You don't know what the owner thinks Dave, none of us do. I'm not sure even the owner knows what the owner thinks.
No correct that, I'm not even sure the owner thinks.
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No correct that, I'm not even sure the owner thinks.
I mean, ones a bright young manager but a kopite.
The others a washed up, arrogant loser who is also a kopite.
I know which one I'd rather have.
Colonel Getafe
Player Valuation: £25m
Christ! I think someone must have hacked FB92's account..... ?
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Well we agree an overhaul is needed. And I think most do. We can talk all day about Benitez, but the reality is he's the one here and tasked with that overhaul.Thing is Dave, I dont think I am necessarily a better Blue not by a long way, for a number of reasons too, cant go as often, fell out of love with them a little, even despair at how they make feel sometimes, ruin weekends regularly, its like a marriage really, you take the odd good vibe as it feels real good but then "Everton That!" happens and the cycle starts again!
But what I do and what you allude to is I have a pragmatic overview and nothing strikes me that what Rafael does as pragmatic, systematic or worthy of the adulation some pour on his "records" if anything its rather Archaic in its philosophy, there is no doubt this Club needs a massive overhaul, what you don't do is give that job to a man who has NEVER really done that and certainly not in recent times and don't give it to a man who immediately divided a fanbase at the whim of an "idiotic" owner who thinks, but really doesn't know better and has actually failed to learn anything about his past mistakes over the last 6 years. It was doomed to failure.
I get that you say you dont necessarily like him but at least be honest with your appraisal in that, this form and his approach cannot continue as it is, or it will have serious consequences for the Club that brings us all on here everyday.
Being contrary for the sake of it is rather bemusing, after all you arent @ForeverBlue92 looking to "increase" your score on GOT as a your primary aim! Well I dont think you are anyway?
Some of us set our stall out and rightly or wrongly you either stand for something or you dont stand at all, I believe 100% he is doomed here but at the same time I DO want Everton to win, I ant my lad to feel the way I did in the 80's, its what we all want, surely!
At the same time I will celebrate Everton when we win and give credit when its due but I wont hold back when its rather obvious even to people like me (I just watch as I enjoy it rather than being able to dissect every tactic but fair play to those that notice the nuances of the game, I wish I had the capacity), when something is badly wrong and it is currently very badly wrong and a good portion of that sits with Rafael set up!
Anyway, still love ya ya great big Orange Ball bag of loveliness!
UTFT
The choice is to get behind him and that process or oppose him and hope the next manager comes in and carries out that necessary but unpopular task...and there wont be too many managers out there prepared to take that unpopularity on or invest years doing it. Anyone in the 'good manager' category will want cash to spend; anyone outside that category aren't welcome.
I think Benitez is bloody minded enough to make a good start on this restructuring and that's all that interests me about him. People can talk about not wanting a Kopoite in charge or that the tactics are dinosaur if they want. But I see a start made on laying down clear channles of command that includes the bureaucracy on the playing side of the club and the players.
Of course, if we fall into the relegation spots trying to restructure as this horrendous injury-ravaged season progresses then we have to call someone else in. But the restructuring cant be ducked.
I think he's very lucky that the Leicester game has been postponed and his next game is one that any manager should win convincingly.
If Leicester played us tonight and won, which they would have, he would've been turfed.
If Leicester played us tonight and won, which they would have, he would've been turfed.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Relegation form is determined by what every team in the bottom half is doing, not one team. And the bottom 4 look sunk to me.
NathDogg
Player Valuation: £40m
What's changed for you mate?
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
There’s levels.
There’s no world where the likes of Dalglish Souness Gerrard would ever agree to manage this club. Even Klopp wouldn’t do it.
The very fact Benitez is here shows he couldn’t give two stuffs about his Liverpool connections.
It shows he wanted to live at home, it's got nothing to do with Everton.
We were just stupid enough to let him.
And the fact that he's their's is but one reason why we should never have appointed him.
bilyaletdinov_
Player Valuation: £35m
Fair assessment mate, i can understand that logic.
Hopefully Benitez is able to turn it around!
Yes indeed, he's got a mission to turn an outmoded and unfit for purpose organisation into a winning prospect. He's our Tony Blair and I'm now on board with El Tony Benitez and New Everton.
Colonel Getafe
Player Valuation: £25m
Well if all 4 are going down, let's hope we don't get embarrassed by Norwichalona...
Spadge Vernacular
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Colonel Getafe
Player Valuation: £25m
7 cans of special brew and a pinacoloada ?
Colonel Getafe
Player Valuation: £25m
@ Admin: is there a way I could 'like' this post a hundred times please?
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