Carlo Ancelotti

[mightymoyes]

Are Champions League / title winning managers any good at fighting relegation?

I don’t know. There’s not much data on that.

Benitez couldn’t keep Newcastle up
Klopp took Mainz down.
Ranieri basically took Atletico down
Even my mate Pellegrini took Universidad de Chile down.

Seems managers who coach at the top, rarely venture into those depths, but when they do, the results aren’t particularly good.

If we win on Saturday he'll come in and we're not far off European places points wise

 

[Ruairi77]

Haven’t told anyone to calm down about it.

We’ve every right to be enthusiastic and excited, like I said it will be a hell of a ride and I’m looking forward to it no matter what happens.

But as per, unsurprisingly, if you say anything that’s construed as anything other than uber-positive, you’re shouted down.

right, I think everyone gets it, you're a bit concerned that he might not be good at fighting relegation.
got it.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

My experience of loose women doesn't involve tv.

But does it involve a remote control and a boardroom table?

 

[PITA]

A day time tv show, presented by straight women, who don’t particularly like fellas much.

Have you checked out 'Where hands touch' yet?

 

[Milkman]

Boooooooooo

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Arsenal’s faith in Mikel Arteta, Mr Mentality, is an exciting gamble | David Hytner

The club did not fight hard enough to recruit Mikel Arteta as a coach and then last year overlooked him as a manager. His appointment now would offer hope for a reboot

www.theguardian.com

The difference in media coverage of Everton and other clubs

Amazing, isn't it? Arteta gets 3 fawning articles in the Guardian... Be interesting to see what Ancelotti joining us warrants

 

[Deleted member 38674]

right, I think everyone gets it, you're a bit concerned that he might not be good at fighting relegation.
got it.

Cheers mate, I’ll just say it a few more times to make sure absolutely everyone got it.

 

[Lob]

When you have spent the best part of 2 decades managing mostly top clubs and winning pretty much everything there is to win, it must be extremely tempting and refreshing to be offered a chance to manage a club that has a really good history but has been on a downer for a long time and is owned by a billionaire who has promised to give you as much money and power as is required to bring said club back to the top.

It was a done deal from the beginning and i doubt he was ever even interested in going anywhere else at the time, probably would have had a years holiday.

Watching him on the touchline and in charge of our team on boxing day is going to be the most exciting day in about 25 years for me.

 

[COYBL25]

Have you checked out 'Where hands touch' yet?

On my list mate - it’s growing daily

 

[rochdaleblue]

Arsenal’s faith in Mikel Arteta, Mr Mentality, is an exciting gamble | David Hytner

The club did not fight hard enough to recruit Mikel Arteta as a coach and then last year overlooked him as a manager. His appointment now would offer hope for a reboot

www.theguardian.com

The difference in media coverage of Everton and other clubs

I guarantee if Ancelotti had taken over at Arsenal and Arteta at Everton, the coverage would be very much different.

 

[Dougie]

All about this, its a 50/50 at the end of the day. Alot of people would say we are being pessimistic as per but id say with ancelotti we are more on the side of caution with an attitude of wel lets just throw the dice and see what happens. Whereas a mark hughes, moyes type would just be us basically jumping straight back on the hamster wheel and have everyone's backs up from the start.

Yeah mate and we also need to get many things right from Top to bottom including players in and players out. This will give us the best chance for success with a manager that has proved with the tools he can do it.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Amazing, isn't it? Arteta gets 3 fawning articles in the Guardian... Be interesting to see what Ancelotti joining us warrants

Im sure the Manchester Guardian will treat us with their usual degree of reverence!

 

[PITA]

We will finish top half this season

As we have done for the last 3 seasons.

 

[Deleted member 38674]

When you have spent the best part of 2 decades managing mostly top clubs and winning pretty much everything there is to win, it must be extremely tempting and refreshing to be offered a chance to manage a club that has a really good history but has been on a downer for a long time and is owned by a billionaire who has promised to give you as much money and power as is required to bring said club back to the top.

It was a done deal from the beginning and i doubt he was ever even interested in going anywhere else at the time, probably would have had a years holiday.

Watching him on the touchline and in charge of our team on boxing day is going to be the most exciting day in about 25 years for me.

Love this.

 

[rochdaleblue]

When you have spent the best part of 2 decades managing mostly top clubs and winning pretty much everything there is to win, it must be extremely tempting and refreshing to be offered a chance to manage a club that has a really good history but has been on a downer for a long time and is owned by a billionaire who has promised to give you as much money and power as is required to bring said club back to the top.

It was a done deal from the beginning and i doubt he was ever even interested in going anywhere else at the time, probably would have had a years holiday.

Watching him on the touchline and in charge of our team on boxing day is going to be the most exciting day in about 25 years for me.

We have a proven winner at the helm. First time that has happened since kendall left us a generation ago.