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Nine interested parties?
56 Comments: I caught part of Bill Kenwright on Radio City yesterday being interviewed and claiming that there are currently nine parties who have all signed non-disclosure agreements after showing interest in buying Everton.
I think the interview was simultaneous to several journalists not just exclusive to Radio City. I did not catch the entire interview but I didn't hear and therefore couldn't understand why any reasonably intelligent interviewer failed to ask the most obvious question ? if you are keen to sell, what is the price?
Andy Riley, Posted 14/03/2012 at 19:28:52
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9 Chinese cockle pickers in a one bedroom flat
I got my season ticket re-newal form posted through my letter box today.
Nine now... wasn't it four a while ago?
Are you sure he wasn't speaking German when he said nien ?
Did the radio grow a long nose?
Disgusting, disgraceful manipulating twat.
The club will never be for sale while this twat is breathing and has his grubby mitts on it.
The club will never be for sale while this twat is breathing and has his grubby mitts on it.
Ahh but you lads aren't paying attention are you, We KNOW there is at least one American party seriously involved because they were the reason the BU scrubbed the Spurs march.
If you doubt the attentions of interested parties you doubt the word of the BU.....for shame.....to the naughty corner with you.
If you doubt the attentions of interested parties you doubt the word of the BU.....for shame.....to the naughty corner with you.
As far as I am aware, that was not the reason stated by Blue Union, Steve; Do you care to offer us a little more information?
yeh......and a partridge in a pear tree.
There's nothing left for current ownership. They have to sell. All Moyes gets off-season is "Who to sell to keep the bailiffs away"? Why would he stay?
Saying that, keeping Moyes would have to be the main selling point for prospective owners. He's done more with less than any manager in the league.
I think our main problem is potential buyers looking at EFC's current financial situation. Better for them opting to wait in anticipation of us selling players to meet the bills, further weakening the squad.
Then simply waiting for us to head towards relegation and the bargain price for one of the top clubs in the EPL and so the world.
This sucks.
Kenwright OUT!!!
Saying that, keeping Moyes would have to be the main selling point for prospective owners. He's done more with less than any manager in the league.
I think our main problem is potential buyers looking at EFC's current financial situation. Better for them opting to wait in anticipation of us selling players to meet the bills, further weakening the squad.
Then simply waiting for us to head towards relegation and the bargain price for one of the top clubs in the EPL and so the world.
This sucks.
Kenwright OUT!!!
The sage members of this forum discussed it at some length Peter Laing. It'll be in the archive. Very clearly stated that there was interest the BU's 'club sources' told them was legit.
Not allowed to doubt the stories of jam tomorrow fella... you aren't toeing the Union line if you do!
Not allowed to doubt the stories of jam tomorrow fella... you aren't toeing the Union line if you do!
Peter's right, Steve. The BU made no mention of such interested parties when they called off the Spurs protest, so how can anyone "doubt the word of the BU" when they never said such a thing?
Steve Jones, chirping complete rubbish.
Again.
Again.
Archive guys. Someone got his fingers slapped for mentioning something he wasnt meant to.
http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/11-12/news/20671.html
"I only tell the truth, and truth is Mike, there are two parties interested in us. One of which is an American business, and the talks are at a delicate stage. This is what the BU have been led to believe by the people inside Goodison."
Dunces hat for you Traverse
"I only tell the truth, and truth is Mike, there are two parties interested in us. One of which is an American business, and the talks are at a delicate stage. This is what the BU have been led to believe by the people inside Goodison."
Dunces hat for you Traverse
Was that an official BU pronouncement, Steve? I think not. Therefore definitively NOT the "word of BU".
Snap!
Snap!
LOL fantastic stuff...OK Michael whatever you say fella. One eye shut and squint a bit til it says what you want it to.
Not an 'official' statement fucking spare me!
Not an 'official' statement fucking spare me!
I think you're the one believing what you want to believe...
You believe something they did not say is actually what they said, while you've posted at length elsewhere disputing lots of stuff they have actually said...???
Hmmm.... I suppose there may be a strange version of consistency in that position.
You believe something they did not say is actually what they said, while you've posted at length elsewhere disputing lots of stuff they have actually said...???
Hmmm.... I suppose there may be a strange version of consistency in that position.
How long does it take to sell a football club? Just sell it, Kenwright, and fuck off.
BU, BK or BS. Things are getting so desperate now people are reading between the lines in every snippet of information until it says what they want it to. And that goes for both sides of the argument.
- "No I said I'd been talking at nine interesTING parties".
Michael,
Clearly, in that thread, the poster citing the BU's 'club sources' states that he has said more than they agreed would be said. How can you have an official statement on something that is being kept under wraps??!.
