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Re: An Everton View 07/08
Slaven bilic was offered everton job!!
New deals no replacement for old values
BILL KENWRIGHT held a secret meeting with Slaven Bilic to line him up as the next manager of Everton Football Club.
Everton’s chairman insisted the talks would not have resulted in the immediate dismissal of David Moyes and that Bilic, Croatia’s outstanding young coach and former Blues defender, was only an “insurance policy” in case “communication problems” spiralled out of control.
Before you collapse in a state of shock, we must stress that the preceding two paragraphs are a work of fiction. Could you imagine how you would have felt had the above actually been true? What would it have said about the underhand way in which the club was being run?
With so many clubs being the subject of takeovers these days, it is only natural that supporters want their clubs to be next in line when the latest sugar daddy becomes intoxicated by the razzmatazz of the Premier League and decides he wants a slice.
A word, though, of warning: be careful for what you wish.
This week’s extraordinary shenanigans across Stanley Park was the latest reaffirmation that foreign buyers spell trouble. Think for a minute of all those clubs who have had some sort of major investment and you will see storm clouds everywhere you look.
Let’s start with Chelsea. Yes, Roman Abramovich and the power of the Russian rouble has helped them to two Premier League titles, but a clash of personalities between him and his manager led to Jose Mourinho being jettisoned last September.
That was the bitter climax of an eight-month feud that started when Abramovich would not let Mourinho buy a defender during last January’s transfer window, the owner poking his nose in first team affairs. Yes, there is no disputing Mourinho got too big for his boots.
But a popular decision? No chance. Sit inside Stamford Bridge when things do not go to plan during a game and you will hear Mourinho’s name being sung incessantly. No matter what Avram Grant achieves, Chelsea’s fans will always yearn for their Portuguese man of war.
What about Arsenal? David Dein was the driving force behind appointing Arsene Wenger and helped the Gunners become one of Europe’s footballing powerhouses, but he was forced to quit after he pressed for the club to accept Stanley Kroenke’s takeover bid last April.
Meanwhile, we have also seen Carson Yeung’s laughable attempts to become Birmingham City’s owner and Thaksin Shinawatra – a man in whom Amnesty International have grave misgivings – proclaim his ‘love’ for Manchester City after failing in bids for two other clubs.
West Ham have become one of the least popular clubs around thanks to their reckless approach to transfers under Eggert Magnusson, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are clearly doing a stellar job at Anfield while what more can be said about the circus that is Newcastle?
How things change. Cast your mind back a decade at Everton to the days of Peter Johnson’s reign, which included a tense battle against relegation and the chairman selling the club’s star asset behind the manager’s back.
That incident with Duncan Ferguson was indicative of the way things were going at Goodison Park then, a sorry chapter that left the Blues open to ridicule as they washed their dirty linen in public. It is not a period that is revisited with any fondness.
Fast forward to the present day and you could not wish to see a more contrasting picture. Now chairman and manager are working together for the common good, they trust each other implicitly and, as a result, Everton are flourishing.
“I have been lucky in that I had a great chairman at Preston and I’ve got a great chairman and board here too,” Moyes said recently. “I have built a team here and it is my intention to take the team further forward in the next few years. We are a stable club.”
Inevitably, there will be certain supporters who crave a benefactor from across The Pond or wherever to come and pump a fistful of dollars into the Blues to help accelerate the push for a place in the top four.
But as exciting as that may seem, why risk upsetting the status quo by inviting in someone with no knowledge or feel for the club when things are ticking along smoothly? As we have seen this week, events elsewhere have shown that the grass is not necessarily greener.
Takeovers might be what you want, yet if you end up losing what you had is it really worth it? True, football is no longer the game we grew up with but, for the time being, it’s clear to see Everton are a club where traditional values remain. Money can get you most things but it can’t buy class.
Slaven bilic was offered everton job!!
New deals no replacement for old values
BILL KENWRIGHT held a secret meeting with Slaven Bilic to line him up as the next manager of Everton Football Club.
