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Farhad Moshiri

7+ Years On... Your Verdict On Farhad Moshiri

  • Pleased

    Votes: 111 7.9%

  • Disappointed

    Votes: 1,295 92.1%
  • Total voters
    1,406

ForeverEverton said:
Is anyone as depressed as me on here after what happened last night, I got to thinking will we ever become a force ever again? I doubt anyone outside the current top 6 has any chance of closing that gap... AND are we destined to be forever in Liverpools shadows when it comes to success? They have 60 major honours (Inc 15 Charity Shields) compared to our 24 (Inc 9 Charity Shields). I can only see them adding more in the near future, I dont think we have a prayer! We have 1 FA Cup and 1 Charity Shield since the Premier League began which is nowhere good enough when you see the teams who have won trophies in that time, 1st team in Liverpool but by no means the best... Totally dispondant. Anyone else feel the same?

I`m hoping Farhad can do alot of good for Everton but I dont think he has a chance of getting us challenging for Champions Leagues or League Titles. I`ve probably seen the best of Everton in 1989, I would have been 10, I`m now 40. Craving some sort of success other than the 7th placed trophy, our best shot will come if the top 6 join a European Super League. The next few weeks are going to be unbearable.....
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I honestly believe both what Spurs and Norway have done is achievable, if you look at Norways squad, its not inconceivable we couldn't do similar, is there really anyone in that squad we couldn't of signed, Mane, Salah, Firminho, Robertson etc. We could have.

Equally with Spurs, we could have put together that team.

The difference between them and us is that they are not operating on a different level, they have had continuity, focus, a strategic titrated plan implemented over a number of years. Thats the difference in my opinion.

They are both in year five of the life cycle of their plans and continuity, we have just finished year 1.

If i felt the ceiling was unbreakable i would just give up, its absolutely not in my opinion.

At the start of this cycle Moyes was finishing ahead of Spurs and Liverpool regularly.
 

brieverton said:
Moshiri accepted the compromise from day one by choosing, or having to choose, to retain Kenwright and Elstone, and with it, virtually the entire organisational structure of the club, one that inherited a culture of inferiority and mediocrity and did nothing tangible to turn that course of events around over the previous 20 years.

So it was a half-baked "takeover" from the off. You can't expect huge change if the people in the driving seat are satisfied with going in the same direction as previous. That is sadly reinforced by the appointment of DBB and the very pompous sounding "senior management team".

I'd still rather he came in than not, as you cannot argue that spending markedly increased, just that it was all as effective as setting alight to millions upon millions for all the good it did us.

In the medium to long term, I think the best that can be salvaged from his time here is to get BMD delivered, and well, that's very much debatable as to whether it will be or not, but if so, I think it ultimately puts us in a position where we can attract a much bigger fish than Moshiri to drive things forward.

It's impossible to know of course, but Moshiri gives me the general impression that he is happy to be in the select club of "English Premier League Club owner".
I would doubt very much if he obsesses over plans to have us join the elite of English football.

With Man City, it isn't simply a case of abundant wealth, you cannot succeed long-term even with that backing if you have relative amateurs running the show. We would be in a better position today if we could have had a clear-out of the boardroom and senior management, to accompany Moshiri's arrival. This was the biggest opportunity missed.

The top clubs not only have the best players, but have people at the top of their profession in terms of finance and accounting, commercial and PR, legal, administration, directors etc. We quite simply do not. Things are still being run on a wing and a prayer it seems. There really hasn't been one single event or events, since Moshiri came along, that have given me the indication that things have fundamentally changed at Everton. If you get more of the same, you can expect more of the same.
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Agree with all this really - I've been saying similar for some time.

What I will say on Moshiri though, is at least he seems to have learned from his mistakes, particularly when it comes to making football calls. He's designated that to someone he considers an expert in Brands. I think they promoted his to the board far too soon though...

Ultimately, until we appoint a top/elite manager rather than taking a gamble on short term flavours of the month - we're pissing in the wind.
 
GrandOldTeam said:
Agree with all this really - I've been saying similar for some time.

What I will say on Moshiri though, is at least he seems to have learned from his mistakes, particularly when it comes to making football calls. He's designated that to someone he considers an expert in Brands. I think they promoted his to the board far too soon though...

Ultimately, until we appoint a top/elite manager rather than taking a gamble on short term flavours of the month - we're pissing in the wind.
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Which we won’t because we would have to show some ambition.

Lukaku called it
 


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