EPL paid Everton ยฃ115 mil.
Richie was sold for ยฃ60 mil.
Gordon was sold for ยฃ45 mil.
If Kenwright & Moshiri are parting with NONE of that money to strengthen the squad, then it's nothing short of criminal negligence.
How can anyone see it any other way?
So, according to the latest published accounts, these two blerts are pulling in about ยฃ900,000 EACH, per year. At a club where finances are tight, and success non-existent. Any wonder why they're resisting leaving? Con artists, the pair of them.
I was a huge fan first time around. And was looking forward to the reboot. But I've just heard an R4 interview with Kelsey Grammer, a known Republican & Trump supporter in 2016. Asked if he was STILL a supporter of Trump, he said "Yes." Well, Grammer & Frasier can both fuck off.
A reminder (coz it still gives me sleepless nights):
KENWRIGHT HAS A 1.3% STAKE IN EVERTON.
1.3%
Which other club would allow a 1.3% shareholder so much control?
I've now watched 3 (of 4) episodes of the excellent Mr Bates vs The Post Office, and I can say, without fear of contradiction, that this woman is one of the biggest cunts on the face of the planet.
@EricIdle
Once heard Paxman offer it as a question on UC: "Which hymn is said to contain the following responses, No...
No...
No...
No... and
Get them your bloody self."
Supporters of the Sly 6 Clubs chipping into the debate about Everton's ongoing FFP problems is like Harold Shipman contributing to a debate about euthanasia.
I want all TEN points back and this entire matter adjudicated in a Court of Law. OTT? No. Bosman had to be settled legally due to the wider implications of employment law. There are severe economic implications if EFC is relegated because of the deduction, not only for the club.
Premier League CEO, Richard Masters was handpicked by Liverpool & Manchester United to succeed Richard Scudamore.
EFL chairman, Rick Parry wants Liverpool & Manchester United to have a greater share of the voting rights.
Liverpool and United make the rules ๐ณ
Even IF Beto signs;
Even IF a few more players come in;
Even IF we manage a win against Wolves today and feel the heady rush of three vital points;
DO NOT FORGET...
Everton will NEVER be safe until he's gone.
I kept a respectful silence. I read the eulogies & testimonials & accepted he was a complex man with many sides to him, capable of kindness & generosity.
That said, HE WAS THE WORST FUCKING CHAIRMAN IN OUR ENTIRE HISTORY!
Do I like everything Dyche does? No I don't. Do I accept he took on the most poisoned chalice in English football? Yes I fucking do. This season is a write off. This season is about nothing other than survival. Get your flares out, sing your hearts out & hope we get through it.
If Moshiri often comes across as a disinterested owner of Everton football club, that's because his presence here was purely to be a front for Alisher Usmanov.
Fans of the 14 "SMALL CLUBS" in the EPL really need to work together to put an end to Richard Masters' cartel AND his tenure at the EPL. Enough is enough.
The eradication of Everton's ethos of NSNO has been a slow but gradual thing. A club that won a league title every ten years or so, famed for great teams & wonderful players. We went from that to, ok, forget the league, the FA cup will do... then.. ok, the League Cup... then...
If you support one of the Sly 6, or indeed ANY team, you have every right not to give a flying fuck about Everton and its current predicament. You DON'T have a right to misrepresent the facts. Gloat by all means, but stick to the facts.
Kenwright & Moshirl have left us in an ungodly mess. It will take years to turn it around. Immediate priorities? Survive relegation. Start anew in BMD. Build from there. We're all frustrated. The deduction has made us ALL jittery. We stay focused. We fight. Support the team.
Kenwright pays himself ยฃ900k per year & expects NOT to be challenged on his performance as a chairman. When he IS, he fabricates a malicious LIE to deflect & distract. But unrest persists. So he throws his lackeys under the bus to give himself more time. He's taking us for mugs.
Even if he signed Mbappรฉ tomorrow, on a 5 year deal at ยฃ50k a week.
