Supporters groups band together to demand change in leadership at Everton

I doubt any protests will even be heard by the boardroom and will be met by similar answers like the one Bill Kenwright gave outside the Main Stand last season, stating “We've had some good times.”

As I've said, while the punters fill the seats and away ends on a weekly basis, the club thinks all is well and thanks its lucky stars that it's keeping afloat.

Ask a hard hitting question, then it's met with threats to ban the individual from the club and the questions are shot down before any answer can be considered.

I don't know what they seriously expect after 7 years of big spending and numerous horrendous decisions that have made the team worse on a yearly basis.

Nobody expects Everton to have won the league in this past six years, nobody at all.

It's more than reasonable however and not asking too much to be a competitive attractive forward thinking club in the way a Brentford or Brighton are.

Instead of that, this club will again have to rely on the failings of others to stay in the Premier League.

We are definitely circling the drain and we can't just sit and wait to disappear down the drain.
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I think Bill's initial response will be 'Open letters, my arse' with an unspoken 'Fuck the ungrateful bastards' on the end.

Attention turns to the pitch tonight and supporting the team.

But surely the club are not that naive to not be watching social media and now the national media to ignore this.

Or maybe I am naive to think that.

Enough is Enough, has been mooted so many times in the past, but this has been allowed to go even beyond that. Like many have said, if we act now, the season can still be saved, even if we finish fourth from bottom, we have maintained one of, if not the longest record in the top flight. Then we rebuild sensibly and gradually.

For far too long, the Chairman and his acolytes have had their own way with little regard for the health of our club. The more national media scrutiny of this, the better.

Filling the stadium and away ends means nothing in modern football. They barely register compared to the TV money and sponsorship associated with Premier League football.

And all of that goes (or reduces massively) overnight if we are relegated. Which is a real possibility…again.

You're right about the club seemingly being happy to stay afloat. But staying afloat means staying up and, unless something changes soon, we won't stay afloat.

We're in this together. UTFT.

However, keep up the great work, guys!

Meanwhile, it's 6th January, several clubs in the Premier League have already made moves to strengthen. The only Everton rumours are of outgoings from the playing staff or the manager, despite the desperate need for attacking reinforcements...

This combined effort makes that more difficult even for his manipulative style.

What we need is something engaging, novel and dramatic.

Stop going altogether.

It's not been done before. Empty stadiums can't be ignored. Even Moshiri can't ignore this.

It's not a demand, it's a heartfelt plea to change the guard. We are not asking for him to go, or sell, but to take action on the board of the club which, through its incompetence, has resulted in poor recruitment and financial management that seriously threatens our survival and his own substantial and grateful investment.

We are on Moshiri's side... "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". We want him to recover his investment and the best way is with a successful team.

It puts tens of millions on the value. Get my point?

Moshiri holds all the cards. Only he can make changes. I know he has put millions into the club but the calibre of people he has delegated to run the club, and stubbornly continues to support, has been appalling.

They are the prime reason the club is in the position it is in now. They need to be got rid of now!

Whatever manager we end up with will achieve nothing while the ownership and control of the club remain in the same hands. This is why this movement is important for the future of the club.

Exposure and publicity are the only weapons the fans have and the things management hate most .

Pointing out the number of managers, directors of football, plummeting league position, and lack of scope for buying players isn't a personal attack, it's a valid criticism of a poorly-run business.

Saving face is very important to some people. Better to work with Moshiri rather than alienating him. He needs more competent people running the club he owns.

The money that was supposedly used by Moshiri to buy Everton was from the sale of his Arsenal shares that were gifted to him by Usmanov. The only reason that they invested in Everton was Usmanov trying to get back at Kronke who vowed that he would never sell Arsenal to Usmanov if he was the last man on earth.

Quite why Usmanov installed his puppet instead of taking charge, I have no idea, and as I have often repeated the reason Kenwright is still chairman is because it suited Usmanov and Moshiri.

Every managerial appointment has been a decision by Usmanov and Moshiri, probably with the exception of Lampard. It was widely reported that Ancelotti had a 2-hour meeting with Usmanov before signing and Benitez spent 2-days on Usmanov's yacht before becoming the Everton manager.

