Who's next after Benitez - Poll reset 25th Jan

[MACCA75]

We don't need a short term firefighter. We are 6 points ahead of the drop with 19 games remaining. Why are people so quick to panic? We are not doomed, we are just in a precarious position due in part to an inept manager.

2 wins changes an awful lot, let's keep our nerve.

I think Watford play Norwich and Burnley next, Leeds play Newcastle. Things could look very bad, very quickly. We need a win very soon.

 

[blue to the bone]

Forgot to say… the team guided by a Bobby Robson type figurehead.

Unfortunately Bobby is unavailable

 

[blueconverse]

Rooney or Dunc for me. We have tried Hollywood managers, we have tried upcoming managers who play nice football, we have tried proven pl managers and its ended badly. May aswell gamble on a evertonian as this atmosphere needs improving. Unless we hire martinez and blue bill announces he's leaving

 

[ToffeeTim]

Because we're bottom of the form table - and IF we get relegated it probably puts paid to our new stadium and possibly ends the club

So, yeah

The real table is what matters, we can fix this with cool heads

 

[ToffeeTim]

I think Watford play Norwich and Burnley next, Leeds play Newcastle. Things could look very bad, very quickly. We need a win very soon.

Of course, but we aren't doomed. We can fix this without appointing Allardyce ffs.

 

[Azza]

Of course, but we aren't doomed. We can fix this.

Welcome Allardyce.

 

[Gordon Lee's Cushion]

Because we're bottom of the form table - and IF we get relegated it probably puts paid to our new stadium and possibly ends the club

So, yeah

You could make a conspiracy theory that possibly this is the master plan (I don‘t believe it is) as it would solve the high wages bill, solve the stadium funding issue and bring in a nice little parachute payment.

I feel I have to add again that I don‘t believe this but you could see why some might say it could be

 

[ClausThomsen]

Can I clear something up before this place turns toxic again - surely nobody hates Martinez? The guy has never said a bad word about us (or anything for that matter).

He's not the greatest manager of course, but are we really going to piss our pants again over the choice of manager? Seems self-defeating, especially given the lack of credible alternatives and when we're in a relegation scrap.

I personally think it sounds like a laugh, I'm all aboard Martinez pt.2.

I like this way of thinking. Just enjoy Everton as a spiritual successor to Fawlty Towers or The 3 Stooges.

Whisper it but I don't even "hate" Benitez. He's a kopite pantomime villain and I can't take football seriously enough to actually hate people over it.

 

[Curtis]

I'm ready for this Martinez speculation to end and move on the next unsettling and terrible potential candidate

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Martinez would be an absolute disaster....again. People have v short memories, his football was turgid and we defended worse than we do now.

 

[Librarian]

"Interim".

A word now in vogue in the idiot world of Premier League football.

We have half a season in front of us. We dont want an 'interim', we want a permanent manager.

This lot have 3 weeks to find one before we fully roll into the second half of the season, so they better either appoint Roberto or get out there and bring one in. There is a lot of games to be played here and we dont want any apprentices learning on the job.

We have players and staff that already feel immune to the consequences of their performance, they’ll have trouble taking any manager seriously outside of a honeymoon period, the word interim would shorten that grace period to a month

 

[Curtis]

Could somebody enlighten me on why they think Ferguson is qualified to deputize for the season? His lack of experience is disconcerting. I dont think we're getting relegated but still in a precarious position. People criticize bill for being excessively sentimental but calls for Ferguson strike a similar tone

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

I really think we need a manager who is strong defensively, even if its only to the end of the season. The priority has to be to get 21 more points and get us to the 40 point mark. The biggest danger for me is that we bring in someone who wants to play free flowing attacking football, zonal marking and a high line and we just continue to get caught out for pace and positioning at the back.

You've contradicted yourself, pal. Wasn't Benitez supposed to be "strong" defensively? Furthermore, why have our defenders being caught out for pace and positioning all season long under said manager? Perhaps it's the players that continue to be picked e.g. Coleman, Keane that are the problem but that doesn't necessarily mean we need a "defensive" manager to stop picking them!

 

[Evertonthat]

Just because West Ham are doing well and likely to get into Europe, doesn't mean Moyes wouldn't be willing to consider moving closer to home for a huge pay rise. Obviously its a bigger task here at the moment, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't be interested. I'd be more surprised if Martinez would be willing to miss out on going to the World Cup to be honest.

 

[degsy]

And... we've been paying Benitez triple the wages that Moyes gets at West Ham. Money talks.

and hows that worked for us so far?
Moyes knows he's at Everton 2.0, even he's not that daft.