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@Keiran
Not true whatsoever. Arteta and Lucas and Cahill and Cattermole are entirely different players, i've never compared them. But saying Bendtner is more reliable than Saha and Clichy is stronger defensively than Baines >>*in my opinion<< doesn't make me a Liverpool fan ffs.
Jagielka is better than Agger, and Agger is about as reliable as Saha. The problem is, anything positive i say is never picked up on, i've never once said Rodwell and Fellaini are bad players, or even tried to make out that they are anything less than what they are, i've just pointed out what is blaringly obvious (At least to me) in the two situations. The fact i don't rate the two of them perhaps as highly as others is objective, its what the forum is about.
@Keiran
Just my personal opinion, but unless Moshiri is prepared to invest >significantly< in the playing squad (by that I mean a £100m + investment this summer - which nothing at all suggests he will) then we have absolutely no business at all linking ourselves with Mourinho, or even Pellegrini. Both of whom could walk into most clubs with their record. Nothing wrong with ambition, I believe even Syria offered Mourinho the job and he turned it down, however if we are being realistic it's not even worth discussing in my opinion.
Our best bet is targeting the tier beneath those to demonstrate our ambition. Either a prominent young coach like Howe who has worked wonders and earned his stripes at Bournemouth (I believe someone earlier mentioned the likes of Tuchel and Klopp who both came from Mainz 05 to Dortmund and did exceedingly well) or we go for a coach with good European pedigree with something to prove like QSF, De Boer or Koeman. All of whom would be excellent appointments.
I have my doubts on Favre, Bielsa, Cocu and the like but they are all options I would get behind.
Whatever happens, this appointment (and we are assuming there will be one before the start of next season) is a major indicator of where Everton will sit over the next 3-5 years and beyond. Get it right, keep key players, give the fans a much needed rise and invest in the right places and there is no reason we can't be looking at European Football of some sorts for 2017-2018.
Equally, it could just as easily go the other way. Everton aren't we!