Even if he produced the Arteta money and bought every Blue a pint & a replica shirt.
Even if he apologized for his decades of lies.
Even if he walked on water & shit golden eggs from his great fat arse.
OUT!
ENGLISH CHAMPIONS: 1891, 1915, 1928, 1932, 1939, 1963, 1970, 1985, 1987
FA CUP WINNERS: 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP: 1984
BILL KENWRIGHT 1999 - ?
TROPHIES: ZERO
From the day he walked through the door, Everton became a "selling club". Small wonder we haven't been able to win anything or sustain improvement. Best players sold because "plucky little Everton" have to balance the books. I'm sick & fucking tired of being plucky little Everton
You'd think after surviving 2 skin-of-our-teeth relegation battles, that managing expectations of Everton fans wouldn't be necessary. But apparently it is. We're in the shit. We know who put us in the shit. Dyche is shovelling the shit as best he can.
When he goes, remember, it was all about him.
It was ALWAYS about him.
Never a true blue.
A true blue would not have tried to move us to Kirkby.
A true blue would not have got into bed with a Russian stooge.
A true blue would not memorialise a relegation headline.
I repeat, a "normal" club, run by a "normal" owner, with a "normal" chairman and a "normal" DoF have their transfer targets prepared well in advance. This constant dithering, season upon season, is simply inexcusable. It's akin to a death wish.
So. As per bloody usual, a Kenwright-led Everton is doing NO transfer business in good time, hindering the manager and his plans for the season. He thinks a euphoric speech in praise of Seamus will keep us distracted for a week or two. Kenwright will singlehandedly destroy us.
If you think these 2 are doing a good job, sorry, you're deranged
If you think these 2 have Everton's best interests at heart, again, you're deranged
If you think these 2 AREN'T the most corrupt, inept, mooks ever to run a football club, your derangement is off the fucking charts
Kenwright has turned us into a JOKE of a club. EVERYONE sees it... apart from a few client journalists of Chairman Bill's... and a smattering of kooks and mooks who see no flaws in Kenwright or his tenure.
If you're not FOR Kenwright's resignation, you're AGAINST Everton FC.
OK. Pre-season has been unremarkable. Perspective is warranted. But how long do we wait before Kenwright plunges Everton into the mire of a third relegation battle? Five games in? Ten games? Will Kenwright be hoping the fans turn on Dyche and not him? Is that the plan?
1 corrupt Russian oligarch.
1 disinterested front man.
1 "useful idiot" who invited them in.
1 proud football club brought almost to the brink of total ruin (we ain't in the clear yet).
40,000+ fans short changed and shafted.
ENOUGH!
Project Kirkby: KENWRIGHT'S NOT THAT BAD.
Headlock Gate: KENWRIGHT'S NOT THAT BAD.
Woeful transfer policy: KENWNRIGHT'S NOT THAT BAD.
No trophies in 30 years: KENWRIGHT'S NOT THAT BAD.
Two relegation fights: KENWRIGHT'S NOT THAT BAD.
If this is how you feel, shame on you.
Kenwright's narcissistic self-delusion is almost Trumpian. Thinks he can play Evertonians for fools, con us into being grateful for the "good times," and disregard our NSNO roots. He thinks he's a media mastermind, drops a few press articles here & there. Ain't gonna work Bill.
Indeed I do. Worth repeating, Kenwright has a 1.3 % stake in Everton and yet wields power and influence. At what other club, in what other business, would this be allowed to happen?
In the 80s I thought Roseanne and her show were amazing, a brilliant blue collar and feminist sitcom. Now she's a fucking fascist. And she and Kelsey Grammer can rot in hell. I've no problem with traditional Republicans. But if you laud Trump, you're a fucking Nazi.
After 30 years of ineptitude, not to mention lies & deception, anyone still PRO-Kenwright is either Bill Kenwright, a lackey of Kenwright's, or a fully signed up member of the Kult of Kenwright.
