THERE are many things in life I do not understand. Quantum physics; Japanese newspapers and why Michael “wooden” Caine is hailed as a great actor, are just a few. And if I suddenly needed to find out about things on a subject of which I had no knowledge I could go and get hold of a copy of Encyclopedia Brittanica or, more likely these days, search the world-wide web. But there’s one subject that, to me, defies explanation. And that is the vitriol and the bile which is directed towards Bill Kenwright from a certain section of the fans. What more is the Everton chairman expected to do to keep our club going – and going successfully? OK, we’re having a nightmare start to this season. But we’re in a far, far better place than Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Derby. Why those three clubs? Well, because in my lifetime they have been giants of the game, each winning at least one top title and appearing in the final or semi-final of the European Cup and in Forest’s case, winning it twice. But they all eventually succumbed to bad board-room management which trickled down to the dressing room and onto the pitch to give them an era in the lower divisions. And they’re all still recovering. A chairman appoints a manager. It is the most vital duty he has to do for his club and in the case of the other three, chaotic behaviour in the boardrooms led to managerial appointments that didn’t have the full support of all the directors and the rest is history. All clubs go into their fallow years. They are the most dangerous times of a club’s existence. A rot sets in and if you don’t have a strong, committed leader you could be gone forever – like Huddersfield, Brighton and Sheffield Wednesday. Everton’s fallow years came in the early 90’s. If we had gone down on that infamous Wimbledon day where would we be now?
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