lancs blue
Player Valuation: £35m
he will be gone before contract ends. the fact he's brought it up raises doubt
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Help me out here.
All this speculation on here about Koeman getting the Camp Nou gig.
Would I be right in thinking the only reason this is being touted is that he previously played for Barcelona and that happen he had never played for them this conversation would not even be taking place?
Because I have seen nowt from him during his time in England to make me think "aye up, that fellow will manage Barcelona some day"
I mean, it ain't even like he is a young manager on his 40s or owt....he is a man of 54.
To put that in perspective.....Jose is about the same age and Pep is what, about 47 or so.
And they have been at the top of the managerial totem for yonkos.
And Pochetino is not much over 40.....and the "eccentric" attention seeker over the road is still in his late 40s.
What do the locals think?
Or does the man on the Park Guell omnibus ever even think about Koeman as manager?
For my part, I see nothing wrong with him "dreaming" about managing Barcelona and I appreciate he didn't bring the subject up and he was asked the question by a journo.
I just hope he doesn't believe his own publicity, like a previous manager we had did, and think he is better and bigger than Everton.
IMO Ronald Koeman, like David Moyes before him, should get on with the job in hand and work to build a successful Everton and stop always thinking about the "big move" friendly journalists keep bigging him up for.
The majority opinion on here when Moyes left was that EFC was his high water mark and alas for Sunderland that opinion has been spectacularly vindicated this past three years.
Ditto Koeman.....IMO this is as good as it gets for him because if he sees his contract out he will be in his late 50s and high end football management is increasingly a younger man's game.
Happen he will prove me wrong and walk into the Barca hot seat in the summer but that is how I feel anyway
Help me out here.
All this speculation on here about Koeman getting the Camp Nou gig.
Would I be right in thinking the only reason this is being touted is that he previously played for Barcelona and that happen he had never played for them this conversation would not even be taking place?
Because I have seen nowt from him during his time in England to make me think "aye up, that fellow will manage Barcelona some day"
I mean, it ain't even like he is a young manager on his 40s or owt....he is a man of 54.
To put that in perspective.....Jose is about the same age and Pep is what, about 47 or so.
And they have been at the top of the managerial totem for yonkos.
And Pochetino is not much over 40.....and the "eccentric" attention seeker over the road is still in his late 40s.
What do the locals think?
Or does the man on the Park Guell omnibus ever even think about Koeman as manager?
For my part, I see nothing wrong with him "dreaming" about managing Barcelona and I appreciate he didn't bring the subject up and he was asked the question by a journo.
I just hope he doesn't believe his own publicity, like a previous manager we had did, and think he is better and bigger than Everton.
IMO Ronald Koeman, like David Moyes before him, should get on with the job in hand and work to build a successful Everton and stop always thinking about the "big move" friendly journalists keep bigging him up for.
The majority opinion on here when Moyes left was that EFC was his high water mark and alas for Sunderland that opinion has been spectacularly vindicated this past three years.
Ditto Koeman.....IMO this is as good as it gets for him because if he sees his contract out he will be in his late 50s and high end football management is increasingly a younger man's game.
Happen he will prove me wrong and walk into the Barca hot seat in the summer but that is how I feel anyway
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
@bicycleheader
Help me out here.
All this speculation on here about Koeman getting the Camp Nou gig.
Would I be right in thinking the only reason this is being touted is that he previously played for Barcelona and that happen he had never played for them this conversation would not even be taking place?
Because I have seen nowt from him during his time in England to make me think "aye up, that fellow will manage Barcelona some day"
I mean, it ain't even like he is a young manager on his 40s or owt....he is a man of 54.
To put that in perspective.....Jose is about the same age and Pep is what, about 47 or so.
And they have been at the top of the managerial totem for yonkos.
And Pochetino is not much over 40.....and the "eccentric" attention seeker over the road is still in his late 40s.
What do the locals think?
Or does the man on the Park Guell omnibus ever even think about Koeman as manager?
For my part, I see nothing wrong with him "dreaming" about managing Barcelona and I appreciate he didn't bring the subject up and he was asked the question by a journo.
I just hope he doesn't believe his own publicity, like a previous manager we had did, and think he is better and bigger than Everton.
IMO Ronald Koeman, like David Moyes before him, should get on with the job in hand and work to build a successful Everton and stop always thinking about the "big move" friendly journalists keep bigging him up for.
The majority opinion on here when Moyes left was that EFC was his high water mark and alas for Sunderland that opinion has been spectacularly vindicated this past three years.
Ditto Koeman.....IMO this is as good as it gets for him because if he sees his contract out he will be in his late 50s and high end football management is increasingly a younger man's game.
Happen he will prove me wrong and walk into the Barca hot seat in the summer but that is how I feel anyway
They don't mention him on any of the many many TV footy review shows and I've never heard anybody mentioning him in person. The regulars around me at the games get talking about the new manager theme at every game and the names change with odd names popping up but nobody says Koeman. For me it's a non runner.
Bullet
Player Valuation: £10m
A few days ago it was leaked to several outlets that RK's release clause of £6.7m is too high for Barca. As if.
They took a look at him and decided there were several more attractive candidates and have presumeably communicated this to his agent. That's why RK is, for the first time, definitively ruling out Barca for now.
