30 May 2016 22:59:23
These are some exciting times ahead, when you look at the calibre of manager being linked with us it shows just how far we've come as a club in the past decade. The fact that we have 4-5 top quality candidates for the managers job indicates the direction we're going in. When Moyes left, managers like Martin O'neill and the like were realistic candidates, now we have real champions taking a serious interest in our club, not managers who could theoretically take us places, like Martinez.
The futures bright, the futures blue. Whoever is in charge next should be ready for challenge, I have the utmost faith in Mr Moshiri to make the right choice and the fact he's taking his time shows he is taking this very seriously.
30 May 2016 23:06:20
We are a much worse team now than when Moyes left it is because we have Moshiri with money as yet we have not gone anywhere but down since Moyes left.
Are any of these fancy managers capable of building a club that is a mess? I hope so, but maybe we should walk before we run a we might trip up, be careful who you wish for.
Most football fans are dreamers, I was once but now in my sixties I am pragmatic so let's hope we get the right manager whoever he is.
30 May 2016 23:48:46
How are we a much worse team, our midfield when Moyes left consisted of Osman, Neville, Gibson, Hitzlesberger, Pienaar, Miralles.
Our forwards Jelavic, Anichebe, Fellaini, Naismith.
If you think that is better than what we have now then there is no hope!
31 May 2016 07:37:04
Totally agree with sidutton we are a far more attractive club to managers regardless of money. We have a good young squad with a good group of youngsters coming through. It's getting boring now massaging his ego. He made us feel like we were punching above our weight when he was here and that gave a certain group of supporters the same mindset that what he achieved was deemed successful. He broke our transfer record 3 times in a row so he had money available. And in 11 years reached 1 league cup semi final an FA Cup final were he reverted to type by trying to hold on to a 1 goal lead for a full 90 minutes. And 1 semi final were by we were beaten by our neighbours again because of the negative tactic of trying to defend a 1 goal lead. Yes I am grateful for the stability he brought when he first came but to even consider him now would be a backward step and a bad mistake. The boos he got on Sin day at the fight makes me realise I am not alone and there are a lot more against than there is for him. We are Everton and we have an opportunity here to bring in a man for the future and leave gollum in the past.
31 May 2016 07:57:33
I have said this a thousanf times. This squad is much inferior to the one Moyes left us with. This is because of 3 factors:
1. It is ageing and yes there are some youngsters coming through but the overall group of players nearing their end is too many. Howard, Jags, Barry, Baines, Barry, Pienaar, Kone, Osman, Hibbert all need replacing now. Or at least have players ready to take over very soon. That is 9 players without the squad suffering any injuries. too many!
2. The midfield players that RM added do not score sufficient goals. Cleverly, Barry, McCarthy, Besic never score more than 2 a season each. That means we rely on moody Lukaku and Barkley for our goals. Mirallas can chip in but was never given a chance under RM so I suppose that could slightly improve under a new manager.
3. If the squad is so much better now, I have one question. Why have we slipped down the table so dramatically and been served up dross for football. People moan about the football Moyes served up. My girlfriend knows nothing about football but watched one game of ours this season and asked, "Why do Everton not get the ball towards the other goal? I thought that's what you are supposed to do? "
31 May 2016 12:14:33
Well said Degsy, cannot understand why people think we have a better squad. RM said so but more brainwashing from him that people seem to believe.
31 May 2016 12:37:33
According to everyone we slipped down the league because Martinez tactics were wrong, he lost the dressing room, he played people out of position, take your pick.
As regards the older players I think Martinez plan was to promote 5 or 6 of the youth to replace them and buy 3 or 4 aswell.
If you take Garbutt, Davies, Dowell, The Swiss guy, Galloway, Pennington, Connolly bar the keeper you have pretty much replaced the older players you have mentioned.
31 May 2016 20:09:59
I agree that RM lost the players and also that his tactics did not help. but to suggest that half a dozen unproven kids with less than a dozen 1st team appearances are the replacement for 9 1st team players who were internationals, goalscorers and experienced is naive to say the least. I would predict thaat maybe 2 or 3 of the kids will become 1st team players but as for goals I do not see where they will come from if Lukaku goes. I just see us struggling for goals and getting quality players to join a team that has been sliding down the table 2 years running. Stones is obviously a class act and worth money. I also think Mori was a good signing and also chips in with goals. particularly from set pieces. But as I have said many times, Osman and Pienaar were never replaced succesfully. Naismith seems to have been replaced at twice the cost with an unproven player who has a dodgy temperament. Mirallas has been demotivated and the other players RM signed were just not consistent enough. I know people say I am a doom monger, but the table does not lie and a new manager will have a hell of a job to stop the slide further. We need a very strong character and at least 4 or 5 quaality signings. some of whom need to score goals.