Haha someone disagreed with me today that fans wouldn’t bad mouth Unsworth after four games.
I admit I was wrong.
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Haha someone disagreed with me today that fans wouldn’t bad mouth Unsworth after four games.
I admit I was wrong.
orly
Please check with me for Blammo criteria
Not really - if he's right, that's pretty worrying.
toffeemax
Player Valuation: £15m
He’s on the train down playing games with mirallas so may very well be in with a shout... (hennen that is)
No Williams! How can such things be?
On another note, with the winds of change blowing through can anyone tell me what Duncan Ferguson actually does?
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...-chance-at-everton-we-profile-the-u23-manager
David Unsworth has been named as Everton's caretaker manager, but does he have a chance on a permanent basis? We take a look at his credentials.
After Ronald Koeman was sacked on Monday, the club announced that U23 coach and former Everton defender Unsworth would take the reins on a temporary basis.
Sky Sports News understands that a number of players, plus chairman Bill Kenwright, want him to get the job full time and Unsworth made a clear pitch on Tuesday, telling a press conference: "I'll repeat myself from the last time I was sat here 18 months ago: who wouldn't want this job? It's a wonderful football club with amazing fans and it is a top job for any manager, myself included.
"The chairman, the owner and the board have given me an opportunity to hopefully get a run of games where performance levels go up and we produce comes wins as well. From that, performances and result, will dictate any future for me as Everton manager."
Owner Farhad Moshiri is thought to prefer a more established manager. Carlo Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini and Thomas Tuchel among the higher-profile names being touted, but could Everton's answer lie closer to home? Here, we profile the caretaker manager seeking a full-time shot...
Born in Chorley, Lancashire, Unsworth spent his youth career with Everton before graduating to the first team in 1992. He spent five years with the club - helping them win the 1995 FA Cup - before leaving for West Ham in the 1997/98 season.
After short spells with the Hammers and Aston Villa, he returned to Everton for the start of the 1998/99 season where he cemented himself as a fan favourite, often being welcomed onto the field to chants of his nickname, 'Rhino'. He made 348 appearances in total for the Toffees before leaving in the summer of 2004 and turning to coaching when he retired in April 2009.
Unsworth could certainly point to the fortunes of other ex-players who have become Everton managers, with all of the club's major post-war trophies were won by former players.
Harry Catterick played for Everton for six years and won two Division One titles plus an FA Cup in 12 years as manager, while Howard Kendall made 274 appearances as a player, before going on to win two Football League titles, an FA Cup and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup in six years at the helm. And it was Joe Royle who had Unsworth in his side when he led Everton to the FA Cup in 1995, defeating Manchester United at Wembley.
Indeed, Unsworth is hoping he can follow suit, saying: "Let's hope that's the same this time around and I can follow Joe Royle and win something... to stand as Everton manager, if you're an Evertonian, it makes you very proud."
Success with Everton U23s
Unsworth has developed his managerial experience with Everton U21s then U23s over the last four years and has taken them from strength to strength. He arrived back at the club in September 2013 to assist former team-mate Alan Stubbs with the U21 side, before taking on the role full-time at the start of the 2014/15 campaign.
Success followed. In the 2015/16 season, he steered the U21s to third place in the league ahead of the switch to the Premier League 2 competition for the 2016/17 season, with Unsworth's U23 side winning the inaugural Division 1 title last term.
They sit second in the Premier League 2 Division 1 table on 16 points - five behind local rivals Liverpool - having lost just two of their eight games so far this season.
Unsworth has also overseen the development of many talented youngsters, including Tom Davies, Brendan Galloway and Matthew Pennington. Following his Premier League debut in May 2015, Galloway revealed how Unsworth helped him prepare for the occasion, telling Everton TV: "He's helped me massively. I've been with him the whole season and because he played in a similar position, he always talks to me about both sides of the game.
