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Heard a rumour about the Manager interview process and rationale behind appointing Benitez

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Interviewer:So Rafael tell us about yourself.

Rafael: I was formerly a manager of Liverpool and to this day I still love that club and all their fans, they are the greatest club in the world lad love em I do. I once called Everton a small club.

Interviewer: What are your greatest achievements?

Rafael: I won the CL with Liverpool such a great team and club love everything about them.. have I mentioned Everton are a small club and I once said so after Liverpool played Everton.. you'll never walk alone lad.

Interviewer: right and how do you feel about keeping ferguson on?

Rafael: he can stay

Interviewer: great your hired.
 
Toffe3m4n said:
Well he appears to be doing his coaching as usual like, but even anecdotal evidence on Saturday suggested he probably isn't as close to Benitez as we was under Ancelotti. He stayed in his seat for practically the entire match.
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I stand to be corrected, but I cant remember at any of his other clubs anyone patrolling the technical area other than Benitez himself.

Quite right too.

If Ferguson wants to manage Everton and have the right to walk the touchline let him go out and get a managers job and prove himself.

He never will, and he'll never be Everton manager because of it. I doubt he even wants it, because he has a job for life here - for some unfathomable reason - and being boss and failing would see him down the road. He's done his numbers on this and it just isn't worth the financial risk to him.
 
Lord Buckethead said:
He's probably just trying to keep his head down and hoping that that Rafalafel's nightmare reign will pass soon.
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I'll always fall to pragmatism and hope it's a success, whatever the measure might be is anyone's guess. However, it was the least pragmatic appointments that could have been made, excluding Gerrard or Dalglish...
Still reckon Southampton at home, 3-1 home win is just an average day of football for Everton, well should be, bigger days to have the chest beating.
 
judge said:
Hmm, i'm not convinced about this 'magic formula'. I accept that it worked when Paisley took over from Shankley (and every half-wit pundit has parroted its effectiveness since) but i'm not sure that the subsequent evidence supports the alleged effectiveness. I don't think that Fagan was there long enough/successful enough to count. There has been numerous coaches who have stepped in as temporary/caretaker managers when a successful manager has moved on to bigger and better things, they don't stay around for long. As for us, we tried it with Harvey who managed to turn a team of league winners into also-ran's within a few seasons.
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I reckon you're right and that Paisley is an extreme outlier - what normally happens when you appoint the #2 is mediocrity.

Saying that Guardiola is another huge counter example of when it works - was managing the reserves, albeit it's a different structure there with Barcelona B. Fair to say Dunc and Pep are not cut from the same cloth.
 
PaddyJames said:
Pretty sure it wasn't mate. He was already being lined up by Spurs before we started talking to Benitez....
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I'm sure we'll never know - but I dont think he jumped at spuds, who had the job open before us, until we opted for Benitez first.

Either way and people's grudge against RB aside, echnically I reckon we got the better of the two.

I mean who'd want to manage a club like spuds - their last league title was closer to the victorian age than present, and they have Levy who is a tight arse and makes them a selling club.
 

chrismpw said:
I mean who'd want to manage a club like spuds - their last league title was closer to the victorian age than present, and they have Levy who is a tight arse and makes them a selling club.
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Are we any better? Our last success was when John Major was still prime minister.
We're about to make the same mistakes as they (and Arsenal) have: building a new stadium & crippling our finances & spending power the coming decades.
 
chrismpw said:
I'm sure we'll never know - but I dont think he jumped at spuds, who had the job open before us, until we opted for Benitez first.

Either way and people's grudge against RB aside, echnically I reckon we got the better of the two.

I mean who'd want to manage a club like spuds - their last league title was closer to the victorian age than present, and they have Levy who is a tight arse and makes them a selling club.
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If you think a manager with no bias is picking here over Spurs right now then you've re-discovered mitsubishi turbos from the floor of the paradox mate.
 
Johnblue21 said:
I was told that out of all of the managers that were interviewed for the manager's job, only Rafael agreed to retain Ferguson in the coaching setup?

So I don't know if this is a complete fabrication, or if it is true, I have only heard it 2nd hand so wanted to ask if anyone else knew about this?

I guess my question is that after serving under several different managers if the above is to be believed do you think the board are seriously considering making Duncan the next Everton Manager?

Personally, I think this would be a masterstroke, mirroring a formula that has worked incredibly successfully at clubs likes Liverpool and Barcelona. Creating an Everton Managerial DNA, Ferguson, Baines, Coleman - each with Everton in their blood and who understand what it means to the fans and our community to play for the shirt and allow us the chance to use Brands and his future successor to develop, identify and engage talent without it costing the earth.

What's wrong with creating the Everton way as a philosophy for success?
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THere is not a hope in hell a billionaire business man would be dictated as to which manager he gets by Duncan effin Ferguson.

It is an urban myth.
 
FrenchDarrenBent said:
Are we any better? Our last success was when John Major was still prime minister.
We're about to make the same mistakes as they (and Arsenal) have: building a new stadium & crippling our finances & spending power the coming decades.
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Well yes - by that definition we are better. Our most recent success is less distant.

Granted we don't rate ourselves as one if the top 12 in Europe like they do lollollollollol
 

chrismpw said:
Well yes - by that definition we are better. Our most recent success is less distant.

Granted we don't rate ourselves as one if the top 12 in Europe like they do lollollollollol
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They've won 2 league cups since we won the cup mate. And been to a european cup final.
 

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