Being blunt, Carlos Ancelotti was always the wrong manager for Everton. I said it at the time and was criticized by others who were too blinded by the shininess of a big name manager. In reality, he offered nothing other than the appeal of signing big names in the transfer market. And excessive transfer spending always appeals to fans.
But this was a problem, not a solution. Everton, under new ownership, have been guilty of trying to become a top four simply by throwing money at the transfer market and it has repeatedly failed.
Everton needed a David Moyes but fans didn’t want him and complained at having him back. The club needs a manager with a style, a plan, a concept for building a way into the top 4.
There is a chance now to repair the mistake: Nuno, Eddie Howe, Chris Wilder, Graham Potter, even Pochinetto (unlikely perhaps). A manager who can have realistic expectations and a budget to build carefully, not a manager with a budget to spend recklessly and fecklessly.
Ancelotti was always but always the wrong manager for Everton and so now we have stupidly high expectations which always lead to disappointment and I deeply suspect the Board realised their mistake halfway through the season.
And I wouldn’t be surprised if Ancelotti realised it too; there have been persistent rumours that he wasn’t happy or settled and that the players weren’t responding to his methods. All these claims about loving the club, the fans, the area and wanting a project are just PR statements that every manager trots out from time to time.
(And no to Benitez and Bielsa btw)