David Healy
David Healy
David Jonathan Healy, MBEis a Northern Irish former footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth5 August 1979
decline frankly market north people profitable sharp
With their sharp decline in market share, they have frankly got too much capacity, too many plants, too many people to be profitable in North America.
board company crisis pressure seems suspect turn
I suspect that Wagoner is under a lot of pressure from the board to turn things around. To me it seems the company is in crisis mode.
anytime billion cash change dollars help minor quarter suppose
It's a footnote, ... I think it's a minor help to Ford's cash position. I suppose anytime you get about a quarter of a billion dollars it's welcome, but it doesn't change the big picture.
depth four history players strength
They made history for themselves. We had strength in depth in the Eighties, top-flight players on the bench. Now, we only have four Premiership players in the squad, and two are goalkeepers.
initial move phase reaction simplify took
My initial reaction was, 'What took them so long?' ... They had too many brands, too many fiefdoms, and they had to simplify it. Even after they phase out Oldsmobile, they'll have too many, but I don't see them making another move for the foreseeable future.
believing chrysler hard incentive increasing problems solve time trying
They say they are not increasing their incentive spending, but I have a hard time believing that, especially with the zero-percent financing. Chrysler probably has a lot of problems with inventories, and it's trying to solve them by price-cutting.
less operation
Hertz has become kind of a noncore operation for them, a much less important outlet.
management plans reasonable though time
I think it's reasonable to give the new management time to look over the details, though I don't know how Ford's plans are going to change.
cars confidence consumer despite gm happening levels october stock
October was even better than I expected. Cars are cheaper, GM is back from the strike, and despite what's happening in the stock market, consumer confidence levels are high.
diminish fleet ford inflated january product reasons results sales three
The fleet sales that inflated the January results will probably diminish for GM, Ford and Chrysler. There's three reasons why their market-share has declined: product, product and product.
absence core ford hurt longer outlet relate thousands vehicles
Hertz is no longer an outlet for the tens of thousands of Ford vehicles that it used to be, and it doesn't relate to Ford's core business. I don't think the absence of Hertz will hurt Ford overall.
ceos company dependent guy half laid looks pay performance reasonable relative
Half of his pay is dependent on the performance of the company, so that looks pretty reasonable relative to the pay of other CEOs at big companies. It probably doesn't look reasonable to the guy who just got laid off.
cars historical inherently passenger profitable
The passenger cars are not inherently as profitable as big SUVs or big pickups, but they have to refurbish their car line, even if it doesn't get them back to historical profit margins,
booming forecasts raising sales start
We're off to a booming start and everybody's going to be raising their sales forecasts for the year.