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Latest Takeover Rumour. The Moores / Noell one

Are you For or Against the idea of the possible Moores / Noell takeover ?

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Exciting times ahead, one way or another.

I don't expect huge investment, but I would like a sense of direction. The current ownership have done nothing to push this football club forward. There has been no plan.

Even if the plan is to make us a more attractive proposition to sell on for a profit in a few years, I'm happy with that. Don't ruin us, and give us a sense of progress.
 
kithnou said:
Better for the club in what is offered or better as in more money to buy?
Your faith in those in charge at Everton is heartwarming.
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Not a fan of this board one bit mate , their record over the years is nothing short of despicable.
The tiniest bit of faith I have is Bill does the right thing .If that means handing over to Moores / Noell who have a long term business plan
including the stadium issue , improves the marketing and we see real investment and a plan for the future then so be it.
 
blueblue said:
I hope you all realise that Tim Howard will now be in goal for the next decade.

To those who favour the Chinese instead of the Americans I would suggest that if we were currently talking to the Chinese you would then favour the Americans. That is not meant as a criticism but more to do with the fear of the unknown. There is nothing solid known about what is happening, apart from that it is happening.

I expect that any deal will have some leverage involved in it's structure. How much is the question. I am going to wait until we are told something solid and definite until I even begin to consider if it is a good deal.

I have seen a number of examples earlier of failed American owners. However, they all seem to have invested large sums of money in playing staff, but seemed to get the buying of players and managerial appointments all wrong.
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If it's a Chinese takeover do we get midfield powerhouse Li Tie back?
 
mahermi1 said:
Admire your trusting nature am sure a lot of Liverpool fans believed this of David Moore's, the lifelong Liverpool fan and chairman at the time, who sold out to Hicks and Gillette. He is still regretting that I believe.
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So hey ho lets hope Bill backheals all advances....its what we've always wanted ....right ?
 

I'm all for this deal but only if it's not a massively leveraged buyout. Everton don't have the resources or revenue/turnover to survive a load of debt.

Moores/Noell don't look like the types of guys who will be putting in their own money for infrastructure or players. Any new stadium would be built with loans and business partners. At most we may be able to get an interest-free loan from them but even that would probably be a longshot.

Moores reign over the San Diego Padres was pretty much mediocre. Some years their player payroll would be middle of the pack, other years they were in the bottom third. This was expected since baseball is a business first and San Diego fluctuated between a small-market and a mid-market team. That is to say, their revenue couldn't hope to compete with clubs such as the Yankees.

Although Kenwright has always said he was waiting for the "right" buyers, my guess is that Bill's failing health has his hand and that previous sentiment has gone out the window. I sincerely hope he's vetted these guys carefully but I'm not confident.

While I don't think Moores/Noell will return Everton to the top of the Premier League financially, I do think they can improve the business side of things so that we remain in the top 8 or so. Everton will still need to be savvy with our player purchases and managerial selections to succeed on the pitch. I'm fine with that.
 
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Mekias said:
I'm all for this deal IF it's not a massively leveraged buyout. Everton don't have the resources or revenue/turnover to survive a load of debt.

Moores/Noell don't look like the types of guys who will be putting in their own money for infrastructure or players. Any new stadium would be built with loans and business partners. At most we may be able to get an interest-free loan from them but even that would probably be a longshot.

Moores reign over the San Diego Padres was pretty much mediocre. Some years their player payroll would be middle of the pack, other years they were in the bottom third. This was expected since baseball is a business first and San Diego fluctuated between a small-market and a mid-market team. That is to say, their revenue couldn't hope to compete with clubs such as the Yankees.

Although Kenwright has always said he was waiting for the "right" buyers, my guess is that has gone out the window with his failing health. I hope he's vetted these guys carefully but I'm not confident.

While I don't think Moores/Noell will return Everton to the top of the Premier League financially, I do think they can improve the business side of things so that we remain in the top 8 or so. Everton will still need to be savvy with our player purchases and managerial selections to succeed on the pitch. I'm fine with that.
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Yeah, i honestly don't know what to think of this TBH. It's not like they built the Padres into a mid-market powerhouse, but they usually were competitive. They also got a new stadium deal done. But stadiums get built on the sweat of taxpayer money in the US, which isn't how it works over the pond. I'd be interested to know what the good people of southern CA think about them. I guess the one thing they have going for them is they aren't the Chargers owners.

Cautiously optimistic
 

Parkender said:
As someone has just said somewhere on here, most new owners seem to make the mistake in appointing managers rather than funding the teams. Id be quite confident in Martinez not only building us a competitive team but also in buying young players to sell on at a profit. For all his faults, hes a forward thinking manager rather than someone from the old boys club whose going to waste money on expensive 30 year olds
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Yet most people talk like spend $$$ = good owner
 
When he bought the Padres, Moores said, "My goal is to stabilize the club financially so that it can be competitive on the field and accepted in the community." Sounds fine to me.

In 2002 while an owner of the Padres, he helped author the debt-service rule, the mainstay which now restricts baseball clubs from borrowing money to pay down operational debt.

Hopefully that means no leveraged buyout?
 

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