Death
I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
That won't happen. The people against him are in a far minority. And that's just crazy GOT land. The gap will be bigger with the proper blues going the game.
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Homepage Article Rafael Benitez Appointed Everton Manager
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The board should be bearing the brunt of fans’ frustrations tbh. This current mess is the fault of Moshiri and Brands, not Benitez, and lord knows I am not a fan of Benitez. But protests in the ground should be directed at them. I have no doubt that Moshiri will see us relegated during his tenure.
Death
I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
Attacks against supports of triple B (Big Blue Ben) like that wont be tolerated on GOT.com/puzzlescam
Rooney_Tunes
Player Valuation: £40m
ToffeeM4n
Player Valuation: £750k
At least we won't be too disappointed (unless we're in the bottom 3) but... poor Palace fans
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
No one should be booed in the ground until it's crystal clear we are in for a dismal season. If the players can hear division it gives them the perfect excuse to down tools and heaven knows they don't need much of one.
NilSatisOptimum
Player Valuation: £70m
Its a result business now, entertainment is not all that...
First 6 games am expecting no loss. Fair few wins certainly all home games. Anything less than 12 points tough times and will be deserved critique coming.
NathDogg
Player Valuation: £40m
Triple B will be in my line of sight for the foreseeable, sadly, just have to watch my vernacular going forward, Dear Brother Death.
You can absolutely question his managerial appointments and some of the awful transfer dealings he’s overseen and you can choose to direct the frustration at the owner more than his employees but that statement is nonsense.
In my opinion, Moshiri is buying us a boss state of the art new stadium in a brilliant location and has spent close to half a billion quid on transfers. The people who have been doing the football side of things have done a poor job though, and we’re stagnating between 8-10 in the league so I’m not happy but I don’t see how we’re getting relegated?
I agree.
I loathe to allow any manager, particularly Benitez who loves to thrive on angst towards his board, to hide behind the board but I'm of the view that any frustrations regarding his appointment should be directed at the board first.
Equally, if he does really well, praise which equal enthusiasm should be directed at them.
They've decided to ignore fans and make what they believe to be the best decision for the club.
stretford blue
Player Valuation: £35m
It wasn't the board who made the decision to appoint benitez it was the man that's not on the board but the owner moshiri ,the board of directors are a non entity with respect to recruiting managers and probably players
tonyhorne
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Well, to be fair, any decision is unlikely to be met with universal acclaim so "ignoring" fans (if that is what having a different opinion is called these days) is kind of part of the job ...
This is my worry. A gnarly Goodison turned inwards from the off only helps the opposition.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Personally I’m not that interested in what he’s done or said in the past. By far and away my main concern is what he’s doing now, how well he’s going to manage this team, the style of football he plays (am I enjoying watching the team play), is the team playing well and getting results.
Main concern with him is whether we’ll be watching KITAP1 all season bored out our skulls. I hope not but signs don’t bode well.
A manager, who in his first ever press conference, says words to the effect of “there is a trend for managers to want to pass and keep the ball, I am not so interested” concerns me. Will that translate to sitting deep behind the ball and trying to hit teams on the counter and lots of long aimless hoofs forward. Hope not.
Getting rid of the only creative player we have in James to replace with average headless chickens who can “cross”. Again doesn’t bode well for how he’s going to get us playing.
Overall, he’s entitled to his style of play but I hope, if we do struggle for quality in the final third - he doesn’t come out in press conferences and say “we played well we just didn’t have the quality in the final third”. That will be direct consequence of who he chose to let go, bring in and the style of play he’s decided to play.
Main concern with him is whether we’ll be watching KITAP1 all season bored out our skulls. I hope not but signs don’t bode well.
A manager, who in his first ever press conference, says words to the effect of “there is a trend for managers to want to pass and keep the ball, I am not so interested” concerns me. Will that translate to sitting deep behind the ball and trying to hit teams on the counter and lots of long aimless hoofs forward. Hope not.
Getting rid of the only creative player we have in James to replace with average headless chickens who can “cross”. Again doesn’t bode well for how he’s going to get us playing.
Overall, he’s entitled to his style of play but I hope, if we do struggle for quality in the final third - he doesn’t come out in press conferences and say “we played well we just didn’t have the quality in the final third”. That will be direct consequence of who he chose to let go, bring in and the style of play he’s decided to play.
I don't think this is true. I can't see Farhad Moshiri signing the likes of Ben Godfrey, or do we just blame him for the bad signings?
Ultimately, since he was promoted to the board;
“Our approach now is to have a Director of Football with a broader remit, responsible for the whole footballing strategy at the Club, rather than just player recruitment. Marcel is now responsible, and accountable, for delivering the long-term, holistic, football strategy and principles, from Academy through to the first team. Marcel has now begun his work on delivering the club's long-term, permanent football strategy, working closely with the Academy Director (Joel Waldron) and Head of Football Strategy (Richard Battle).”
I'm of the view that they're not lying.
I'm of the view that the clubs Director of Football;
1. Promoted to the board in 2019 with very clear public statements from owner/CEO as to why/his remit.
2. Renewed his contract recently.
3. Publicly endorsed Benitez.
4. Paid big money/the lion share of budget on players Ancelotti admitted he hadn't heard of. Brands view then was seen as more important than Ancelotti's....
5. Joined three more boards in the board of Everton Investments Ltd, Everton Finance Ltd and Goodison Park Stadium Ltd.
... probably had some input into the appointment of Benitez.
A manager with a profile pretty much matching all Brands' previous managerial appointments.
Sure, it's Moshiri's ultimate call, as it is with any football club owner over DOF - but to say the board (which Moshiri has chosen to not sit on, it's a technicality) is a non entity when it comes to managers and players is a bit silly, IMO.
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