Ham winning the fucking Europa Conference League! Kenwright didn't just chip away at our ethos, he chipped away at our expectations. He's diminished us as fans. He conditioned us to "settle for less". And has the brass balls to tell us there have been "good times".
There's an inherent irony in this photograph.
"SAFE!" declares the newspaper headline.
In actuality, Everton is FAR from safe whilst Kenwright remains at the club.
We will NEVER be safe until this corrupt charlatan is gone.
@OfficialBTG2023
@BlightyOld
And there it is. Proof, as if any were needed, that this whole thing about 777 is yet another Kenwright con job. Leake it, rouse the fans, send out a spokesperson to sing Bill's praises. KENWRIGHT OUT.
Occam's Razor states "the simplest explanation is preferable to one that is more complex. Simple theories are easier to verify."
Everton is demonstrably the worst run football club in the country.
The reasons aren't complicated. For 30 years there has been ONE constant factor.
@beatlesstory
@thebeatles
Honestly: I think it has the feel of one of John's soppy songs to Yoko, my least favourite aspect of John's song writing. That said, the track is not an embarrassment. The clarity of John's voice is incredible. They should now go back and re-mix Free As A Bird and Real Love.
NEVER FORGET...
He accused fans of physical assault & death threats (M'side Police received NO reports of either).
His own lies kept him & the board away from the ground while a new manager was trying to save the club from relegation.
NEVER FORGIVE...
"We must say, ENOUGH! He has betrayed us & he will do so again. He has compromised our club & he will do so again. You will not change him. You cannot constrain him. He is who he is. Truth matters little to him. What's right matters even less, and decency matters not at all."
Name a stand after him at Bramley Moore? I wouldn't name a fucking toilet after him. Offer him an honorary title of some kind? OK, I can think of a few. None of them pleasant. Kenwright is an absolute disgrace. He's cast a toxic pall over our beloved club.
@Everton
Get him gone!
The face that launched a 1,000 lies
The face that said Goodison would not pass its safety certificate so we HAD to move to Kirkby
The face that lied about assaults & death threats
The face that stares in the mirror every day & says, "Me! I'm the greatest living Evertonian! Me!"
Leading sports journalists, top media pundits, former players, ALL have clinically analysed the situation at Everton and ALL have said that Kenwright is a massive part of the problem.
And the 1% cry: BILL'S NOT THE PROBLEM!
Tell me it's not a cult.
Has anyone ever put this question to him bluntly? "Mr Kenwright, you are, by a wide margin, the most unsuccessful chairman in Everton's illustrious 145 year history; not a single trophy during your tenure; can you please explain why you think YOU'RE the man to lead Everton?"
"The city's all ours," sang the gleeful Kopites when Kenwright tried to kid us that we HAD to move to Kirkby; when he lied that Goodison would fail its safety certificate.
SEVENTEEN years later, Goodison remains a safe venue for football matches.
HE'S A LIAR.
Only one man believes it's a financially prudent idea to leave all of Everton's transfer business till as late as humanly possible, saving on players' salaries at the expense of points on the board.
1 Russian Stooge + 1 Useful Idiot = Chaos & Ruin.
Never forgive. Never forget.
Fans have a collective voice. We must use it to save our club.
GET THEM OUT.
I'll keep banging on this particular drum till he's gone: KENWRIGHT openly LIED about the fans, accusing them of VIOLENCE & DEATH THREATS. M'side Police received no such reports. Which other chairman of a football club would stoop so low in order to deflect personal criticism?
To the lily-livered "Blues" who bemoan "toxicity" from the anti-Kenwrights & claim we're just "crying on social media." Firstly, fuck you. Secondly, yes, you ARE Kenwright apologists. Thirdly, who do you think CREATED the toxicity with his lies? Fourthly, fuck you again.
@joeando58
I think it would be more respectful to Bill Kenwright if you refrained from making inflammatory remarks.
I was no fan of Kenwright's (and I'm certainly no fan of yours) but I will be keeping a dignified silence during this difficult time for his family and friends.
