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2021/22 Rafael Benitez

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4737carlin said:
Yeah but i dont care what he did next, that has nothing to do with us, what we did was go for Silva and go backwards at a rapid rate, followed by Carlos rubbish.
If we sacked Sam and had a plan that would of been one thing, but we didnt, it was stupid and cost us a lot of money and wasted time, i said at the time this would happen and it did.
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You're right, the world doesn't exist outside of Everton football club. We shouldn't use the past to make decisions in the present and we shouldn't use subsequent events to reflect upon the validity of past decisions. I didn't realise you were a Buddhist, Carlo, it doesn't seem to fit with your spiky personality.
 
Drico said:
I thought Allardyce did a good job at the time. He certainly did all that was asked of him. I felt the reaction to him was bordering on the hysterical. I never felt he was going to be a long-term solution as he simply did not fit in to the perception of what Moshiri's Everton was supposed to be, but I remember feeling that elements of the fanbase were indulging themselves in myopic vitriol when that man was really just a temporary diversion on the overall journey. It wasn't as if we were Real Madrid and could turn our noses up at competent, if unfashionable, managers. Yet, we chased him out and Moshiri then appointed an incompetent but "fashionable" manager. It was obvious to anybody paying attention that Silva was a very iffy choice, based on some nebulous concept of "potential" and "style" that was as tangible as the emperor's new clothes. Yet, it made some Evertonians fell better about themselves.

As for Senor Benitez, I have no doubt that his experience, competence and overall track record definitely fits in to Moshiri's perception of what his Everton is supposed to be. He'll not be chopping and changing again on the basis of, well, not very much frankly. Big Sam was never going to be at the club a season longer than was necessary once he had got us safe and stable in the top half. The bile thrown his way was instructive. The message I have taken from that episode and the reaction in some quarters to our new Iberian overlord is that there will never be unity in the Everton fanbase. It's a myth. So when people say that the board should listen to the fans, the obvious response is: which section of the fans? I don't need to like the manager to support him. I liked Silva - but he was useless. I disliked Koeman - and he was useless. I liked Ancelotti - and he is top class, if on the slide now. I don't particularly like Senor Benitez - but he is utterly competent. I'm not sure Evertonians need to like a competent manager, and I'm not sure it matters whether we do or not. But if he is competent - and he is - then that'll do me. It's certainly a far better situation than what we've often had over the last 5 years.
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TL: DR
 



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