Come off it. Unless that contributor is a real Mitty there is a statement there that says the BU believed the club was under scrutiny by a viable American interest.
You can split hairs over the number of interested parties if you like, but, the basic point remains. The BU are lending credibility to what the idiot chairman is saying.
Clearly, in that thread, the poster citing the BU's 'club sources' states that he has said more than they agreed would be said. How can you have an official statement on something that is being kept under wraps??!.
Come off it. Unless that contributor is a real Mitty there is a statement there that says the BU believed the club was under scrutiny by a viable American interest.
You can split hairs over the number of interested parties if you like, but, the basic point remains. The BU are lending credibility to what the idiot chairman is saying.
Steve Jones, simple question, was the quote from a BU officer, NO. Therefore not an official comment.
In fact Robbie was commenting on a 'whisper' that he had heard.
In fact Robbie was commenting on a 'whisper' that he had heard.
Steve Jones
Not sure what your point is, do you support BK and Co?
I want a complete change of regime at Everton - BK, Earl etc AND Moyes down the road.
This puts me at odds with the BU, ie, I'm "not toeing the line".
But until I get off my fat arse and do something, they get my support because they are Evertonians having a go ? something sadly lacking at Everton.
Really don't get this gleeful little sniping at ordinary Evertonians trying their best.
Not sure what your point is, do you support BK and Co?
I want a complete change of regime at Everton - BK, Earl etc AND Moyes down the road.
This puts me at odds with the BU, ie, I'm "not toeing the line".
But until I get off my fat arse and do something, they get my support because they are Evertonians having a go ? something sadly lacking at Everton.
Really don't get this gleeful little sniping at ordinary Evertonians trying their best.
Steve Jones.
Go onto the BU website.
Then shut up !
Go onto the BU website.
Then shut up !
The fact that these statements from BK come out at season ticket time or when the BU start to put the heat on him by revealing his lies/staging a demo, just goes to show that: a) he knows his game is up and is clinging on as best he can; and b) the Blue Union's campaign is gaining ground.
What I can't understand is why, after yet more fantasy following untruth from BK, so many Evertonians are willing to back him. I just don't get it.
What I can't understand is why, after yet more fantasy following untruth from BK, so many Evertonians are willing to back him. I just don't get it.
Gleeful little sniping!. Roaring laughing at that one. Sharpen those pitchforks and get the banjo's at the ready lads LOL
The point is you bunch of witless wonders are getting all jittery about the idiot in charge making his, usual, comments and your 'Evertonians having a go' have been party to the same thing and scrapped a demo based on it!. Unless you are genuinely half-witted enough to swallow that line about 'not wanting to disrupt the team performances'.
Fantastic...you couldn't write this!. How blinkered and myopic are you people?.
The point is you bunch of witless wonders are getting all jittery about the idiot in charge making his, usual, comments and your 'Evertonians having a go' have been party to the same thing and scrapped a demo based on it!. Unless you are genuinely half-witted enough to swallow that line about 'not wanting to disrupt the team performances'.
Fantastic...you couldn't write this!. How blinkered and myopic are you people?.
Steve Jones.
Blue Unions "club sources". No forgive me if Im wrong but didn't it royally kick off between the club and BU after their interview with Kenwright earlier in the season.
Do you really think the BU have credible sources within the club after the aftermath of that??? The BU havent made a comment about these American investors that they have been told about by the club.
Do you not think for just one second that the club could be leading the BU on here??? Just like they try and do with the fans!!
Come on fella get with the script.
Blue Unions "club sources". No forgive me if Im wrong but didn't it royally kick off between the club and BU after their interview with Kenwright earlier in the season.
Do you really think the BU have credible sources within the club after the aftermath of that??? The BU havent made a comment about these American investors that they have been told about by the club.
Do you not think for just one second that the club could be leading the BU on here??? Just like they try and do with the fans!!
Come on fella get with the script.
Steve Jones
You seem distraught, are you alright?
If you support BK & co. just say - no need for tantrums.
You seem distraught, are you alright?
If you support BK & co. just say - no need for tantrums.
9 interested parties...Ha Ha Ha
You just couldn't make this up could you, it's so ludicrous ?
Oh, they just did.....must be season ticket renewal time !
You just couldn't make this up could you, it's so ludicrous ?
Oh, they just did.....must be season ticket renewal time !
It looks like some have missed Steve's point here.
Robbie came on, who is a BU member, and intimated the main reason the protest didn't go ahead was because the club was at a delicate point in negotiations with an American firm/buyer.
Steve is suggesting that it's possible the BU have been fed a line by the club yet again?
Focusing on whether this was done in an official capacity means fuck all.
Robbie came on, who is a BU member, and intimated the main reason the protest didn't go ahead was because the club was at a delicate point in negotiations with an American firm/buyer.
