Good article mate. Much of the arguments against Moshiri seemed to be based upon 2 things, 1) he hasn't gone far enough and 2) a fatalistic assumption that all is not what it appears (in a negative sense). I think one point is reasonable, and one is a little harsh.
What the injection of Cash into the club (and a pretty serious injection of Cash, even by the crazy world of football) shows is yet another example of the simplicity of Moshiri's methods in trying to get the right foundations. He identified 3 areas when he arrived, commercial revenues, manager and long term debt holding the club back.
We have changed manager and while he may not be everyone's cup of tea most would accept it was an ambitious choice. There is movement on the ground and growing our marketing streams (though the latter will take time) and he has now wiped the debt out. It has been simple and efficient work by him. In some ways I think that's what people hold against him, that there isn't a huge drama about all of it, but he is rightly looking to avoid that. There may not be the razzamataz yet in the wider media but the club is in as strong a position as it has been for 20 years.
I go back to the original two criticisms and am happy to engage with people who can put different perspectives I may not have seen. I can understand the first point. He's not as wealthy as the Sheikhs (though I would say far more wealthy than is widely reported figure). We are not blowing sides out of the water like they did. It is a lot harder to do mind, football is far more awash with money. However I can understand why people may see that as excuse. There will always be someone richer. I'm a glass full kind of person and see we are in far better shape than before, but as yet we are not as wealthy as Manchester City or PSG and it's questionable whether we will be.
The second point though does need answering. Kenwright pulled the wool over people's eyes and in the confusion that followed it was often used at best to meander through without any plan and at worst to sell off our best players and plead helplessness. There is a healthy cynicism from Evertonians, but no businessman would knowingly run a club Kenwright did. Not everything has a hidden motive. Kenwright was running the club into the ground, it made no sense to stay other than love and loyalty. I don't think either of these things are central to Moshiri's motivations and I think overall that's for the best. Where we had confusion, discord and inaction, we now have clarity, action and finance.
Anyway good article. We are now far more in control of our destiny and not operating on the basis of one sold player to the next. In the end that's all you can ask for, give those who work for the club the environment to succeed. The nature of the debt we had prevented this, it's gone now and that's a major victory.
