boast at least four players, perhaps five or six, who are amongst the best in their position in the whole league. That again is good management from both men.

For all the criticisms, Kenwright is keeping a lid on the spiralling costs that most top clubs face, and yet he has still created an environment in which his manager can perform brilliantly.

And who knows, with all the financial problems around in football now, the rest of the big spenders may start coming back to Everton now.

Chelsea won’t spend masses any more, Arsenal have made a profit in the transfer market in the last six years, Manchester United have massive debts and so do Liverpool.

The list goes on. So who is to say that a well run club with manageable debts and a not excessive wage bill can start to thrive?

Kenwright has just concluded contract negotiations that will keep the outstanding Tim Cahill at Everton for the rest of his career. Similar deals will follow for Jack Rodwell, Leighton Baines, Tony Hibbert and Dan Gosling. You’d back him eventually to do deals with Mikel Arteta and Steven Pienaar as well.

All on fairly moderate contracts by current standards, but all totally committed to playing for Everton because they believe in the club.

If, somehow, he can find the money to give to Moyes this summer to buy, say, two more top class additions to an already impressive squad, then who knows where Everton could be next season.

They have outstanding talent – Fellaini and Arteta will be, for me, the best midfield partnership in the league next season – and they have incredible youthful promise in the likes of Rodwell and Gosling.

They also have a manager with an incredible buying record. Moyes hardly makes a mistake in the transfer market, and so you can trust him with £15m-£20m or so, where others consistently waste that sort of money.

With a top class goalscorer – and if anyone can find one at that price, it will be Moyes - Everton can challenge for the top four next season. The manager should take massive credit for that, but the chairman deserves some too.

There are a lot worse owners… just take a look across the park for that.

You know, not a bad read there. Great when he talks about 5-6 of the best players in there position. And Fellaini and Arteta being the best partnership in the prem...

 

[Matt Damon]

You know, not a bad read there. Great when he talks about 5-6 of the best players in there position. And Fellaini and Arteta being the best partnership in the prem...

Doesn't stop the STUPID BLERTY SNIDE - Dave Maddocks writing:

"Arteta to Arsenal"
"Rodwell to Man Utd"

Every other frickin week!

SNIDE he is, and he's got on my wick of late

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Doesn't stop the STUPID BLERTY SNIDE - Dave Maddocks writing:

"Arteta to Arsenal"
"Rodwell to Man Utd"

Every other frickin week!

SNIDE he is

He's a jurno, what do you expect.

It's his fucking job. You must have more important things to worry about lad..!!!!

 

[Matt Damon]

He's a jurno, what do you expect.

It's his fucking job. You must have more important things to worry about lad..!!!!

Its funny he wasn't writing the above article a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Its funny he wasn't writing the above article a couple of weeks ago.

ye but honestly, who gives a fuck. It's good to see positive bit in the rags about us.

Dont get such a hard on about things all the time......

If you dont smoke Green, i think you need to start!!!

 

[davek]

"There are a lot worse owners"

Oh well, that's alright then. Haven't we been here before this season?

Maddocks efforts: file under "at least we're not Portsmouth".

 

[Matt Damon]

ye but honestly, who gives a fuck. It's good to see positive bit in the rags about us.

Dont get such a hard on about things all the time......

If you dont smoke Green, i think you need to start!!!

I'd turn all paranoid and think everyone's out to get me, as a Communist Socialist Worker wannabe..... if I did that.

Just like Davek!

 

[Sharpys top lip]

I'd turn all paranoid and think everyone's out to get me, as a Communist Socialist Worker wannabe..... if I did that.

Just like Davek!

Yes, but we dont want anything positive from dave. It just wouldn't be right!!! Things would just break on here..

 

[Allezfan]

"There are a lot worse owners"

Oh well, that's alright then. Haven't we been here before this season?

Maddocks efforts: file under "at least we're not Portsmouth".

Well not being as bad as Portsmouth is Kenwright's main virtue. Aside from Moyes, anyway.

He's not a great chairman like Lerner, Abramovich, Quinn, Gibson or those rich arabs at city but he's also not a terrible one like Hull, West Ham, Portsmouth , Notts County etc. have had. And as the second type get more common, Kenwright is going to look better by default.

It could be a lot worse. It just could also be a lot better.

I consider him the Tony Hibbert of chairmans really. He's loyal and he does a job but god you can't help wanting some real quality there.

 

[tsubaki]

Yes, but we dont want anything positive from dave. It just wouldn't be right!!! Things would just break on here..

got is tougher than that... though if davek started a positive thread that lcab posted some info that turned out to be wrong on it....

*takes out insurance*

 

[davek]

got is tougher than that... though if davek started a positive thread that lcab posted some info that turned out to be wrong on it....

*takes out insurance*

LCAB just reads NewsNow. FFS.

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[Muggins]

heartwarming stuff. enjoyed reading it as well.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

For his faults I do generally think Kenwright has done a good job to steady the ship, so to speak. He may struggle to provide the funds to take us much further forward, but im honestly happy that in an age were more and more clubs are sinking under the rising tides we're at least keeping our heads above the water, floating along largely unnoticed.

Infact, since we're talking as if we're lost at sea here, I reckon what would best represent our club would be a man marooned on a small island in the middle of the ocean. He may be warm and dry, but he isn't going anywhere, and no one knows he's there. The only way to get off the island and back amongst the beautiful people is to swim for it. He's taking a risk - he'll either make it or sink and drown. Should he take that risk? The desparate would say yes, but personally I think i'd enjoy the sun just a little bit longer..

 

[Matt Damon]

For his faults I do generally think Kenwright has done a good job to steady the ship, so to speak. He may struggle to provide the funds to take us much further forward, but im honestly happy that in an age were more and more clubs are sinking under the rising tides we're at least keeping our heads above the water, floating along largely unnoticed.

Infact, since we're talking as if we're lost at sea here, I reckon what would best represent our club would be a man marooned on a small island in the middle of the ocean. He may be warm and dry, but he isn't going anywhere, and no one knows he's there. The only way to get off the island and back amongst the beautiful people is to swim for it. He's taking a risk - he'll either make it or sink and drown. Should he take that risk? The desparate would say yes, but personally I think i'd enjoy the sun just a little bit longer..

We're best off taking abit more time, cutting a few more excellent-looking trees down... for the study raft we've built... replace any dead wood that may be remaining (not much now like)...

Then rather than swim ....... paddle back with David Moyes at the helm under our own power!



Better than jumping in head first to the shark infested bottomless ocean of debt - many have advocated.

 

[Robert Jarvis]

In the current financial climate the utmost priority for EFC is to keep tight financial control and keep the debt manageable.