Now why would a man with no shares in a club be allowed so much influence if he wasn't the real owner?

So yes, let's get rid of Kenwright and Barrett-Baxndale, but for me, the most important question is who is really running Everton?

Anybody who believes that Usmanov will walk away with nothing from all the money he has poured into Everton is living in cloud cuckoo land. Because, while getting rid of Kenwright and Barrett-Baxendale will be a start, it still leaves us with the bigger problem:

The people whose decisions have seen this club slide from mid-table before their money and are now becoming a club more used to battling relegation, will still be there.

It's 5 minutes to midnight and we, the fans, are the best hope of change. Start writing individual letters too. Bombard them. Never let them think we are going away.

Ian (3), I think the protest has been brought forward to the next home game.

What on earth is to stop them from saying "Sod this, just burn it to the ground and sell everything"? We are wholly reliant on Farhad Moshiri 'doing the decent thing'; I think this sort of caper is madness.

There may be a buzz about the national media covering this, but they couldn't give a rat's arse about Everton's welfare. In fact, they are hoping it all kicks off. And it seems we've just given them their headline.

I hope we don't come to regret this. It's not a question of us having nothing to lose – actually we've got the club in the balance.

He would have no idea who to put in charge if he sacked the board… plus now, without the Russian backing, he has no vested interest in us as a club.

With Usmanov gone, he is alone and adrift on a wide wide sea.

Kenwright's divide and conquer approach has been successful so far but unified, coordinated mass protests is what the lying narcissist fears the most – people, especially the media seeing him for what he really is.

And if gates halved, the media would also ask why are they so pissed off. And then the genie's out of the bottle.

You say the reason that Bill Kenwright is still the chairman of Everton is because it suited Moshiri and Usmanov.

I personally don't believe this. Although he sold them his shares, I don't believe the club was ever really for sale under Bill Kenwright, and he just wanted investment.

Maybe they met halfway, with Kenwright only being prepared to sell if he was allowed to remain at the club in a very prominent role?

I don't know if I'm right but there is nothing to convince me, that two extremely successful businessmen would have kept Kenwright unless they had no other option under the terms and conditions being offered.

Lampard should have been gone weeks ago and now we are still sleep-walking with nobody concerned at the club in trying to keep us afloat — Just us fans.

Bill was looking for investment 24/7 – he is quoted as saying this. Never did he say he was looking for new owners and an outright sale. He said he is the biggest Evertonian and he is best placed to deliver this (talk about an ego).

I actually think his whole raison d'etre is/was to deliver the club into a new stadium and make a shit load of money in the process. This is what he will argue.

In reality, that's a noble pursuit but the problem has been that he is unwilling to relinquish control in anything or everything else and let more qualified people run those departments. He even put his mate Denise in the CEO role – it's absolutely ludicrous.

But she pays homage to him so it's fine, fuck everyone else. The big fat fuck is even negotiating transfers still and actually thinks he's good at it – we have the most overvalued player roster in football – no thanks to Billy Boy. Now we're stuck with it!!!

I believe deep down Denise knows she's on borrowed time and I'm sure she excels at what she actually knows about. Not her fault.

As for Sharpy, god knows what he's thinking. Bet he couldn't look Southall, Reid or Stubbs in the eye…

No answers offered yet it seems.

This is a club collapsing on every level. Unless something happens, we will slip quietly out of the Premier League in May and won't be back for some time, joining the likes of Derby, Coventry and Sunderland.

The thing Moshiri cares about most is his money and he's going to lose lots of it if he's not careful. Who would buy the club from him now when they might find the value plummeting in a few months time with relegation?

Leaving the field clear for Kenwright to spin some more fantasy is not an option. No doubt he is, right now, planning the return of the prodigal sons, Ferguson and Rooney, who will lead Everton to a new era of glory and his own name being sung from every corner of Goodison.

The thing Bill Kenwright cares about most is Bill Kenwright.

For my part, I will always go to the game, I won't boycott them, but am happy to join the sit-in after the Arsenal game.

Meanwhile, RIP Gianlucca Vialli, one of our saviours in the past. Will we have one this season?

