Farhad Moshiri

[MartyMcFly]

Jesus Christ fella.

There's tinfoil and then there's that.

Why? I would be shocked if there wasn't people hired by the club to control the message on social media. If there isn't then they should hire those people.

It's all part of modern PR.

 

[Goat]

EL? They'd run a mile. If they went to a club without CL on offer they'd want a nice restful time of it with hardly any games and a kings ransom in wages.

The belief it made a bit of difference that we finished 11th is ludicrous. We just didnt offer enough cash to the one's prepared to sit out the CL for a year or two.

But players earn more money through image rights and sponsorship than they do in wages mate, its ok saying just throw more money at them, but how much more? How much is enough? Are you suggesting for example that we should pay for example somebody like Carvalho 200k a week? Just to cover his loss of CL football?

And then what happens? The whole squad bangs on the door wanting a pay rise, the next player we try and sign says "You are paying Carvalho 200k a week, I want the same", next thing you know we have a wage bill of 50m a week.

Its unfeasible David, it really is.

 

[TheCount]

The next accounts will take us to 31st May 2016 and will show the debts as still outstanding. Any significant changes will be included in the post balance sheet notes.

Accounts will be out early December based on previous years.

Would these significant changes be inclusive of anything after 31st May 2016? Thereby including repayment of club debt?

Or, are we waiting until December 2017 to find out conclusively?

 

[davek]

You'd get players a stage or two above your station if you combined big money with European football. Let me put it this way, the likes of Brahimi would have been more tempted if we'd have finished 5th last season.

I'm not sure. The EL is mickey mouse stuff, let's have it right. Great to win for us or any other club outside the financial elite, but not worth the effort otherwise. I'm sure good players see it that way too.

 

[Tubey]

Or he is in the process of building something, something that you don't just throw endless amounts of money at, because he can't do a Chelsea or Man City. I say you are jumping the gun here and need to sit tight and wait to see what comes up regarding the stadium. You will see a little more clearly then exactly what his plans are. If he was an asset stripper he would most likely have sold Lukaku.

Nobody is saying he should throw endless money at it - but he should invest something. Retaking a regular pre-season loan and having a negative net spend isn't exactly encouraging is it?

As said, if that loan is contingency for the stadium, so be it. But it's the same loan on almost the same exact date as last season, so you have to expect it's just the same thing. If so, that means Moshiri has no interest (at least at this time) of clearing our debt, and the transfer window at least raises the massive suspicion that he has no interest in investing in transfers either.

If that's the case, then what is he here for? The answer would be obvious - a business decision to make money, just like any other businessman who isn't a sugar daddy in the Premier League.

 

[Tubey]

I'm not sure. The EL is mickey mouse stuff, let's have it right. Great to win for us or any other club outside the financial elite, but not worth the effort. otherwise. I'm sure good players see it that way too.

It is, but that's not the point - they'd see it as a first step and view the club as something that, with the right money, could take the added leap into the Champions League.

The other way of convincing star players to sign, of course, is to throw everything at that one statement signing early doors and signal your intent that way, like City did with Robinho. Clearly, Moshiri had no interest in doing that.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Unless you finish in CL spots you dont get elite players.

You can finish 5th for the last two seasons and it'd make no difference.

And still you try defend Martinez.

No Dave, it would show you could make the jump into the top 4 with a bit of investment and were a consistently good team in the league.

What Spurs have done we could have done, if it wasn't for that Spanish fraud you worshipped, he destroyed all the good work Moyes did at establishing us as a top 6 team.

 

[Goat]

I think at this point we should all just assume we are actual North Korea.

 

[bazzer25]

Nobody is saying he should throw endless money at it - but he should invest something. Retaking a regular pre-season loan and having a negative net spend isn't exactly encouraging is it?

As said, if that loan is contingency for the stadium, so be it. But it's the same loan on almost the same exact date as last season, so you have to expect it's just the same thing. If so, that means Moshiri has no interest (at least at this time) of clearing our debt, and the transfer window at least raises the massive suspicion that he has no interest in investing in transfers either.

If that's the case, then what is he here for? The answer would be obvious - a business decision to make money, just like any other businessman who isn't a sugar daddy in the Premier League.

I would say he made a bad choice right now then mate and should of stayed at Arsenal.

 

[The Esk]

Would these significant changes be inclusive of anything after 31st May 2016? Thereby including repayment of club debt?

Or, are we waiting until December 2017 to find out conclusively?

Yes mate, that's the whole idea of the post balance sheet notes, to inform shareholders of significant changes, so it would be included in the accounts published this year

 

[mikeyl]

Or even the opposite... If Moshiri paid off the debts while bill and co haven't had their shares acquired stock price could go up for them...

 

[toffee matt]

Maybe Bill did sell us to the man in the bed sit after all

 

[Goat]

It is, but that's not the point - they'd see it as a first step and view the club as something that, with the right money, could take the added leap into the Champions League.

The other way of convincing star players to sign, of course, is to throw everything at that one statement signing early doors and signal your intent that way, like City did with Robinho. Clearly, Moshiri had no interest in doing that.

I disagree Tubes, that was very much the case.

To use your Robinho example, we would have had to have signed Pogba to match that level of signing.

But we did go for the likes of Witsel, Carvalho, Koubs, all very high profile highly thought of players that would have signalled an intent.

 

[Connor]

Why? I would be shocked if there wasn't people hired by the club to control the message on social media. If there isn't then they should hire those people.

It's all part of modern PR.

Because anytime that happens it gets blown up quickly as it's obvious. See Leeds right now and even in America with the Washington Redskins. It's a stupid tactic and it does not work.

Anyway. You based it on him being a mod and having an influence on a forum. It's to see a lot of people have stopped believing his in posts so it's a bit pointless now.

 

[Tubey]

I would say he made a bad choice right now then mate and should of stayed at Arsenal.

Money is pumping into the league through TV deals, increased advertising exposure and so on. He takes 49% of the club, refuses to invest beyond what we sell on to maintain our league position and keep getting the piece of the pie, and then waits for the value to rocket before selling on.

It's what Kenwright did for a decade. The money he made on his initial investment was staggering, and he held on for so long because he is, first and foremost, a businessman.