Tom Davies was given his first Premier League start by David Unsworth
"He is helping me get to where I want to be, so his experience is really valuable. Training under him every day, I've learned a lot during this season."Before the West Ham game, he came up to me and said 'Whatever happens, just know that you are ready'. That gave me a lot more confidence going into the game. He's helped me a lot this season, and I'm thankful for that."
Five of his Everton players were part of the England squad that won the U20 World Cup this summer - match-winner Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jonjoe Kenny, Kieran Dowell, Ademola Lookman and Callum Connolly - and Unsworth has previous for promoting youth. When he took charge of Everton for the final league game of the season in May 2016, he handed now first-team regular Davies his first Premier League start and gave Kenny a senior debut off the bench.
Should he get a chance to manage the first team permanently, the young talent bursting at the seams in Everton's ranks could get the chance to shine.
First-team experience
This is not the first time that Unsworth has taken on the caretaker manager role. He did so twice with Preston, as well as taking over from Roberto Martinez at the end of the 2015/16 Premier League season after the Spaniard's sacking, overseeing a 3-0 victory against Norwich.
This current spell as temporary coach could well last longer than the one game, with his first outing a Carabao Cup tie against Chelsea on Wednesday and he could still be in the dugout for Everton's trip to Leicester live on Sky Sports Premier League on Sunday, with the Foxes also without a manager.
His former Everton team-mate Tony Cottee believes that he should be in the running, telling Sky Sports: "Unsworth should certainly be considered. He knows the club very well and has learnt his trade. Is he ready for it? That would be the question mark on that one.
"I played with Unsworth, he is a great lad and he loves Everton football club. He has gone through the process and has come through the system as a player and now as a coach as well. He's worked with the U23s and has worked with a lot of the quality youngsters that Everton have got. He, for me, would be a good appointment."
The top job is Unsworth's aim and he made no bones about his ambition, telling the media: "I do have a wonderful, wonderful job that is a challenge and is something I really enjoy.
"But I want to manage and this is an amazing club to be the manager of. I think the time has come to say that and I make no secret of it at all."
David Unsworth has been named as Everton's caretaker manager, but does he have a chance on a permanent basis? We take a look at his credentials.
After Ronald Koeman was sacked on Monday, the club announced that U23 coach and former Everton defender Unsworth would take the reins on a temporary basis.
Sky Sports News understands that a number of players, plus chairman Bill Kenwright, want him to get the job full time and Unsworth made a clear pitch on Tuesday, telling a press conference: "I'll repeat myself from the last time I was sat here 18 months ago: who wouldn't want this job? It's a wonderful football club with amazing fans and it is a top job for any manager, myself included.
"The chairman, the owner and the board have given me an opportunity to hopefully get a run of games where performance levels go up and we produce comes wins as well. From that, performances and result, will dictate any future for me as Everton manager."
Owner Farhad Moshiri is thought to prefer a more established manager. Carlo Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini and Thomas Tuchel among the higher-profile names being touted, but could Everton's answer lie closer to home? Here, we profile the caretaker manager seeking a full-time shot...
Born in Chorley, Lancashire, Unsworth spent his youth career with Everton before graduating to the first team in 1992. He spent five years with the club - helping them win the 1995 FA Cup - before leaving for West Ham in the 1997/98 season.
After short spells with the Hammers and Aston Villa, he returned to Everton for the start of the 1998/99 season where he cemented himself as a fan favourite, often being welcomed onto the field to chants of his nickname, 'Rhino'. He made 348 appearances in total for the Toffees before leaving in the summer of 2004 and turning to coaching when he retired in April 2009.
Unsworth could certainly point to the fortunes of other ex-players who have become Everton managers, with all of the club's major post-war trophies were won by former players.
Harry Catterick played for Everton for six years and won two Division One titles plus an FA Cup in 12 years as manager, while Howard Kendall made 274 appearances as a player, before going on to win two Football League titles, an FA Cup and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup in six years at the helm. And it was Joe Royle who had Unsworth in his side when he led Everton to the FA Cup in 1995, defeating Manchester United at Wembley.
