Too many factors to mention but it has to come from the top. The club has been in steady decline for the last 30 years but in the last 10 the managerial and recruitment approach had been nothing short of diabolical. I think we are at a point were I don’t think anyone would have a definitive answer of what we need to do to progress as a football club. Every manager including Ancelloti has its critics for one reason or another but the problems run much deeper than just managers. We make the FA look like a well oiled machine that how bad it had been run. The club required a philosophy and structure to how we play the type of players we acquire, including age, footballing attributes, physical and mental attributes. We then look at present managers and future managers with concession plans for when things change. Players leave managers but the football club have to factor these things in. People criticised Brands and Walsh but they were never given the freedom to do their job effectively with the Kenwright and Moshiri at the helm and the manager merry go round. I can’t think of a more different management style than Koeman, Silva, Ancelloti then Benitez. Where is the continuity there? People can try and palm it off and blame the fans but we have had a tough gig the last few years and managing a club the size of ours is a big responsibility for even the most seasoned managers. I remember when De Zerbi took the Brighton job. I think he lost the 1st 4 games. Ima fine making a start like that in Everton’s current climate. People may think I’m joking but the Everton manager role is possibly one of the toughest jobs in European football right now.
