brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
I listened to the interview only this morning.
I like to look for the human angle - to me Moshiri came across as warm and genuine and as an Everton "fan". I liked that, he sounded like one of us on that level. With Kenwright, I always feel that he rehearses every soundbite first, hardly surprising either with the professional world he inhabits.
There is a tendency to stereotype billionaires as incessantly and universally ruthless and incapable of making wrong decisions - both are incorrect. Interestingly he did mention the word ruthless in connection with Koeman. We do need ruthlessness for the team and for the business. Other than that, being a nice guy helps in most life and business situations.
On the evidence of all I have heard thus far, I would much rather have a pint with Moshiri than Koeman. That's not at all a criticism of the latter it just highlights men with two seemingly very different personalities.
It was great to hear him talk about the new stadium and clearing the debts. I was less impressed by his take on our transfer business, making out we were better off in hindsight not signing Perez and Gabbiadini didn't sound very reassuring.
I was listening to Eric Clapton last night, including his track "Running on Faith". That's where we are at present. Moshiri has given some tasters of his ambition and intention but he will be judged by his delivery on the new stadium and sufficient investment in the squad.
I say give the man a chance, he needn't have bothered straying into this at all and to me we are better off already, even though much of the changes are at this stage cosmetic secondary to the football (but no less important in the long-term). It's better than what went before. Even if in a few years this all ends in frustration and disappointment, I would actually prefer false hope to no hope at all. Bill Kenwright is a specialist in no hope at all.
Welcome to our club, Farhad Moshiri.
I like to look for the human angle - to me Moshiri came across as warm and genuine and as an Everton "fan". I liked that, he sounded like one of us on that level. With Kenwright, I always feel that he rehearses every soundbite first, hardly surprising either with the professional world he inhabits.
There is a tendency to stereotype billionaires as incessantly and universally ruthless and incapable of making wrong decisions - both are incorrect. Interestingly he did mention the word ruthless in connection with Koeman. We do need ruthlessness for the team and for the business. Other than that, being a nice guy helps in most life and business situations.
On the evidence of all I have heard thus far, I would much rather have a pint with Moshiri than Koeman. That's not at all a criticism of the latter it just highlights men with two seemingly very different personalities.
It was great to hear him talk about the new stadium and clearing the debts. I was less impressed by his take on our transfer business, making out we were better off in hindsight not signing Perez and Gabbiadini didn't sound very reassuring.
I was listening to Eric Clapton last night, including his track "Running on Faith". That's where we are at present. Moshiri has given some tasters of his ambition and intention but he will be judged by his delivery on the new stadium and sufficient investment in the squad.
I say give the man a chance, he needn't have bothered straying into this at all and to me we are better off already, even though much of the changes are at this stage cosmetic secondary to the football (but no less important in the long-term). It's better than what went before. Even if in a few years this all ends in frustration and disappointment, I would actually prefer false hope to no hope at all. Bill Kenwright is a specialist in no hope at all.
Welcome to our club, Farhad Moshiri.
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