Scene setting : An interview in the 20 year future.
Interviewer : Mr Moshiri, you are a man worth nearly $2 million, what do you put that extraordinary net worth down to?
Farhad : Investing in Everton back in 2015
Interviewer : But things looked so bright back then- the allure of the Premier League, the TV money, the possible new stadium and new revenue streams...it all seemed so rosy; what can you say to explain how it all went so wrong?
Farhad : two words - 'Everton that'
Interviewer : Is it really that simple?. What happened to the ambitions, the dreams...the hope?
Farhad : Hope?, you mention hope? Well, as regards hope,the biggest lesson Everton taught me, as it has taught generations of its supporters, is all to do with hope.
Interviewer : And that lesson is what ?
Farhad : That, when it comes to Everton, 'it's the hope, that kills you'.
Happy New Year everybody!!!