I'm not sure we even need a manager. I mean we were first with floodlights, werent we eh.
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MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Bit similar, maybe a better passer. Vic has games where he just gets frustrated and is anonymous apart from throwing himself to the floor, so Kone would be a useful addition if we dont have much money to play with.
Pat's Van
Player Valuation: £70m
that's only because all matches prior to 1935 were all played at midnight,
explains some of our glorious successes during those times
To be fair we are unbeaten since the ginger one left.
Denis Stracqualursi
Player Valuation: £50k
correct me if I'm wrong I'm sure Bramall Lane was the first stadium with floodlights.
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
Could be on a bit of a run then
Wasnt it the Stadium of Light?
Denis Stracqualursi
Player Valuation: £50k
good one, actually made me chuckle.
Very probably, just made it up. This thread allows that.
Eric Djemba-Djemba
Player Valuation: £60m
Good read that, I honestly reckon Martinez would make a good manager for us. I'd rather we at least tried to get Pereira in first though.
NOT ONE main candidate has come out and nailed his colours to the Everton mast. Why is that? Perhaps no concrete offer to a club to release them has been agreed. But, perhaps, private approaches have been made to Kenwright from several possible candidates (whether currently employed or not) - after all the new manager would be getting a good team in a healthy state - perhaps a manager would want £10M plus (plus much of any money from sales) to add to the squad with a couple of decent players. We generally seem to be a reasonable opportunity for a manager to move up.
If Pereira comes for free (seems likely he would be) he must be number one choice and we're waiting on him to make a decision. So that's the good news (for now) - we're pinning our hopes on a decent manager who comes with no price tag.
Failing that we're going to fall back on the next best option which the board thinks is Martinez - or so people think because he's faced with a chance to move to a better club having been relegated. Just press and broken leg speculation though.
a. VP might say no - maybe he doesn't love BK.
b. RM might not be thrilled to be number 2 choice (hence our silence on these matters) or Peggy might want his Roberta to stay and give him a nice new diamond bracelet.
c. Laudrup might be the (next) choice (if VP rules himself out of the job) since, again, we'd rather not spend £5M plus and let him know he's number 2 (or 3) choice.
d. All other options seem remote - the internal options (Neville is probably the preferred choice) as a fall back.
Compared to Martinez and the question of compensation - there are some decent achievers out there who haven't been approached (apparently). For around £5M we surely could consider Lambert, Hughton, Clarke, Jol (steady enough) and so on - but all we get is "young Roberto".. Maybe he is a stalking horse waiting to see if we're prepared to talk money - perhaps other managers' agents have been alerted that, we'll go to a particular price if VP doesn't come back.
On the other hand perhaps the club isn't going public because that's a better way to do these things. Perhaps Laudrup has been advised we're going to try and get VP and he's staying quiet (would be smart to do so) until that passes.
If Pereira comes for free (seems likely he would be) he must be number one choice and we're waiting on him to make a decision. So that's the good news (for now) - we're pinning our hopes on a decent manager who comes with no price tag.
Failing that we're going to fall back on the next best option which the board thinks is Martinez - or so people think because he's faced with a chance to move to a better club having been relegated. Just press and broken leg speculation though.
a. VP might say no - maybe he doesn't love BK.
b. RM might not be thrilled to be number 2 choice (hence our silence on these matters) or Peggy might want his Roberta to stay and give him a nice new diamond bracelet.
c. Laudrup might be the (next) choice (if VP rules himself out of the job) since, again, we'd rather not spend £5M plus and let him know he's number 2 (or 3) choice.
d. All other options seem remote - the internal options (Neville is probably the preferred choice) as a fall back.
Compared to Martinez and the question of compensation - there are some decent achievers out there who haven't been approached (apparently). For around £5M we surely could consider Lambert, Hughton, Clarke, Jol (steady enough) and so on - but all we get is "young Roberto".. Maybe he is a stalking horse waiting to see if we're prepared to talk money - perhaps other managers' agents have been alerted that, we'll go to a particular price if VP doesn't come back.
On the other hand perhaps the club isn't going public because that's a better way to do these things. Perhaps Laudrup has been advised we're going to try and get VP and he's staying quiet (would be smart to do so) until that passes.
griffla
Player Valuation: £10m
Good reply considering all the rules & regulations lol. Right sorry - I'll try and keep it short but its not a short answer. I've always been a Moyes fan and never thought I'd consider Roberto Martinez as manager of my team. But I'm a realist and yes we're the 6th best team in the 'greatest league in the world' but we can rule out Pellegrini, Hiddink, Biesla and anyone of that class because of our board. They are not ambitious in the slightest and can't offer the 'project' managers of that reputation want. In fact the board are so out of their depth we can most likely rule out anyone like Steve Clarke and Laudrup who both look promising and well set to get a few years experience at their current clubs, before getting a chance at, say Chelsea and Real Madrid.
Importantly, it's the right moment for Martinez to change clubs, its time he moved on from Wigan. He is a nice guy, loyal, cheerful and genuinely seems to be of good character. A football enthusiast who Lineker said on cup final day "never stops talking about football". Maybe its a trivial point but he turned Mcmanaman from a player we released into a player that (to me) looks like he could get into our matchday squad. With this in mind imagine what he could do with the players we've kept on like Barkley and Duffy. He has already worked with one whimsical old dreamer of a chairman so has the potential to not be surprised by Bills annoying ways and instead spend years here developing the club from top to bottom (everyone says continuity is good and we haven't got the money to be doing this new manager thing too often).
Anyone that says 'well what about Chris Hughton?' No, just no.. it's clearly a no. But having said all that Pereira could/would be better (if we are still in with a chance)
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