Moshiri on Jim White show on TalkSport today....

[Toffeelover]

The alternative would be for this very rich man to start investing in this squad.

Personally I dont care for his inexactitude (Sissoko/McCarthy contradiction), his boasting about dealing with early obstacles (he hasn't), his pointing the finger at managers past and present on Stones when he is the ultimate decision maker on major sales because of the FFP situation as it affects this club, or his choice of disseminating info/spin via a clown.

Well Dave, would you prefer our owners to be like the RS lot, Glazers, Yanks like in Arsenal etc. What is it you actually want, we are never quite clear on that. You liked RM as manager without really coming down on his failings, you are not fully keen on RK so who did you want as manger?

 

[The binman chronicles]

Newcastle, spurs and sometimes the RS always beat us to our transfer targets

Unfortunately that's who we are usually competing against to get the layer below world class that go to the likes of City/Utd/Arsenal/Chelsea/Real/Barca/BM etc. We can only hope they get settled teams allowing us a bit more freedom to buy without them pouncing on it.

 

[davek]

This is where it becomes a mater of opinion. My opinion is that what he was saying is that we were in that position due to promises that Martinez made, but didn't need to sell him at all, and had Koeman said that he didn't want him to leave, then he wouldn't have done.

Martinez, in what I would view as a massive attempt to save his own job and face, after a relative youngster had figured out how much of a fraud he was and wanted to get out while he could, put the next manager in a difficult position, and i would expect that Koeman, after speaking to Stones, decided to let him go as he views the team harmony as more important to what he is trying to achieve, that Stones being in the team. MMoshiri has simply said that, had Koeman wanted to keep him and deal with whatever the aftermath was, then he'd support him, as he said on numerous occasions, his job is to support the manager they hired and fire him if he doesn't deliver.

The more likely explanation is this feller Moshiri is treating us like nobheads and expecting us to believe that no major sale was required to spend cash on fees and wages last summer.

I'd have more respect if he just connected all the dots we all see and simply underlined the fact a Stones each summer is going out the door.

 

[larbert toffee]

So what can we gather from that then, can anyone summarise in bullet points?

Cheesr

 

[rochdaleblue]

Glad that he's finally communicated with the fans and hopefully reassured many with the direction the club is going in. Am I the only person though, who firstly wished he'd communicated earlier with the fanbase and secondly done it via Everton TV on the Everton show broadcast as opposed to going through Jim White on talksport. I'm sure moshiri has his reasons for doing it this way, but I'm at a loss to think of any.

 

[davek]

Well Dave, would you prefer our owners to be like the RS lot, Glazers, Yanks like in Arsenal etc. What is it you actually want, we are never quite clear on that. You liked RM as manager without really coming down on his failings, you are not fully keen on RK so who did you want as manger?

I think I just answered that mate: when we finally get a billionaire I actually want him to spend rather than make money in the transfer window. Someone really intent on getting cash to their manager next summer would have moved heaven and earth since he arrived to add to the £7M extra allowed under FFP and sales of players by bringing forward some commercial deals or creating new ones. He's touted as an investment genius and all round financial sage (he must have to be having worked for Usmanov and his ilk), so let's see it in action for our benefit.

If today's interview is anything to go on though the commercial revenue wont be getting any boost this side of a new stadium being up and running. In other words, when you condense it all down, essentially we're still living in the Kenwright era.

 

[terry nodder]

You're suggesting we shoot the man? Well flipping heck that's harsh, why don't we give him a few more months what do you say there?

Cheers Terry

 

[billytoffee]

Glad that he's finally communicated with the fans and hopefully reassured many with the direction the club is going in. Am I the only person though, who firstly wished he'd communicated earlier with the fanbase and secondly done it via Everton TV on the Everton show broadcast as opposed to going through Jim White on talksport. I'm sure moshiri has his reasons for doing it this way, but I'm at a loss to think of any.

Maybe Moshiri has tested him in the past to see if he can keep something in confidence and he passed the test - he just has a sort of confidence or trust that Jim will stick to what has been agreed that they will discuss and wont try to embarrass, trip up, confront or tease that little bit more out in true journo idiot style.

 

[witchdoc187]

I think people would only be happy if he provided a live feed with his diary entries in explaining his innermost thoughts. Time will tell if he is a success or not.

 

[l4toffee]

Is there a link to what he has said ?

 

[orly]

Maybe Moshiri has tested him in the past to see if he can keep something in confidence and he passed the test - he just has a sort of confidence or trust that Jim will stick to what has been agreed that they will discuss and wont try to embarrass, trip up, confront or tease that little bit more out in true journo idiot style.

Maybe Farhad and Jim, as life long bachelors, just have plenty in common and like a chin-wag?

Who really knows?

The lads

 

[roydo]

Is there a link to what he has said ?

Radio link on the Home page. Probably on Talk Sports site by now as well.

 

[rochdaleblue]

Well Dave, would you prefer our owners to be like the RS lot, Glazers, Yanks like in Arsenal etc. What is it you actually want, we are never quite clear on that. You liked RM as manager without really coming down on his failings, you are not fully keen on RK so who did you want as manger?

The RS (100m) United (250m) and Chelsea (1 billion) still have significant debt. However they have the means through their commercial deals to 'absorb' these levels of debt. Whereas we aren't in that position currently. I'm glad we are currently debt free, significant increases in commercial sponsorship and match day revenue via a new stadium, will put us in a strong financial footing, something we haven't had since john moores was at the helm.

 

[l4toffee]

Radio link on the Home page. Probably on Talk Sports site by now as well.

Nice one

 

[Groucho]

By 'almost', do you mean 'asked how much, they said something ridiculous, so we said no thanks'?

An enquiry is a million miles away from a bid, which is also a million miles away from the player agreeing to move.

He said we were there in contention till the players decided on going elsewhere didn't he?

Didn't seem to suggest they were simply enquiries.