It's not time for tin foil hats to come out but something clearly doesn't add up at Everton. Firstly, the connection to Usmanov: it's no secret Russian oligarchs need ways to launder money. Secondly, a man with a 1.3% stake in Everton is running the club. Someone please explain.
Arguably our most crucial season in modern times, one that will determine if Bramley Moor will be home to Everton playing Premier League or Championship football. And this mook, and the mook he sold us to, think it's ok to drag their heels in the transfer market?
The "clever fans" have an agenda, hidden or not, to support Kult Leader Kenwright to the hilt.
Reports of corruption and dodgy financial deals don't bother them in the slightest.
Not winning trophies is of no matter to them.
Likewise, the absence of AGMs or accountability.
Some objective journo really needs to do a proper piece on Kenwright, to show how toxic he is, what a liar and dissembler he is, and reveal that our football club is being held to ransom by a sociopathic malignant narcissist.
Who's trying to airbrush him out of our history? Fans are questioning his loyalties. As they're entitled to do. The fans ARE the club. We were SLANDERED. M'side Police received ZERO complaints from EFC about assault. You're either for Kenwright. Or the club. You can't be both.
A reminder for all the idiots out there hurling abuse at him and trying to airbrush him from our history. A proper Everton legend this fell. Love you Sharpie ๐
@PursuitOfTruthB
@sophefc2023
Well said. Had kopites today posting old pics of Everton fans holding banners claiming "We're Rich" (when Moshiri took over) Like it was uncouth for fans of one of the 14 to celebrate an event that would hopefully improve the club and the team (little did we know!)
SIR PHILLIP CARTER STAND. Named after a man who was revered, won trophies.
HOWARD KENDALL GWLADYS STREET STAND. Named after a man who was revered, won trophies.
A Bill Kenwright Stand at Bramley Moore?
Are you having a fucking laugh?
Repeat after me:
NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM.
As we have seen with Trump & Boris, a malignant narcissist, used to getting his own way, is inclined to behave in a manner that jeopardizes his own well-being, then play the victim & claim it's a witch hunt, that he's being treated unfairly. Sound like someone closer to home?
Name me one other company where the chairman for 20-odd years systematically fails to improve the business and remains in position? He secures investment, then watches as ยฃ500 million get squandered. On and off the pitch, the club is a shambles. Down to one man. And his dogs.
I have this horrible feeling that BK thinks he is going knowhere
After all, it's all our fault in his mind
Big test for Moshiri as an owner, he needs to get real and understand he has been taken for a mug
But the fans have seen through it this time, โฐ๏ธ ticking
I've never had an intelligent conversation with one of these "I'm happy with the board" lot. Honestly, it's like speaking to a lobotomised soup-dribbler, happy to watch the club descend into utter mediocrity, led by a self-serving buffoon.
NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM ffs!
ANYONE claiming FANS are responsible for the current perilous state of our club is AN ENEMY OF THE CLUB.
Purely on the issue of trophies alone, questioning Kenwright's position would be entirely justified.
Add every other failing of his & it's truly staggering he's still here.
19 OUT.
5 IN.
Kenwright is gambling with Everton Football Club.
Moshiri is doing whatever Usmanov tells him to do.
Dyche is being hung out to dry.
Fans are being screwed.
"We won't start suddenly winning things if Kenwright & Moshiri go," cry the apologists. Talk about Stockholm Syndrome! We KNOW that's not going to happen.
THIS IS ABOUT SURVIVAL.
New owners will have a task akin to Labour repairing the country after 14 years of Tory corruption.
This may be an extreme thought but fuck it: it's not enough just to get rid of Kenwright as Chief Executive. We have to eradicate every last molecule of his DNA from our club, such has been the insidious and destructive nature of his tenure.
We might defy expectations at Villa today. Maupay might score. Keane might have a solid game. Iwobi might be consistent for 90 minutes. Che Adams might be the short term answer to our goalscoring problems. Who knows? But Everton WILL definitely benefit from this twat's removal.
