New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[Neiler]

Not expecting anything until next week myself.

 

[blackie_jones75]

Mourinho is a busted flush, yesterday;s man, would cost a fortune, fall out with everyone, sign old players then get a huge compo...besides the Friedkins have already fell out with him once and fallen out so there's no way in my opinion they would consider hiring him again.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

He's a really good shout. That said, Brentford are currently, whether we like it or not, better than Everton. Everton will soon have a better stadium, but no manager joins a club due to their ground.

The history means nothing. We've been a nothing club since the 80s.

Brentford have spent a net about £100m in the last three years, so he does get backed there.

Unless the next Everton manager is promised significant funds to completely change the squad, going from Brentford to Everton as an example would probably be a terrible move.

Tell a manager he's got £100m this summer and I think we'd have a lot of interest. Whether that's doable under the financial rules, no idea, but we'll need that kind of investment to avoid a lower bottom half finish next season - if we even stay up this season.

I think he’s taken Brentford to their ceiling and likely knows it, and I think he’s out twerking on podcasts etc tells you he probably know it and wants a new challenge.

Might not be Everton but I think he’d be possibly gettable- with the caveat that would probably only be in the summer.

We know that the number of players contracted for next year creates a massive blank canvas and I think he might be the sort of guy who would relish that opportunity to put his stamp on things from the off.

 

[Thomasc]

He's fallen off a cliff mate and not a manager you start a new era with. It's obvious to see. He's managing in Turkey...

I could easily make a case for him.

Serial winner, he’s not Dyche etc etc

It’s all about what flavour of new manager you prefer.

Personally I’d be willing to take a punt on a hungry younger manager with something to prove. But if we are going for the statement type manager, it’s foolish to write him off imo.

 

[Evertonthat]

Mourinho is a busted flush, yesterday;s man, would cost a fortune, fall out with everyone, sign old players then get a huge compo...besides the Friedkins have already fell out with him once and fallen out so there's no way in my opinion they would consider hiring him again.

I expect they've already lined up their man, but will be just waiting for the right time. That could be straight away, or the end of the season. Nobody knows, but I'd be amazed if they didn't have an action plan already.

 

[Lanolin]

I could easily make a case for him.

Serial winner, he’s not Dyche etc etc

It’s all about what flavour of new manager you prefer.

Personally I’d be willing to take a punt on a hungry younger manager with something to prove. But if we are going for the statement type manager, it’s foolish to write him off imo.

You can make a case for him because he's famous, in the same way that you could with Benitez. He's won 22 major trophies which is incredible, but 17 of them were between 2002-12 and only 1 of them since 2017. He's clearly nothing like the winning machine that he was years ago, we'd just be appointing another name based on faded glories, pretty much the exact opposite of what we need to be doing at the start of a proper new era for the club. I honestly can't think of a serious shout for the job who would be a worse option than Mourinho.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Personally I’d be willing to take a punt on a hungry younger manager with something to prove. But if we are going for the statement type manager, it’s foolish to write him off imo.

Unsy is always hungry, and he's definitely younger.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Looks a very good attacking manager, but if I'm right didn't Everton finish above Brentford last season, after an eight point deduction.

True, and this was a concern for me. But I really admire the way he’s taken that team and rethought and reinvented it without a massive recruitment overhaul, and now it’s one of the most exciting teams in the league and one that hasn’t had to give a moment’s thought to the relegation battle at all. I’d love a manager who could achieve that sort of reinvention here.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Gordon really should have kept his top on.

He looks like that Cillian Murphy ‘cameo’ in the 28 Years Later trailer.

 

[Bedfordblue]

he's won 2 Premier-leagues, a league cup and a European trophy within the last 10 years i believe.
Don't get me wrong, i don't think he's a viable option either. At best he'd be a short term fix that would bring attention to the club, show ambition (i suppose) and possibly end our trophy drought, but he's more than likely going to be a very VERY expensive mistake. But the man is up there with some of the best managers of all time. People were saying the same about Carlo when he came here. Give Jose the right club, the right players and he'd win things again. Which is probably why he's the wrong man for us right now.

Yeah but apart from that he’s done nothing for 10 years

 

[Drico]

I expect they've already lined up their man, but will be just waiting for the right time. That could be straight away, or the end of the season. Nobody knows, but I'd be amazed if they didn't have an action plan already.

And alarmed.

 

[Drico]

Friedkin Friday ! Taps nose

Winter cold?

 

[Bob Elstone]

Hopefully Friday is the day. Go through the club with a broom. Every single one of them bar Pickford and branthwaite told to pack up.

 

[Drico]

I want Thomas Frank.

Brentford play some lovely stuff, score plenty and with a team of relative unknowns. I’d like to see what he could do at a club with a much higher ceiling than Brentford

I think he's a very good manager. I'd be quite happy if he was the Friedkin choice. He's done a similar job to Eddie Howe - got a tiny club living its greatest ever era.

And Eddie did well at Bournemouth too...

 

[Lanolin]

he's won 2 Premier-leagues, a league cup and a European trophy within the last 10 years i believe.
Don't get me wrong, i don't think he's a viable option either. At best he'd be a short term fix that would bring attention to the club, show ambition (i suppose) and possibly end our trophy drought, but he's more than likely going to be a very VERY expensive mistake. But the man is up there with some of the best managers of all time. People were saying the same about Carlo when he came here. Give Jose the right club, the right players and he'd win things again. Which is probably why he's the wrong man for us right now.

1 PL title, and if we appointed him in the summer it wouldn't be within 10 years.