Ronald Koeman discussion

[TheHumbleEgg]

If already posted, apols...interesting though, how we're mostly viewed from the outside.

Not that I given neither frig nor pickle about that like...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/14/ronald-koeman-everton-goodison-southampton

 

[Sapie88]

Koeman is absolutely nothing like Moyes. In any way. You know nothing about football if you think that's the case

They're both 53.

 

[chrismpw]

Koeman is absolutely nothing like Moyes. In any way. You know nothing about football if you think that's the case

They're both ginge.

 

[efc.1878]

Would love a quiet word with Danny Murphy today ... the absolute melt.

 

[Groucho]

FITNESS COACH

 

[Tubey]

Koeman is absolutely nothing like Moyes. In any way. You know nothing about football if you think that's the case

He actually sort of is, in that his sides can play long when needed and he's pragmatic on how to approach football.

They're good things though, when combined with being a winner by nature instead of a complete loser, which was Moyes. I think Koeman is more of a natural winner than Moyes, and much more pragmatic than Martinez. So it's a good balance.

He's not what I'd call an exceptional manager though. Happy to be proven wrong, but I'm more happy at the way we've bullied a club into getting the manager than I am at who the manager actually is.

It doesn't matter much, as he'll be gone in two years for good or bad.

 

[Smudgerton]

Delighted. Thank you @The Esk for all the info. Spot on.

 

[Kev50]

The most encouraging thing about the whole episode is the ambition and ruthlessness of this pursuit.

Imagine for one moment if billy Ballbag was still in charge. We'd have Bobby and 10p to spend.

Oh boy are you going to be in trouble when you get back to the office

 

[dandydan]

If already posted, apols...interesting though, how we're mostly viewed from the outside.

Not that I given neither frig nor pickle about that like...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/14/ronald-koeman-everton-goodison-southampton

From the headline
"Koeman is moving to a bigger club"
Saints meltdown in 5...4...3...

 

[BlueToff]

They're both 53.

I've been had

 

[SeanyD]

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[BlueToff]

He actually sort of is, in that his sides can play long when needed and he's pragmatic on how to approach football.

They're good things though, when combined with being a winner by nature instead of a complete loser, which was Moyes. I think Koeman is more of a natural winner than Moyes, and much more pragmatic than Martinez. So it's a good balance.

He's not what I'd call an exceptional manager though. Happy to be proven wrong, but I'm more happy at the way we've bullied a club into getting the manager than I am at who the manager actually is.

It doesn't matter much, as he'll be gone in two years for good or bad.

But I suppose they're qualities that any decent manager (at a high level) shares, aren't they - like you point out. So to say he's like Moyes is just wrong to an extent because he's less like Moyes than say, Emery, who was many people's preferred choice.

I agree that I'm more excited about the nature of the appointment than the man himself, but I think he's exactly what we need at this point to get the club back to where we have been for the majority of the last 10 years and where rightly we should be (top 6). After that it's how we build on it from there to get us to try and compete for the title - or stand a realistic chance of doing so - consistently.

 

[ALANSTUBBS]

 

[Zezti]

When we protest against him, instead of white hankies will it be windmills? The whole main stand windmilling in his direction?

 

[MichaelEFC96]

Haven't felt this positive about EFC ever. Definitely the Moshiri factor, we've wished for this type of ambition for years and years and now we've got it and this club is on the way back up.

Surreal.