25 Jul 2017 16:51:23
Being an old ( and yes grumpy ) supporter of Everton I can remember when the record transfer fees were less than what the average player now earns in a week ( and you wonder why I'm grumpy )
Anyways that little bit of trivia got me thinking about our previous managers and the faith shown in them by the club owners. I can not remember a time when our club has shown more faith in a manager than what they are now showing with RK. In that statement I do not just mean letting him have plenty of cash, but having the absolute faith in him to let him totally rebuild from the ground upwards. No other manager that I am aware of has been given as much freedom as he has.
It does please this Grumpy old git to see this and I only hope it does not turn into a 3 year joyride when RK leaves the nest he builds, we must not forget that the more successful we become the greater the chance he will be tempted to join a mega-bucks team. I only hope that the working ethos he has instilled into our club remains very much part of it for decades to come.
It's also way too hot here, next door's baby keeps crying . moan moan moan.
25 Jul 2017 18:22:18
Grumpytoffee: the arrival of Farhad Moshiri - plus the massive television income - means that we have the money to back RK in rebuilding the team. It was the same back in the 1960s when John Moores bankrolled Harry Catterick’s transfer spending, although HC also brought through a load of youth players to the first team.
Managers like Gordon Lee and Billy Bingham were given money to spend (e. g. record fees like Bob Latchford, etc. ) and even Moyes was trusted to spend whatever the club could spare.
The one manager who was really “backed†was Howard Kendall, who - in late 1983 - many fans vociferously wanted sacked. The chairman stuck with him and was rewarded by our mid-1980s success.
Pretty much every Everton manager gets about three years to get things right and they've all been given (comparitively speaking) equal backing (moral if not financial) . The only one to be fired (not left of own accord) in quick time was Mike Walker.