Steve is suggesting that it's possible the BU have been fed a line by the club yet again?
Focusing on whether this was done in an official capacity means fuck all.
I take your point Stephen but at the moment all we can go on is what was officially released in the blue union statement regarding the cancelled protest which gave no mention to any proposed development with regards to advancing the sale of the Club. The rest in my opinion is therefore hearsay, rumour and conjecture. I do not blame blue union in any shape or form, in fact I actively support their aims and objectives and have attended both marches and been at 2 meetings which they have called. We have been down the garden path of false-dawns in terms of investment that I take the whole issue these days with a huge pinch of salt.
I give it an 80% chance that Kenshite's 9 interested buyers is either complete conjecture or gross exaggeration.
BUT
They HAVE, as the Blue Union were demanding, gotten a 3rd party to help find a buyer:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2012/03/01/inner-circle-sports-join-everton-fc-buy-out-hunt-after-helping-to-broker-liverpool-fc-s-two-american-take-overs-100252-30436240/
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BUT
They HAVE, as the Blue Union were demanding, gotten a 3rd party to help find a buyer:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2012/03/01/inner-circle-sports-join-everton-fc-buy-out-hunt-after-helping-to-broker-liverpool-fc-s-two-american-take-overs-100252-30436240/
Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true.
Peter,
Nor do I. I actively support them and bought into what they are trying to achieve.
After hearing Robbie's reason's I could understand the reason's for cancelling, though still didn't agree.
If I were a prospective buyer seeing fan unrest aimed fairly and squarely at the current board would IMO make a deal more likely to happen.
After so many lies, untruths and innuendo's from the board it's hard to see how they haven't played the BU lad's like a fiddle as they always do with the fans. I suppose only time will tell.
Nor do I. I actively support them and bought into what they are trying to achieve.
After hearing Robbie's reason's I could understand the reason's for cancelling, though still didn't agree.
If I were a prospective buyer seeing fan unrest aimed fairly and squarely at the current board would IMO make a deal more likely to happen.
After so many lies, untruths and innuendo's from the board it's hard to see how they haven't played the BU lad's like a fiddle as they always do with the fans. I suppose only time will tell.
9 interested parties?
It's not April 1st for a couple of weeks yet is it?
It's not April 1st for a couple of weeks yet is it?
I don't think the BU would put off a protest because of alleged interest in the Club. Marching in the Streets didn't exactly put the RS's new owners off did it? If they did fall for Club spin, I doubt they will again!
I said elsewhere that I thought the reasons the BU had actually stated were a fair call. Can you imagine the reaction if they had gone ahead given the fiasco on Tuesday night?......a golden opportunity for Moyes and BK to pass the buck which thankfully they didn't get. If at the end of this week we are still mid-table (obviously now) AND lose to Sunderland (God forbid), there will be only one place to look and blame... the Dugout.
I said elsewhere that I thought the reasons the BU had actually stated were a fair call. Can you imagine the reaction if they had gone ahead given the fiasco on Tuesday night?......a golden opportunity for Moyes and BK to pass the buck which thankfully they didn't get. If at the end of this week we are still mid-table (obviously now) AND lose to Sunderland (God forbid), there will be only one place to look and blame... the Dugout.
9 interested parties. I can't find this wrtten anywhere but here. Surely it would have been picked up on.
Then it dawned on me.
It's the function room.
There's a wedding reception there (bride isn't to happy)
Couple of kids parties....... You get the rest.
Then it dawned on me.
It's the function room.
There's a wedding reception there (bride isn't to happy)
Couple of kids parties....... You get the rest.
I don't know why I am commenting on this?
OH yes BULLSHIT
OH yes BULLSHIT
You have to hand it to our local journo's, they must be the most docile bunch ever to go to print. The national media aren't interested in any business dealings at the club.
Elstone was quoted in November gone, that they were in "genuine talks" ? Where are the updates?
Now soft shite (BK) has told anyone who will listen, "no-one is buying football clubs" ? then they are talking to nine parties.
Then we have the old £500m chestnut: new ground ? £300m, £150m for the club, £50m on players, blah fucking blah.
Is no-one with access to these people ever going to ask the right questions, or call them out over the lies?
Elstone was quoted in November gone, that they were in "genuine talks" ? Where are the updates?
Now soft shite (BK) has told anyone who will listen, "no-one is buying football clubs" ? then they are talking to nine parties.
Then we have the old £500m chestnut: new ground ? £300m, £150m for the club, £50m on players, blah fucking blah.
Is no-one with access to these people ever going to ask the right questions, or call them out over the lies?
A pair of ruby-red slippers for Niall.
Same old shit... season ticket renewals get sent out and there are 9 interested parties. The worse thing is we still renew; this time last year said I wouldn't but did and missed the early-bird price.
