The consequence, IMO, is he's lost more goodwill than he'll perhaps appreciate. Certainly with me.
Often his PR team have banged the drum he will 'get' the club because of his connections to the city. Evidently, that wasn't on show when taking the piss with his selection against Huddersfield and more so QPR.
This club needs a trophy. Benitez needs points. They shouldn't be exclusive but it was shown to be last night. He's decided to knock the league cup on the head. No Everton manager should be allowed to do that. Approaching 27 bloody years.
I've been muted with my opinion on him. I wasn't totally against Benitez, I tried to take a pragmatic view - Ancelotti left is in the lurch and who else and I didn't want to add to the pile on...
But now, after last night...
Let him take the flak in a season the club have wrote off. When we've got the capacity to spend, we should give it to a manager who the whole fanbase can unite behind. Whether we like it our not, a decent proportion of good blues will just never get behind him. It was the same at Chelsea, he done alright there but a Chelsea fan on here was saying their fanbase was always at each other while he was in charge.
Any manager we have - in Moshiri's own words in 2019;
"Look, Everton is a very, very difficult job in football because you’re two home losses from being disowned by fans"
... But with Benitez, he's a few games from it turning very nasty.
Even when we're winning, there's an air of discontent. Fans are waiting to stick the knife in, others are waiting to start on other fans win, lose or draw.
The fella should be binned the minute it's right for Everton. Not when it becomes desperate.
what do you smoke?
