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He actually sings in a Wigan accent...I mean wtf??
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He actually sings in a Wigan accent...I mean wtf??
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Erm, what were you expecting? He is a Wigan fan, he's not about to affect a Bermondsey drawl
French mustard, wimp
English mustard
but a piece of ginger is better...or so I'm reliably told
hope Koeman 'gingers' them up
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Player Valuation: £25m
He would be here by now if he was coming
Pretty sure read somewhere that he is staying at Southampton anyway
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Bartey
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Couldn't resist to respond after lurking here for a bit (am interested in Koeman and his new clubs)
He actually went 5 years ago (2011) to Feyenoord (Rotterdam) to save his career, and he became in his 3 years possibly one of the the most loved managers in the history of our club; he did a magnificent job. FYI: after already terrible years, the season 2010-2011 was the darkest Feyenoord has ever had. Ended 10th in the league (lowest ever), lost 10-0 from PSV Eindhoven, problems with fans (riots), and the club was very close to financial collapse. So when Koeman stepped in the summer of 2011, there was absolutely no money and the fans lost all of their pride and dignity.
Under three years of Koeman we ended up 2th (somehow we didn't end up winning the league that year), 3th (but with the same points as the number 2) and again 2th in his last year. With 0.0 money in his pockets he made great signings (Graziano Pelle is the best example), succesfully used and developed players of our youth academy, showed great tactical strenght (for pragmatic reasons he switched succesfully to a 5-3-2/3-5-2 system for a while, the system Van Gaal copied for the Dutch squad in WC 2014) and most importantly, he brought pride back in Rotterdam.
I think the reception he got for his leaving shows how much he was loved here:
So, long story short, before doing a great job at Southampton/the Premier League, he saved the biggest club in the Netherlands (okay, maybe after Ajax) from collapsing.
I'm not really looking forward to the new season to tell you the truth, and am actually quite worried, we have a manager who doesn't want to be here, and now in Erwin Koeman we've got someone else who doesn't want to be here, worrying times indeed.
In case not posted yet - some more quotes from Koeman. Makes for good reading.
"It is a great feeling to be Everton manager. From the beginning, I got the feeling from the chairman, Bill Kenwright, and from Farhad Moshiri, the club's major shareholder, that I was their No.1 choice and that is always a great feeling.
"Everton, of course, is a club with a really big history. In terms of league titles, we are the fourth most successful club in the history of English football with nine championships, as many as Manchester City and Chelsea combined. Now it is about what we can do to claim our own special part in this history.
"For me, it's really important to get a good view about young players. I'm a manager who likes to give young players a chance to become part of the first team and Everton has a good academy with some very good young players. It's important for the club to give young players the chance to come through to the first team.
"My approach, my philosophy is very straightforward. I hate to lose and I like to have a really good relationship and respect with the players. Ultimately, the one who is responsible is the manager.
"I like to do things in a good, positive way because I believe, if you enjoy your job, you get the best out of yourself and we need to show that we are a strong team not just on the pitch but also off it. We will respect everyone.
"The best 11 will start and you win your place in the team every day by training and how you behave - that's very important.
"I'm one of the Dutch coaches, of course, and Dutch coaches like to dominate games and not wait. I like to play attacking football and to press the opposition, to make it difficult. That's what we like to do and that's how we will do the (training) sessions. It's all about trying to dominate the game and giving the fans enjoyable football.
"I like the fact that Everton is a community club with a strong community focus. We are a club of the people. This is important because you need this kind of thing to have a really strong club. Of course, the first team is the most important thing but it is also important to be involved in the academy and with our charity as well. I'm part of that now and I will support everybody in that because it makes us stronger together.
"So I am looking forward to this, course. It is interesting, too, because people are talking about the managers in the north west of England - me, Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.
"Pep is a good friend of mine and it's nice to have those managers here because in the Premier League we try to have the best players and the best managers. Mourinho is back in the game and with Manchester United, it's nice to get maybe the best coach from Germany and then Pep Guardiola to Man City makes the Premier League more exciting for everybody.
"To be part of this is amazing and I'm very proud to be manager of Everton. We will do all we can to bring success here to the club."
"It is a great feeling to be Everton manager. From the beginning, I got the feeling from the chairman, Bill Kenwright, and from Farhad Moshiri, the club's major shareholder, that I was their No.1 choice and that is always a great feeling.
"Everton, of course, is a club with a really big history. In terms of league titles, we are the fourth most successful club in the history of English football with nine championships, as many as Manchester City and Chelsea combined. Now it is about what we can do to claim our own special part in this history.
"For me, it's really important to get a good view about young players. I'm a manager who likes to give young players a chance to become part of the first team and Everton has a good academy with some very good young players. It's important for the club to give young players the chance to come through to the first team.
"My approach, my philosophy is very straightforward. I hate to lose and I like to have a really good relationship and respect with the players. Ultimately, the one who is responsible is the manager.
"I like to do things in a good, positive way because I believe, if you enjoy your job, you get the best out of yourself and we need to show that we are a strong team not just on the pitch but also off it. We will respect everyone.
"The best 11 will start and you win your place in the team every day by training and how you behave - that's very important.
"I'm one of the Dutch coaches, of course, and Dutch coaches like to dominate games and not wait. I like to play attacking football and to press the opposition, to make it difficult. That's what we like to do and that's how we will do the (training) sessions. It's all about trying to dominate the game and giving the fans enjoyable football.
"I like the fact that Everton is a community club with a strong community focus. We are a club of the people. This is important because you need this kind of thing to have a really strong club. Of course, the first team is the most important thing but it is also important to be involved in the academy and with our charity as well. I'm part of that now and I will support everybody in that because it makes us stronger together.
"So I am looking forward to this, course. It is interesting, too, because people are talking about the managers in the north west of England - me, Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.
"Pep is a good friend of mine and it's nice to have those managers here because in the Premier League we try to have the best players and the best managers. Mourinho is back in the game and with Manchester United, it's nice to get maybe the best coach from Germany and then Pep Guardiola to Man City makes the Premier League more exciting for everybody.
"To be part of this is amazing and I'm very proud to be manager of Everton. We will do all we can to bring success here to the club."
Hopefully we sack him before the season starts.
No signings yet? Koeman out
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