Homepage Article David Unsworth To Leave

[oglop44]

Is he leaving immediately or at the end of the season? Article was a bit vague.

 

[Steve EFC]

Excuse my ignorance but I see this news has been welcomed. Why is this?
(I genuinely don’t have an opinion, I’m just interested.)

 

[Walham Green Blue]

Blimey. He looks like twice the man he was as a player….do they do kebabs and chips at FF?

 

[davek]

You say lol but maybe the removal of unsworth is the start of a reorganisation in the backroom staff we can only hope because it's been too long coming.

The galloot barnacle is staying put on the good ship SS Everton for all time.

There's no way he's shifting himself off that vessel.

 

[Eggs]

I thought you were taking the piss but I just Googled it and I’m speechless.

I can’t believe this club sometimes. We deserve everything we get.

….he gave a really interesting interview early this season that (I think) was worth a watch/listen to all Evertonians. It is linked somewhere on here, perhaps somebody can resurrect it.

Fascinating insight to his career, failings, drugs and the offer to rejoin the Toffees.

 

[The binman chronicles]

It’s just a bit of gentle ribbing mate. I’m sure nobody actually blames him for the clubs failures and wishes him well.

I think everyone will want him to succeed, he is a blue and we thank him for his service, but we need to add incremental percentage increases across the whole club and if someone has been identified who will come in to do that then that is a benefit to us all.

If Unsworth saw another person come in who would have been on his level or above and thought he needed to move on to advance his career, then it gives the opportunity to us to rip it up and start again. Unsworth hopefully goes on and becomes a decent first team manager and again it's win-win.

 

[Eggs]

A youth coach is judged on the youth players who break into the first team. That's their job.

For every Anthony Gordon there's been 30 Matthew Penningtons.

….i wouldn’t particularly defend Unsworth but I think that’s a bit of a lazy statement, if players are not coming through a change of U23 coach is unlikely to resolve the situation.

 

[Charro]

Getting rid before some very unsavoury allegations hit the press.

 

[oglop44]

….he gave a really interesting interview early this season that (I think) was worth a watch/listen to all Evertonians. It is linked somewhere on here, perhaps somebody can resurrect it.

Fascinating insight to his career, failings, drugs and the offer to rejoin the Toffees.

Because you asked so nicely:

 

[Parker]

….i wouldn’t particularly defend Unsworth but I think that’s a bit of a lazy statement, if players are not coming through a change of U23 coach is unlikely to resolve the situation.

My problem was more persisting with older players who aren't gonna be good enough for the first team. Your Garbutts and McAleny's of the world. There's only 11 places in the first team and player development is more important than winning youth trophies.

And, yeah I agree it was a bit of a lazy blanket statement.

 

[Billy Dean]

I thought you were taking the piss but I just Googled it and I’m speechless.

I can’t believe this club sometimes. We deserve everything we get.

Interesting news. Must be genuinely highly thought of in the Goodison corridors of power

 

[cronullasharks]

Getting rid before some very unsavoury allegations hit the press.

Serious?

 

[Nymzee]

My problem was more persisting with older players who aren't gonna be good enough for the first team. Your Garbutts and McAleny's of the world. There's only 11 places in the first team and player development is more important than winning youth trophies.

And, yeah I agree it was a bit of a lazy blanket statement.

This doesn't happen now and hasn't for a while.

 

[Pazza]

Was speaking to someone who knows Baz Rathbone well. Apparently Unsworth was all about himself. Wanted to win the kids league's more than wanting to nuture and bring players through. If this is true then probably good to see him leave. Thank him for his efforts and lets move on.

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Don't get the hate for Unsworth it's bizarre. Won the league twice in 5yrs. How bringing a winning mentality to the age group can be considered bad is just stupid. Playing philosophy is a much used modern term but it only works if the 1st team is worth copying, ours isn't and we change managers every 5 mins to replace them with a guy with a totally different philosophy.
Brought through Davies, Gordon , Simms, and was responsible for Dom coming to the club.