Latest Takeover Rumour. The Moores / Noell one

[BoysInBlue]

People who claim he's 'massively dodgy' badly need to elaborate on this.

Because the evidence of what he did for the Padres bears no resemblance to such scaremongering claims.

That one aggrieved fans' blog slagging him off & painting him as the devil has been posted and shared to death, both on here and on Twitter.

As @Coffee and TV eloquently pointed out, he left the Padres in a far better state than they were when he took them over.

Someone on the Everton reddit seemed to know a bit more about his time at the Padres. He's replying to that blog article blaming him for their failure:

The Padres they were basically the worst franchise in Major League Baseball with a terrible stadium and had only been to the postseason once in the 25 years of their existence until Moore purchased them. After his purchase they went to the postseason 4 times (world series once and lost a one off play in game in 2007 that would have made the number 5) in the 18 years he owned them, not great but offers some perspective.

Additionally he was able to get one of the best stadiums in MLB built. The article attacks him for using public financing but that was basically done everytime a stadium was built in that time period. This actually seems to be one of the most successful ventures for team/city.

I don't know if this will be a good thing or bad thing but to say he singlehandedly ruined a baseball team is completely wrong. I would argue he took a floundering franchise and turned it around.

There is nothing wrong with someone reaping the rewards of success, as long as there is actual success.

Everton are not a charity & people who expect someone to donate billions to us without receiving anything in return are utterly delusional.

 

[Deggo]

So, a big sample, said yes. Based on sampling research (which is often a way of doing research), there was a majority vote Yes.

Don't get me wrong, was an insane decision and also insane to consider 56/57% enough to allow it to go ahead.

I know I voted no and actually never knew anyone who was voting yes or admitted to it anyway,was it as much as 56%?

 

[BoysInBlue]

Very wary of the story until more info comes out. Why did the Swansea deal fall through and who are the other interested parties? Speculation overload

Swansea are fan-owned & wanted to retain fan members on the board, plus wanted to retain fan ownership of their shares.

 

[Woolly Blue]

WTF is that even supposed to mean ?

I think Damo's saying they want their cheese on toast but won't pay for the cheese, will take out a loan for the bread and will then get someone else to pay for the gas to heat the grill up

 

[SerenityNigh]

forgive my wool geographical ignorance but isn't kirkby considered a suburb of liverpool/part of merseyside. I stand corrected if I'm wrong

WOOL

 

[Neiler]

United's commercial revenues have gone berserk, they've won the CL and leagues and at one point had a front three of Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney

Yes.

But didn't they heap a billion of debt on the club that had none, certainly the glazers aren't popular amongst Utd fans.

 

[BoysInBlue]

I think Damo's saying they want their cheese on toast but won't pay for the cheese, will take out a loan for the bread and will then get someone else to pay for the gas to heat the grill up

And some people say there's no such thing as a free lunch!

 

[Woolly Blue]

Don't get me wrong though there are people who have said anyone but Kenwright and they don't really have the right to moan too much

No, you were right to pull me up on it. I posted based on my existing view of Watched Toffee ( which, tbh, isn't great ) rather than what he'd done in that specific instance.

 

[BluePeadar]

something had to happen , im getting a pain in my flaps looking at Tim Howard standing on his line like a octogenarian waiting for a bus. i have lost a bit of love for the game of late and its culminated in my response to hearing this news. Meh, whatever , its a product now. The only thing is Goodison. We cant lose that. If we build a new stadium we will be another Stoke. And that my friends will be that.

 

[Bazlar]

I think you'll find the fans didn't vote yes as only season ticket holders were sent a ballot and even then the turn out was low

Not true mate. I received two vote. One for being a STH and one for being in the official Everton Supporters Club. I know of some people who got three vote

 

[Moomin]

People are thinking this Moore fella is only in it for the money, but the so called biggest blue is potentially selling it to him for nigh on 1000% profit without putting a penny in.

What's the difference??

 

[Goat]

It smells, real bad.

Dont like it at all.

 

[COYBL25]

People are thinking this Moore fella is only in it for the money, but the so called biggest blue is potentially selling it to him for nigh on 1000% profit without putting a penny in.

What's the difference??

Non that I can see, except bigger sums of money are now involved.

I'd appreciate someone who can fully understand the financial gobbledegook breaking it down into something that could be easily understood tbh.

 

[Brownie]

I havnt seen the word takeover yet, I've seen investment?

Has an American based takeover ever been good for a club?

The headline of the Times article on which all of this speculation is based is as follows:

Everton in £200m US takeover

 

[ilikecheese]

It smells, real bad.

Dont like it at all.

Maybe a breath mint is in order?