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Cos he was The One. And it got Evertonned
trueblue84
Player Valuation: £50m
One of the most decorated managers of all time. I'm much happier with our fans worshipping him than the below average turds we've had stinking this club out for the last 30 years.
- Ex-players who achieved nothing while here yet given cushy jobs...
- The phrases "he gets us" and "at least he puts the effort in"
These are more symptomatic of what's held us back in my opinion. You have said we should be ruthless and he's against us because he left, but then bemoaning that he did just that and left a shambles of a club that is skint to return to a team where he had unfinished business, has just completed the 5 top league trophies and is in another cl final. That is what we should be aspiring to.
This. Fella is one of the most decorated managers of all time for a reason. But I don’t like the guy, I can’t like him for doing us dirty in the way he did. I know he may well have been sold a bum steer by our owner, but still.
Wolfy79
Player Valuation: £25k
With respect, and Im not one to speak for Everton fans, I dont think that's what it is and I dont think you should begrudge him for making a decision to leave considering what was being offered. He's always regretted not having the 5th league title. What he's doing is acknowledging people that took a chance on him.
KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
Yeah but Liverpool and he said Everton, top blue him once Everton has touched you
nikom court
Player Valuation: £20m
ill forgive him if wins the final,
i sort of understand why he left and it hurt at the time
but least he never stuck the knife in like moyes did.
sad the way it ended and it looks like hes trying to make up.
the mans a winner which is more than can be said of bill and his boys!
i sort of understand why he left and it hurt at the time
but least he never stuck the knife in like moyes did.
sad the way it ended and it looks like hes trying to make up.
the mans a winner which is more than can be said of bill and his boys!
Deckard2049
Player Valuation: £15m
What do people honestly think he should have done? And I’m talking realistically here not pie in the sky “be loyal to our club” nonsense.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
My honest view? Those sort of jobs would be on the table for him whenever he wanted them. He’d not done much for us yet Real Madrid still came calling, imagine if he’d actually delivered some success, it wasn’t like a once in a lifetime offer like United offering the job to Moyes, I understood that one because Moyes might never have had that level of club offer to him again (he hasn’t since). Carlo knew he could walk back into any club he wanted at any point.
I would have like least him to give us another season or two, get the squad he wanted, give it a good go, and then if it’s sent working give the club some notice he’d be leaving so they could plan for his succession.
I don’t blame him for going to Madrid, I just don’t like the manner in which he did it, whatever people say it left us in the lurch.
Deckard2049
Player Valuation: £15m
Was this actually possible given what happened and what we subsequently know? In a way I’m glad Benitez wasn’t given lots of funds but if that’s really all the money we had then I’m not surprised Carlo left. Do I think he would have stayed even with an open cheque book? I’m doubtful as I’m sure you are. But in regards to how it actually played out it’s not surprising he left.
Also I completely agree that even if he had another season here and it wasn’t the best that he’d still find it easy to get a top job. But at the same time there was definitely a narrative forming that he was ever so slightly on the wane as manager. Dismissed at Bayern and then Napoli and then he’s come to us and had a mixed time. Money aside, I highly highly doubt managing Everton was ever part of Ancelloti’s planned career trajectory. Another middling season at Everton and who knows what would have happened for him.
I think we just have to face it that the Madrid offer came at the right time for him and the wrong time for us. He can end the season with a league and champions league double. I just can’t begrudge the man.
A crass analogy a friend of mine used is that people seem to portray his decision as though Carlo ditched his homely, supportive partner for the first attractive woman that flashed him a smile. When in reality he left a a toxic basket case on a bad path for another basket case but a much more attractive one with the lots of potential. People will dislike what he did because of how it’s hurt our club, but objectively speaking he did the completely rational and correct thing.
YoboCopter
Player Valuation: £50m
Please save us don carlo
GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £60m
I don't think he did us dirty. We'd all have done the same. He came to us in good faith and made all the right noises regarding being in it for the project, etc. If his dream job didn't come up he wouldn't have jumped ship, but it did, and he did. Cannot put any blame on him at all. Is he the only manager in the last few years who didn't waste hundreds of millions of pounds on crap players for us as well? Legend.
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
It's such a shame he didn't stick around and build his own team with Mosh's millions.
He wasted £45m on Allan and Doucoure.
GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £60m
£22.5m a pop is actually very decent value when you consider others have paid 45m for Sigurdsson, 30m for Bolasie, Keane and Iwobi, 27m Tosun, etc. They aren't bad players, as proven in the first half of last season, it's all just gone so badly wrong at the club since last Christmas.
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