It’s hard to believe a new manager has signed a contract, been to the training ground, probably gotten straight to work on staff, transfers etc, and even taken photos with fans, yet Everton’s social media channels are completely silent.
Because we have had such a big turnaround of managers over the years, we know what to expect. The announcement, paired simultaneously with the big interview of cliched answers such as ‘Everton are a big club with a rich history’ and ‘Bill, Denise and the board have been very welcoming’. We will also get the cliched gallery of photos of him with the scarf, of course the picture of him standing in the weight room behind the floor badge. We also can’t forget the special ‘Everton Unseen’ episode of Sean shaking peoples hands, getting a tour of the training ground, and of course at the end, walking into a room with an important member of staff and closing the door to show that he’s getting straight to work.
Not only is this media cliched, and boring (maybe not if we didn’t have a new manager every season) it’s just so unnecessary to launch a new story for the club. It would be nice to just simply have that announcement we want. I don’t know why, but I just can’t relax until I see news on official channels, even though we all know Dyche is the manager, any curiosity, interest or intrigue into it has been wiped away. He might as well just turn up on the touch line Saturday the way we handle things.