KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum David Moores’s letter to The Times in full

this is complete bs, anyone stupid enough to believe that this man did anything with the club's interest at heart deserves to suffer through the crap we are going through ........ the man is a greedy lying cnut - everything he did was with his wallet's interest at heart ...... a new stadium could have been built years ago without having to take huge loans out to do so but he would have had to stop taking money from the club to make it happen ....... so what happened? he chose to keep taking his huge salary, bonuses and expenses instead

that man is completely, totally and wholly responsible for the mess the club is in now

Fact - there was an offer from DIC on the table and he snubbed it for a higher offer from G&H.

Fact - there was no proper due diligence done on G&H and it was reflected in his hasty decision to grab the best offer.

Fact - Rick Parry was a c*nt and secured a deal for his own benefit. He left LFC on a big severance packet. Yet DM still insists that he did a good job.

Fact - whether he loves LFC is immaterial. It is now a fact that his name will always be associated with our downfall or possible demise of LFC.

Can't believe what's being said here. Read the whole letter you morons. Fair play to mr. Moores , he does't have to say fucck all. Judging from the reaction here, trying to explain to 'post 2005' fans is a bit more than he can probably chew.

post 2005 fans? are seriously suggesting that people on here became fans after istanbul? thats a bit laughable.

so he writes a letter that he has had years to compile, i wouldnt exactly take it at face value. especially when there is no facts, documentation or third party verification to back it up.

i couldnt be bothered being annoyed or even thinking about what happened in the past, it doesnt matter now anyway. all that matters is that we get ourselves out of this hole. but for what its worth, it looks like he's trying to save face.

He's pouring his soul out in a letter to The Times, knowing full well that all facts stated will be scrutinised by fellow supporters and journalists across the world and you say he's lying? Please.

I cannot stand David Moores and I entirely blame him not Gillet and Hicks for the mess the club is in now. I don’t for one minute doubt he acted in good faith. But that is not enough in itself.

The point is he was grossly incompetent and should never been allowed near a club of Liverpool’s stature.

Four examples.

When the prememier league took off comprare our fortunes with the only other club with a brand anything like ours Man Utd. In fact in 1992 our brand was probably higher than Utd at the time. We were one of the last clubs to have website our commercial dealings back then were shocking. That comes from the top Moores was a useless businessman and I really mean useless. A massive asset was allowed to go to waste. Unforgivable error!

The dithering with sacking of Roy Evans and the stupid decision to have a joint manager ship with Gerrard Houllier just because Moores could not face a difficult but essential decision. That’s what being a chairman is about taking tough decisions. The inertia of that era lost us two valuable years at a time when the premiership was taking off. Very expensive!!

The ground needed replacing altogether it was obvious 15 years ago and I wrote to Rick Parry myself got some nebulous answer back. Instead Moores answer was to develop the Kop the centenary and the Anfield road upper tier. Spending millions and then deciding we needed a new ground so all that money was wasted. Again no foresight no business acumen at all.

Finally the sell out far too late and a complete cock up. Look in his letter he all but admits he was outmanoeuvred by DIC (or conned by DIC whichever it does not matter) then is forced into a rushed sale to Gillet and Hicks. Whoever’s fault that is irrelevant he was chairman and he was responsible. As for the great advisors he selected Rothschild’s etc. that is normal practice but no substitute for your own acumen. Moores seems to have been expecting them to do the thinking for him. That’s not the way it works. We ended up with two foreign asset strippers running the club I don’t blame them I blame Moores.

He will be forever remembered as the man who destroyed LFC.

so heres a lowdown

dic offered a decent deal and we got scared needed a stadium ASAP so took on G&H as they were nice chaps and guess what they [oops] LFC up! and i havent been able to set foot in my beloved anfield since... would i pay back the ludicrous amounts i got paid for a bad job?? NO WAY oh btw YNWA

Mr Moore

that summed it up really

Hindsight. 20/20

I agree with you Stanley - Moores is the man who took us on when we were the best... and he turned us into also-rans.

If the point of Moores' letter is to put pressure on H&G, that won't work. If anyone really thinks the Yankers will now sell up because of this, they need their head checking. They aren't going to give up on hard $ for sentiment.

The whole point for the Yanks (and they have always known this) is that they will make their $ when they come to sell us - that was their plan all along - and sadly, it will work.

Moores strikes me as a very silly man - more money than sense (often the case with folk who inherit fortunes). The Yanks saw him coming and Moores was 'done'. We have had to suffer the consequences as a result.

Nonesense if you were a chairman of a public company going down the pan and you stood up at the shareholders AGM and said its all very well with hindsight what do you think the reaction would be?