Indeed, Unsworth is hoping he can follow suit, saying: "Let's hope that's the same this time around and I can follow Joe Royle and win something... to stand as Everton manager, if you're an Evertonian, it makes you very proud."
Success with Everton U23s
Unsworth has developed his managerial experience with Everton U21s then U23s over the last four years and has taken them from strength to strength. He arrived back at the club in September 2013 to assist former team-mate Alan Stubbs with the U21 side, before taking on the role full-time at the start of the 2014/15 campaign.
Success followed. In the 2015/16 season, he steered the U21s to third place in the league ahead of the switch to the Premier League 2 competition for the 2016/17 season, with Unsworth's U23 side winning the inaugural Division 1 title last term.
They sit second in the Premier League 2 Division 1 table on 16 points - five behind local rivals Liverpool - having lost just two of their eight games so far this season.
Unsworth has also overseen the development of many talented youngsters, including Tom Davies, Brendan Galloway and Matthew Pennington. Following his Premier League debut in May 2015, Galloway revealed how Unsworth helped him prepare for the occasion, telling Everton TV: "He's helped me massively. I've been with him the whole season and because he played in a similar position, he always talks to me about both sides of the game.
Tom Davies was given his first Premier League start by David Unsworth
"He is helping me get to where I want to be, so his experience is really valuable. Training under him every day, I've learned a lot during this season."Before the West Ham game, he came up to me and said 'Whatever happens, just know that you are ready'. That gave me a lot more confidence going into the game. He's helped me a lot this season, and I'm thankful for that."
Five of his Everton players were part of the England squad that won the U20 World Cup this summer - match-winner Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jonjoe Kenny, Kieran Dowell, Ademola Lookman and Callum Connolly - and Unsworth has previous for promoting youth. When he took charge of Everton for the final league game of the season in May 2016, he handed now first-team regular Davies his first Premier League start and gave Kenny a senior debut off the bench.
Should he get a chance to manage the first team permanently, the young talent bursting at the seams in Everton's ranks could get the chance to shine.
First-team experience
This is not the first time that Unsworth has taken on the caretaker manager role. He did so twice with Preston, as well as taking over from Roberto Martinez at the end of the 2015/16 Premier League season after the Spaniard's sacking, overseeing a 3-0 victory against Norwich.
This current spell as temporary coach could well last longer than the one game, with his first outing a Carabao Cup tie against Chelsea on Wednesday and he could still be in the dugout for Everton's trip to Leicester live on Sky Sports Premier League on Sunday, with the Foxes also without a manager.
His former Everton team-mate Tony Cottee believes that he should be in the running, telling Sky Sports: "Unsworth should certainly be considered. He knows the club very well and has learnt his trade. Is he ready for it? That would be the question mark on that one.
"I played with Unsworth, he is a great lad and he loves Everton football club. He has gone through the process and has come through the system as a player and now as a coach as well. He's worked with the U23s and has worked with a lot of the quality youngsters that Everton have got. He, for me, would be a good appointment."
The top job is Unsworth's aim and he made no bones about his ambition, telling the media: "I do have a wonderful, wonderful job that is a challenge and is something I really enjoy.
"But I want to manage and this is an amazing club to be the manager of. I think the time has come to say that and I make no secret of it at all."
Give him a 45 year contract.
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ers-want-david-unsworth-for-permanent-manager
Chairman Bill Kenwright and a significant number of Everton's players are understood to want the club's U23s manager David Unsworth to get the job full-time, Sky Sports News understands.
Unsworth has today been confirmed in temporary charge for the second time, having held the reins in 2016 after the departure of Roberto Martinez.
The 44-year old is highly regarded at Goodison Park and will be in the dugout starting with Wednesday's Carabao Cup match at Chelsea.
Chairman Kenwright is well aware that Everton's finest hours post-war have come when Everton have been managed by a former player, including the likes of Joe Royle, Howard Kendall and Harry Catterick.
Unsworth was assisted by former Everton manager Joe Royle and he will take up that role once again.
