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Bill 'The Fan' Kenwright
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Well here we go again.............!
After what would appear to be yet another summer of painful inactivity we're now going to get to see just how much of a fan our mate Bill is. To be brutally honest, i thought he would at least wait for the new stadium to be built, but it appears that just seeing the plans approved will see his stock in the club rise sufficiently for him to jump ship.
The truth is that we're all guilty of wanting to believe that the club is in the hands of 'one of us' but it isn't and it might as well be... We all turn up every week and haven't got any of our own money to put in either (just like Kenwright). The worst thing is, we've had to watch the club and squad stand still this summer whilst the value of his stock has continued to rise.
He needs to stop calling himself a fan as I find it a personal insult to my intelligence and i want anyone reading this to ask themselves this question. Would you walk away from 'your club' with millions of pounds of profit in your back pocket?
Gareth Jones, Posted 05/08/2008 at 20:52:04
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There is lots of talk of 5 year plan’s being agreed between Moyes+BK as to how Moyes wants the club to progress. Surely in this plan Moyes would have said the type of players he would want, and what they would roughly cost and then asked if BK can achieve this. Now for Moyes to be getting angry in recent days it would seem BK has backtracked on what’s available.
I still have hope for us to pull in a few quality signings but I think BK’s time at the helm is fast running out.
If I?d rescued the club from Johnson, appointed the best manager we?d had since Kendall Mk 1, watched as the club finish 4th, 6th, 5th and not panicked when we finished 17th under that manager, broken the transfer record 3 times in 3 years, and through all this time suffered a dogs abuse from a small but noisy section of the supporters for the heinous crime of not being nearly rich enough, whilst in the meantime trying to sell the club to someone who understands what the club is about and not just to people who, well I don?t know, saddle the club with £400m of debt, alienate the manager, alienate the supporters, start charging an arm and leg for fancards, tickets, travel, force the supporters to form their own football team to ensure the soul of their club continues, and never take a salary whilst on the Board of Directors, mortgaged my house a couple of times... then I think the least I deserved would be a little bit of profit when I finally sell up.
Kenwright ain't perfect, but he?s not the monster some of the posters on here would have you believe.
If ever a person deserves a return on his outlay then BK in my book does, AVDM takes over a £1 million per year and based on this post would receive well over £4 million pounds in his career at EFC and you want BK to get nothing. I?m very sorry but you don?t have to like BK or even think he has done a great job but to say he can't have a return and be a fan when the company he owns a large amounts of shares in has gone up in value is completely ridiculous.
Don?t worry once (or if) DK is accepted then I can assure you we will all have a new benefactor that I?m certain of, as much as I can be??.. but I?m just a fan! COYB
It will break his heart the day he has to hand the club over, but he will do it because he wants the best for the club.
He has been insulted for many things many times, especially on this site, and in my mind unfairly. But to accuse him of not being a real blue crosses the line in my opinion.
On most weekends for the last few years, Evertonians have been happy because the team is doing well and now he?s hit the ceiling of his wealth we slag him off. FFS give the man a break! He might not be rolling in cash but he?s trying to get some success and at least by appointing DM he will leave us with a decent foundation.
I work with fans of lots of other clubs who would all swap their chairman / owner/ dodgy money launderer for something closer to what Everton have. Why would they want this? Because they play in the Championship (or lower) and they used to beat us regularly. If you look at the wealth of the teams around us it?s a bloody miracle that we stay where we are. Look at Sunderland. new ground, rich backers, big name manager, great fans, hopeless team.
Surely Kenwright deserves some credit for doing what he can for Moyes. Or would you rather have someone who dips into the club?s back pocket when their own business starts sliding? Remember Peter Johnson.
I hope he does read this site and take heart that some supporters think he is "the bees? knees" in his loyalty to our wonderful Club.
Everton target Stephane M?Bia is planning to sign a new contract with Rennes to stay at the club for one more season.
Stephane said "Listen, all the world knows that Everton and Sevilla are after me," M?Bia told skysports.com.
"But I have a contract with Rennes and I do understand that Rennes want to keep me.
"My contract with the club expires in June 2010, however, I am staying this year because I have a good relationship with Rennes.
"Next year maybe I will want to further my career, but I need to respect Rennes. They gave me the platform to be who I am."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3939819,00.html
Yes, an absolute fiasco.
Regular relegation battles to regular European qualification.
What a fiasco that I can no longer see the talents of Claus Thomsen, Marc Hottiger and John Spencer and have to watch Mikel Arteta, Steven Pienaar and Yakubu instead.
What a travesty that I don’t watch regular 4, 5 and 6-0 drubbings anymore and have to make do with seeing my team win and climb the table week on week.
I forgot also about the divine visitation you reminded me about which ’blessed’ Everton with David Moyes. I forgot also that I have you and people like you to thank for ’hounding’ out Peter Johnson a while back, because that was easy wasn’t it? A few e-mail posts and *bang!*, hounding complete, everything rosy again. That’s what happened, wasn’t it?
I must take more fish oil, I think my memory is failing.
BUT he has proved over and over again that he speaks with a forked tongue. Why oh why did he not speak earlier? The fans or supporters (what the difference is I don't know) have had enough. It boils down to crisis mangement with decisions made on the hoof.
