Latest Takeover Rumour. The Moores / Noell one

[Skeleton Crew]

So.

Is it on?

 

[blueblue]

Heitinga, a supporters' player of the year, was not good value for 6m? I think most of us (those with better memories than goldfish anyhow) would have taken Distin alone over Lescott based on performance after 2009, led alone Heitinga to boot. If you think it's reasonable to expect literally every transfer to succeed brilliantly, then by all means, focus entirely on Bily

You do realise that it is thought a goldfish can remember for up to three months rather than three seconds and remember accurately as well, so obviously you are not a goldfish.
You are entitled to believe that Heitinga was a success, I think he was a waste of money and we could wait to get rid of him at a huge loss even though he was supposedly in his prime. I may be wrong but did he not go to Fulham on loan for the last three months of his contract with before leaving for nothing ?

 

[abelard]

You do realise that it is thought a goldfish can remember for up to three months rather than three seconds and remember accurately as well, so obviously you are not a goldfish.

I concede that I am not an ichthyologist

 

[leelead]

This will be on the brink of completion just as seasons tickets renewal is announced. Nailed on!

 

[leelead]

This will be on the brink of completion just as seasons tickets renewal is announced. Nailed on!

Of course it won't be completed like just a blag story again!

 

[blueblue]

I concede that I am not a zoologist

TBF, I only read it somewhere recently and I have no idea how anybody could prove it to be true anyway.

 

[The Esk]

Gents please stay on topic. Open a new thread if you wish to discuss Moyes' signing. Thanks.

 

[royalblue66]

Gents please stay on topic. Open a new thread if you wish to discuss Moyes' signing. Thanks.

Esk, Have you heard anything about a South African consortium offering to build a new stadium at WHP,and renting it back to EFC ? If true I can't see where they would receive a return on their investment,they would maybe have naming rights,what is your views,if correct.

 

[Matty2102]

It's on
Its off
Its on
Its off
Lol

 

[SerenityNigh]

Are we being taken over or not? 225 pages of hot air by the looks of it.

I can confirm that after years of constant searching, Bill has finally found one or two people remotely interested in buying the club.

 

[The Esk]

Esk, Have you heard anything about a South African consortium offering to build a new stadium at WHP,and renting it back to EFC ? If true I can't see where they would receive a return on their investment,they would maybe have naming rights,what is your views,if correct.

Hi mate, not specifically but there has been a number of "schemes" muted.

I think you are correct in your view. A third party providing a stadium doesn't seem do-able certainly from a developers point of view - I can't see how it would generate sufficient revenue to warrant the investment even if it could attract other tenants as well as Everton.

Re naming rights, I am not convinced they are as valuable as some others think unless you have a benevolent sponsor such as Etihad for example.

Based on all of that (let alone the Council's expectations) I'd be amazed if such a deal came about.

 

[royalblue66]

Hi mate, not specifically but there has been a number of "schemes" muted.

I think you are correct in your view. A third party providing a stadium doesn't seem do-able certainly from a developers point of view - I can't see how it would generate sufficient revenue to warrant the investment even if it could attract other tenants as well as Everton.

Re naming rights, I am not convinced they are as valuable as some others think unless you have a benevolent sponsor such as Etihad for example.

Based on all of that (let alone the Council's expectations) I'd be amazed if such a deal came about.

Cheers.

 

[ham2]

Efcsa have just announced that elstone has refused to speak to them, after previously agreeing to do so, this is in regard to unaswered questions from the agm, this is going to get ugly very quickly.

 

[Justin Vaughn]

I doubt most people on here actually want a business-savvy owner, or a profitable club, if they stop to think about it. For a team like Everton, who are unlikely to ever win the "most knock-off kits on the streets of developing world metropolis du jour" competition, or the lucrative official South Korean paint company sponsorship or exclusive Malaysian crisps deal sweepstakes, the safest way to maximize profit and ensure a sound return on investment would be to spend just enough each year to avoid relegation, and capitalize by selling one or two of our best players each year and watching the TV money roll in - like a slightly more stable West Brom. We obviously don't like to consider this as one of the possible outcomes if Kenwright goes, because we prefer to daydream about an owner with absolutely no business savvy and no interest in profitability who will throw away literally billions without a second thought. Judging by the tone here, we want a climate change despot who will live out our FIFA/Football Manager fantasies and, on principle, spend at least 50 million each window on whoever scored during the most recent Match of the Day.

That wouldn't even be Everton anymore. It would be Manchester City in a darker shirt.

 

[orly]

That wouldn't even be Everton anymore. It would be Manchester City in a darker shirt.

Winning things would make us an imitation??

Possibly the most ridiculous comment I have ever seen on here, jesus wept.

Before 2008 City were not even close to us in terms of achievements - they probably still aren't.

Nah mate, we should just be Roberto's nearly men, there there lads, have a pat on the head.

Man City in a darker shirt. I despair.