New Everton Manager

[brieverton]

Assume Benitez coming in would guarantee Ferguson's retention.

Who did he have on his staff in China / Newcastle?

Might be some jobs up for grabs there if any of his previous crop have since taken roles elsewhere. Could be room there for one or two more surprises.

 

[Loz]

If Benitez can still cut it as a manager then I’ve got no problem with him being appointed.
Yes, there was the small club comment, but he’s since said that he was misconstrued and meant small team. In other words, being critical of the way we played at the time. He wasn’t the only one critical of that…and many on this forum were too.
If we hadn’t had Sheedy we might not have been such a good side in the 80s.
Ablett played for both clubs and remains one of the last Everton players to actually win something…and he did it in a side managed by a lifelong Blue in Joe Royle.
So, I’m prepared to look beyond the former ties to the reds and appoint someone who might actually get us winning games again.
If Benitez genuinely thought we were a small club he would not want to manage us. He’s not totally stupid.
Quite frankly, we’ve gone from being a great side and a huge club in the 80s to a club in disarray in the 90s even with proven winners like Walter Smith managing us, to “plucky little Everton” in the early 2000s, to a laughing stock as a succession of managers have wasted money and achieved nothing. We haven’t looked like a good side since Roberto’s first season in 2013. Almost a decade ago.
So, we really can’t fall much further can we. I for one will celebrate Benitez if we appoint him and he restores some pride on the pitch.
We need to grow up. We can’t criticise the manager of Liverpool for calling us a small club (even if he did actually mean it) when our own manager at the time was bleating on about plucky little Everton and bringing knives to gunfights.

 

[marnie]

Ahhhh on a green coloured Celtic bike. Carefully done mate

FFS JJ The only one I had in my photos.Took me 5 mins to find it cos it was under the title '' bike'' lol

 

[kenada_blue]

Both to be honest we haven’t ever appointed someone who has openly previously dismissed us in such a way allied to having no recent credentials to take the Job on! Shocking

I'm not overly bothered about what he's said in the past. Rooney kissed the United badge and came back. Moyes patted us on the head when he moved to United and nicked our players and people wanted him back.

As a manager I have an issue with but I do with all the ones linked with the job. And I'm not too fussed who takes it.

 

[catcherintherye]

Interesting king is pushing its all Moshiri.

Wonder if there is a game being played.
If your brands you need to come out and consider your position if so.

I think there are potential games all over the place and that is certainly another angle.

If what King says is true, Moshiri will rightly get a lot of criticism, but in all honesty Brands really need to be working a lot quicker than over 2 weeks in and not interviewing a single candidate. He really should have a list of potential managers he would like to appoint good to go in such a situation, and it's pretty evident he doesn't. Maybe Moshiri is trying to push him along?

 

[AmericasToffee]

Strikes me as different people feeding journos different things.

Its a proper Game of Thrones atm.

Wonder which one ends up Viserys

 

[hoppy]

Alan Myers: Rafael Benitez has not been offered Everton job​

Everton have not offered their vacant manager role to Rafael Benitez, according to Alan Myers.

It had been reported by talkSPORT and Jim White that the job had been offered, and the Spaniard was set to be announced.

 

[Thomasc]

If Benitez can still cut it as a manager then I’ve got no problem with him being appointed.
Yes, there was the small club comment, but he’s since said that he was misconstrued and meant small team. In other words, being critical of the way we played at the time. He wasn’t the only one critical of that…and many on this forum were too.
If we hadn’t had Sheedy we might not have been such a good side in the 80s.
Ablett played for both clubs and remains one of the last Everton players to actually win something…and he did it in a side managed by a lifelong Blue in Joe Royle.
So, I’m prepared to look beyond the former ties to the reds and appoint someone who might actually get us winning games again.
If Benitez genuinely thought we were a small club he would not want to manage us. He’s not totally stupid.
Quite frankly, we’ve gone from being a great side and a huge club in the 80s to a club in disarray in the 90s even with proven winners like Walter Smith managing us, to “plucky little Everton” in the early 2000s, to a laughing stock as a succession of managers have wasted money and achieved nothing. We haven’t looked like a good side since Roberto’s first season in 2013. Almost a decade ago.
So, we really can’t fall much further can we. I for one will celebrate Benitez if we appoint him and he restores some pride on the pitch.
We need to grow up. We can’t criticise the manager of Liverpool for calling us a small club (even if he did actually mean it) when our own manager at the time was bleating on about plucky little Everton and bringing knives to gunfights.