If ties really are cut with him (and that may be on paper only), what is Moshir's interest? My guess would be simply to build the stadium, then sell up at a profit.

The best we can therefore hope for is to stay in the Premier League, or in contention at the top of the Championship, until the end of the first season at the new place, at which point Moshiri & Usmanov will be looking to cash in for – they hope – a reasonable profit.

Meanwhile, Moshiri meddles every now and then, playing with his train set, appointing Rafa or Carlo to make himself feel like a big player, but mostly stays away because of the stench of failure around the club.

I'm sorry, but I don't think any major changes are on the horizon for a few years. Managers will come and go, we'll either keep our status as a Premier League side or we won't.

And Bill will be in the Directors Box or he won't, but the club has no medium-term strategy except getting the stadium built – which should be an amazing landmark in the club's history – and not going into administration before Moshir & Usmanov can sell up.

I've been reliably informed that Frank Lampard had a Performance Review yesterday morning at Finch Farm, taken by Barrett-Baxendale.

As my informer rightly says, what she knows about football, you could write on the back of a postage stamp, with room to spare. Frank could have answered every question with a bag of shite and she wouldn't have had a clue what he was on about.

Little Miss Dynamite eh, Bill, well ram her up your arse and let's watch you both explode and be blown into kingdom come.

How sad Peter, Vialli, always seemed to be someone the common man could relate to, I know I always liked him anyway. 🙏

I know you are being light-hearted, but I dislike the “Sack the board” chant.

I understand the sentiment, and the frustration behind it, but there is nobody who can sack the whole board as it contains Moshiri himself, and if everyone just buggers off, there will simply be a great void.

Very valid questions are being asked, politely, by a unified fan-base. If they remain ignored, I would prefer a chant of “We want answers, now”.

When there is so much poison in the club which, as does happen, this transmits to the fan base, then there is no solution. This will transmit also to the coaching staff and players and will likely take our dreadful performances to a new and much lower level.

Good luck everybody.

Link

An interesting analysis of how we were buggered up by Moshiri spending half a billion pounds on us.

Ah well, that's football rivalry I suppose. Gods smiling on us but I fear that's all gone.

Are we sure it has changed as the NSNOW website still talks about the Arsenal game on 4 February?

And yes, as already stated, as player-manager of Chelsea he kept Everton up on the last game of the season.

Although Moshiri owns the club, he is not listed on the board of directors.

The 4 directors are Kenwright, Sharp, Barrett-Baxendale, and Grant Ingles (the finance guy).

How utterly undignified by the club.

With the club being a closed (corner?) shop that doesn't take kindly to criticism, I wonder if the crowd behaviour warning is a veiled threat?

In other words, no negative banners as we are watching and season tickets will be revoked. Wouldn't put it past them. They have done it before to a Blue Union member.

It is good that finally the supporters groups have got together to get Moshiri more involved on problems that have gone on and have been ignored by the people he put in charge.

Had we got this level of anger and support when we gathered as the Blue Union, I very much doubt we'd be here and talking about this now.

We were called every name under the sun including non-Evertonians, not real supporters etc.

Well, if we do go down this season, maybe us non-Evertonians may be proved right.

You have been and you were always correct. He's had no interest in the football club.

If he had, Bill would have been kicked out or kept to take the minutes of meetings.

That article doesn't mention Kenwright, I wonder why? Billy Boy calling his friends in?

The Glazers still hold sway at Man Utd and Mike Ashley only sold Newcastle recently. As Moshiri is looking to get out anyway, what do people think protest is going to achieve?

I understand cushion throwing because you get to hit the players and the sight is amazing. I believe some fans chucking from the main stand were approached by the GB Olympic team for trials for throwing the discus…

The Kenwright PR machine will be working overtime to deflect any attention away from the Great Parasite and his hoard of sycophants.

The question they – the lazy Sky 6 journos let's be honest, that's what they get paid for – should be asking is: Why is Kenwright still here?

After all this time, like he's some arl Grandad type fella who gives all the kids a Werther's Original on matchdays rather than being the man who is really overseeing operations at Everton, day and night, along with his totally unqualified CEO.