Owner Farhad Moshiri, however, is thought to prefer a more established manager, who has experience at the highest levels of European football, with former Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti fitting that bill.
Sky Sports News understands Burnley's Sean Dyche and the former Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who is currently managing Hebei China Fortune, are the other front-runners.
It is understood that Everton were yet to make contact with the Burnley manager's representatives, but Leicester appeared very keen to lure Dyche to the King Power Stadium.
Chairman Bill Kenwright and a significant number of Everton's players are understood to want the club's U23s manager David Unsworth to get the job full-time, Sky Sports News understands.
Unsworth has today been confirmed in temporary charge for the second time, having held the reins in 2016 after the departure of Roberto Martinez.
The 44-year old is highly regarded at Goodison Park and will be in the dugout starting with Wednesday's Carabao Cup match at Chelsea.
Chairman Kenwright is well aware that Everton's finest hours post-war have come when Everton have been managed by a former player, including the likes of Joe Royle, Howard Kendall and Harry Catterick.
Unsworth was assisted by former Everton manager Joe Royle and he will take up that role once again.
Owner Farhad Moshiri, however, is thought to prefer a more established manager, who has experience at the highest levels of European football, with former Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti fitting that bill.
Sky Sports News understands Burnley's Sean Dyche and the former Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who is currently managing Hebei China Fortune, are the other front-runners.
It is understood that Everton were yet to make contact with the Burnley manager's representatives, but Leicester appeared very keen to lure Dyche to the King Power Stadium.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ers-want-david-unsworth-for-permanent-manager
Chairman Bill Kenwright and a significant number of Everton's players are understood to want the club's U23s manager David Unsworth to get the job full-time, Sky Sports News understands.
Unsworth has today been confirmed in temporary charge for the second time, having held the reins in 2016 after the departure of Roberto Martinez.
The 44-year old is highly regarded at Goodison Park and will be in the dugout starting with Wednesday's Carabao Cup match at Chelsea.
Chairman Kenwright is well aware that Everton's finest hours post-war have come when Everton have been managed by a former player, including the likes of Joe Royle, Howard Kendall and Harry Catterick.
Unsworth was assisted by former Everton manager Joe Royle and he will take up that role once again.
Owner Farhad Moshiri, however, is thought to prefer a more established manager, who has experience at the highest levels of European football, with former Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti fitting that bill.
Sky Sports News understands Burnley's Sean Dyche and the former Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who is currently managing Hebei China Fortune, are the other front-runners.
It is understood that Everton were yet to make contact with the Burnley manager's representatives, but Leicester appeared very keen to lure Dyche to the King Power Stadium.
The players should be told to keep their noses out. It's none of their business. And despite the obvious failings of both previous managers, these gutless players haven't helped either.
MartSlinger
Player Valuation: £40m
Bill Kenwright is a ming & these players have gotten two managers sacked so they can bail as well.
St Domigos
Player Valuation: £500k
Like what? maybe making them sleep outside at Goodison to raise awareness for homeless teenagers and raising funds in the process.
All the managers being linked with us have been sacked at previous clubs.
Kenwright proper annoys me. It's him all over to just hire unsworth. I hope and pray he has no say what so ever or its nothing but just being plucky old Everton
You know what you never hear? Anything from players when it is going poorly. Everyone "wants the gaffer to succeed".
Then he gets sacked because of a multitude of reasons, 1 being that the players are awful on the pitch. And now they "want" Unsworth full time.
I agree with the above, shut up and leave the manager stuff to the board.
Then he gets sacked because of a multitude of reasons, 1 being that the players are awful on the pitch. And now they "want" Unsworth full time.
I agree with the above, shut up and leave the manager stuff to the board.
when i score we riot
Player Valuation: £40m
Really hope him to do good, he really deserves it. It really is unique to have a manager, in this day, who loves the club as much as Unsworth does.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Proper axe to grind you. Looking at your posting history, largely about a young winger called Michael Donohue who Unsworth clearly doesn't think is good enough..
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