Well, I still think he's the right man for the job. I saw enough last season, and this season in the Europa to make me believe he can turn this around. Every manager, with the very odd exception, deserves time to make his mark at the club. He's had two totally different seasons at Goodison, one brilliant and one awful. He still has some credit on that basis and on the basis that he is trying to change our players into technical footballers. My biggest issue with him is the reliance on Barry and Howard even when it's very clear they are well past their best. Barry I can live with every other game but not as a permanent fixture in the team. Howard has been a total liability and has cost us points whereas good goalkeepers earn you points.
Some key players have been massive let-downs for me particularly those with World Cup hangovers - Howard, Jagielka, Barkley and Baines.....although the latter seems to have really struggled with his own injuries and that to his great sidekick Pienaar. The main let down though has been Mirallas - on his day a great player to watch, but he has so few days and is more interested in Mirallas than Everton.
Shocking season and one which is difficult to endure as an Evertonian, especially last night which for me was the worst performance of the season....nobody came out of it with any credit whatsoever. But, one swallow does not a summer make and I'm deeply planted in the 'give him time' category. I understand Blues are fed up, but sacking him won't make the individual errors go away.