I am not a body language expert but his interview on Sky revealed his uncertainty. Remember BK started out as an actor. What's more ? he still is.
All this sniping is crap, he has always said he was looking for investors and the news that the club is ’up for sale’ is bollocks - the club has always been for sale!
BK may not be perfect but I’d rather have had him for the last 5 years than someone who didnt know shit about the club and was in it for the money. If you think he’s only been along for the ride financially then I would suggest you need your head read.
And on today?s JEREMY KYLE show it?s
?SECRETS & LIES?
Fresh from their appearance on the TRISHA show and the revelations of their body language expert we?ve got the Everton family from Liverpool. The head of that family is Bill (cue mixed applause & boos), he?s accused of lying (gasps), splitting the family, running up huge debts (more boos) & trying to move the family to an unsuitable flat, above a shop in Kirkby (laughter).
Today we?re going to put Bill on a lie detector & let me tell you the results will be shocking! We?ll be right back after the News, so stay tuned.
To accuse Bill of not being a fan is not a serious post. And if his investment has doubled in value over the last 5 years, good luck to him.He deserves it because he had the balls to put his money up front in the first place
If he is to sell up, if it is to someone who will bicker over £20 million, that is not the investment we need - we need some serious investment to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds.
He had the balls to stick with Moyes, has done his best in the transfer market and, I really believe he is a true diehard Blue.
Get off his back.
He has selflessly done his best for EFC and, yup, we’ve all dissagreed with some of his F-ups but give him the credit he deserves.
and pumped millions of your own hard earned into it, watching it grow and reach greater heights than its previous owner could ever have reached, would you sell it to the first bidder?
Bill is obviously waiting for someone to come along who isnt a dodgy oil salesman or a tin pot
leader of a far off country. He’s looking to sell to someone with ethics and a base interest in
the club and the game overall. I can think of only one foreign owner in the premier league who would fit that bill, but unfortunately he owns Villa now.
I do not want to see Everton’s soul being sold at any cost. Our club has great history and
pedigree within the game and deserves/demands that the next owners who ever they may be, will
take this club forward in the right manner and with the whole of Everton in mind.
As far as DK goes, if you don?t like it don?t come. True fans would follow the mighty blues come what may... DK is only asking you to travel an extra 4 miles.
Would be good, though, imagine the new stadium we could have made out of Mittal steel!
David Moyes took over a team of aging has beens and most chairman WOULD HAVE BACKED THE MAN TO THE HILT NOT SACKED HIM..
Bill Kenwright is a proven and consistent liar who only pops his head over the parapet when he?s in the shit.
Do any of you honestly believe that we will get the signings he promised.
It is looking increasingly likely that all we will get is Alan Smith in for AJ.
Do any of you not understand his timing. The fans' unrest, his CEO resigns and an EGM looming with his pals sailing around the Med. He is desperate for support and milking it for all he?s got.
If you?re all happy with this tinpot charlatan then you must be easily pleased.
Without the Rooney money and Moyes?s success ? yes MOYES'S success on the pitch ? he would have been run out of town long ago.
Call BK and praise DM all you want.. But to praise DM is to Praise BK ? he is the one who took a chance on the young manger.
King Bill Rocks....
I haven?t seen one tangible thing listed on this thread that is actually attributable to BK other than appointing Moyes...
It seems that some of our aggravatingly naive fans will grasp at any old straw to glorify Kenwright's tenure.... These seem to be the same sort of people who don?t understand the concept of inflation and parade our broken transfer record as if it means anything whatsoever...
Pardon me, but i?ll call a spade a spade... and Kenwright a muppet.
Alan Willo, Chris Dottle, Micky Norman, ditto.
As for the "Billy Liar" & general BK stabbers, heads out of arse, wake up & get real. And be careful what you wish for.
OK, could be better, but could be worse. Could be a LOT worse. Get some perspective for fuck's sake.
Chris K: Moyes was not BK?s first choice successor for Smith, in fact it was Smith who suggested him. Kenwright got very, very lucky there.
Unbelievable!
Any of you naive sycophants fancy providing an actual case for Kenwright...rather than relying on emotionally charged and irrelevant nonsense?
Alan Kirwin’s post is a prime example of vacuous reasoning.
This leads to one of the major problems at the club ? we have a chairman who constantly lies. Basically I don’t believe a word he says any more ? ever since the KD fiasco. Just because BK is an Evertonian does not mean he is fit to be chairman of our club. There may be worse chairman out there, but there are also ones who are a lot better. He has survived by having the good fortune to appoint a very good manager and that was probably down to Walter Smith.
BK hopes the DK project will benefit the club ? he knows nothing about it and insufficient analysis has been made by EFC. It’s all just hope & see ? no way to run a football club.
Also I don’t remember large numbers of Evertonians demanding Moyes should be sacked. The problem with some of you is that you cannot criticise anything without people jumping to the conclusion that you want the bloke out. Of course with BK that is the right conclusion.
"A sophistical rhetoric inebriated with the exubererance of his own verbosity. Gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments, to malign an opponent and to glorify himself."


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I thought i was watching an interview with David Brent as an older man, and I couldn't stop laughing. Also loved the comment by the person who was watching at the end.