mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
I think there is probably an argument that by ramping up the ambitions so quickly, the pressure follows suit.
Do we want to be creating a pressure cooker for our manager/players? People use the Leicester model yet they set out at the beginning of the season to merely ensure that they stayed in the league and produced competitive football. No pressure. They built a side based on quality, disciplined defensive work and, thanks to the genius of Vardy and more specifically Mahrez, defied the odds. That's not to belittle them, it's just a view that they weren't set up for winning the PL instead it just kind of fell on them and they did brilliantly.
We are Everton. That means clubs will come to Goodison and try and Leicester/Pulis(stoke) us. Gradual development of players, style, flexibility is therefore understandable and imperative to ensure long-term, consistent success. Ultimately that's why Martinez was sacked, because amongst other things, we weren't learning quickly enough with how to deal with teams sitting back and asking us to be inventive, flexible. He can have no excuses for his dismissal. But that doesnt necessarily mean his successor starts on the level above him in aspirations/expectations, or does it?
Let's say Koeman gets us playing decent football and we finish 7th? That's progression but no-where near 1st. Should he be under pressure for his job? I'd say not but perhaps you think yes? That isn't a loaded question or anything, genuinely interested.
I'm so excited 
