I don't think it's anything like Poch at PSG outside of the coincdence that the fans are not keen on him. But I think he wants to be at Everton and they are probably the right club for him.
If we weren't a sinking ship this wouldn't be as jokey as it sounds. We know that Ole boosted the morale at United and created a better atmosphere at the club but he's tactically shite. If we were comfortable in terms of not being relegated I wouldn't be that against him coming in, lifting the mood at the club and then replacing him later. The problem is that a relegation battle is now a serious possibility and I wouldn't trust Ole with that.
Outside of the Liverpool connection it's hard to think of a better fit for Everton than Rafa. His style is actually what Everton were traditionally known for, being compact, direct, tight and physical. They aren't some sort of Burnley team but they had a stubbornness and confidence about them, which Rafa has been quite good at implementing up until this stint.
Mate if you had Ole you'd be relegated. He'd depend on Iwobi and Gray to go out there and do their thing, and their individual brilliance won't get you very far.
Exactly!
Tbh your posts sound like you don't know much about the problems of the club or team currently.
Feel free to educate me. From an ousider it looks like Brands has made some sloppy ratifications on transfers. The academy progression looks poor and outside of looking at the best manager in the market from a reactionary perspective, there doesn't appear to be an actual plan on how they want the long term football to look like and what ilk of manager would suit best. Like United, Everton have jumped across different footballing philosophies, from Koeman to Ancelotti to Rafa.
I don't think there is any doubt he wanted the job initially. Remember at that time we all felt the opportunity for the investment in Newcastle had passed. He now looks at a club where he is still held in very high regard, where money won't be an issue and compares it to a club where he was hated before he set one foot in the door. I think he had around 1.7m to spend in the summer,the lowest spent in the PL and that lack of squad investment is hurting him now. You know come Jan and in the summer Newcastle will give their manager whatever he wants.Your point about being given time is valid, but Everton are 5 pts above Burnley and Norwich, Burnley with a game in hand. The cost of relegation is massive hence clubs panic quicker than they should. I think they will be fine once they get a few injured players back.
He's not going to get them relegated. He's a very good manager, their current league position I genuinely think is roughly as low as it'll get. It's obviously a bad patch but the very good managers navigate out of that. He's capable of this.
When Brands came in he took over a squad which was heavily bloated and full of dross (you might say the same now...). He has had to try and navigate that in terms of getting players out while still getting in players that can compete with potential. I'd argue people like Digne, Richarlison, Godfrey, Allan and Doucoure have all been excellent signings by him. He has some duds, but every club does.
Wasn't Marco Silva supposed to be a progressive manager though?
That was Walsh.
Does he? Since 2016 he spent years at Newcastle then went to China and is now at Everton (massive club but their team don't reflect that).
Got a job at Madrid before that tbf inspite of being sacked at Napoli and Inter.
Yeah the Real job was the major outlier (but Real quickly realised their mistake and dumped him) but other than that I'd say the decline of his jobs is quite reflective on his overall decline ever since he got a mere caretaker role with us (imagine Mou getting offered that type of role now let alone when he was only starting to decline).
That's somehow harsh for both of them
Going to Inter was a really bad career’s choice, everyone and his dog could see that no matter what he does, it would compare unfavorably with Mourinho, and that squad was really old.
yes. Brands also wanted Livramento / Dumfries and and Benitez said no. We have two clowns running the club and the squad.
Would you take big Sam right now?
That's bad.
Replacing King with Rondon another baffling decision.
I think we need a total reset of the club. I’d honestly rather be relegated with a manager that will change the philosophy of the football club and improve us long term than stay up with this cycle of old has beens.I think that’s on Ancelotti. Was apparently promised a bunch of game time and received feck all.
Yeah and no doubt a dodgy one due to his ex-Arsenal link.
Stupid maybe but dodgy how .
Help his old Arsenal buddies.
I read it was done on the behest of Kia who was involved in the transfer.
Sounds worse than Ed!