toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
In some ways that Ancelotti appointment was the worst thing that could have happened with regard to peoples expectation levels.
Over the last 7 seasons we have achieved an average league position of slightly better than 10th - over SEVEN years. The way so many of us turn our nose up at names because they see them as beneath us is mental. Ok, we've got resources and a rich history etc and you'd probably label us a "sleeping giant" in many ways, but the last time we hired a manager who you'd say could be deemed a complete success he came from Championship side Preston. Before that, Joe Royle came from Oldham. Howard Kendall came from Blackburn. The right man for the job doesn't need to have won titles etc, in fact you could argue that a manager used to challenging for titles etc isn't what we need at the minute as we are so far away from that.
Over the last 7 seasons we have achieved an average league position of slightly better than 10th - over SEVEN years. The way so many of us turn our nose up at names because they see them as beneath us is mental. Ok, we've got resources and a rich history etc and you'd probably label us a "sleeping giant" in many ways, but the last time we hired a manager who you'd say could be deemed a complete success he came from Championship side Preston. Before that, Joe Royle came from Oldham. Howard Kendall came from Blackburn. The right man for the job doesn't need to have won titles etc, in fact you could argue that a manager used to challenging for titles etc isn't what we need at the minute as we are so far away from that.