ALso dont ignore, what for me is a key point. When you set up to have no possession (whcih is what Benitez did, game after game). You are going to be defending more, you are going to see more individual mistakes withplayers who aren't brilliant on the ball.If we did get an attacking coach, whomever that may be, we would have more of the ball and the defence should organically improve on the stats because they are not spending every game with backs against the wall.
I dont know who the right answer is, Lampard could work if he was given time, im not sure we have that time in these circumstnaces. Rooney could work, given time and given the job hes doing this season at Derby. I feel like someone like Favre or Kovac woul need time to implmeent what woul be a very different style.
As long as we get a manager who wants the team to have the ball and take th game to teams reguarly, then I'll be fairly content. I just don't want someone who will be similar to Benitez with a focus on having a back 6 an then just hoping the front 3/4 can work something for a goal or two each game. We cannot keep starting games a goal down, which is what we are doing every single game.
I would be OK with Lampoard, I would be OK with Rooney, both would get a fair crack at the whip for me. Martinez had his chance, I dont believe him to be the evil that some have suggested, I just wonder whether he has learned from his stubbornness in his last spell. Kovac looks to be one who can steady ships and has won a pot already with Frankfurt (some achievement). He got Monaco from dross to taking PSG to the final day which again is a good achievement. So I an see why that would be favourable. Favre I dont know enough about.
Even though we got 5 points from 3 games with Ferguson (v Chelsea, United and Arsenal). for me it was mostly done on his passion feeding through the team, which was superb but tactically, I feel we were very limited. It's a very harsh criticsim of Ferguson, but we were a goal up at United, we should have had enough to beat that Arsenal team, who were by the far the worst Arsenal team to come to Goodison in my lifetime. I feel a manager who has a bit about him and some tactical nouse would have got us a victory. As I say, MAYBE im being a tad harsh there.