David Moores to blame for Liverpool mess

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Good to see Freddy Boswell finally held accountable in the media.

[RedKnight]

OFF THE FENCE: David Moores to blame for Liverpool FC mess

Jan 15 2010 by Ben Thornley, Daily Post

 

“You only sell the family silver once.”

 

Rick Parry on David Moores’ decision to sell his shares in Liverpool to Tom Hicks and George Gillett in February 2007

 

DAVID MOORES’ reign as Anfield chairman was characterised by a complete inability to get anything done, the Littlewoods heir mistaking ‘The Liverpool Way’ for inertia.

 

What a shame then he didn’t take a little longer over his final, disastrous decision as owner.

 

Moores serially failed the club he claimed to love during 16 years of chronic mismanagement.

 

Even now he continues to let down Liverpool and its supporters.

 

When a foul-mouthed Texan half-wit like Tom Hicks JR can apologise to supporters for causing embarrassment, would it be too much to ask for the man responsible for the shambles that engulfs the Reds to muster a sorry.

 

And make no mistake, if Liverpool fans want to assign culpability it’s not at George Gillett, Tom Hicks nor junior that they should point their fingers.

 

Blaming the Americans is like blaming sharks for attacking surfers or Las Vegas circus lions for mauling their tamers.

 

Hicks and Gillett are ruthless businessmen.

 

And aside from a very brief charm offensive prior to the takeover, they have never attempted to hide who they are.

 

Anyone with a lap top and internet connection could have unearthed a frightening insight into their business dealings in America – and more worryingly their track record in sport franchises.

 

Hicks had even appeared on the front of Time Magazine billed as ‘The Leveraged Buyout King’.

 

Both men have form for taking money out of their clubs, while Hicks was among a group of investors that left Brazilian side Corinthians in financial turmoil.

 

If that’s how they behave back home, what made Moores think they would be any different on these shores where they are even less accountable?

 

Liverpool was only ever going to be an opportunity to make a quick buck for Hicks and Gillett.

 

No, there’s only one man to blame for Liverpool’s crippling debt.

 

For Rafael Benitez having no transfer budget – despite operating at a substantial profit in the last three transfer windows.

 

For the new stadium having progressed no further than destroying a few green areas of Stanley Park.

 

For no top-flight crown in 20 years – the longest post war barren spell in the club’s history – while Liverpool’s greatest rivals Manchester United have levelled their record of 18 titles.

 

For a abysmally underdeveloped commercial department – that before the arrival of the American existed above the Sandon pub. As one writer perfectly observed: “Liverpool delighted in a cornershop mentality while Manchester United became a megastore.”

 

Moores is either guilty of staggering incompetence in failing to research the men to whom he sold ‘the family silver’ or incredible greed – the Americans offered Moores an extra £8m for his shares than rival bidders DIC.

 

Worst of all though has been the silence. No apology and no explanation.

 

The only time supporters have heard from Moores was when the mustachioed millionaire wasn’t allocated a ticket by the Yanks for Liverpool’s clash at the Emirates in 2008, only demonstrating how hopelessly out of touch he had become.

 

Much like Rick Parry, who on the day Robbie Fowler played his last game for Liverpool in 2007, decided to honour Moores instead of the goalscoring legend with a mosaic on the Kop reading ‘Thanks DM’.

 

Thanks for nothing, Dave.

[RedinSweden]

bang on.

[Unrighteous]

Good stuff, that. I'd love to see more pressure on that twat.

[rubberduckstyle]

Much like Rick Parry, who on the day Robbie Fowler played his last game for Liverpool in 2007, decided to honour Moores instead of the goalscoring legend with a mosaic on the Kop reading ‘Thanks DM’.

 

Is this for real?

[AndMjaa]

Brilliant that was.

[Baresi]

Finally an article on the money about this incompetent buffoon.

[AndMjaa]

Much like Rick Parry, who on the day Robbie Fowler played his last game for Liverpool in 2007, decided to honour Moores instead of the goalscoring legend with a mosaic on the Kop reading ‘Thanks DM’.

 

Is this for real?

 

Wasn't that against Charlton, 2-2, God was subbed 1 min before the final whistle so he could recieve a standing ovation - then we got a pen and Harry Kewell had to take it.

[WaltonRed]

Finally. Only about 18 months too late.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

We all know Moores sold us out to the highest bid without any thought about the club. He's as big of a cunt as G&H.

[Red Mist]

Good article. Never liked Moores, he was clever enough to avoid the blame for 20 years of failure by having Parry as a scapegoat but now we all know the true culprit. Selling us out to the blood-sucking yanks when we could have had an unlimited transfer budget with DIC is simply unforgivable. I hope when the time comes, he dies alone and unmourned, the greedy little cunt.

[WaltonRed]

Judas

[23_Carra_Gold]

Good article. Never liked Moores, he was clever enough to avoid the blame for 20 years of failure by having Parry as a scapegoat but now we all know the true culprit. Selling us out to the blood-sucking yanks when we could have had an unlimited transfer budget with DIC is simply unforgivable. I hope when the time comes, he dies alone and unmourned, the greedy little cunt.

 

Well that's not entirely true, is it? Parry was only at the club under Moores for 7 years.

 

Change it to 'Moores is a greedy cunt. Parry is an incompetent cunt.'

[Red Mist]

Well that's not entirely true, is it? Parry was only at the club under Moores for 7 years.

 

Change it to 'Moores is a greedy cunt. Parry is an incompetent cunt.'

But prior to Parry's arrival nobody was criticising the club's hierarchy. All the blame went on the manager's, Souness and Evans. Once Parry arrived, he was seen as an alternative target, because of we could not compete financially with ManUre when really the fault has always been with Moores. He truly is the incompetent one.