Everton’s chairman insisted the talks would not have resulted in the immediate dismissal of David Moyes and that Bilic, Croatia’s outstanding young coach and former Blues defender, was only an “insurance policy” in case “communication problems” spiralled out of control.
Before you collapse in a state of shock, we must stress that the preceding two paragraphs are a work of fiction. Could you imagine how you would have felt had the above actually been true? What would it have said about the underhand way in which the club was being run?
With so many clubs being the subject of takeovers these days, it is only natural that supporters want their clubs to be next in line when the latest sugar daddy becomes intoxicated by the razzmatazz of the Premier League and decides he wants a slice.
A word, though, of warning: be careful for what you wish.
This week’s extraordinary shenanigans across Stanley Park was the latest reaffirmation that foreign buyers spell trouble. Think for a minute of all those clubs who have had some sort of major investment and you will see storm clouds everywhere you look.
Let’s start with Chelsea. Yes, Roman Abramovich and the power of the Russian rouble has helped them to two Premier League titles, but a clash of personalities between him and his manager led to Jose Mourinho being jettisoned last September.
That was the bitter climax of an eight-month feud that started when Abramovich would not let Mourinho buy a defender during last January’s transfer window, the owner poking his nose in first team affairs. Yes, there is no disputing Mourinho got too big for his boots.
But a popular decision? No chance. Sit inside Stamford Bridge when things do not go to plan during a game and you will hear Mourinho’s name being sung incessantly. No matter what Avram Grant achieves, Chelsea’s fans will always yearn for their Portuguese man of war.
What about Arsenal? David Dein was the driving force behind appointing Arsene Wenger and helped the Gunners become one of Europe’s footballing powerhouses, but he was forced to quit after he pressed for the club to accept Stanley Kroenke’s takeover bid last April.
Meanwhile, we have also seen Carson Yeung’s laughable attempts to become Birmingham City’s owner and Thaksin Shinawatra – a man in whom Amnesty International have grave misgivings – proclaim his ‘love’ for Manchester City after failing in bids for two other clubs.
West Ham have become one of the least popular clubs around thanks to their reckless approach to transfers under Eggert Magnusson, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are clearly doing a stellar job at Anfield while what more can be said about the circus that is Newcastle?
How things change. Cast your mind back a decade at Everton to the days of Peter Johnson’s reign, which included a tense battle against relegation and the chairman selling the club’s star asset behind the manager’s back.
That incident with Duncan Ferguson was indicative of the way things were going at Goodison Park then, a sorry chapter that left the Blues open to ridicule as they washed their dirty linen in public. It is not a period that is revisited with any fondness.
Fast forward to the present day and you could not wish to see a more contrasting picture. Now chairman and manager are working together for the common good, they trust each other implicitly and, as a result, Everton are flourishing.
“I have been lucky in that I had a great chairman at Preston and I’ve got a great chairman and board here too,” Moyes said recently. “I have built a team here and it is my intention to take the team further forward in the next few years. We are a stable club.”
Inevitably, there will be certain supporters who crave a benefactor from across The Pond or wherever to come and pump a fistful of dollars into the Blues to help accelerate the push for a place in the top four.
But as exciting as that may seem, why risk upsetting the status quo by inviting in someone with no knowledge or feel for the club when things are ticking along smoothly? As we have seen this week, events elsewhere have shown that the grass is not necessarily greener.
Takeovers might be what you want, yet if you end up losing what you had is it really worth it? True, football is no longer the game we grew up with but, for the time being, it’s clear to see Everton are a club where traditional values remain. Money can get you most things but it can’t buy class.
(been looking forward to saying that) have always done the wrong thing , trying to win glory TO FAST with BUCKETS of money , rafa aint got a clue in the transfer market , damn he has bought some donkeys! in a nut shell , the little boys across the road laugh at us for releasing a dvd after we stuffed them 3-0 last season to help fund profit for the club , they sell the soul of there club to the yanks to try and be another chelsea! Look where thats got them ha! 
