On Wednesday night, win lose or draw. The Board aka Moshiri has to be prepared to pull the trigger on Brands and Benitez.
No use keeping a Director of Football who has failed under Silva, Ancelotti and Benitez. We binned Walsh off for less.
So Brands has to go but importantly we need an Chairman and CEO who understands the running of a football club too.
Kenwright does nowt and has no power over anything at Everton he just rocks up when it's good for him and us. Same with Barrett-Baxendale just Yes Men who will do what Moshiri says.
Moshiri is making too many recruitment mistakes that he needs someone else better connected to the business side of the club. It also stops agents interference with Moshiri, having that protection from chancers like Mendes, Joorabchian etc whispering in his ear and influencing football decisions
This is how Chelsea run with Buck as go between for Roman Abramovich and it works
Get rid of Brands and install a new Chairman and bring a new Director of Football who has the say in the new manager. They should have the power and final say on the pitch, leave the business to the board.
A chairman is given the guidelines/financial constraints to the Director of Football who has to work with and between the DOF and the Manager they have to work on the present and future of the club on the pitch.
It makes it more clear to the fans, players and manager.
So Brands out, new Chairman, CEO and DOF then if the results are still bad, Benitez has to go but I fear he has lost the dressing room already.
It starts at the top and yes we are a football team first but ultimately we are a business too. If the top is run better then you hope as you move into the football side it will hold the same benchmarks and standards so we don't keep making mistake after mistake.