Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
All the negative reactions to this are all from Kopites. Journalists and closets on here standing out like sore thumbs lol
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Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
The grave?
Bluetintedspecs
Player Valuation: £6m
You have to put some of those sackings into context when you consider some of the bonkers club owners he's worked for.
Juventus: Sacked at half-time during the last game of the season (a match they won) when they were still in with a chance of winning the league.
Chelsea: Won the double in his first season, league runners-up in his second, but sacked.
Real Madrid: Real won their first Champions League for 12 years in 2014, as well as the cup, and Ancelotti was voted FIFA coach of the year. Following season, league runners-up to Pep's brilliant Barcelona team who won all the trophies on offer, so he was sacked.
Bayern: Won the league in his first season and, if not for some very dodgy refereeing, would have beaten eventual winners Real in the Champions League QF. He was sacked a month into the following season after losing 3-0 to PSG in a CL group game.
Napoli: Sacked by bonkers owner after poor run in the league.
Even for the best managers, being sacked comes with the territory. Mourinho (4 times?), Simeone, Clough.....
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Im genuinely caught between a heart and mental place on this one.
Its hard not to get excited, i like Anchelotti always have hes a football man and he gets the best out of players, he improves players, he will surely attract players who want to play for him. He has experience of the league, winning trophies in it and most surprisingly of all he seems to want to come. This raises the clubs profile massively and will make outside players, others managers and clubs, sit up and go, Everton you say. I didnt think he would come here if im being wholly honest and still wont until hes here, but it looks more then hopeful at this stage.
All that said, there is a part of me that thinks if something is to good to be true it usually is. I think we have a poor enough squad for what we invested in it, albeit a couple of nuggets in there, we are desperate to unload a few and our finances look 80 -100 mill in the red to me. How we are affording the numbers that are being bandied about in terms of his and his staff contracts are beyond me. I know many will say Usminov and even if that is the case, its trickier getting money from a wealthy shadowy owner into the club accounts then you might think. The squad needs investment and im not sure where the money for Carlo and all that is needed and looks promised in terms of squad investment is coming from. I also worry, is this a Hollywood appointment, maybe Everton need someone to build incrementally rather than someone to come in immediately and expect to get results and trophies. How will he fit in with the existing structure of Brands and or will we go total reboot on that again. The last time i remember the fan base this drunk on excitement was the summer of 17 and that proved to be the worst period of waste, undermining and shackling of the club in Everton history.
Then i think of the stability of the appointment, if top jobs become available, he will be inevitably linked and maybe there will be break clauses or compensation clauses in his contract in that scenario. Maybe that all unfair and what we have is a good man, coming to try and do a job, but im a cynic when it comes to football.
Generally im open minded and excited, maybe that is enough for now and need to just accept whats coming in terms of it being a good appointment on paper, despite reservations. Either way we look closer to white smoke, so no other choice but to be open minded and hope someone at the club knows what they are doing with the whole kit and caboodle.
Its hard not to get excited, i like Anchelotti always have hes a football man and he gets the best out of players, he improves players, he will surely attract players who want to play for him. He has experience of the league, winning trophies in it and most surprisingly of all he seems to want to come. This raises the clubs profile massively and will make outside players, others managers and clubs, sit up and go, Everton you say. I didnt think he would come here if im being wholly honest and still wont until hes here, but it looks more then hopeful at this stage.
All that said, there is a part of me that thinks if something is to good to be true it usually is. I think we have a poor enough squad for what we invested in it, albeit a couple of nuggets in there, we are desperate to unload a few and our finances look 80 -100 mill in the red to me. How we are affording the numbers that are being bandied about in terms of his and his staff contracts are beyond me. I know many will say Usminov and even if that is the case, its trickier getting money from a wealthy shadowy owner into the club accounts then you might think. The squad needs investment and im not sure where the money for Carlo and all that is needed and looks promised in terms of squad investment is coming from. I also worry, is this a Hollywood appointment, maybe Everton need someone to build incrementally rather than someone to come in immediately and expect to get results and trophies. How will he fit in with the existing structure of Brands and or will we go total reboot on that again. The last time i remember the fan base this drunk on excitement was the summer of 17 and that proved to be the worst period of waste, undermining and shackling of the club in Everton history.
