Special Shareholders' Forum

Head Goodison honchos answer shareholders' questions

"I do not know if any of your guys were at tonight's meeting, if they were, maybe they might want to share their views of what went on.

"Walter [Smith] was not there, at the request of the Shareholders Committee because they thought issues might get deflected to the subject of how bad the team really is. Everytime someone mentioned about Walter not liking to use the youth, the question was ignored or side stepped. The sales of Jeffers and Ball were mentioned quite a few times, particulary Ball, because I don't think anyone gives a s**t about Jeffers.  

"BK [Kenwright] talked about the Ball contract talks and that Ball wanted a deal that would have made him the highest paid player at the club, something that Ball failed to mention whilst saying that he wasn't holding the club to ransom.

"On a brighter note, we seem to have appointed someone with an ounce of marketing know how, at this time his name escapes me [presumably Andrew Oldknow? - Ed], but he gave a pretty good account of his plans for the next couple of years, up until we move stadiums. This man is the hirer and firer who has just fired the old merchandising guy and taken on the 3rd in charge at Wade Smiths.  

"Next they brought on the youth boss, who talked about the development of the academy, at which point BK butted in to point out that by spring next year, they hope to have a site for the combined training facilities of both youth and senior setups. I don't know where the money is coming from.  

"Michael Dunford was next up, to talk about the Kings Dock developments, basically he just went through all the questions that were posed, I think from the website mail in. Thirty minutes into MDs talk, I'd had enough and got off.  

"What the meeting needed was a group from website like your own to come up with some decent questions, that were strong enough not to be fobbed of or spoken down as BK and PC were doing all night.

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