What's the definition of an "interested party"? I'd be interested in buying Everton...but I'm brassic!
Fucking hate all this bullshit in the Post, especially from EFC, heard enough shit from Moyes this week to last me a lifetime. Fuck off Everton, 9 interested parties... just fuck off!
Whether or not the nine interested parties is true or not I can't understand why none of those interviewing him asked for an indication of the price being sought. Given that he would probaly refuse to answer it any competent interviewer would then surely question him around if he was asking more than he paid in 1999 and if so what are the reasons for that.
Andy Riley #282
Competent and Radio City are two thing's you'd rarely see in the same sentence.
Competent and Radio City are two thing's you'd rarely see in the same sentence.
9 interested parties...yes of course there is....yawn... yawn
How much more contempt is this buffon going to treat us with...
9 interested parties but as time will prove NOT ONE genuine buyer.
Heard it all before Kenwright....it's boring now.
How much more contempt is this buffon going to treat us with...
9 interested parties but as time will prove NOT ONE genuine buyer.
Heard it all before Kenwright....it's boring now.
I have said this on another thread, but I will say it again.
Where are the the movers and shakers, the bigwigs, the magnates, the powers that be?
There has got to be someone of influence who can see what is happening/ has happened to out Great club over the past 20 odd years.
The people who are running our club have a ?duty of care? but it seems to me that they couldn?t care less.
Where are the the movers and shakers, the bigwigs, the magnates, the powers that be?
There has got to be someone of influence who can see what is happening/ has happened to out Great club over the past 20 odd years.
The people who are running our club have a ?duty of care? but it seems to me that they couldn?t care less.
Steve Jones,
do you have a hidden agenda when it comes to Mr Kenwright ?
do you have a hidden agenda when it comes to Mr Kenwright ?
In some respects I can't bear the thought of getting to Wembley and seeing Bills mug on camera, clapping and crying. Whilst the lazy, ill-informed, pathetic media put him on a pedastal. The quickest way to get rid of this joker is to continue our decline. A cup win might encourage him to stick around. What a fucking mess.
Isn't it strange that Glasgow Rangers ? a team in turmoil and administration ? can turn up 3 QUALIFIED buyers in a matter of days and Billy LIAR can't even find ONE in YEARS of trying.
Thing is, when BK starts talking money, are the 9 parties going to put their checque books away an do one like the last three potential buyers did?
BK trots out more shit than Aintree on Race days.
BK trots out more shit than Aintree on Race days.
He could have 90 genuine interested parties... It wouldn't make a difference. My mind is made up.
Peter (655)
The difference is, though, that Rangers are a national treasure and institution in Scotland, with support drawn from all over the country and from Scots overseas. They have a modern stadium and regularly qualify for the Champions League or, at least, Europa League. I know that they usually have only Celtic to beat at home but they get 50,000+ gates even when they're playing Inverness or St Johnstone.
Compare that with our situation - need for new stadium, seldom qualify for Europa League, never mind Champions League, ground seldom full even for big matches, scarcely any following beyond Merseyside - you get the picture? I do agree, though, that failure to receive even one serious offer to buy the club over the past ten years is astonishing and it would be interesting to know why so many "expressions of interest" have led nowhere.
The difference is, though, that Rangers are a national treasure and institution in Scotland, with support drawn from all over the country and from Scots overseas. They have a modern stadium and regularly qualify for the Champions League or, at least, Europa League. I know that they usually have only Celtic to beat at home but they get 50,000+ gates even when they're playing Inverness or St Johnstone.
Compare that with our situation - need for new stadium, seldom qualify for Europa League, never mind Champions League, ground seldom full even for big matches, scarcely any following beyond Merseyside - you get the picture? I do agree, though, that failure to receive even one serious offer to buy the club over the past ten years is astonishing and it would be interesting to know why so many "expressions of interest" have led nowhere.
Nine interested parties?.......my arse!
Wouldn`t be surprised if eight of them weren`t Doddy`s mates from the Freshy How many times does the Drama Queen think he can pull that one? How bloody thick does he think we all are?
An insult of a chairman who never fails to insult his club`s supporters.
Wouldn`t be surprised if eight of them weren`t Doddy`s mates from the Freshy How many times does the Drama Queen think he can pull that one? How bloody thick does he think we all are?
An insult of a chairman who never fails to insult his club`s supporters.
When the early bird is over for season tickets, watch all these nine interested parties disappear in a puff of smoke, or back to their bedsits!
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009 Posted 14/03/2012 at 21:19:34
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as soon as they find out the conditions of a sale there will be nine green bottles falling from the wall
It is over 12 months since Kenwright told us there were 4 interested parties.
That was just before season ticket renewal as well.