Then i think of the stability of the appointment, if top jobs become available, he will be inevitably linked and maybe there will be break clauses or compensation clauses in his contract in that scenario. Maybe that all unfair and what we have is a good man, coming to try and do a job, but im a cynic when it comes to football.
Generally im open minded and excited, maybe that is enough for now and need to just accept whats coming in terms of it being a good appointment on paper, despite reservations. Either way we look closer to white smoke, so no other choice but to be open minded and hope someone at the club knows what they are doing with the whole kit and caboodle.
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That’s exactly what he’s done
Best club in the world and yet they sing about us every single week despite being about 30 points clear and when they were in the champions league final.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
This really has got to them, i dont get it, i would like to think if we were back to winning ways all we would care about is us but i think because the league is really dull now and there is no competition in it, its made it boring, so we are back to being the number one thing on their minds.
Disgruntledgoat
Player Valuation: £50m
You have to put some of those sackings into context when you consider some of the bonkers club owners he's worked for.
Juventus: Sacked at half-time during the last game of the season (a match they won) when they were still in with a chance of winning the league.
Chelsea: Won the double in his first season, league runners-up in his second, but sacked.
Real Madrid: Real won their first Champions League for 12 years in 2014, as well as the cup, and Ancelotti was voted FIFA coach of the year. Following season, league runners-up to Pep's brilliant Barcelona team who won all the trophies on offer, so he was sacked.
Bayern: Won the league in his first season and, if not for some very dodgy refereeing, would have beaten eventual winners Real in the Champions League QF. He was sacked a month into the following season after losing 3-0 to PSG in a CL group game.
Napoli: Sacked by bonkers owner after poor run in the league.
Even for the best managers, being sacked comes with the territory. Mourinho (4 times?), Simeone, Clough.....
In his book he references being constantly hauled in to explain defeats and even victories Abramovich didn't like. He thought his style was too soft, not enough shouting.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Its like when we went out and spent 50 large on the Brazilian and runined the window ahaha
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Some of those are more ridiculous than I realized. The Chelsea one always confused me.You have to put some of those sackings into context when you consider some of the bonkers club owners he's worked for.
Juventus: Sacked at half-time during the last game of the season (a match they won) when they were still in with a chance of winning the league.
Chelsea: Won the double in his first season, league runners-up in his second, but sacked.
Real Madrid: Real won their first Champions League for 12 years in 2014, as well as the cup, and Ancelotti was voted FIFA coach of the year. Following season, league runners-up to Pep's brilliant Barcelona team who won all the trophies on offer, so he was sacked.
Bayern: Won the league in his first season and, if not for some very dodgy refereeing, would have beaten eventual winners Real in the Champions League QF. He was sacked a month into the following season after losing 3-0 to PSG in a CL group game.
Napoli: Sacked by bonkers owner after poor run in the league.
Even for the best managers, being sacked comes with the territory. Mourinho (4 times?), Simeone, Clough.....
Disgruntledgoat
Player Valuation: £50m
And yet when we're crap/on our arse it's all this head patting "want you to do well for the good of the city" stuff.
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Parcheggia l'autobus
United used to sing about Liverpool when they were dominating the league every year, we're their local rival... if we suddenly got boss and they turn crap are you honestly suggesting some of our fanbase wouldn't be sticking the boot in ? It's a football rivalry, people always gonna disrespect their historical enemy.
Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
Most media seem to be okay with us hiring Ancelotti and think it’s a great deal for us. The only journalists putting a negative spin on this seem to be those who support our local rivals lol
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