by JohnBull » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:07 pm
The main problem with the club is that there is no one at the helm.
We had Moores who was lucky enough to have been born into money and has never earned a bleedin penny himself. A lifelong parasite.
Parry is the perfect example of a man promoted well beyond his ability and who knows it. Don't forget it was this leech who helped the yank prykes come in, without doing a basic "due diligence" survey on them.
We've got the G&H partnership who don't know a bloody thing about football (or "soccer" as they'd say). A pair of asset stripping pirates who saw an easy touch with Moores and Parry.
We've got Raffa who's wasted more money than he's spent well and seems to want to start a new 5 year plan every year. Parry is obviously using this to increase his grip on the Yanks' purse strings and has bolstered his position within the club that he obviously doesn't REALLY give a toss about.
Liverpool Football Club was built on the idea of having ONE Captain. From the day that Shanks offered his resignation over the Morrisey transfer to Everton and the board, sensibly, backed down we've had our best times with a strong leader who everyone at the club called "BOSS".
We've now got owners who haven't spent a penny and who stand to make millions. A major share holder, THE major share holder, who is happy to sit in sunny Spain watching the game on telly while counting the millions he's never earned. Parry who's agenda begins and ends with his bank balance and his own 5 star lifestyle. And Raffa who has spent the family silver with (and this is generous!) a 30% success rate. We've a team which contains the full spectrum of football talent, from genius to cr@p.
In the background is DIC. These guys are no mugs when it comes to investment but they never get involved in the day to day running of any of the businesses they've bought into. They buy into, and invest in, WINNERS, with very very few failures in their history. I cannot see them coming to LFC without major changes in the management, on and off the field.
At the end of the day I do think that it's time for Raffa to move on but the whole board room need to move on at the same time. It's going to be a while before the good times return.
JohnBull