Graeme Sharp's Everton exile is a sad, sorry tale.

I seem to remember it was Sharp who responded to the Everton protests with a sentence or two. He'd have shown he supported the fans, as well as the players, if he turned up to matches. The supporters are doing their best to support our team fight relegation and it wasn't the supporters who advised him to stay away.

Anyway, if Sharp want's to, there is nothing to stop him coming to Goodison, or to the training ground and show his support, along with all the other Blues, to see the lads off.

Let's have it right, "security advice" to the board deemed it wise to stay away, after the Blonde bombshell was reputedly gripped in a headlock; and threats were "supposedly" issued to that useless Chairman.

But he decided to align himself with Kenwright and Little Miss Liar so sod him. He could've “stepped down” from the board but he opted to cling to Bill and Co. His choice.

I would imagine that, if a takeover is on the cards and this board is hopefully got rid of, he'll probably never set foot in Goodison Park again – nor in the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

Us fans will be right behind the team these last two games to get us safe. Then start on the idiots on the board.

If the 777 take over is true, it's bye bye bullshitters but if it's MSP investment then the idiots may get to stay… who knows? It's all down to Moshiri – the biggest idiot Everton have ever been saddled with. 🤷💙

Is it just because he's an ex-Everton player? That doesn't seem to be much of a reason for a seat on the board. It's Bullshit Bill and his nepotism; if we are taken over, we need real leadership and drive, a vision aligned through the club, one where everyone is on the same page. These relegation fights must not be allowed to become the norm.

There is a major witch-hunt going on in the media towards Everton but very few people should have an axe to grind against the very loyal and passionate Evertonians. And bringing Kenny Dalgish and Bobby Charlton into this article, was truly nauseating, Dominic. 🤮

I genuinely didn't even think about anything being cynical, Peter, just believing it was a horrible biased red bastard writing something at the wrong time, even though “he definitely knows better”.

Although most things being written about Everton recently, are starting with the Daily Mail doesn't mean that is not a coincidence, but on a day when only the football should matter, I find it absolutely sickening to read such an article that is at best just full of half-truths.

Moshiri did bankroll the stadium and he did put his money where his mouth was. He just didn't see through Bullshit Bill. He's not the first, and I bet he's not the last.

I used to read Echo articles in those days, I'm pretty sure King is a massive Red.

He's certainly a massive prick.

According to this article, Graeme Sharp is the club's “Greatest Living Player” which will come as news to my generation who'll be checking to see if Neville Southall has died, or my older cousins who will be checking the status of Colin Harvey. If my father was still alive, he'd be asking if Tony Kay (better than Alan Ball in his opinion) had passed on.

Another one-sided piece that reads like a press release designed to generate sympathy for the board assisted by a “friendly” reporter.

I won't use the term 'journalist' as a journalist would have brought some balance to the article.

I doubt many supporters have any grievance with Sharp as they know he has no authority or decision-making power.

That said, perhaps we can all get back to the big issue of the day… the “feud” between Phil & Holly. Apparently it's trending on social media (and in The Sun) so must be true!

As far as I know, though being the Blues correspondent at the Echo I'm almost positive he is a red – and after this piece of shite journalism – right again, a prick!

I liked Sharp – I was stood on the Kop as he scored that screamer! But greatest living Evertonian?

Anyway, spank Wolves today… Leeds and Leicester lose…
Job done and then we can really start asking for the whole board to go!

But no, he decided to side with the teary one and Little Miss Dynamite. Got no time for the man who actually said about the fans' protests: "One man and his dog." COYB.

I realised then he's just a Kenwright puppet. Kevin Ratcliffe was also in the lounge, someone I have far more respect for!

Dixie Dean, on a pre-season tour of Germany, refused to give the Nazi salute prior to kick-off, despite being under instruction to do so and standing in front of the leader of the fucking Gestapo.

Alex Young played with balletic grace despite having to get through games with the bottom of his feet feeling like some bell had shoved bubble wrap down his socks.

Dave Hickson was smashed to bits more often than that Dale Winton of droids Chewbacca carted around on his back, but simply carried on about his business. He even played for the red shite but never had to be reticent about attending games at Goodison.