Read the first sentence, issued the finger, read no more.

 

[collymcd]

Amazed people are shocked that the fella who’s pumped about half a billion into the club wants a say in who he’s paying multiple millions of pounds a year to manage us.

Good management is surely about delegating work and managing down. Moshiri isn't here for his footballing knowledge. That's why he's hired Brands, isn't it?

 

[APN_EFC]

Tbf Big Sam was a rather large red flag

Goddd and how stupid are we still.
They'll appoint Rafael and then send us a survey to see if we're happy.

A) are you excited about BMD
B)Isn't the new kit amazing?
C) are you happy to be back at Goodison Park
D) what do you think of the management
E) do you like all the amazing charity work we did last month?

 

[MikeH72]

Amazed people are shocked that the fella who’s pumped about half a billion into the club wants a say in who he’s paying multiple millions of pounds a year to manage us.

But he doesn’t know anything about football though so he’s not actually helping himself from a business perspective by doing that is he?

 

[kenada_blue]

Yeah it is, I don't make the rules. Same we were not bothered about losing Abel Xavier to them as he was crap but Barmby hurt.

As for the Klopp thing, nobody would complain if we got him right now. It would hurt the RS, they wouldn't know what to do about it. If he leaves next year then keeps taking steps down for the next 15 or so years before going to some retirement league and then we appoint him we may react differently.

People seem to keep trying to justify things here. It doesn't need justifying, it may not make sense but it's just how it is. We cant just pretend it doesn't exist.

I'm not justifying it, I just think it's slightly hypocritical to be fuming by it based on his past rather than his credentials to be manager.

 

[Loz]

Read the first sentence, issued the finger, read no more.

I suspect that’s because you can’t read more than that without stopping for a break.

 

[APN_EFC]

If Benitez can still cut it as a manager then I’ve got no problem with him being appointed.
Yes, there was the small club comment, but he’s since said that he was misconstrued and meant small team. In other words, being critical of the way we played at the time. He wasn’t the only one critical of that…and many on this forum were too.
If we hadn’t had Sheedy we might not have been such a good side in the 80s.
Ablett played for both clubs and remains one of the last Everton players to actually win something…and he did it in a side managed by a lifelong Blue in Joe Royle.
So, I’m prepared to look beyond the former ties to the reds and appoint someone who might actually get us winning games again.
If Benitez genuinely thought we were a small club he would not want to manage us. He’s not totally stupid.
Quite frankly, we’ve gone from being a great side and a huge club in the 80s to a club in disarray in the 90s even with proven winners like Walter Smith managing us, to “plucky little Everton” in the early 2000s, to a laughing stock as a succession of managers have wasted money and achieved nothing. We haven’t looked like a good side since Roberto’s first season in 2013. Almost a decade ago.
So, we really can’t fall much further can we. I for one will celebrate Benitez if we appoint him and he restores some pride on the pitch.
We need to grow up. We can’t criticise the manager of Liverpool for calling us a small club (even if he did actually mean it) when our own manager at the time was bleating on about plucky little Everton and bringing knives to gunfights.

I don't like modern football in which a manager can happily manage both Spurs and Chelsea, or play for Barcelona and one of the Madrid clubs, or play for both Manchester clubs, etc etc. Even if you set aside the fact that he's a red...

- We will not get pacy, powerful football. He'll set up a defensive team for one season at least
- What is his coaching style, tactical philosophy? Do we like it?
- He only would want this job because his family are here. Not because of hte opportunity

 

[Goat]

Oh.