2020/21 The Everton Board Thread

[Lawrence]

Boys Pen Bill. I have my doubts he is even an Evertonian. He seemed to come from nowhere and ended up on the Board of Directors. I would love to know how many donkey sanctuary's, west end plays and heaven knows what else EFC has helped to create. Moyes was well paid by Everton, really well paid for mediocrity and more important complicit in allowing players to be brought through and continually sold. Arteta is the name mentioned normally but he was small fry in comparison to many others. Bear in mind as well EFC have had full houses for twenty years. Late seventies and early eighties we hit half that figure on a regular basis. Moshri should get rid before this new stadium and beg his mate to join him.

 

[dave n]

Kenwright bingo complete, at least we aren’t Pompey, Leeds or Villa.

Explain QIA?

I suppose that was just him saving us from Qatari fraudsters?

Or when he nearly sold us to a guy in a bedsit?

Or when he had the money ring fenced for the kings docks?

or when he nearly took us to a cow shed in Kirkby?

the list goes on

All of that is [Poor language removed] you have read in the papers.
He has tried his best.
Anyone can get done by Fraudsters. Look at the red [Poor language removed] with there first American owners Hicks and Gillett and the Manchester United with there current owners.
The money for Kings Docks probably came from backers who then changed there minds or lost money in one of there other businesses Bill Kenwright always stated he never had the money to take us to the next level.
I didn't agree with Kirkby in all honesty and the big plan with Tesco or whatever it was but it wasn't a move like wasps in rugby from London to Coventry.
I do think he held onto the club to long but I can't be bothered being angry towards him.
You could take over tomorrow and your plans would be totally different to Moshiri and Kenwright.

 

[TheSecondComing]

All of that is [Poor language removed] you have read in the papers.
He has tried his best.
Anyone can get done by Fraudsters. Look at the red [Poor language removed] with there first American owners Hicks and Gillett and the Manchester United with there current owners.
The money for Kings Docks probably came from backers who then changed there minds or lost money in one of there other businesses Bill Kenwright always stated he never had the money to take us to the next level.
I didn't agree with Kirkby in all honesty and the big plan with Tesco or whatever it was but it wasn't a move like wasps in rugby from London to Coventry.
I do think he held onto the club to long but I can't be bothered being angry towards him.
You could take over tomorrow and your plans would be totally different to Moshiri and Kenwright.

“Read in the papers”

Disprove them all, only one which is a tad “hearsay” is this QIA one, I was told about this myself at the time, I am confident where my information came from also.

I’ll be honest I hate him and always will do.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Does he even have a say in anything meaningful though?

As chairman of the Board I imagine he will have a say.

No matter what, he does not represent what this club should be about.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Why? Since Moshiri has come we have declined, which shows he was never the problem.
We were better off under Bill.

Better of under the most unsuccessful owner of the club’s history? Ok mate.

 

[Leylo]

In defence of moshri, player purchases have been suspect but hes gonna make our dreams happen with one of the best stadiums in Europe. No one has done this before him.we will show how big we are to the world when this comes off.

 

[4737carlin]

Better of under the most unsuccessful owner of the club’s history? Ok mate.

Least we have been successful under Moshiri, along with our sudden ability to attract lots of top players weve never had it so good.

 

[dave n]

“Read in the papers”

Disprove them all, only one which is a tad “hearsay” is this QIA one, I was told about this myself at the time, I am confident where my information came from also.

I’ll be honest I hate him and always will do.

I'm just a football fan mate not a businessman.
I respect you have more insider knowledge than me.
I always accepted he didn't have the funds and investors were reluctant due to the stadium issues.
If you look at Newcastle United now though they have a modern stadium with more fans but still investment is not happening. And they are a one city club where as we have them lot across the park.

 

[GwladysBlue]

If he is responsible for the rapid decline over the last few years, we would of been this bad under him.

You are aware that we’ve actually had worse seasons under Kenwright e.g. 17th, 15th, etc?

Such naivety.

