Most people required of answers will throw a bit of waffle in, it's part of buying a bit of thinking time and closing down or cutting off follow up questions that you don't fancy answering.
I'm not sure it's entirely even handed to call Everton out as having an image and or perception problem, if I was in the mix for a move I'd be planting stories and winding up agents about a big wages move for myself to man utd. Players and especially agents are only out for one thing, cold hard cash - regardless of from who and how it's paid.
You cite fat sam, fat Rafael, fat frank and gravelly sean. Why not Walter, Howard, walker and the only manager I recall banning the media from the training ground Royle?
Villa were relegated 2015-16, they're in the CL final stages this season. You're only as good as your last game.
League finishing place (etc)...
This season tbc - Moyes/Dyche
15th ----------Dyche
17th ----------Dyche/Lampard
16 ------------benitez/Ferguson/Lampard
10 ------------Ancelotti
12 ------------Ancelotti/Ferguson/Silva
8 -------------Silva
8 -------------allardye/Unsworth/koeman
7 -------------koeman
11 ------------Unsworth/martinez
11 ------------martinez
5 -------------martinez
6 -------------Moyes
7
7
8 2009/10
5
5
6
11
4 2004/05
17
7 --------------Moyes ^^
15 ------------Moyes/Smith
16 ------------Smith
13 1999/00 --Smith
14 ------------Smith
17 ------------Kendall
15 ------------Royle/Watson
6 -------------Royle
15 ------------Royle/Walker
17-------------Gabriel/Kendall/Walker
13 1992/93 --Kendall
32 full seasons, into our 33rd. 14 top half finishes. 4 top quarter finishes. 6 bottom quarter finishes. Those bottom quarter finishes means alongside 3 relegated teams.
There's so many metrics to involve, net spend, best players sold, boardroom upheaval, Europe games, injuries, manager fall outs.
For completions sake... place 6 to place 15... = 22 times. (glad my maths equates here).
We can want a change of philosophy, we can want to alter the perceptions, but that's built on the pitch and delivered by performances and results.
The table never lies (except the west ham illegal players fiasco) (and the Sheffield United phantom goal fiasco).
