Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £40m
See, I disagree about Ancelotti. Maybe Silva had to go but Carlo was an expensive and silly vanity project, and I think he gets too much of a free pass for his contribution to the mess we're in.I don't think it would have worked out for him here he had incredible bad luck and just couldn't seem to stop the downward spiral he was in. He is a better manager now than he was then and he always came across as a decent guy but I think going from Silva to Ancelotti was a good move it was just the balls up we made after he left for Madrid that set us back.
I'm not Dyche's biggest fan but I'd contend that him having us in 14th (on our non-adjusted points tally) with the players at his disposal is a better managerial performance than Ancelotti having us in 10th with the players he had at his. His failure to get us Europe from the position we were in midway through that season was a massively expensive failure and the beginning of everything that's happening today.