Ranking Everton Managers This Century

[Yarrgh]

Wally Smith, desperate fare. Admittedly he was sold a pup and had the rug pulled under him with players being sold, but even with decent players it was turdball.

God knows how long he was in charge. It felt like eternity. The footballing equivalent of purgatory.

But still not in my bottom 5. That's some awful group of managers.

 

[ToffeeDevil]

where's ferguson mk 1? 5 pts in 3 games

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

1. Ancelotti - best we have had by far - the wall - made me happy
2. Moyes (mark 2) Too soon but so far excellent
3. Silva - not revisionist, but had some progressive ideas
4. Martinez - was a little crazy but well intentioned
5. Lampard - totally out of his depth but enthusiastic
6. Moyes (mark 1) doour and very predictable
7. Dyche - limited understanding of attack and goalscoring
8. Koeman - just a horrible person
9. Smith - don't remember that period very well
10. Allardyce - embarrasment to the club - another horrible person
11. Benitez - even more embarrasing and yes, another horrible person

 

[davek]

Is this really Davek????

IMPOSTER! CALL THE POLICE!

Moyes got 4th. Just about edges it.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

1. Ancelotti - best we have had by far - the wall - made me happy
2. Moyes (mark 2) Too soon but so far excellent
3. Silva - not revisionist, but had some progressive ideas
4. Martinez - was a little crazy but well intentioned
5. Lampard - totally out of his depth but enthusiastic
6. Moyes (mark 1) doour and very predictable
7. Dyche - limited understanding of attack and goalscoring
8. Koeman - just a horrible person
9. Smith - don't remember that period very well
10. Allardyce - embarrasment to the club - another horrible person
11. Benitez - even more embarrasing and yes, another horrible person

Lampard 5th?

 

[blue61]

Which one are you talking about

Everyone on the list, bar brown shoes.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

1 Moyes
2 Martinez
3 Ancelotti (overrated and phoned it in when he got wind of Reals interest)
4 Allardyce (did what was expected)
5 Silva (started great then lost Zouma and Gana which unravelled his system)
6 Koeman (started well but fell apart when Rom left)
7 Dyche (appreciated his stoicism when many managers would of phoned it in but ultimately a poor coach)
8 Smith (similar to Dyche but Smith was backed at the start of his tenure and failed when we bought in quality like Dacourt and Materazzi)
9 Benitez (no comment needed on this dislikeable relic)
10 Lampard (statistically our worst manager since Walker even though he was very likeable)

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Lampard 5th?

I was assessing them on how much they made me happy and personally I think Lampard did well at connecting with the fanbase. I thought we were ignoting performance results as that would just be a quick table of pts per game.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

I was assessing them on how much they made me happy and personally I think Lampard did well at connecting with the fanbase. I thought we were ignoting performance results as that would just be a quick table of pts per game.

Ahh sorry I misinterpreted, yes I agree about Lampard connecting with the fanbase and him and Silva I really liked and was sad it didn't work out for them

 

[TrachyBlue]

By my reckoning we've had 11 Everton managers (excluding caretakers, i.e. managed less than ten games and counting Moyes mark 1 and 2) since 2000 and it's been a horribly lean period but what would be your ranking (based on their time at our club).

My "order of merit" would be:

1. Ancelotti
2. Moyes (mark 2)
3. Silva
4. Koeman
5. Moyes (mark 1)
6. Martinez
7. Smith
8. Dyche
9. Lampard
10. Allardyce
11. Benitez

I'd be interested in how everyone compares their tenures in charge of the club beyond simply the win ratio.

For me, Ancelotti was a dream, I'm probably being sympathetic towards Smith (I was still a callow youth in my thirties), harsh on Allardyce (but the football was truly awful) and I never did and never would accept Benitez of our great club.

Dyche and Benitez joint bottom. Koeman just above them.

 

[NeilMorepies]

Sam has to much higher.
Given the squad he inherited and how little he was allowed to improve it (and some of the players bought for him), to finish where we did under him was a miracle.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Sam has to much higher.
Given the squad he inherited and how little he was allowed to improve it (and some of the players bought for him), to finish where we did under him was a miracle.

Not sure it was a miracle but he did what was expected despite playing the worst football imaginable

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I would just have it:

1: Moyes
2: Martinez
3: Ancelotti

And leave it at that!

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Sam is the Ryanair of managers, sure you got where you were going in the end but everything about the whole trip was a nightmare

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Lampard 5th?

Moyes sixth?!