Palfy

I haven't really wanted to comment on the past too much seeing as he's dead now but everything we're seeing now comes to back to Billy Bullshit and his narcissism.
It was great that he came in and bought the club from Johnson, I'm sure we were all grateful for that, but he never had the money to own a football club and if he'd done what he said he was going to do, which was to sell the club on ASAP then he would be remembered fondly for that. Instead he couldn't let go because of his own ego - biggest blue there is, my arse. So because he didn't have the money to own a football club he saddled us with more and more debt so that he could keep his trainset. More and more debt that helped make his friends rich too, conveniently.
24/7 he was looking for a new buyer apparently so why did it take so long to finally happen? Because Bill Kenwright was looking for the perfect buyer for Bill Kenwright and not the best buyer for Everton Football Club. It was scandalous that he got to stay on in a role of power and it blows my mind that there was so many fans that bought the thought that it would just be a symbolic role with no power. For me, it was obvious from the outset what was happening but I'm not going to lay blame at the feet of the fans because we're all paying for it now. No pointing fingers is necessary.
It boils my blood that he didn't put a penny into this football club (that all came out during the Kirkby inquiry), sent it into a spiral, and then sold to make himself a very rich man and his friends even richer.
Do you know what's a shame though? It didn't have to be like this, he didn't have to tell so many lies. He could have used him being an Evertonian in a better way - he could have been straighter with the fanbase because he would have got so much more leeway because of who he was. Instead he lied, lied, lied and then finally attacked the very fanbase that makes this club what it is.
He was a shit owner and a shit Evertonian. I hate him.

I was kind of thinking the very same thing. Moshiri (Usmanov) where the billionaire's who have own the club over the past 6 years or so and they have had both plenty of time and the resources to restructure RMF financing under their watch.This debt wasn't an issue 3-5 years ago when money was being wasted left right and centre on bang average players.
There have been poor decisons going back many a year, which all just seem to compound themselves. We have had plenty of back luck on the way mind you, but much of our trouble are bourne of poor decision making.
My personnal take on this - modern football clubs need to be run by modern global sport focused business people and it has been for sometime, 'romantic' local owners are simply out of their depth in the PL era, however well their intentions might be.
I think Kenwright thought he was going to get the next Abramavich (via Moshiri) for the club when he sold his shares - but that dream slowly turned in to a nightmare and culminated into a total cluster fuck once Usmanov's ability to invest was forced out of the equation and now Moshiri is scurrying off behind him and simply trying to get as much of his money back as he can. The whole thing is a financial mish mash now Moshiri simply wants out. 
 

Better be

Doing a major makeover of my bedroom and came across my wedding suit...and it fits me
Lost around four and a half stone in the last couple of years so I'd have been a bit pissed off if it didn't to be honest 

file it under "we were told about this a long time ago" I'm afraid.  Many laughed and didn't believe it.... but here's the Esk basically confirming it all.  Who was it who said Phillip green was Mozart? 
 
he had the best interests of the club at heart allegedly. 

quite horrible reading the latest on how we've been run into the ground.  All about ego and greed.  Very very sad. 

say it ain't so Joe...... afraid it is kid. 
 
quite amazing how a passionate fanbase can ignore other passionate fans just cos they believe the person in charge loves the club and the people calling them into question were somehow trouble causers.
hopefully we survive our current predicament and these fans can maybe look at themselves and say "I got fooled once but it won't happen again" 

If we hadn't had 8 points deducted this season, and we where already pretty much safe (since pretty much Xmas) around mid-table (rather than in a relagation battle), you can't help but wonder if the 777 Partners would have found it significantly easier in raising the funds for purchase of Everton FC had we already had one foot in next years PL. 
Ground broken and comittment to the build made and then the overnight enforced loss of the actual Russian billionarie who we all know was behind the ownership of the club and the real money behind everything, three years of relegation battles, 18months of talk of PSR, whole season of being charged and docking of points, 30-40% raise in the cost of construction works - as well as poor management there are some massive slices of very bad luck in the timing of what is arguble the single biggest investment the club has ever made - all now currently now being done on a rudderless ship. 
I am going to hazard a guess that the stadium will possibley come in around £150 to 200M over the original budget forcast.  

The biggest stumbling block with 777 is that they can’t raise the money, and time’s running out for the club to avoid going into receivership, and what that could mean for the future doesn’t really bear thinking about. 

I did I hold my hands up, but Ste couldn’t answer my question but gave me the weight of some other building, I can only assume that when they do go out I’m probably there as well. 
Any how can anyone tell once completed what the stadium will weigh. 

I think you 3 need to get out a bit more 😂

Says the fella that wanted to know how much the stadium weighs!

I think you 3 need to get out a bit more 😂

I think you 3 need to get out a bit more 😂

Mega that. And the stadium.
Well worth a billion debt 👏 

They need to concentrate on staying up through merit on the pitch, instead of acting like sad losers before the season’s over. 
I have no sympathy for people who look to prosper on others misery, if you want to succeed go and work for it. 

Cumbria mate...surrounded by the bloody stuff. It's a crime that we have to pay for it when we could go up the road and help ourselves 😂😂😂

Get a water meter 💦😂

Happy to take the punishment for not predicting since I was either on a plane or beach
Chelsea 1-1 Everton
McNeil

That’s life that’s what all the people say you’re riding high in April shot down in May. 
Pick yourself up Rom you’re gonna get over it mate, and remember that’s life so change the tune and you could back on top in June 😄

They need to concentrate on staying up through merit on the pitch, instead of acting like sad losers before the season’s over. 
I have no sympathy for people who look to prosper on others misery, if you want to succeed go and work for it. 

If you can carry on making your mortgage repayments until you are ready to sell and the value of your property is more than mortgage then yes it’s an asset. 
BMD should have been an asset to the club in more ways than just financially, but because we can’t afford the loan repayments and still haven’t borrowed all the money needed to pay for it, it’s turned out to be a millstone around our neck. 
Have you told your wife and kids of your plans for a financially secure future for yourself, when you do let me know how you get on when you get out of hospital 😂

If you can carry on making your mortgage repayments until you are ready to sell and the value of your property is more than mortgage then yes it’s an asset. 
BMD should have been an asset to the club in more ways than just financially, but because we can’t afford the loan repayments and still haven’t borrowed all the money needed to pay for it, it’s turned out to be a millstone around our neck. 
Have you told your wife and kids of your plans for a financially secure future for yourself, when you do let me know how you get on when you get out of hospital 😂

I'm trying to stay optimistic. The league are pushing us into bankruptcy. But I think any new owners will only buy with the stadium as part of the deal, allowing them to pay off all the stupid loans we've been lumped with using a remortgage and hopefully decent marketing opportunities. There's so much potential revenue with the stadium, we are still an attractive business venture in that regard so long as the league don't continue in their quest to destroy the club.

So we need to find a buyer who has around 1 billion in cleared funds to buy the club and pay off all companies who have put hundreds of millions into the build of the stadium, because until they are paid off we can’t borrow against the stadium. 
I know there are people out there who can find that sort of money, bar the stadium I don’t think we are a good enough proposition for any company to risk that sort of investment. 
I wonder if Chong and Thelwell went on Dragons Den whether they could convince the Dragons to stomp up the money.