I'm the first to admit I'm not au fait with the intricacies of financial accounting requirements for an EPL club, but what's going on at Everton in terms of NO transfer activity is NOT FUCKING NORMAL.
I've only had to block a few Blues during my time on Twitter, couple of Kenwright Kultists, a racist, a homophobe. But any Blue with far-right tendencies can fuck all the way off. And when ur talking anti Muslim shite how do you think Gana, Doucs & Onana feel? You thick twats.
One journo yesterday suggested it might take over ยฃ10 million to get rid of Kenwright. What with the pay off to RESIGNING board members, that would represent over ยฃ17 MILLION to rid ourselves of a lying & under achieving board. Ever felt like you've been had, Blues?
Does anyone happen to know if Kenwright bought himself a "stadium stone" at Bramley Moore? If not, perhaps we should buy one for him, inscribed, "Bill Kenwright, mendacious mook who almost destroyed our club."
Yesterday, key Kenwright Kultist, Anton Benson, tried to have someone suspended from Twitter after they posted a screenshot of his personal company details. The guy pointed out to Twitter the info was freely available on the Companies House listing. Suspension not merited.
Let's talk legacy:
Made a mockery of our club motto.
Systematically lowered our standards.
Systematically lowered our expectations.
Proved himself the singular most pernicious & divisive influence on the fanbase in the entire history of our club.
Achieved this by lies & slander.
To the fans of EVERY other club in the EPL who felt - and maybe still feel - that Evertonians were OTT calling the EPL "corrupt as fuck"... a penny for your thoughts.
Well, my cat's just turned up after two days of being stuck in a neighbour's house (while they're away on holiday) so all is right with the world.
Except for Kenwright.
He can still fuck off.
As long as I have breath in my body and an internet connection, HEADLOCK GATE isn't going away. Kenwright counts on the news cycle changing and the apathy of fans.
The FACTS are,
a) HE LIED
b) HE NEVER REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE
c) HE BELIEVES HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT
Anyone remotely surprised by our lack of transfer activity? Just the constant drip-drip-drip of rumours to make it seem like Kenwright is busy in the background. He isn't. He's a shit chairman. He's a shit Evertonian. He supports nothing and no one but himself.
Kenwright is putting ALL his eggs into his wet dream that Dyche is the new Moyes, i.e. keeps Everton punching about its weight, on a limited transfer budget, and, in the process, Dyche becomes a subservient stooge happy to spout Kenwright-authored drivel.
This MALIGNANT NARCISSIST has earned NO right to any goodwill from Evertonians. His ego has ruined our club. His ineptitude has made us a laughing stock. His lying and his bullshit have insulted our collective intelligence. He's counting on apathy from the fanbase. STAY angry.
Where there's a Russian oligarch there is usually criminality. We KNOW this. In the history of Everton Football Club, there will be a massive and horrible chapter to be written about Kenwright's nefarious influence and control. The truth will out. Eventually.
@ShaySweeney1962
Iโm amazed more people havenโt joined the dots with this. Usmanov owns us and is sanctioned. Kenwright will know this so can have as much control as he wants or he will bubble Moshiri to the gov and U and M lose everything theyโve put in. He knows where the bodies are buried.
Imagine this scenario: you come into a few bob & buy yourself a 1.3% shareholding in an EPL football club. Then you announce you want to negotiate all the transfer signings and maintain hands-on control of how the club is run. Just imagine.
Don't you love it when the Kenwright Kultists put ALL the blame on Moshiri? Who vetted him? Who brought him in? Why, Bollocky Bill, the master negotiator. Took him, what, well over a decade to find a millionaire investor, and that was the best he could do. Useless k*nt.
Humour is subjective, of course. But my award for Funniest Fucker on Twitter goes to Brian Woolfinder. Hope you and yours are having a jolly Christmas, you mad bastard.