Do we have a CFO by the way, or any other C-suite types? I've never checked.

"After watching intense protest by Man Utd and Newcastle Td supporters lasting years, I don't see the point of organised fan protest, it just seems a pointless venting exercise."

What an absolute load of bollocks. So nobody should ever protest anything ever? Get in the bin, Stalin.

If we don't get taken over quickly then I fear we will sink and not come back for a long time.

Moshiri was conned by a kidder. Kenwright is an expert at convincing people to part with millions to invest in his ideas. Moshiri is being ripped apart and ridiculed for having his pockets picked by an unscrupulous conman. Kenwrights fault we are in this position, not Moshiris.

I agree Moshiri was brought in as a investor on Kenwright 's terms.Whilst Moshiri owns significant shares he does not control the running of the Club, or dealing with the Football authorities.I even see any potential takeover as just another investor in the Kenwright project.He will be talking to any potential takeover parties and be involved

I now live a long way from Goodison and my health isn't too good which prevents me from taking any sort of active role in this so I'm afraid I'll have to be a 'silent' supporter but not silent if you know what I mean.

I'm not against Moshiri nor am I against him getting a return on his investment but as things are, and if things don't change, there will be no chance of that happening.

I do hope our wishes have some effect because if they don't there won't be an Everton to support in the not too distant future.

Kenwright out!

Peter@73, this type of photograph, might curb a lot of people, because it’s my opinion that a lot of Evertonians, have gone soft.

I might be wrong but I don’t think Kenwright, would have lasted more than 5 minutes in those cushion throwing days, that Barry mentioned, because those old school scousers, did used to seem a lot more clued-up, although I suppose I was looking at it through the eyes of a very young child.

Use yours e mail address instead of your Username.

Wind your neck in you utter windbag I've yet to see a post of yours offering coherent rebuttal. Stamping your feet like an infant because you can't control your emotions confirms my previous comment - you're an idiot.

Stick to arsing around with pensions you horse faced non-entity.

Much appreciated.

Your "answer like a man" puts you firmly in the blockhead camp considering I've already stated at least 2 things that answer your question.

Let's go slowly so you can keep up.

Firstly I have acknowledged Kenwright has made mistakes, which football club chairman hasn't? Secondly it depends on your perspective whether you judge this clubs continued existence in the Prem an achievement given all in it's peer group have not. Your call.

As for your caveat of whether his decisions suit him or the club no one knows. The inner workings of this club are not something supporters are privy to and before you start whinging about me getting into you just remember I give what I receive. If you are civil you get civility back if you have a pop I'll take your head off.

No I'm not.

Utd are still run by the Glazers and Ashley has only recently sold Newcastle stick to facts

Of course people can vent their spleen but the idea it's going to force the board to sack itself or the owner to suddenly sell up isn't supported by 2 of the most visible protest groups of the last decade - Utd and Newcastle.

If you think that is "calling people out" I'm not sure about your rationale. People venting their spleen at me for pointing out such facts is a different matter and if they're not stopped by the mods I'm perfectly entitled to give them a slap back.

Ok we all know Moshiri holds over 90% of the shares at Everton and we are all calling on Moshiri to remove the board with being the owner of the club, again I do not have any idea how the process works, I would like to think that the owner could choose to remove the board.

So my question is, let’s say Moshiri wants to remove Bill as chairman, can the rest of the board members take a vote and over rule the owner, or can the owner remove the entire board without question.

We all know who is on the board and will have the Chairman’s back, so can anyone enlighten me on the scenario.

Could that be a reason the Americans and Kenyon backed off?

Blue Bill's minority shareholding couldn't prevent a takeover and it's unlikely that any new owners would require or be able to acquire 100% ownership.

Normally I would say rhino skin will still turn up as if nothing is wrong, but with various ex players and the echo all asking the same questions, he needs a get out of jail free card and just have a feeling he will come up with something and I,m guessing his good times will be turned into look at me, I’m doing my best but it has put a strain on my health.

That's your opinion, which you are entitled to, but clearly not universally shared beyond this echo chamber.

