New CEO Elstone Speaks.....

[Sharpys top lip]

Everton's new acting Chief Executive Officer has stressed the importance of a new home for the club. Robert Elstone has stepped into the breach following the departure of Keith Wyness and he has claimed that it's ‘critical' for the team to continue to develop and challenge for honours that Everton seek pastures new.
"The economics of the Premier League are becoming more and more demanding," he said.
"It's important Everton keeps pace with the spending powers of our peer group and our rivals in the league.
"To do that, a new stadium is critical, and the strongest option available to the club - in terms of affordability, and what it can do for us in a business sense - is the one at Kirkby.



"While Goodison is a wonderful old stadium, it does constrain the club financially."Elstone added that, like everyone else, he is eagerly awaiting the Government decision about whether or not to ‘call-in' the Kirkby project.
"This is the single biggest opportunity which the club faces, and I recognise it's a hugely emotive issue," he said.
"We are still awaiting a decision from the Government on the call-in, which will trigger two different approaches depending on the outcome of that decision.
"Our advisers are telling us the decision is imminent, but we genuinely don't know what it will be and will just have to wait and see. It's frustrating, but that's where we are."
Speaking publicly for the first time since being appointed temporary CEO, Elstone also broached the subject of the club being sold.
"I think the chairman's position on this is clear. If the right investment came along and it was in the best interests of the club, I would be right behind it."
Deputy CEO since 2005, Elstone is pleased that the club has given him the opportunity to fill the void left by Wyness and he revealed that he'd like the temporary arrangement to become permanent.
"A big part of the reason for me joining the club is that an opportunity like this would come along, and I'm hoping it will be made permanent," he said.
The chairman himself, Bill Kenwright, has every confidence in his new appointment.
"Robert has been with us for more than three years and is, I believe, now fully conversant with the very special demands associated with running a club of our stature," he stated.

Was going to put this in the kirkby thread, as i know whats comin next!!

 

[Cal]

[Poor language removed] off Elstone.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

My god its started already.

Why do some people bother with Everton?

 

[coyney]

Why am I not surprised, I wish he would answer the simple question.Owing to the fact that Kirkby council have effectively closed the door for use of the pitch for non football functions. How do you still claim that the club will make the money claimed I'm no genius but if (and it was )something is in the calculated amount is removed it stands to reason the sum concerned must be less.so this does not bode well.please just tell us the truth its your decision over the move and as you laid out the cash thats fair enough ,but be truthful for the reason

 

[kenada_blue]

[Poor language removed] off Elstone.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Why am I not surprised, I wish he would answer the simple question.Owing to the fact that Kirkby council have effectively closed the door for use of the pitch for non football functions. How do you still claim that the club will make the money claimed I'm no genius but if (and it was )something is in the calculated amount is removed it stands to reason the sum concerned must be less.so this does not bode well.please just tell us the truth its your decision over the move and as you laid out the cash thats fair enough ,but be truthful for the reason

Well it will still make more money than Goodison.

 

[gordonjblair]

Well it will still make more money than Goodison.

Nick, come on, it might make marginally more cash, but enough to service the debt incurred and move the club up a level? the extra £10M pa quote by KW before the trading restrictions were announced constitutes a 20% turnover uplift across the board, (without taking into account additional running costs that the extra facilities would incur). It's a fair question to ask 'Did your prediction take these apparently new restrictions into account, do the numbers still make sense?'

The numbers, for me, aren't sufficiently compelling to make the move... and sadly, the more information that comes out, the less compelling the arguement gets.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Nick, come on, it might make marginally more cash, but enough to service the debt incurred and move the club up a level? the extra £10M pa quote by KW before the trading restrictions constitutes a 20% turnover uplift across the board, (without taking into account additional running costs that the extra facilities would incur).

The numbers, for me, aren't sufficiently compelling to make the move... and sadly, the more information that comes out, the less compelling the arguement gets.

Well why do you think proven men in business are looking at the move? Do you think they are doing it to piss people off?

 

[Sharpattack]

You hardly expected him to come out against the move

 

[gordonjblair]

Well why do you think proven men in business are looking at the move? Do you think they are doing it to piss people off?

Nope, I think it was the easiest option, piggy backing on a retail development run and organised by someone else, rather than having to manage the logistics of say, staged upgrades to GP.

Not necessarily the best option, but the easiest.

Putting my scurrillous hat on:
Bill and Terry are mates, they'd be doing each other a favour, Bill gets a new ground at a discount, Terry gets an enabling partner for his Tesco Uber store, and so Bill pulled in a CEO who has a penchant for organising ground moves... which went well.

Not even I have a suitably scurrillous hat for the Phil Green / Arcadia conspiracy theory (although I know it has its proponents)

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Nope, I think it was the easiest option, piggy backing on a retail development run and organised by someone else, rather than having to manage the logistics of say, staged upgrades to GP.

Not necessarily the best option, but the easiest.

Putting my scurrillous hat on:
Bill and Terry are mates, they'd be doing each other a favour, Bill gets a new ground at a discount, Terry gets an enabling partner for his Tesco Uber store, and so Bill pulled in a CEO who has a penchant for organising ground moves... which went well.

Not even I have a suitably scurrillous hat for the Phil Green / Arcadia conspiracy theory (although I know it has its proponents)

Not sure its like that. But what it does, is it enables paranoid Evertonians to believe that the devil is working at GP and is looking to destroy the club.

 

[amablueski]

I saw the devil and his agent outside Goodison, maybe thats what BK meant when he said "Watch this space".

Breaking news : Everton wish to announce the re-signing of The Devil on a 20 year contract. David Moyes says "Its like a new signing".

Sorry, im just a bit bored and peeeed off atm!!!

 

[kenada_blue]

Nope, I think it was the easiest option, piggy backing on a retail development run and organised by someone else, rather than having to manage the logistics of say, staged upgrades to GP.

Not necessarily the best option, but the easiest.

Putting my scurrillous hat on:
Bill and Terry are mates, they'd be doing each other a favour, Bill gets a new ground at a discount, Terry gets an enabling partner for his Tesco Uber store, and so Bill pulled in a CEO who has a penchant for organising ground moves... which went well.

Not even I have a suitably scurrillous hat for the Phil Green / Arcadia conspiracy theory (although I know it has its proponents)

Which would cost more than we're paying for Kirkby.

 

[gordonjblair]

Not sure its like that. But what it does, is it enables paranoid Evertonians to believe that the devil is working at GP and is looking to destroy the club.

no.. I'm not sure anyone really believes there is malicious, or avaricious intent by Bill, I just believe he's taken the easy option, with the added bonus of helping out a mate.... I'm just not sure that it's the best option, it certainly hasn't been demonstrated as such, because there hasn't been a proper optioneering exercise.

What really encourages paranoia and suspicion is the steady drip drip drip of bad news, coming out via council minutes, Planning papers, architectural reports, transport studies etc and deafening silence from the club.

I'm sure the deal would have received a far better reception had the club been a little more honest and open about the proposal. It wouldn't have made it any better a proposal, but it would have been less of a fertile breeding ground for hearsay, myth, rumour, and conjecture - the 4 horsemen of the doom mongerers, if you like.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Well you can blame Wyness on that score, because for the past two years he's done nothing but DK.