New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[mahermi1]

Same way I'm looking at it tbh. Can remember when Moshiri bought us. We were all over the moon back then. Really thought it would provide the lift off for Everton we all craved for for so many years. The Moshiri years older and another dissapointing experience wiser, I refuse to get my hopes up to high. Lets see what TFG will provide in reality.

There is one thing the Friedkins will have over Moshiri, no interference from a certain Bill Kenwright. Friedkin starts with a clean slate, no one in their right mind expects success overnight, just steady progress, a much better financial footing and being better, more professionally ran. Getting it right off the field, e.g Brighton will lead to improvement on it. The commercial deals and increased capacity of a new ground should help that immensely.
It's vitally important to get the correct new Manager / CEO/ DOF people in so it all fits together.

 

[Zatara]

Pity they lent Abraham to Milan, that could have been an option for us in January. Ironic that both teams are struggling for goals.

Ranieri is a good appointment to settle things down for the reminder of the season. The Friedkins do seem to be making some elementary mistakes though. The DoF appears to be completely sidelined, and there is talk of bringing Fabrizio Paratici in (ex Spurs and suspended by UEFA) as an external consultant. Also talk that Ranieri will join the board as technical director and stay in that capacity when they presumably appoint another manager next summer.

It's all a bit haphazard and smelling of too many cooks. Relying on advisors whilst sidelining people with official roles at the club who have skin in the game for their careers is not a good move. At least Ranieri seems to be a better thought out move for the circumstances they find themselves in but they do have to show a capacity to learn, and do it quickly.

Ive seen several sites linking Paratici with us. Not sure his record is good enough on the player front...some great signings but many flops.

 

[blue61]

Maybe we need to Curb our Enthusiasm a tad! Its damned hard tho! That old adage frying pan to fryer

We're already in the fryer.

 

[Toffeeslam]

as others have commented the alternative is not something we should be thinking about because Morshiri will kill the club as he doesn’t want to invest further.

Now I don’t know how it will pan out when they do takeover but we need stability and owners who can pay the bills. Anyway this Roma lark started when their fans lost their minds when they sacked DeRossi due to how difficult he was to work with.

My biggest concern will be the recruitment in both playing staff and management so I guess we will have to wait and see but it removes the threat of administration.

I am cautiously optimistic with the new stadium and financial stability, but been an Everton fan long enough to know how sideways it could go.

Some on here do go into hyperbole with the doom and gloom and whatnot which is both funny and tiresome in equal measure

 

[Nymzee]

Might have some info on Friedkin's:

 

[Noggsy blue]

Can’t actually remember the last time Everton had a competent board of directors.
When we was successful you very rarely heard from them.

 

[Bryan+]

They're meeting the PL this week.

Yes well done mate it was posted about 5hrs before you posted this

 

[brieverton]

Ive seen several sites linking Paratici with us. Not sure his record is good enough on the player front...some great signings but many flops.

They seem to like shuffling the decks at Roma. It will not be a surprise if they decide either to appoint a "Chief" Director of Football covering both us and Roma and have Thelwell/Ghisolfi report to them, or do the same thing sideways through one of their consultants/advisers.

I don't mind that if it means both clubs can benefit but only on that basis. Too many people involved in decision-making just leads to more of what we've had, and a muddled transfer policy. For all the fuss at Roma, their squad is only good enough for 6th at best, and that's pushing it.

 

[Lob]

No matter how many negative stories we hear about them, they are nowhere near in the same league of badness as Moshiri. Since taking over Roma 4 years ago, they have won the Europa Conference League and came 2nd in the Europa League which also obviously means they have been finishing quite high in the table to actually qualify for them in the first place.

Not expecting that with us of course, it will take time and it is definitely wise to be cautious but one thing i am certain of is that they are a far better owner than what we currently have and are at minimum professional, experienced and ambitious which is a good start and something we have been missing for a very long time.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

No matter how many negative stories we hear about them, they are nowhere near in the same league of badness as Moshiri. Since taking over Roma 4 years ago, they have won the Europa Conference League and came 2nd in the Europa League which also obviously means they have been finishing quite high in the table to actually qualify for them in the first place.

Not expecting that with us of course, it will take time and it is definitely wise to be cautious but one thing i am certain of is that they are a far better owner than what we currently have and are at minimum professional, experienced and ambitious which is a good start and something we have been missing for a very long time.

You'll start to see the Kopite media machine go to work now.

The constant rolling out of negative media stories about them.

I just hope Blues can approach it with a bit of critical thinking.

 

[PKwalnuts]

Can’t actually remember the last time Everton had a competent board of directors.
When we was successful you very rarely heard from them.

It was back when Directors where Directing but success on the pitch was down to a Good Manager, Good Players, and good scouting.

 

[Verbal Kint]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with them sacking managers at a whim.... If the team is underperforming then managers should get the boot. He sacked DDR and he is an all time hero, no sentiments, Benitez, Lampard and Dyche would all have been sacked long before they did get the boot....

We don't do our jobs we get the boot.... Simple

 

[GoldenToffee]

Seems like it's imminent so hopefully one of two things happens: They fire Dyche immediately and get a new manager in, or Dyche is able to immediately pick up points and get us away from danger (highly unlikely with our fixtures).

 

[Bedfordblue]

Same way I'm looking at it tbh. Can remember when Moshiri bought us. We were all over the moon back then. Really thought it would provide the lift off for Everton we all craved for for so many years. The Moshiri years older and another dissapointing experience wiser, I refuse to get my hopes up to high. Lets see what TFG will provide in reality.

Moshiri can certainly viewed as having made a bit of a mess of things, but imagine if when he arrived it was on a promise of BMD, ancelotti as manager, James up front, raiding Barca for players….. but tempered by multiple relegation struggles and the EPL hammering us for spending too much?
Easy to say now it’s all (almost) played out but I reckon I’d still have taken it.

 

[Azza]

Welcome Mancini.