Sam Allardyce to be confirmed as new Everton manager

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Moshiri and kenwright first reaction to Walsh suggestion on allydace as manager

 

[BlueToff]

Genuinely wonder what the players think about this appointment.

I don't care.

They're all a shower of crap.

Literally lad, bar Coleman, Ross, Pickford, Bolasie and at a push Keane, I wouldn't be arsed seeing the back of one of them. The kids get a bit of leeway as well. The rest are either awful, severely on the decline, or not arsed.

 

[MarkMc2605]

Sometimes it is better the devil you know in our current situation/mess we know what we should be getting... it wont be pretty but it should show some aggression and stop rolling over to any one who can string more than three passes together.

Tonight isn't really his responsibility but come Saturday against Huddersfield I expect to see a completely different type of performance than we have all season. Solid, organised and for once difficult to beat.

Come on you blue boys.

 

[bobafro]

The new holy trinity...

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Genuinely wonder what the players think about this appointment.

Half of the absolute shithouses will be dreading it, as he'll suss them out straight away and they'll be out the team until he can flog them in January. Far too many players who have revealed their true colours over the last month or two, and I'll be delighted to see the back of them.

 

[Yarrgh]

My take on this whole situation is the following.

'If you don't laugh you'll cry'

So i'm going to have a Chicken & Leek Cuppa Soup and forget all about it till tonight. Nothing nobody can do about it so lets just get behind the lads on the pitch and get ourselves out of this mire we find ourselves in.

Personally I am laughing harder about the comedic antics of Big Fat Scam and his band of thieves more than I have in a long time. I think he'll get us out of a mire that probably only exists in our own minds, get a big pay off and we'll resort to more vainglorious self celebration in the summer before our bubble bursts when we actually get to play. I wish I had realised all this earlier.

 

[lancyclaret]

As an outsider, if it is any consolation I'd much rather have Allardyce than Pardew.

 

[marsh]

So basically he could of been our manager about 5 weeks ago and had that time to work with the players etc

 

[Jay]

Thanks mate but how come my view?

I try and sit on the fence as best as I can...

Personally I think it's an appointment made through at best fear, at worst, board ineptitude. In reality it's probably somewhere in the middle.

I think the boards confidence currently isn't too far away from the players and there's some fear that we could go into absolute free-fall with relegation a real risk, but the board have been inept in handling the transition from Koeman.

It's abundantly clear Allardyce was never near the top of the boards list and I think we should have kept Koeman, sacked week 9 - we're now week 14, until we had a better idea of who could come in and replace him. For me it's another sign that the board don't know their arse from their elbow. I'd love (and expected) Moshiri to change the old guard and make sweeping changes but it doesn't look like it's going to happen so I hope he's here just to brush up before Usmanov comes in and we see significant change. Long shot...

The only saving grace I cling on to is, Allardyce knows the league better than most who we could have brought in and we start to build for next season now, I hope the board intend to change it on the final day of the season no matter how well he performs.

The way i see it, Moshiri thought Unsworth will steady the ship and we get out of the drop zone, while he can search for the best manager, he was ready to keep Unsworth in charge till the end of the season and do the appointment then if the managers he wanted weren't available now, unfortunately for him our results got worse and we reached a dangerous point after Atlanta game, Unsworth knew that he had no chance and wanted to bail out asap, simply because he didn't want to ruin his own reputation for his own future.

Moshiri realized that he won't be able to attract the managers he wants right now, so he is paying around 11M (including the 2M for Palace) just to keep us in the league (it will cost him much more if we get relegated), as you said, he and even Allardyce know that it's a 6 months job with one task, stay out of relegation, a fair deal for both sides (Obviously Allardyce will want to do well to keep the job beyond this summer, but won't mind being sacked and getting paid 6M instead + the 3M he will get from now till the end of the season).

The interesting thing for me is the January window, Moshiri knows that we have to sign few players to avoid relegation, but will he give Allardyce money to spend knowing that he wants to remove him in few months time? Maybe that's why Walsh is staying (so Moshiri coordinates with him and makes sure we don't spend money on players who will end up unwanted with any manager next summer?) In the same time Allardyce for sure got a confirmation from him about the January window and that he will have money to bring players.

 

[BrendanGOT]

I hope an absolute chorus of Boo's shakes goodison right to the foundations tonight

Or just get behind the team who need their fans support

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

I don't recall ever being so despondent as an Everton fan and I've been watching them since 1975.
This is all truly disheartening.

 

[longers]

Genuinely wonder what the players think about this appointment.

I imagine the new signings have pretty much just had it confirmed that they screwed up when choosing to join Everton.

 

[royalblue66]

Just think, we have employed an ex England manager, not many can say that.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

 

[Yarrgh]

I imagine the new signings have pretty much just had it confirmed that they screwed up when choosing to join Everton.

They've all had a phone call from a guy playing a comedy trombone. Well trolled Everton. Well trolled indeed.