A 16-year-old Joe Royle saw his manager being jostled in a car park by Everton fans for choosing to select him ahead of Alex Young, yet he never took it personal, or held it against those he performed for as firstly player, then manager and still sits amongst as fellow supporter.

Graeme Sharp spotted his face flapping about on one flimsy banner outside the ground and fled Goodison forever faster than General Horatio Gates.

First is, it's just not true. Sharp isn't moping around, forever cast out and depressed. He made a clear-eyed decision to take the money and back the board a few months ago when he criticised the fans for putting the CEO in 'a headlock', and doesn't seem the sort of character to be overcome with emotion.

Second, and worse is that the people who put this article out know before it hits the press that it won't wash with the fans. They know this. So why are they doing it? I would say it is PR for the board (hiding behind Sharp's previous stellar reputation), but it is not directed towards the fans, it is directed outwards towards the wider world. It is Kenwright saying "We the board, including Sharpie, have been wronged. And yet still we love them."

I suspect that, for the first time, Kenwright fears he may be losing the PR battle out there. He knows there are now pundits on TV who think he's to blame (see even Carragher). this is all part of a campaign, no doubt cos they realise they are going to be losing their positions in the next few months, and they want to get their story out there. And they know it will have guaranteed traction on so important a day. Deeply cynical stuff, and shows Bill really doesn't care for the club at all. The gloves are well and truly off now.

If you were a total rotter, but wanted to defend yourself, what would you do? Cloak yourself in reflected goodness. Remember FIFA's 'no to racism'? Like Sepp Blatter gave a rat's arse. But it was still an effective campaign. And here's our one.

Kenwright knows he's been a disgrace, so what does he do? Gets someone on the Board, with impeccable credentials, and then leads the defence of his actions through this lightning rod. And the lightning rod is well paid for his sacrifice.

Simply another reminder of how gullible those in mainstream media believe the population and readership to be. It should've been their downfall decades ago. It's coming but too slowly.

This article has had the opposite effect: Brilliant. Nice timing too.

1. Resign from the board. At this rate it will be dissolved anyway in a few weeks if new owners are brought in. Doing so buys you a way back, it buys you a modicum of respect.. even if it was a long time coming.

2. Front up to the supporters / shareholders, Toffee TV, I don't care who, but explain your perspective on why you stayed and why you left.

3. Apologise for the hurt you have done in siding with a regime that condemned and denounced fans.

4. Take a seat in the stands, not the Directors Box and show your support for the team and supporters.

Then you might, just might, find that the fans of Everton FC still respect you.

They all get told, factually and succinctly.

Same with Sharp, same with the CEO.

There seems an idea Sharp should down tools and join with the protests, well, surely that is contingent on protestors being right. But is the assertion BK &co as architects of our present position irrefutably fact?

Is it possible they've railed against the Moshiri madness but to no avail?

Who knows?

And that's the point.

People beyond the inner sanctum have no idea who or what has caused this calamity and it is distinctly possible Sharp has no responsibility in the matter. But why let rational thought get in the way of a good old scapegoating

Curtail free speech?

You picked the wrong guy regardless of what day it is.

Just another Kenwright charlatan.

That article was the biggest crock of shite.

Sharp can come out and show his colours instead of riding the gravy train.

What we perceive to see is none of the above but a yes-man. That's the sorry bit... Yes, he is still one of us and will always be. But please, call it as you see it, Sharpy – be vocal, upset the apple cart if you have to.

What would be the purpose of keeping quiet about it, Barry? Their role is to advise and to keep the club healthy and reasonably successful. If they are prevented from doing that, they should do the next best thing; walk out and expose the whole sorry mess.

If you are going to pose a counter view, at least make it rational.

Once the new owners are onboard he'll be forgotten and in all likliness will disappear into thin air.

His job on the board at Everton is an unpaid non executive position.

As if he could say anything to make a difference at this present time!!!!

As for him supposedly playing no part in the mess we find ourselves in - the man is a company director of Everton Football club Limited. He therefore has the same legal and fiduciary duty as any other director for the running of the club and the state we are in.

It therefore breaks my heart that one of my heroes has become a corporate sell-out, more interested in retaining his seat on the board and toadying up to Kenwright that doing the right thing.

