Next manager discussion (poll reset 21/05/2016)

[Moomin]

Big Sam
Eddie Howe
Michael Laudrup
Mark Hughes

 

[Old Blue 2]

Was thinking about Mourinho this morning and we have some similarities with the first successul team he had at Chelsea.

We have money to spend (now)
We have a spine of talented players to build the team around - Stones, Barkley, Lukaku* (see Terry, Lampard, Drogba)
We have been starved of success
We have an ambitious owner (see Mosh statements here and as part of Red and White Holdings)

If the much muted Man Utd job didnt materialise then I think we'd be his dream ticket not just in the PL but anywhere in Europe. He knows he could come in supplement that spine and coach them, yes coach them into winners. In return he would be hero worshipped on the terraces and have the media dancing to his tune again but this time at a club with history, tradition and gravitas.

True if previous form is anything to go by he'd probably sod off after 3 seasons, but look what that gave Chelsea. They had a competitive team that continued to win trophies, titles, european trophies and the last of that squad is only now finally edging towards the door more than a decade later. Yes Roman paid for it but money doesn't build a winning mentality alone.

I didnt think we had a chance in hell before, but if we are actively sounding people out now then we could force Man Utd's hand. If they stall or panic over letting go of LVG we could hit the jackpot.


* before anyone waves the Jose doesnt like Rom stuff around this would be totally different. Rom is an established player now who can score for fun. Not a raw kid at Chelsea who thought he should play.

I also think the challenge of taking on the RS in their own back yard and topping them would be something that would appeal to Maureen...

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

Big Sam
Eddie Howe
Michael Laudrup
Mark Hughes

pass me the bleach

 

[kithnou]

Big Sam
Eddie Howe
Michael Laudrup
Mark Hughes

Thread ban yourself. Save yourself mate

 

[Raino85]

De Boer or Cocu for me still

 

[Bullet]

The lastest odds are as follows; Moyes 2/1, Pelligrini 6/1, Mancini 8/1, Bielsa 10/1 and Mourinho 12/1. Mourinho's almost certainly off to Man U but even if that falls through his wage demands would be very high for Everton. Never the less the fact that he's come in a long way in the betting suggests to me that he's been sounded out by someone at the club.

 

[Moomin]

Thread ban yourself. Save yourself mate

It's a more realistic choice than some people are predicting. I reckon two of them are in my four.

No doubt @The Esk will confirm later.

 

[kithnou]

It's a more realistic choice than some people are predicting. I reckon two of them are in my four.

No doubt @The Esk will confirm later.

No chance for me.

 

[Moomin]

No chance for me.

David Moyes will be one of the four.

 

[kithnou]

David Moyes will be one of the four.

That's five. Still no.

 

[chrissyjack]

Big Sam
Eddie Howe
Michael Laudrup
Mark Hughes

Take off two , and replace with Ian Dowie and Alan Curbishley

 

[tim cahill]

The lastest odds are as follows; Moyes 2/1, Pelligrini 6/1, Mancini 8/1, Bielsa 10/1 and Mourinho 12/1. Mourinho's almost certainly off to Man U but even if that falls through his wage demands would be very high for Everton. Never the less the fact that he's come in a long way in the betting suggests to me that he's been sounded out by someone at the club.

I wouldn't read too much into it. It doesn't take much for the odds to go up and down.

 

[Moomin]

That's five. Still no.

I'm removing Big Sam from my four and replacing with Moyes. Sam is on a hell of a bonus if he keeps Sunderland up.

 

[kithnou]

I'm removing Big Sam from my four and replacing with Moyes. Sam is on a hell of a bonus if he keeps Sunderland up.

Why not remove Michael Laudrup and replace him with Martin O'Neil while you are there?

 

[Abertonian]

The lastest odds are as follows; Moyes 2/1, Pelligrini 6/1, Mancini 8/1, Bielsa 10/1 and Mourinho 12/1. Mourinho's almost certainly off to Man U but even if that falls through his wage demands would be very high for Everton. Never the less the fact that he's come in a long way in the betting suggests to me that he's been sounded out by someone at the club.

Of those:

Moyes - No
Pellegrini - Yes as long as he doesn't sign that lazy lump Toure.
Mancini - Yes as long as he doesn't sign that muppet Balotelli.
Bielsa - On the fence but leaning towards No
Mourinho - Yes as long as he doesn't sign that utter cretin Terry.

No idea what our wage capabilities would be so difficult to say whether Mourinho is out of our range. Also Jose is an extermely wealthy man.