brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
To be fair to the board on this one, unless they land Mourinho, there is no "silver bullet" candidate that will please the vast majority. Fans, myself included, will find reasons to have fault with either Pellegrini, De Boer, or Koeman (or anyone else).
Emery is the only manager mentioned here and elsewhere that is consistently failed to be linked to the job, that would in my view, represent a clearly better option than the names above. Either they have no intention of approaching him, have done so in secret through the search firm, or sounded him out earlier in the process and were rebuffed.
I am now leaning toward De Boer for nothing more than the simple reason that if he is to succeed, let's see him do it at Everton (rather than Valencia or elsewhere) and in the event he turned out to be so-so, I'm still sure he would be good enough to garner a reasonable, if not spectacular, improvement in our fortunes. I'm not sure what he is like as a man-manager, I would hope he would do the job with gusto in that regard, we need someone to instill discipline and togetherness in what currently is a rabble of a squad.
Still think it's worth pointing out that Pellegrini certainly has not become a bad manager overnight. The work he did at Villarreal and Malaga was nothing short of sensational. Yes, I think he has been a disappointment at City given the resources available, and have concerns that he may not have enough "fire in the belly" to improve morale to the significant level required. But to repeat, he is a fine manager, and it excellent that we are raising the bar this high. River Plate, Villarreal, Malaga, Real Madrid, and Manchester City amongst others is nothing to be sniffed at, certainly when compared to any appointment in our history, or the calibre of some of the other contenders currently.
Finally, I have respect for Koeman and the job he has done as Soton. Of the 4 candidates, I just don't see him as indicative of the club being ambitious enough and De Boer or Pellegrini would be far preferable, in my view. His career prior to Soton was more miss than hit, and he must be in his mid 50's at least now. No big deal there, but that's a manager trying to prove his worth and win something for 10-15 years, and mostly doing just an average job.
Emery is the only manager mentioned here and elsewhere that is consistently failed to be linked to the job, that would in my view, represent a clearly better option than the names above. Either they have no intention of approaching him, have done so in secret through the search firm, or sounded him out earlier in the process and were rebuffed.
I am now leaning toward De Boer for nothing more than the simple reason that if he is to succeed, let's see him do it at Everton (rather than Valencia or elsewhere) and in the event he turned out to be so-so, I'm still sure he would be good enough to garner a reasonable, if not spectacular, improvement in our fortunes. I'm not sure what he is like as a man-manager, I would hope he would do the job with gusto in that regard, we need someone to instill discipline and togetherness in what currently is a rabble of a squad.
Still think it's worth pointing out that Pellegrini certainly has not become a bad manager overnight. The work he did at Villarreal and Malaga was nothing short of sensational. Yes, I think he has been a disappointment at City given the resources available, and have concerns that he may not have enough "fire in the belly" to improve morale to the significant level required. But to repeat, he is a fine manager, and it excellent that we are raising the bar this high. River Plate, Villarreal, Malaga, Real Madrid, and Manchester City amongst others is nothing to be sniffed at, certainly when compared to any appointment in our history, or the calibre of some of the other contenders currently.
Finally, I have respect for Koeman and the job he has done as Soton. Of the 4 candidates, I just don't see him as indicative of the club being ambitious enough and De Boer or Pellegrini would be far preferable, in my view. His career prior to Soton was more miss than hit, and he must be in his mid 50's at least now. No big deal there, but that's a manager trying to prove his worth and win something for 10-15 years, and mostly doing just an average job.
