The Everton Board Thread 2015/16 [ Not takeover related ]

[Dithering Dougie]

He took a punt on an up and coming manager with the advise from Smith.

We were almost nailed on certain for relegation, it isn't like he sought out an absolute top manager to save us, is it?

A lot of the 'investment' in the team, an I use that term loosely, has come from Rooney. He allowed us to buy Arteta, etc to sell at a profit. Again, it isn't Kenwright's business nous.

My point with Villa is if they can fall from a similar position that we are in now, don't think we can't when they have a better infrastructure.

So for the second time I will ask you, what are your expectations for Everton?

We weren't nailed on for relegation that year.

What makes you think Villa have a better 'infrastructure' than us?

 

[GwladysBlue]

We weren't nailed on for relegation that year.

What makes you think Villa have a better 'infrastructure' than us?

Yes we were, I'm baffled you're saying otherwise.

Have you been to both Villa Park and Goodison Park? If you have then I don't need to answer the infrastructure question.

I take it you're dodging the expectations question because you know under this board we have none.

 

[Chang Elephant]

youre late, not shocked anymore. the new low has been set.

Randy Lerner produces better theatre

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Yes we were, I'm baffled you're saying otherwise.

Have you been to both Villa Park and Goodison Park? If you have then I don't need to answer the infrastructure question.

I take it you're dodging the expectations question because you know under this board we have none.

We were 4 points and four places off a relegation position when Moyes arrived and we finished 2 places above and 6 better off, IIRC, hardly a close call or nailed on as you said.

I've also been to Villa park many times having worked for a Birmingham company for years and been the match with friends. All of which would give their right arm to swap with us.

My expectations for Everton are simple. I want us to do the best we can.

 

[Chang Elephant]

My expectations for Everton are simple. I want us to do the best we can.

Well that's goodbye Timothy, Leon and Billy big Bollox then

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Well that's goodbye Timothy, Leon and Billy big Bollox then

You really do live in another spectrum Changy.

 

[Chang Elephant]

You really do live in another spectrum Changy.

I'm confident that when you put the keyboard away you accept these self evident facts

 

[canuckblue]

The litany of failures at Board level is agreed and understood, however I do not understand your point about it being easier to spend the club's money when the Board own the majority of the club. Indeed making large capital investments is arguably more difficult in a poorly capitalised business than a well capitalised business,

I'm no fan of the Board but it can be argued that given the capital constraints placed on the business by the owners and the lack of contribution from commercial sources (caused by a lack of capital and therefore an inability to recruit highly skilled professionals) the quality of the teams put out on the pitch far exceed the resources applied to them.

Because they got lucky in that Moyes' one real strength was being able to spot decent talent at bargain-basement prices, the odd Kroldrup clanger aside, and that Martinez has been able to bring through talented younger players, thereby lowering the average age of the squad and making it less necessary to make big purchases, but more necessary to keep hold of said young talent. And do you trust this board to do that every time a Chelsea or United come calling?
As for the money point, I'm no financial wizard, so look at it this way: You have a business that needs millions in cash to keep at a certain level. Are you more willing to dip into your own pocket or are you more likely to sell assets and rely on windfalls? The latter, in effect, is what this board has done. Without the sales of the likes of Rooney and Arteta and without the bumper TV deals, I shudder to think where our beloved club would be plying its trade these days, if at all.
There was a time when we were a big five club, the Mersey Millionaires, and the owners spent their own dosh and we won stuff. Now we've got a board that's been there for umpteen years without infusing a farthing of its own cash. Anything this club has been able to spend has been in spite of the board, not because of it.

 

[GwladysBlue]

We were 4 points and four places off a relegation position when Moyes arrived and we finished 2 places above and 6 better off, IIRC, hardly a close call or nailed on as you said.

I've also been to Villa park many times having worked for a Birmingham company for years and been the match with friends. All of which would give their right arm to swap with us.

My expectations for Everton are simple. I want us to do the best we can.

So sacking a manager mid-season isn't a good indicator that we were in danger?

They would now. That wasn't exactly what I said though, was it? I said their infrastructure is better than ours. As you have been to Villa Park then you will know this.

Poor response. Where exactly is that under this board you back so much?

 

[blueboy1945]

Whose money is it then?

The money belongs to the club, the club belongs to the shareholders, the Board own 69% of the company.

The money belongs to the bank that the board borrowed it from.

 

[Saint Domingo]

So sacking a manager mid-season isn't a good indicator that we were in danger?

They would now. That wasn't exactly what I said though, was it? I said their infrastructure is better than ours. As you have been to Villa Park then you will know this.

Poor response. Where exactly is that under this board you back so much?

He's another of these boss blues with zero expectations for the club. You can't disappoint a person who expects nothing.

 

[Carlito]

Lerner would be a lot happier with his time in football if he'd handed all that money to Moyes or Martinez at Everton instead of Martin O'Neill, Gerard Houllier and the rest of the clowns they've had in charge.

I think our chance for a different owner has gone now, though. The new TV money will allow Kenwright to keep the wheels spinning for as long as he wants to keep playing the role of his life.

 

[Azza]

Remember though, no one is investing in football clubs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35138750

Crystal Palace have completed a deal that sees American investors Josh Harris and David Blitzer take a large stake in the club.

The pair, who already own the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL's New Jersey Devils, will join chairman Steve Parish in control at Selhurst Park.

Harris, Blitzer and Parish will each own an 18 per cent stake in Palace.

Parish said shareholders had agreed an "initial £50m injection of capital" to develop the club's stadium.

 

[Matty_j1878]

Billy liar didn't look well at all today like, proper pale. Wouldn't wish bad health on anyone.

 

[BoysInBlue]

Chang Takeover?