Mailbag entry from Max O’ Collins in Kent, this article was not written by FollowEverton.

Conflicting views on the forums have come about in this close season when
anyone has mentioned money. Some say Bill Kenwright /BK/Kenwrong is taking
us in the wrong direction and is cash strapped, meaning we won’t be able
to keep hold of our one prize asset – David Moyes. Also, due to these
‘insufficient funds’ we won’t be ble to push on to challenge the big
4. Others, like myself, feel that despite not spending so far in this summer
transfer window, that Kenwright is one of the best chairmen in the Premier
League. A controversial statement I know, but look at other chairmen, we
could do a hell of a lot worse.

Negatives:
Bill ‘dithered for too long’ (Michael Corleone) on the NTL deal,
causing it to ‘fall on its arse.’ Were NTL really right for us though?
They have since been bought by Virgin media, and I doubt any sort of
relationship would have been maintained.

Kenwright failed with the Kings Docks idea, which at the time was ‘the
deal of the century,’ with the stadium still being within the ‘capital
of culture.’ It would have definitely been better than Kirkby, which seems
a plan B compared to it.

Kenwright has displaced season ticket holders and in return there are
unused corporate seats, which is disgraceful if wholly true. We are the
fans, he is a fan, he should be more thoughtful.

He hasn’t accepted investments, although this could be deemed good, look
at Manchester City for example, great investment, but a power crazy chairman
who sees coming 9th, the best City have done in years, a failure of a
season.

He hasn’t got Moyes to sign a new contract yet, and this is the main
reason why people are worried about the club’s state. But having said
that, he hasn’t even come back from his summer break yet and is currently
helping out with the ITV’s coverage of the Euros.

Positives:

As said, there are worse chairmen in the Premier League. The yanks across
the park may invest, but have clocked up even greater sums of debt compared
to Kenwright and the Everton board. What has their vast debt got them, not a
lot, 4th spot-just?

Kenwright has broken the transfer record for the past three seasons
running. He has shown some ambition with the money he has available. He puts
as much money in the club (e.g ticket sales and shirt sales) into the club.

Despite not managing to ratify the Kings Docks proposal, he has managed to
come up with a plan B in the form of an impressive Kirby proposal , even
with the conflicting KEIOC fans’ group. (I know this may sound
contradictory to an earlier point.

To conclude, Kenwright is a fan of the club, and no matter what is said or
done, he has the good of the club in him. Every Evertonian has the club at
heart. No season ticket holder is really a businessman, and probably
wouldn’t understand half of what goes on. We, from the outside don’t
know half of what is going on. We don’t know figures, we can only guess.
Paper talk is usually a load of gibberish, and we, the public, really take
it too seriously. I, as an Evertonian, trust Kenwright and would much prefer
him to a power crazed multi millionaire who doesn’t know the offside rule.