Next Everton Manager

[Runcornblue52]

I think he was also obsessed with Ross Barkley - hence signing all the number 10s

They will obviously have tried for a number of strikers but couldn't pull it off. Other positions like center back and goalkeeper we did get some players in early. And is getting transfers over the line more Koeman or Walsh??

I think Koeman. like I said Giroud was his one and only-and I think he rejected every other striker option !

 

[Toffeelover]

He spent £200M on creating a first team squad, and it's no better than any team operating in the bottom half of the Championship.

How on earth is that not Koeman's fault?

Unsworth and whoever comes in after him are tasked with clearing that dogs breakfast up and starting again next summer...hopefully when we're still in the PL.

Dave given our current position we need to get a few points on the board and get into mid table. Have to be in a safe position, no good restarting in the summer if you are in the Championship!

 

[billyblue80]

I'm now on the Tuchel train

 

[Toffeelover]

Taking up a few of the posts on Giroud, it seems to me that Koeman had all his eggs in one basket but when that went scrambled we were done. Too late in the window to recover, should have dropped the chase on him and for me dropped Siggy.

 

[sharkey1001]

I'm now on the Tuchel train

Don't forget about Paolo Fonseca as well!

 

[Gareth Hill]

I'm now on the Tuchel train

Room for 1 more

 

[Legend Barry Horne]

Superb post mate totally agree here 10000000% this

Thanks - have felt a bit in the minority but I really think there were a lot of mitigating factors re the Koeman situation - he didn't on the whole appear to have lost the dressing room. Sure, players were down but any team would be running out twice a week with no striker and an ageing defence - how can any manager magic up a solution to that, other than signing new players...

We did well to get Koeman in - I think we'll struggle to replace him with someone of the same calibre. We could have Sam Allardyce or Sean Dyche on a fire fighting mission, battling relegation - but they're not the 'proven winners at the top end of the table' that we were previously crying out for - to try to crack the top 4

 

[davek]

he didnt get a striker m8...

the defence is obviously a bigger problem here and we just bought more midfielders, baffling

There was no other striker in the world other than Giroud. His hands were tied.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Only Blanc makes sense, and his intimate knowledge of the French Market would be invaluable.

 

[JLW]

Chris Coleman

 

[Legend Barry Horne]

We don't know if missing out on Giroud "really cost us". With Giroud we would still have no pace and we would be playing with Rooney and Giroud up front with Sigurdsson on the left and Vlasic on the right. Still strikes me as a team with no pace and too many No 10s.

That's not even considering the defence which is even worse than the attack.

Yes maybe - think it would have really helped though - taken the pressure of the young strikers also

 

[Runcornblue52]

There was no other striker in the world other than Giroud. His hands were tied.

'tis true !

 

[Bkk Andy]

Given our soon to be desperate need for a relegation battle specialist I'm increasingly concerned that Big Sam will need adding to that candidate list.

 

[davek]

Ah fantastic - the King of irrational arguments is weighing in.....

All the factors outlined above - we're talking slim margins here. Not having a striker in the prem is massive - obviously. Koeman was involved in that - but arguably that sits more with Walsh and the board. Any manager will struggle until that is fixed

Not having a striker and the fixture list compounded the downward spiral - focus is on the manager, but ultimately the lack of players, time for players we did have to gel and unforgiving fan base are huge drivers here...

It's everyone else's fault other than Koeman's...the players, Walsh, Giroud's missus, the misaligning of the stars...

He bought that squad and he owns the mess that goes with it.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

There was no other striker in the world other than Giroud. His hands were tied.

Thought we were scrabbling around for Benteke, Costa, Bas Dost and the Portuguese lid on the last day of the window?
None of whom wanted to come.