Comments on: FollowEverton.com Statement – Why we’ve joined the Blue Union

By: Colin Malone.

Colin Malone. — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:43:35 +0000

First of all, as a season ticket holder, Thanks again for all all the work you people are doing. The most difficult thing is getting the truth from the media ie pre recorded interviews with Kenwright, Wyness.
I cannot understand why, Granada reports, Northwest tonight and the likes WONT try and get Kenwright and yourselves in a studio, to a live audience. What a great viewing that would be, not only for us Evertonians but for other clubs supporters ie Coventry city.
I now the echo and local radio stations wont budge but have these tv stations been approached?.

By: Joemul

Joemul — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:06:44 +0000

To qualify, i don’t think it’s right to say kenwright is not to blame. Saying Kenwright is not SOLELY to blame would be more accurate. At a guess i reckon he regrets getting Earl involved at all.

We should want the entire board out, and focussing solely on Kenwright seems to be letting the others off the hook.

By: robert elstone jr

robert elstone jr — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:33:45 +0000

Why is it a Kopite thing? Let me count the ways.

Banners

Whining because we’re not winning

Scarves

Collecting money from fellow blues (look forward to seeing your accounts)

The 85m debt nonsense

Claiming to represent the support with less than 2% on your marches

Marches

Slavishly copying McKenna and his meffs

Oh 7m to 12m is a 75% increase you whoppers

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:17:03 +0000

‘depressed blue’ wrote: “Who in there right mind would want to buy us? The value is to high” .. Isn’t that Bill Kenwright’s valuation which is too high? In fact, we don’t even know what that valuation is!! A bit more transparency and honesty are two things needed for any successful sale.

By: depressed blue

depressed blue — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:57:09 +0000

Who in there right mind would want to buy us? The value is to high, the debt is to big, we dont even own are training ground! Add to that the cost of a new ground 200/300 mil, its not gonna happen. I fear were gonna eventually sell felli, barkley, baines and end up in the championship. Maybe then will a 2 bob buisiness man from the wirral actually make a firm bid 20/30 mil for the club! Really hope am wrong but this is my fear.

By: Mike Tweedy

Mike Tweedy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:23:19 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with most of this, except for the bit about Kenwright holding out to make a profit on his shares.
Call me naive if you like, but I just can’t honestly believe Bill is stupid/greedy enough to think he can sell shares in an organisation that has gone backwards under his tenure for more than him bought them for.
Remembering back to the start of his reign and Bill’s battle to take control from PJ, I seem to recall the words ‘Mortgaged himself to the hilt’ being used to describe the lengths Kenwright went to in order raise the cash needed to buy out PJ. I think this gives us a clue as to the true position at the club today and the real reason that Bill actually can’t sell the club at anything less that the current asking price, for if he does he will face personal, financial ruin, having effectively sold off shares which are underwriting large personal debts for less than those debts have outstanding. Its like you or me buying a car on HP for £10000 and then finding out its a heap of rubbish within weeks, so selling it on for £5000 without telling the HP company you no longer have the asset to underwrite the borrowing.
This would also explain why Kenwright is unable to invest any more of his personal wealth into the business, but does not explain why his co-directors (John Woods and Robert Earl) are sitting on their hands and not coughing up to save THEIR football club from going under.
If we are going to protest, we need to protest against ALL of the directors of the club that have got us into this mess and not just their figurehead.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:48:32 +0000

Probably want to ask the Echo to run a story on “how much is the club for sale for” and try and force a price out of the board.
£150m is only rumoured – does it include the debt or not, and probably needs clarification – whats the terms etc etc
then there could be some questions directed at the 3 regarding why do they expect such a return (if this is to be the case)
I’m all for supporting a “whats the price and is it reasonable” protest, but I cant be doing with this Kenwright out propoganda without anything to back it up.

By: Chris M

Chris M — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:53:02 +0000

I too agree with the article but like Joemul (7) agree the board of directors are to blame and not Kenwright. I do believe he is a true blue, but you do have to remember he is not majority shareholder so will not set the price (although I do appreciate he could have well done agreed to the price that has been quoted). He takes the brunt from the fans and maybe in no position to change the asking price nor reveal that it is indeed the other board members who have set the price.
I do think we are in trouble and the way we have been playing this season would not be surprised to see us in or by the relegation zone following our next 7 or 8 fixtures. Bily being sold this week is a godsend and I just hope the board spend the money on players rather than loan signings with no funds to sign them long term at the end of the loan deal.
I believe the club missed a trick last summer not offloading high wage playing staff for good money and replacing them with cheaper purchases and maybe cheaper wages. I know there is argument for and against it, but with the current finances, we could have offloaded the players we have along with Jagielka say for £12m and got replacements such as Scott Dann, Seb Larson, Demba Ba. I appreciate the signing on fees and wages, but with what has left the club, the wage bill would still have reduced and the money could start to try resolve the issues we have without dropping numbers to a dangerously low level and reducing the average age

By: s.kelly

s.kelly — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:46:48 +0000

joemul#7 you say that earl is the main problem, who was it that brought earl/green to the club?

By: Gerwyn Griffiths

Gerwyn Griffiths — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:31:08 +0000

It is a shame he as done well when he came and to stable to club from johnston, but mr kenwright as dig a hole for himself and as a evertonian I Sick of his lies, and the last 2-3 season the club as gone stale. he can’t keep hiding things away from the fans and the truth will come out and it is time that him and the board to go. intrim board until we can get someone who want to take over and as the club interests too