 

[GwladysBlue]

I think he is probably more of a club ambassador now if I'm honest.
He was never bad in my eyes. He just didn't have the funds to take us further.
But he didn't pull the plug like Randy Lerner at Aston Villa who then got relegated or nearly bankrupt us like Peter Ridsdale at Leeds.
The only thing that I think Kenwright messed up on massively was the fee he got for Rooney

The only reason we were not relegated under Kenwright was because of David Moyes.

Kenwright was going to hire Gary Megson but for Walter Smith’s recommendation.

 

[matty1878]

No, its naive to think he is still the problem.

I was desperate for him to sell, I was dumb enough to believe once that happened things would improve. I incorrectly convinced myself he was the problem.

Since then we have had Fat Sam, Steve Walsh, windows were it was obvious what we needed and nothing was done, players wanting to leave, were no longer a second tier of the premier league side, were no closer to moving grounds, we havent moved on at all under Moshiris watch.

you must have kenwright pictures on your wall and under your pillow. It’s the only explanation

 

[matty1878]

If he is responsible for the rapid decline over the last few years, we would of been this bad under him.

LOL

 

[magicjuan]

All of that is [Poor language removed] you have read in the papers.
He has tried his best.
Anyone can get done by Fraudsters. Look at the red [Poor language removed] with there first American owners Hicks and Gillett and the Manchester United with there current owners.
The money for Kings Docks probably came from backers who then changed there minds or lost money in one of there other businesses Bill Kenwright always stated he never had the money to take us to the next level.
I didn't agree with Kirkby in all honesty and the big plan with Tesco or whatever it was but it wasn't a move like wasps in rugby from London to Coventry.
I do think he held onto the club to long but I can't be bothered being angry towards him.
You could take over tomorrow and your plans would be totally different to Moshiri and Kenwright.

Are you saying that list was just 'paper talk'? Because you don't seem to have any insight into those, very well documented, events.

 

[magicjuan]

Yeah the banks, there you go, thanks for reminding us what Kenwright had to put up with. This club was going under fast before he came in.
Yeah that's the mess Kenwright had to deal with, thankfully he did, if it wasnt for him and Moyes working together not a chance we keep our ever present Premier Status.

But all that is history, we came through it, he kept the club as a viable investment, and what happen, Moshiri turned up, followed by Walsh, followed by the apple of his eye Marco Silva, Fat Sam....etc

Kenwright is fully vindicated.

No. The banks were there because of Kenwright. To the point he exhausted the club's credit line and had to go cap in hand to 'great friend of the club' Philip Green.
He sold off future seasons telly rights and had a CEX that was as incompetent as they come, someone who lied blatantly to the supporters.
Kenwright is fully culpable.

 

[brucemate]

This is my first post, although, due to my advancing years I have followed the comings and goings within the EFC Board for may years. I found this thread interesting and although no fan of Kenwright, would agree there is some merit in the view that he provided much needed stability in taking on the club from Johnson.

It must be said that at the time his co-owners in the consortium were most unlikely to have the finances to develop the club. Matters were made worse by what appeared to be and still does, a lack of a coherent business plan and poor choices for a CEO. The jury is still out on DBB pending stadium delivery.

As a fan, based on the knowledge in the public arena, it is hard to continue to have support for Kenwight when as 'The Greatest Living Evertonian' he was involved in the attempt to hoodwink fans over Christopher Samuelson and Fortress Sports Fund, This as I recall was announced at an AGM and never got off the ground.

That debacle appears to have been a cynical ploy to deal with the then Director Paul Gregg who was at the time able to provide, with conditions that would see Kenwright replaced as Chairman, Kings Dock Stadium.

The involvement with Philip Green and appointment of Robert Earl as a Director whose only claim to fame was to bring Sylvester Stallone to a game did nothing to add to Kenwright's credibility. This was also reinforced by the Kirkby debacle and the lack of transparency re the same when seeking a mandate.

We definitely got lucky with David Moyes in terms of Premier League survival but my view is to the rest of the football world, we continued to give the impression that we were living hand to mouth.

In summary for these reasons and the fact that I do not believe over the period of Kenwright's tenure pre- Moshiri, as he wishes to tell us he could not find, worldwide a suitable investor, He should step aside. I am not to bothered if he is given some meaningless role such as Club President.