Latest Takeover Rumour. The Moores / Noell one

[davek]

if only the caged bird would sing again...

I would petition the mods and owner to allow one annual Christmas act of clemency on GOT from this day forth and reinstate one banned poster each year at this time.

 

[Furey1878]

Does damo not tag Davek any more then ?

It was a fitting tribute from @The Esk to tag Dave in a Damo related post.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

 

[Woolly Blue]

I would petition the mods and owner to allow one annual Christmas act of clemency on GOT from this day forth and reinstate one banned poster each year at this time.

... and I would remind you I asked you to stay on topic not long ago.
I'd quote it, but, well ...

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Seeing as it is Christmas,

From Damo on twitter:

@davek

Shut up damo

 

[Screech]

Found the below from from another website so not sure on the accuracy.

Everton's Annual Accounts include a listing of share ownership at Board level. This was the situation at the end of May 2014:

Bill Kenwright 9,044 Shares
Robert Earl 8,146 Shares
Jon Woods 6,622 Shares
Sir Philip Carter 714 shares

How would this takeover work do the consortium buy just kenwrights shares or would they buy all the boards shares ?

that's the numbers the Echo has too, plus Grantchester with 2773 and Abercromby with 1935.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Yes mate.

St Domingo Padres.

And I'm all for it.

It's the turd-brown kit that will disappoint.

 

[magicjuan]

I would petition the mods and owner to allow one annual Christmas act of clemency on GOT from this day forth and reinstate one banned poster each year at this time.

Fwee Wodewick the wobber

 

[ijjysmith]

It's the turd-brown kit that will disappoint.

LET'S GO PADRES

 

[Pat's Van]

LET'S GO PADRES

yeah, nothing to do with having art garfunkel up front

 

[SerenityNigh]

LET'S GO PADRES

This and bring back the Reverend @LCAB and it's a Festivus miracle!

 

[Coffee and TV]

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.

 

[scratchnsurf]

I'm in the where the hell is the cheese on toast option camp.

A moderator should know better.

 

[Pacman]

Can't copy the link but if you type everton takeover into Google the latest echo article is interesting headlined "current American investors arnt only interested parties." Whilst it doesn't go on to reveal anything other than the current US consortium in question, it does say "the echo understands that blues officials are confident a sale is imminent, whether to Moores and Noell or another group"

I certainly believe there is more going on behind the scenes and that we will hear about more interested parties in the coming weeks.

 

[Groucho]

I made my points in the board thread so to re-iterate;

I'm keeping my powder dry.

I don't want to fall into the trap of assuming that a takeover will mean winning the league next season, as much as I'd love it.

I'm not trying to put a downer on this news that a lot of fans have wanted for a while, merely trying to be realistic.

We certainly need something new. Just as we did when Kenwright replaced Johnson and saved us from potentially dire straights a la Leeds Utd, it's time to get new investment in to prevent stagnation - we need capital simply to retain our current squad and stand still, let alone move forward.

Cautiously waiting to see what happens here.

Everton to be taken over by John Moores?

TLDR;

1. I'd like more info and also to see if there's another rival, better, more suitable consortium bidding as well
2. Does nobody else think it's spooky that the blokes' name is John Moores?

 

[Woolly Blue]

I'm in the where the hell is the cheese on toast option camp.

A moderator should know better.

Fair point.
"Not sure" wasn't really clear enough, hopefully it's clearer now.