Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I don't really blame anyone for getting annoyed at what he's been saying, for me there is a difference between being a no-nonsense straight talker and someone who needlessly upsets people.
Koeman's comments about how if Lukaku stays with us his entire career he should consider it a failure for me were a slap in the face to the supporters. Basically saying we're a no mark club whom top players should ever want to stay with. I'm sure I'm not the only blue who had to put up with RS supporters over the past week using what he said to rip into us, all the "your own manager thinks yer crap" malarky. It would be different if a pundit said it because they're basically outsiders but the manager is supposed to be the man who brings the success that would make top players want to come here. Him saying what he said sounded very much like "it doesn't matter what Everton achieve, they're still never going to be big enough for certain players." I don't like talk like that one bit personally.
In saying all that though, Paul Wilson in the Guardian made some very good points where he's said that as Evertonians we shouldn't be getting too hung up on what Koeman's said because it's easier to stomach than going back to the embarrassing rubbish Martinez used to come out with. Last season we were begging for someone at the club to deliver some home truths instead of spouting outright delusion, someone to kick underperformers up the arse instead of describing them as club legends.
The club has for years been in dire need some of medicine and Koeman seems hell-bent on forcing it down our throats. It tastes absolutely foul and teams like the RS are laughing at us as we cough and splutter to keep it down but in the long run it will help us. Crap players aren't going to be given charity contracts, good players are going to be challenged to keep improving and delivering and success is going to be demanded. No more wishy-washy crap.