His gob got a huge round of applause when appearing on the big screen at Goodison which is a matter of record and fact. Reasoning beyond yours and those of a similar mindset MUST exist for that to happen.

Sorry, but ignoring such evidence seems bizarre to me.

An open letter from the Fans’ Forum to Farhad Moshiri. pic.twitter.com/8cdnQRsCv2— Everton Fans' Forum (@EFC_FansForum) January 6, 2023

It's rather carefully worded, considering their exalted position as "a conduit between Evertonians and Everton Football Club", no doubt.

No mention of the board, of course...

I cannot speak for anyone else, but my reasoning Is to let any future owners, not to be hoodwinked by Bill saying he gets Everton and he will be a big asset with years of knowledge of our football club.

I want to send out a clear message that myself and a large portion of the Everton following are not happy with our current board.

For whatever reason, Moshiri will not remove the board, we all know that, but if any future owners decide to take over, we have to send out a very strong message that they need to start from the top, remove the board, and bring in people who know how to run a buisness.

We simply cannot keep quiet and allow Bill to hoodwink the next owners of our great football club.

He’s all but faked his own death more than once so yeah Saturday is a great time for him to pull that again.

Thank fuck

He was never given any money, and although our match results weren't great at the time, they were a lot better than what we are witnessing now, we were scoring but conceding too many. Surely the trigger was pulled too soon, and to get Koeman in was a joke, the start of the current legacy of rot and poor decision making over players and Managers alike.

The budget he was on, he was never going to match up against the big boys, but he certainly had the beating of the best of the rest, had the players fit and would have wiped the floor against the likes of Bournemouth, Wolves, Forest and the likes.

Yes the penknife to a gunfight, some poor cup results, but league wise he had a team of battlers, Martinez took over a fully fit team and moved them up a level in his first season, then the fitness fell, tippy tappy football crept in and his second season was horrendous.

Would I take Moyes back now, out of the options yes to steady the ship, get our finances back up and some of our identity back, West Ham are in a similar position so sounds mad to even think of him, but out of everyone available, I would take a punt on Moyes and I never thought I would ever say that.

BTW, as an aside, if any manager or director came to me with a 120 bullet point action list I would tell them to go away and come back to me with the top ten most critical issues they have. Focus, 120 points is not focus no matter how accurate they are. Tell me in their professional observation the key items that needs addressing now, and why.
120 points? So what I would say, tell me the most critical... otherwise it's just filed away...

I was critical of the FAB because of their silence and the fact they have not – and cannot without the express permission of the club – comment on any matter regarding the club. I suggested they should resign.

We have heard nothing from them to date, in fact I was critical of that very fact, when low and behold, a few hours later, they have announced they will be meeting (with who exactly?) to hear their concerns… and do what exactly?

Tell the club? Do you think for one moment the board have not seen the damming reviews in the press and on TV already?

What is any fan going to say that the board haven't already heard? What difference – other than window dressing – will it make? What a coincidence that suddenly meetings are arranged after direct criticism of them.

Are the CEO or Chairman in attendance? If so, I doubt it will be a public meeting… do you? But if any of the FAB are reading this, please request that either or both will attend and that all supporters, not just from a selected, vetted few, can attend?

It's 2022. This should have happened at the latest in 2010. Astonishing but the wind is changing. Stay strong, people, as the dirty games will just be starting.

I'm still amazed at the apathy and even the deflection when it's no one's theory or opinion – it's bare facts right in front of us for a long long time before Moshiri.

As for the CEO or Chairman in attendance at the FAB love-in. Do me a favour – it would have to be invitation only and no questions from the floor – just like the last AGMs.

We don't need the Jaz-men.

Remind you of any particular Government over the last few years (appreciate you are from New Zealand)?

Nick, if Kenwright (and sue for this, you arsehole, Kenwright) was caught in a dodgy snog with Peter Johnson, then I'm the witness on the escalators of St Johns. I'd rather my daughter end up with Matt Hancock than Bill Kenwright, and I really hate Matt Hancock.

They won't like the truth as to what we have persevered with whilst they sit there reigning in the millions that we contribute to licking their lips.

Yes, I'll be there Saturday, supporting the team.