He's made his bed and now he can lie in it. That shouldn't be to hard for him giving that lying is the one thing that this current board excel at.

Does he get paid as Ambassador for the Club.As a Director he would get expenses Make a you wonder what his motivation is.It must have always been a strange fish.

The Mail is really obsessed by Everton.Dominic King was always a good outlet for Barret Baxendale.You would nearly think she wrote the article.Wonder who leaked Headgate on the Whats App group, that Wrightie is a member of.

I've met him several times and his wife. They're good people, do a lot for the charity, and have Everton at their heart.

Yet people expect him to give up his livelihood and walk away from the
Club he loves, for what??

To have no further input. We have no idea what he says or does on the board

And as for turning up every week to face toxic aggression, I don't blame him

But yes, if people want to justify their behaviour so they can continue to make a scapegoat out of true Everton legend, carry on - sad day

Instead he aligned himself with headlockgate and stayed away in solidarity with a board that publicly targeted the club's fans.

His status as a player is forever and I'm sure he's a nice bloke. His current role involves supporting people who are ruining the club and targeting its own fanbase.

I agree it's a sad state of affairs. But Sharp's situation is no sadder than the state this club is in. It's nowhere near it.

BTW, I asked Ian Rush if he thought he could've played with Sharpy, had Gordon Lee done what I thought he should've done and signed both. Rush thought about it for 3 seconds and said "We'd have won everything ".

For those of you going v Bournemouth, get behind the team and get us over the line. I'll be sweating like a blind lesbian in a fish market, watching from behind my sofa here in sunny Philippines.

By facing toxic aggression for turning up I assume you mean from his fellow board members.

'Cos the tone of the posts on this, and several other threads, is that Sharp would have maintained the respect of the fans if only he had shown up to a game, instead of going to watch a horse race for example.

My instinctive thoughts.

I idolised Graeme Sharp in those glory years.

After Kevin Sheedy, it was a close and undecidable decision between Sharp and Peter Reid.

I'll never forget the player and his goals that won us trophies.

But to be part of a system that has vilified the supporters and not spoken out?

I thought of a few words to describe my feelings to this.

On Sharp, disappointment at his submissiveness, compliance and silence.

On the Mail article, turning it back on the supporters. We are not the instigator of this failure. We have backed them beyond belief and are, quite frankly, now tired and exhausted.

Fuck them. We've been doing this on our own for several months. We don't need them or their media supporters.

Visit to the swear box.

Our status has been incrementally declining since before Moshiri bought the Club and injected a shed load of money from his own pocket into it.

Under whose watch was that?

And who has still been in control during the shitshow that has been Moshiri's reign?

But if they really want to stress themselves out, LA Cafe in Ermita (formerly Rosie's back in my day).

But he could have used his position of privilege to have a voice. Even if that meant him being shown the door.

That would have had more impact and respect with the supporters and he would have been welcomed to sit in any four corners of Goodison Park amongst the supporters. That would have been a statement.

As it stands, and I know I can't speak for everyone, but he stands the chance of being tainted amongst a significant portion of the support base.

And I also appreciate that ToffeeWeb doesn't speak for all, but it gives you a good vibe in my personal opinion.

That should read go-go bar.

Bloody autocorrect.

Things aren't as simple as people making out.

People want to throw the knife and don't care where it falls.

And I wouldn't turn up to somewhere where there was banners saying they don't want me either.

I bet he doesn't see it as a them or us: "If I don't resign, I'm turning against supporters."

Anyway, I know most on here will not change their mind and are choosing to continue to vilify him. That's everyone's choice. I just felt obligated to make my case for some humanity and defend him.
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Personally, I think it's heartbreaking.

I know he'll be really gutted by treatment he's receiving from those he thought of as family. but up to the individual to see it as they wish and behave as they decide.

I just felt the need to defend him.

I appreciate what you're saying and I don't know what is going on behind the scenes. Maybe the player I watched as a teenager has been arguing in the background. I don't know.

I'm just saying what I think a lot of supporters think and may agree with. Some may not.

If I was in his position, I would have spoken out and walked out to make a statement.

They are gone.