[23_Carra_Gold]

But prior to Parry's arrival nobody was criticising the club's hierarchy. All the blame went on the manager's, Souness and Evans. Once Parry arrived, he was seen as an alternative target, because of we could not compete financially with ManUre when really the fault has always been with Moores. He truly is the incompetent one.

 

I thought the criticism of Moores and Parry happened more 'after the fact'.

[The Acolyte]

Is that true? Was the commercial department, prior to H&G's arrival, above a pub?

[elvis]

Finally. Only about 18 months too late.

 

True mate, its all very well a local newspaper doing it now, but shouldn't they

 

be ones who did some serious digging in to their shady dealings 4 years ago?

 

It wouldn't have stopped the stupid dumb , brain - doner selling out , but at

 

least we would have been properly forewarned as to what to expect .

[zico]

If there is anyone I'd like to see tortured in a nazi concentration camp or a russian gulage, Moores and Parry would be right up there at the top of the list along with the Hicks and Gillett families...... :telloff:

[Unrighteous]

We all know Moores sold us out to the highest bid without any thought about the club. He's as big of a cunt as G&H.

 

He's even worse, in my opinion.

[dave u]

Brilliant article that.

[navbasi]

Wasn't that against Charlton, 2-2, God was subbed 1 min before the final whistle so he could recieve a standing ovation - then we got a pen and Harry Kewell had to take it.

 

The farewell for Fowler, and he was granted a raucous reception when he re-appeared for the traditional lap of honour after the final whistle, was typical of an afternoon when Liverpool minds were focused anywhere but on the game. With the team keeping out of harm's way against relegated visitors in preparation for the European Cup final, the contest was never destined to be one for the annals, although it was unsettling for the Anfield hierarchy how events off the field dominated.

 

Resentment over the distribution of tickets for the European Cup final, caused primarily by Uefa's allocation of 17,000 to each of the finalists and exacerbated by Liverpool's obligation to corporate sponsors, had drawn an angry crowd and protests against the club's chief executive, Rick Parry, continued during the game.

 

The frustrations are understandable but Parry is in no-win territory on this issue, which is not the case with the baffling decision to replace a planned Kop tribute to Fowler with one for David Moores, the former Liverpool chairman who recently banked £80m for selling his shareholding to the new owners, George Gillet and Tom Hicks.

 

A mosaic offering "Thanks" at least gave Moores greater cause to remember the occasion than most Liverpudlians, who were subjected to a poor performance.

 

Liverpool 2 Charlton Athletic 2: Anfield gives fitting farewell to Fowler - Premier League, Football - The Independent

[Iantn]

In February 2007 David Moores sold Liverpool Football club - for an extra thirty pieces of silver - to two American shysters, who continue to direct the club toward the big swanee river.

 

I like Wiki's summing up of it all :yes:

[navbasi]

If anybody would like his address to send him a letter or even a copy of the dollar bills Dougie Doins did please send me a p.m and I will give you his address.

 

Do you think your little chat with John Thompson had anything to do with this article?

[TaksimRakiClub]

You ain't fucking kidding that cunt is to blame for the mess we're in.

 

I've largely stayed out of the Rafa debate - I'm pro Benitez by the way - because I believe that changing manager now would be akin to investing in a smart new pair of Adidas whilst gangrene eats away at your legs and the surgeon sharpens his scalpels.

 

During Moores' tenure at Liverpool, Manchester United managed to increase capacity at OT from 58,000 to 77,000 or whatever it is. Meanwhile in the Anfield boardroom Dave and his mates play pass the parcel with the communal brain cell and devise a master strategy which actually reduces the capacity of our stadium by 7,000 thus creating an unbridgable deficit in revenue.

 

Sunderland, Darlington, Shrewsbury Town, Derby County, Coventry City, St Johnstone, Walsall, Oxford United the list goes on. Some of the great names of British football there and they all managed to do something which proved to be beyond the wit and wisdom of Dave and Rick. Yes, they all managed to get new stadiums built.

 

On the commercial side of things we've had the longest running sponsorship in football with Carlsberg because Dave and his bubble-headed prick of a sidekick constantly undervalued the Club's potential. Carslberg must have been laughing their fucking tits off.

 

And then, by way of a parting gift, Butch and Sundance ride into town complete with cowboy boots and carpetbags. Six weeks worth of due diligence by DIC goes down the toilet in the indecent haste to grab every last cent so that bubble-head can finally get his shiny new sportscar. And to rub a bit more salt into the open wound its fucking red.

 

David Moores and Rick Parry dragged us to the edge of the precipice.......

 

Now wait for the summer.

 

Failure to qualify for the Champions League will blow one great big fuck-off hole in the ridiculous business model foisted on the Club by those two American windowlickers. It should be obvious even to the "special" ones amongst us that without constant investment in the team CL qualification is unsustainable especially when rival clubs are spending. We have no plan B and we have no parachute.

 

Contrary to what Purslow said in the Echo no fresh investment will be forthcoming in the short term because - out of the Champions League - the valuation of the Club will plummet and as a result we'll be a damn sight cheaper in six months time.

 

The much trumpeted sum of money due under the terms of the deal with Standard Chartered will surely be Champions League dependent so no pot of gold at the end of that rainbow.

 

And our good friends from RBS will come banging on the door - like the cheap horrible loan sharks they are - for the season ticket money to knock another slice off the capital we owe.

 

Apologies for the rant but I'm as low - Heysel and Hillsborough aside - as I ever have been in 38 seasons of following the Reds.

 

I'm off to get bladdered.

[old skool tom]

sad day for local journos thats it taken this long for such a truthful article to come out