Marcel Brands

[Armaghtoffee]

This dinosaur will relegate us if left in place.

2 points from 24 and no inclination to change anything.

 

[WilliamPerry]

 

[jinkyali]

I understand your point, although it is theoretically quite possible to fire players as long as certain conditions are met, and otherwise certain agreements can be reached. However, I think players have very little to say as long as the situation is as it is, and they will get very little sympathy by coming up with such an ultimatum. After all, they have already been on Italian strike for several years.

The players do not care at all about you or I mate.
They aren't bothered about sympathy.

 

[BlueInNZ]

I can see the Jan transfer window being horrendous, sniffing round the horse-punchers for their cast offs.

If Benitez is over seeing transfers now it's almost certain he will only bring in his "tried and trusted".

 

[Egil Olsen]

It's impossible to know whether this is good or bad. As none of us truly know how things have been behind the scenes.

Hopefully this will shake things up and result in an improvement but I'm honestly having my doubts. Brands was the man that seemed to have roots that come more from a modern way of thinking, whereas what we have left is the opposite of that.

Time will tell I guess...

Agree.

Agree.

But if that is the case, then Brands appears as a man completely without principles, and it has been perfectly ok for him to be without power and influence, as long as he has been paid. Dream scenario for most people, but not the man Everton needs.

 

[Tipp blue]

I’d have put brands as lower down the list in terms of culpability for the mess at the club. IMHO it’s like:
Kenwright
Moshiri
Benitez
Brands
Ferguson
Unsworth
DBB

How is it possible to have benitez ahead of brands? He's not been here a wet day, was give 2 million to spend and has had to deal with a shocking injury crisis... Brands has been responsible for hundreds of millions in transfers and these players haven't improved us.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

He's become a right bore lately - used to be sound giving you tips for Aintree now spends his days repeating one liners and licking Davek's boot.

Your head is that far up the FSW’s hole I’m surprised you can even see @davek’s boots.

 

[Billy Dean]

Not particularly arsed about Brands, but giving full control to the manager is a worry for me.

 

[Joey66]

Sack Brands just as he has signed a 3 year deal - Everton that.......but it maybe a start of a bigger clear out plus anyone who thinks RB movie safe is in dreamlandif results continue as they are on a downward spiral'......

 

[Kris75]

Some of us shook our heads in disbelief when Moshiri extended this guy's contract earlier this year. It was obvious to some of us that his position should have been untenable. If he had control, his services should have been dispensed with. If he hadn't, he should have resigned. Either way, whatever the rights and wrongs of this, he was another problem that the club didn't need.

The good news is that Brands - while scapegoated now - is no longer a shield for anybody to hide behind. In turns, Moshiri has used him like this - and most recently Benitez has. Now, he's gone we can start to get closer to holding people accountable. Benitez will get very little mileage now in pointing to Brands's failed stewardship of the club as a reason for his own underperformance. Sure, he'll get to January - if he can survive until then - but after that it'll be either Benitez at fault or the board itself - not simply the Director of Football. So, in some ways, this move incentivises both the manager and the board to get their finger out, work together, invest, and produce.

Baxendale is another who now needs to go. Kenwright's departure would be a truly great day, but I suspect only an oligarch-empowered squad of hired goons could rid us of his nefarious presence. Nevertheless, the time for action at board level is long overdue. Today is a start at peeling the onion. We all know Moshiri is at the centre of that fetid bulb. However, the layers around him need exposing.

Very prosaic, I like it.

 

[Egil Olsen]

The players do not care at all about you or I mate.
They aren't bothered about sympathy.

No, understand that. To put it another way: they have little to gain for their own part. Many of the players, if we disregard DCL, have a particularly high market value. An Iwobi who rebels has little to gain in the long run from doing so.

 

[Kev50]

This dinosaur will relegate us if left in place.

2 points from 24 and no inclination to change anything.

don't worry,, the Boss forced him out today.

 

[Jimishorts]

 

[jinkyali]

And where does this understanding stem from?

 

[Earwigjoe]

This dinosaur will relegate us if left in place.

2 points from 24 and no inclination to change anything.

And no accountability for the mess hes put us in, but yet more power and control just handed to him. Dark days ahead until we break this Benitez spell on parts of the club and fanbase.