What kind of chairman would you rather have for Everton?

[dholliday]

I would class Levy at the same level as Henry to be honest. Maybe with a bit more experience in football but at the same level of investment and planning for the future of the club. Without a doubt, Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal are in the best position in regards to the boardroom of any club in the league.

Pretty much agree that Levy and Henry are similar in terms of investment potential. The poll I admit was a little more focussed on the culture of the chairman. Happy to admit I might have a blind spot in this regard...maybe a John Henry-type would be very good for us after all. For now, I'm still not quite convinced. I've got a bit of an old-school romantic idea that a club is an identity, and that extends as far as the chairman and owners behind it.


But I think we can safely say some fans do care what type of chairman we'd like, even if we care just a little bit. 99% of the time it's about what's happening on the pitch, and the dugout...which it will be again in...52 minutes

 

[davek]

Pretty much agree that Levy and Henry are similar in terms of investment potential. The poll I admit was a little more focussed on the culture of the chairman. Happy to admit I might have a blind spot in this regard...maybe a John Henry-type would be very good for us after all. For now, I'm still not quite convinced. I've got a bit of an old-school romantic idea that a club is an identity, and that extends as far as the chairman and owners behind it.


But I think we can safely say some fans do care what type of chairman we'd like, even if we care just a little bit. 99% of the time it's about what's happening on the pitch, and the dugout...which it will be again in...52 minutes

Really?

 

[lmurkder]

Has Bill Kenwright got one of those in blue?

 

[bluejock]

Fair enough. I was mainly takin exception with the thought that Liverpool fans were jealous of Kenwright. If you put a poll on RAWK asking if they'd prefer Kenwright or Henry, once they'd stopped making flags and writing poems, 100% would pick Henry.

I'd agree that the ideal chairman would be an Evertonian, local, a billionaire but one who invested in playing staff and facilities sensibly.

 

[dholliday]

Fair enough. I was mainly takin exception with the thought that Liverpool fans were jealous of Kenwright. If you put a poll on RAWK asking if they'd prefer Kenwright or Henry, once they'd stopped making flags and writing poems, 100% would pick Henry.

100% would vote Henry, but a few percent won't mean it in their hearts. At least we're big enough to admit some things associated with the red side are/were pretty decent (see the Shankly thread in our World Forum...an eye-opener, that).

I'd agree that the ideal chairman would be an Evertonian, local, a billionaire but one who invested in playing staff and facilities sensibly.

Agree there. Billionaire might be pushing it, but someone who pumps money into our transfer budget at regular intervals, sure.

 

[Pat's Van]

At least we're big enough to admit some things associated with the red side are/were pretty decent (see the Shankly thread in our World Forum...an eye-opener, that).

I'm not.

 

[Matthew Martinez]

ideally (by ideally i mean in my bluest dreams) we'd keep kenwright in his position (in name with limited power) and we the supporters could give our own money to invest in the team. imagine if we had a million fans investing 100 quid a yr. Ahhhh!! if only

 

[dannyboy]

Ideally I'd like an owner that isn't a liar, also someone who puts Everton's interests before their own would be an improvement.

 

[dholliday]

ideally (by ideally i mean in my bluest dreams) we'd keep kenwright in his position (in name with limited power) and we the supporters could give our own money to invest in the team. imagine if we had a million fans investing 100 quid a yr. Ahhhh!! if only

nice, but do we even have a million fans? I'd say maybe about 200-300k in England, maybe up to 500k Britain-wide. Another 500k outside of Britain?

 

[Toffeelover]

Can anyone trump that?

 

[Matthew Martinez]

nice, but do we even have a million fans? I'd say maybe about 200-300k in England, maybe up to 500k Britain-wide. Another 500k outside of Britain?

hmmm true that mate. doubt we've got a million fans. i do however think the fans we have got are passionate enough to invest (personally id hapilly give more than 100 quid) in the club if (big if) we owned it ourselves. alas its a dim and distant dream

 

[dholliday]

hmmm true that mate. doubt we've got a million fans. i do however think the fans we have got are passionate enough to invest (personally id hapilly give more than 100 quid) in the club if (big if) we owned it ourselves. alas its a dim and distant dream

It's not a dim and distant dream. In the Tan thread I mentioned Bayern and Barcelona as models we could perhaps follow. Who's to say we shouldn't become the Premiership's first fan-owned club?

 

[dholliday]

interesting comment from a blue on a Guardian article about dodgy owners:

I'm an Evertonian, supporting one of the few clubs left in the Premiership with a Chariman whose roots are embedded in the local community. Many Everton fans want a huge injection of cash and are not bothered where it comes from, geographically or morally.

Even in a traditionally working class and, one would suspect, Socialist area like Everton, blighted by unemployment, the idea that there's something unsavoury about such huge sums being spent on footballers wages and agents fees is met with stony-faced indifference. The idea that any potential new owner might have built their financial empire on the back of exploitation is also of zero interest.

Dewy-eyed fans like to play up to their working class roots, singing of barefoot days on the local streets, but can't quite tally that with a season ticket that would support a family of four for a year or prohibitively expensive merchandise that's pitched as an oath of loyalty.

 

[Bluesnapper]

It's not a dim and distant dream. In the Tan thread I mentioned Bayern and Barcelona as models we could perhaps follow. Who's to say we shouldn't become the Premiership's first fan-owned club?

Kenwright has been asked many times to have a share issue in order to enlarge the shareholder base, he dismisses it out of hand.

 

[dholliday]

Kenwright has been asked many times to have a share issue in order to enlarge the shareholder base, he dismisses it out of hand.

does he give reasons why he dismisses it? bit disappointing if he doesn't have a good reason.