His statement also indicates he'd turn down an unlikely Arsenal approach. He's done well so I'm happy he'll be here next season.
tadao
Player Valuation: £25m
I didn't take to RK at the start of the season. I thought he dealt with certain player situations wrongly. The 'football' we played initially, wasn't the best to look at. The teams he puts out against the 'top' sides.
I can't say he hasn't been anything other than straight though, when talking about the 'project', team and plans etc.
So with cynicism aside, I believe him when he says he'll be here for his contract. When he gets his players in, that's when he can be judged properly on his merits.
I can't say he hasn't been anything other than straight though, when talking about the 'project', team and plans etc.
So with cynicism aside, I believe him when he says he'll be here for his contract. When he gets his players in, that's when he can be judged properly on his merits.
@bicycleheader
Would I be right in thinking the only reason this is being touted is that he previously played for Barcelona and that happen he had never played for them this conversation would not even be taking place?
Because I have seen nowt from him during his time in England to make me think "aye up, that fellow will manage Barcelona some day"
Would have thought the same about Rikjaard, he was as fired by Sparta Rotterdam after getting them relegated, and was then out of work for a year before being offered the Barca job. Ditto Villanova and Martino, the 2 managers after Pep left. Even Pep, stepping up from the B team. Enrique, after he left Roma by mutual consent and took over at Vigo, where they finished 9th before he took the Barca job. That's their last 5 managers. They don't necessarily go for the biggest names, Barca.
Westend Blue
Player Valuation: £15m
Barca are a bit daft with there managerial appointments at times. Plus poch is ex espanyol player/coach I doubt the board will entertain that
Blackwell Livermore
Player Valuation: £8m
Honest question to genuine fans, do we also make a beeline for BAWK for whatever reason with the same kind of regularity as these s**tehawks who come on here?
smileychap
Player Valuation: £8m
Yeah, if there is a sphere of life less principled and prone to short-term planning than even politics, football is probably it.
For some reason I can't get worked up about the prospect of Koeman leaving though. Our best player is a Martinez signing, but Ronko's also boosted the profile of great young players like Holgate, Davies, CL, Barkleys stats show he's growing into a great midfielder and Galloway is still out there. So we're undoubtedly getting a good run out of Koeman but all this talk of projects just sounds in itself short-term.
talk about the club, not your individual project Ronald. Happy to stick with him on results but gotta be honest and I would dearly love to see an ex Evertonian in the manager's seat. Bring on Big Dunc or Stubbs!
smileychap
Player Valuation: £8m
@bicycleheader
Help me out here.
All this speculation on here about Koeman getting the Camp Nou gig.
Would I be right in thinking the only reason this is being touted is that he previously played for Barcelona and that happen he had never played for them this conversation would not even be taking place?
Because I have seen nowt from him during his time in England to make me think "aye up, that fellow will manage Barcelona some day"
I mean, it ain't even like he is a young manager on his 40s or owt....he is a man of 54.
To put that in perspective.....Jose is about the same age and Pep is what, about 47 or so.
And they have been at the top of the managerial totem for yonkos.
And Pochetino is not much over 40.....and the "eccentric" attention seeker over the road is still in his late 40s.
What do the locals think?
Or does the man on the Park Guell omnibus ever even think about Koeman as manager?
For my part, I see nothing wrong with him "dreaming" about managing Barcelona and I appreciate he didn't bring the subject up and he was asked the question by a journo.
I just hope he doesn't believe his own publicity, like a previous manager we had did, and think he is better and bigger than Everton.
IMO Ronald Koeman, like David Moyes before him, should get on with the job in hand and work to build a successful Everton and stop always thinking about the "big move" friendly journalists keep bigging him up for.
The majority opinion on here when Moyes left was that EFC was his high water mark and alas for Sunderland that opinion has been spectacularly vindicated this past three years.
Ditto Koeman.....IMO this is as good as it gets for him because if he sees his contract out he will be in his late 50s and high end football management is increasingly a younger man's game.
Happen he will prove me wrong and walk into the Barca hot seat in the summer but that is how I feel anyway
Good post sir.
Agree we should all have a bit more belief in Everton and less doffing of caps to 'dream moves'... like the Belgium Manager's job. Christ I loathed Martinez.
Conversely I feel a bit bad about Moyes unravelling at Sunderland, poisonous chalice that - but then he hasn't helped himself each time he opens his trap. He was great for us though and vice versa. Rebuilt the squad, finances and expectation to compete - and Ronko's kind of in the same boat in that he's a good manager, certainly better supported financially but I think with a tougher job given Spurs, City and Liverpool are stronger top 6 bets now then in Moyes time. It won't be easy for him and if he does it then it's a massive achievement for him and us.
So if Ronko wants to enjoy a bit of external speculation on his abilities whilst getting Everton to the top 4 then great. Jumping ship early doesn't suit either party at the moment and his record and profile as you point out isn't that spectacular until he's got that work on his CV.
smileychap
Player Valuation: £8m
haha - yeah he's a better shout than Ronko in terms of CL creds. It's not even like Enrique's record is even bad -it's pretty good.I am waiting for the Klopp to Barca rumours.
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