And they had best not be there on Sunday, because they haven't been with us since January, including Graeme Sharp. If him attending on his own would have been a gesture and he would have got respect.

Anyway, let's get Bournemouth and this awful season (again) out of the way.

He is just another victim of the poison that is at the heart of the club. The name of this poison is Kenwright.

A short period confirms (in my humble opinion) that they are serious whereas a long period means the exact opposite. It also stops other potential (Radcliffe possibly) other bidders coming forward, which if his MU bid fails could happen. That would be preferable in my view than a minority equity share with the, as yet unknown terms, ie what they will do as far as the Board is concerned for example. Many other questions too. So no celebration yet awhile.

At the moment it is all a bit to wishy washy for me. Anyway Bournemouth is the top of my list at the moment anyway.

I will always remember a lot of Graeme Sharp's goals with great fondness, whilst not forgetting his role in Andy Gray's opener in Rotterdam! But what was he actually doing on Everton's board in the first place?

This tells me everything I think I already know, about what we have allowed ourselves to become, under the tutelage of a man who has always been more interested in himself, than he has ever genuinely been in our football club. (again imo)

The power rests with Moshiri. He is the man you need to protest against.

It didn't matter that it exposed the mediocrity of a man who was in charge of Everton, because it was out of order. Wow.

He was never a "great" striker in the world beyond Evertonian opinion. Far from it, in fact. But he watched a total twat like Ferguson sponge a living off Kenwright for decades and naturally then thought, "I'll have some o' that!"

In most "professional football" these days, such feckless conduct is the norm, but I'm sure he'll pay zero regard to the opinion of a life-long Evertonian five years older than him.

His signature tune is clearly, "It's All About The Money, Honey".

He now labels them as “no-mark bullies” after calling them ‘feral dogs” a few months ago.

"Barratt-Baxendale (who has single-handedly built the new ground)"

You're either a fucking moron or a fucking troll.

A knife-welding local requested he hand over his wallet when he walked out of the hotel.

My mate punched him in the face and walked back into the hotel, only to resurface next day when the company picked him up to take him to project site, where the locals had revolvers in their toolkits.

LA cafe will be a doddle for your lad!

Step one is to speak up and voice concerns. You are quite right, we don't know that Sharp has not spoken up with certainty. But, one symptom of dysfunctional organisations is that they leak continually. That is certainly true of Everton, as there is not a squeak out of the club about Sharp being vocal.

Step two is to resign if you have spoken up and nothing has changed. That is particularly true of a board member who should take action to comply with fiduciary responsibilities or uphold good governance standards.

I don't think many Everton fans vilify Sharp, as we remember and value his contribution to this club on the pitch. Rather we have lost respect for him as a result of his actions or rather his inactions in his board role and previous roles with the club.

I think most fans would have respected Sharp for coming to the match. He didn't have to say anything, just come. I think he lost most fans respect by not showing up and supporting our team. In other words he's fallen in behind the world's best Evertonian.

The word put out that it was on "Security Advice" seems to me to be a pathetic reason for staying away. I'm glad Kenwright and his choice of CEO are staying away, though.

Kenwright I hold as the major reason this club has fallen to the level we have. I hate to see this but that lot over the park would have chased him out years ago. We hold a polite rally and are demonised by the like of King.

That little bit of pathetic "priests and pubs" bollocks was a poor apologetic resume of where this club is now; and how us supporters have been supporting our club all through this nightmare journey.

It's good to know that the Blonde Bombshell is not only our Chief Executive Officer of world renown, she is a builder who single handedly has erected (didn't really want to talk about erections and BB in the same sentence but it has to be done) our magnificent waterfront stadium. Probably that's why shes taken to wearing a safety helmet!

Oh, and by the way, there is only one No-Mark person on this forum. I nearly said fan, but that would have been an insult to the proper fans on here.

Andy # 79, unfortunately mate, you won't be able to skip past anything he writes, because your eyes will be drawn to see what utter shite is written.

The stop- reset button for the boards running of Everton Football Club must be pressed asap once this season is closed.

A new era with a new structure is needed, to get Everton out of the chaos of decades of poor running of the club.

For now all that matters is to beat Bournemouth.

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