Sam Allardyce to be confirmed as new Everton manager

[mutley]

Welcome to Goodison BFS.

 

[Elong]

In some ways Sam, welcome home.

 

[wabisabi]

Awful. Sick to the stomach. Something died today.

 

[billyblue80]

Whilst everyone is going insane at the Big Sam appointment and I agree its grim. Let's look at why we are in really this mess in the first place, one the utter incompetence of the board, two the utter incompetence of our director of football who created an massively imbalanced squad along with our arrogant former manager and three the gutless players who have downed tools on two maybe three managers now. These are the people to be angry at REALLY, Sam's appointment is a symptom of our failure on and off the pitch and probably the medicine our shambolic situation deserves (culminating in a desperate managerial search that ended up back where it started) because I don't see a way out of this mess without a big character. He's far far from my first choice and it sends out all the wrong signals, but we are in a mess and that it's got to the stage of appointing Big Sam is a symptom of deeper problems. I think the board and players make me angrier than appointing Big Sam personally because it's clearly a short-term appointment(I hope), then we can go back for a Silva et al. We were going down as things stood, no he's not the only one who could have saved us but he has experience of stamping his mark on a struggling team, organising them and saving them in this league Fonseca was a punt. Does he play the football I want Everton to play? No, but just maybe he can get us safe because we are in massive massive trouble. I have never seen two poorer displays than against Atalanta at home and Southampton, the team capitulated to the point of not even trying at times, the basics of effort and organisation weren't even there. Yes its a sad day but its the realisation of where we are as a team, the failures of the board, Bill and Moshiri, its the medicine we don't want but probably what we needed. I always believe that Everton is still a great club and will be back if the chronic issues at the top can be sorted.

 

[wabisabi]

I hate the appointment as much as anyone. It's backward thinking and utterly ridiculous given we could've employed a multitude of better qualified managers if we had people that actually knew about football outwith this island and weren't obsessed with EPL experience (I'm staring at you Walsh!)

The only good thing I'll say about Sam is from his appearance on talksport a couple of weeks ago, which was almost like an audition for the job, he really does realise how much of an honour it is to manage the club and totally understands just how big a gig it is.

Doesn't mean he'll be any good at it like, but unlike that Dutch fella who has left us in an utter state of disarray, he at least appreciates just how big a club we are and will be proud to be our gaffer.

There's no 'only good thing' about this. Even if he will be 'proud to be our gaffer' it will be for all the wrong reasons - nothing to do with the club, its fans or its history.. just because he is it. The guy has a ridiculous and insatiable ego. grim grim grim.

 

[bluedayve]

Awful. Sick to the stomach. Something died today.

Face it we are the worst team in the prem and we will go down if it doesn't change. I dont think Anchelotti is interested at this time.

 

[LostLegend]

Fair to say that we reached "Peak Everton, that" several weeks ago.
We are very much sailing upon uncharted levels of fume atm...

SAMMY LEE FFS!

 

[Wizard]

Only he was dismissed two games later for taking a bung - great credentials!- NOT!

1 game!

His dream job and he still tried to milk more money out of it.

 

[wabisabi]

Whilst everyone is going insane at the Big Sam appointment and I agree its grim. Let's look at why we are in really this mess in the first place, one the utter incompetence of the board, two the utter incompetence of our director of football who created an massively imbalanced squad along with our arrogant former manager and three the gutless players who have downed tools on two maybe three managers now. These are the people to be angry at REALLY, Sam's appointment is a symptom of our failure on and off the pitch and probably the medicine our shambolic situation deserves (culminating in a desperate managerial search that ended up back where it started) because I don't see a way out of this mess without a big character. He's far far from my first choice and it sends out all the wrong signals, but we are in a mess and that it's got to the stage of appointing Big Sam is a symptom of deeper problems. I think the board and players make me angrier than appointing Big Sam personally because it's clearly a short-term appointment(I hope), then we can go back for a Silva et al. We were going down as things stood, no he's not the only one who could have saved us but he has experience of stamping his mark on a struggling team, organising them and saving them. Does he play the football I want Everton to play? No, but just maybe he can get us safe because we are in massive massive trouble. I have never seen two poorer displays than against Atalanta at home and Southampton, the team capitulated to the point of not even trying at times, the basics of effort weren't even there. Yes its a sad day but its the realisation of where we are as a team, the failures of the board, Bill and Moshiri, its the medicine we don't want but probably what we needed. I always believe that Everton is still a great club and will be back if the chronic issues at the top can be sorted.

All true but that doesn't need to end with the regressive, damaging and embarrassing decision to appoint BFS with wee sammy and shakey craig! Talk about adding insult to injury! Seriously how much of this are we expected/able to take!

 

[hallamblue]

When your oil rig is on fire, you call Red Adair. However the question is what you do after the fire is out.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Genuinely one of my lowest moments as an Everton supporter this, and it can only get worse too, which utterly terrifies me

 

[brigadier]

hope he walks on the pitch at half time only to be met by the police, a kenwright new show, to catch a football predator .

 

[billyblue80]

All true but that doesn't need to end with the regressive, damaging and embarrassing decision to appoint BFS with wee sammy and shakey craig! Talk about adding insult to injury! Seriously how much of this are we expected/able to take!

Who would you have had? Because it seems they didn't want Dyche(my choice who they could have got over a month ago) couldn't get Silva, and didn't trust Fonseca currently. Unsy was out of the picture. We couldn't afford to wait. I agree he's not the only person who could do the job but he is probably the most experienced. I don't like the guy, I don't like his football, I don't like his past but I didn't like Koeman either and if he stems the bleeding, gets these players actually trying and keeps us up, he's done what he's here for. Yes its a sign of failure, yes it shows we are as bad as other clubs down there currently chopping and changing. But I can't see it long term so I'm angrier and pissed off at the board for the failures(in the summer window for leaving the squad totally imbalanced and in terms of not having a plan of who they wanted when they sacked Koeman) and the players for being cowards, that's what got us here not Big Sam, I'm more pissed off at that than Big Sam being in the dugout because after all the club will still exist after him.

 

[Efcjake]

How obvious is it that they're leaving the official announcement as late as possible to reduce the hammering they're going to get on social media because people will be busy heading to the match.

 

[ham2]

When your oil rig is on fire, you call Red Adair. However the question is what you do after the fire is out.

Build another!











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