2022/23 Kevin Thelwell

[nsno-chris]

I’m baffled why people think Thelwell is the problem. He’s been with us 10 months , we’ve got a board who’ve been with us many years and overseen these disasters. They, the board, have shown little knowledge or competence that fits in with how a modern football club should be run. At least Thelwell has been out there with other clubs, in other countries seeing how proper clubs are run. For me , outside of the manger/ coaching staff , he’s the only one with real football knowledge.

Will we ever stop this merry go round of getting rid of DoF s and managers and plunging us into further crisis? Benitez not only got rid of Brands and his staff he also get rid of a number of people who had been at the club for many years and never replaced them . Behind the scenes we were a mess , Thelwell at least has started the process of replacing those people and creating a structure within the club . He even managed to get rid of the major log jam at Academy level that was David Unsworth.

Of course he needs to be held accountable, but he’s been working with one hand tied behind his back due to previous board level incompetence. We saw that in our scrabble to sell Richarlison our best player, and if you‘re desperate to sell because you need the money then you clearly don’t have the money to spend on transfers. That’s being shown again as we went cap in hand to Villa trying to get Ings on a loan as we have no money. What a way to run a club, and yet it’s somehow Thelwell’s fault.

As I said, I have no problem with Thelwell being held accountable, he should be judged on how successful his 26 appointmeets and his 120 point plan are, but at least give him time to get us out of this mess. All I ever see are knee jerk reactions , “ get rid” , with nobody having a clue as to what would be better. What we need is some stability and to follow the process being put in place not the constant shambolic changes we’ve got used to.

We couldn’t score last year, or create chances. Richarlison was the only one who could. He sold him (not his fault BTW) and had no plan to replace him, never mind adding the additional people we needed on top of Richarlison.

Goals win games, we don’t score any and we didn’t last year.

Out of everything on his 120 plan, number 1 to 5 should have started with “buy goalscorers and creativity”

 

[kenada_blue]

Opening hours Mon-Thurs 9-5

 

[Mathieubleucoyb]

He’s got to go before the transfer window.
Criminal signing McNeil.

 

[jazzy]

It's not parody at all....

CEO On Everton Progress In 2022

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"There has already been significant change to the way our football departments operate, reflecting the scale and quality of work Kevin is delivering. Most notably, new roles have been created and diligently recruited for, providing a structure that has enhanced our approach in areas including - but not limited to - coaching, analysis, player welfare, player development, governance, and recruitment. In fact, as a result of Kevin’s work, 26 positions have been filled over the past nine months. They are appointments that tie in with the 120-point action plan for our footballing operations strategy that Kevin is delivering, with short, medium and long-term actions and objectives clearly defined."

The only thing Kopite Kev will deliver is relegation

 

[MikeH72]

He's obviously spent the last 4 months just doing job interview after job interview and completely forgot that he should have had targets lined up in Jan.

I can almost guarantee his little book of transfers has notes which says

Day 3 of transfer window - ask Villa if they'll loan us Ings

Day 7 of transfer window - offer Fulham 5.5m + Doucoure for Mitrovic

Day 15 of transfer window - ask Newcastle if they'll loan us Chris Wood

Day 21 of transfer window - ask Milan if they'll loan us Divok Origi as he knows the league so well

Last day of transfer window - loan Gordon to Spurs with obligation to buy in the summer for 30m and get Moura on loan. Sell Pickford to Utd for 30m and sign Adama Traore for 15m and Chris Wood for 15m

This is startlingly accurate and likely.

 

[smileychap]

He’s got to go before the transfer window.
Criminal signing McNeil.

Just wanna clarify why I liked this when previously speaking up for McNeil.

He's an honest lad with potential. I think he tries and he's shown in flashes the ability he has. But he's not at all what was needed and he wasn't cheap. Two major marks again Thelwell and Frank here, cos they made this mistake in the area of the pitch where we were already most vulnerable.

 

[DanEFC92]

Take ye time. No rush

 

[everton1953]

There will be an announcement shortly. Either that or the Red Echo will gleefully publish our failure to sign strikers.

 

[Toffeelover]

He’s got to go before the transfer window.
Criminal signing McNeil.

And Maupay when he could have gone for MacCallister.

 

[Ufotone]

Tick tock Mr Thelwell

 

[Toffeepot]

Anybody know what he looks like?
At least Brands made some effort to chat and sported a few smart casual meaningful 'getting down to business' walks from time to time
Of course if he's nailing the job against the odds I don't care but not much evidence of that either

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Who is this Kevin Thelwell you all speak of?

 

[Toffeepot]

Fair enough. So we reportedly spent £27mill on the two , here’s your chance, who should we have bought for that money?

buy one player that can contribute a goal/assist every other game. Seeing as the Mitoma lad who cost Brighton 5mil is doing that with ease, we probably could have managed it for 27mil

 

[Toffeepot]

And Maupay when he could have gone for MacCallister.

they were willing to sell maupay, not macallister

 

[Oasis1878]

He’s hibernating