Bill Kenwright escapes punishment as Farhad Moshiri taking Everton blame
Managers have come and gone from Everton in recent years, taking all the blame for the club’s failures on their shoulders but one thing has remained constant throughout.
The immovable man that is Bill Kenwright still sits atop the lofty heights of Goodison Park overseeing seasons of decline and anguish amongst supporters despite selling a majority of his shares to Moshiri. [The Guardian]
And whilst Moshiri and Frank Lampard take the brunt of the blame from a majority of fans, the issue lies deeper than them with Evertonian Kenwright.
Yes, that’s right, it’s easy to forget that Kenwright is himself an Evertonian, which makes it even more puzzling that he can sit back and watch the club’s decline with such ease.
How fans believe the team should look evidently contrast with Kenwright’s vision of the Toffees and sadly, this isn’t going to change until he leaves the club for good.
No demonstrations against club leadership will work until the day the likes of Kenwright leave, however, it would be interesting to see how Moshiri would run the club without Kenwright still pulling the strings.
Blame game.
There’s been a catalogue of bad decisions from Kenwright over the years which prove he isn’t fit to lead the club forward in a positive direction.
From selling prized asset Wayne Rooney for a ridiculously low fee to the terrible appointments of Rafael Benitez and Sam Allardyce, the 77-year-old has lost touch with Everton.
The fact he remains as club chairman despite now having minimal shares in the club is perplexing, what’s he offering to the club other than a nice day out for himself and his mates?
Complacency has become the motto at the Toffees and whilst other Premier League teams in similar positions thrive under new leadership, the Blues are a sinking ship.
That’s not to say that doing a Newcastle and getting in an oil-rich state is the way to go, but when you see the job they have done in one year it begs the question of what could be done at Everton with the right people in place.
Of course, Moshiri hasn’t conducted himself in the best way either, but it’s virtually impossible to run the club with Kenwright peering over him at all times.
It’s a painful topic that needs to be voiced more openly, Kenwright should have been replaced the moment Moshiri came in and it’s as simple as that.