A convenient truth

[TheBigIguana]

This will no doubt be met with skepticism but this is coming from someone who looks at the bigger picture. Is Ancelotti a good signing for Everton at this stage? Of course the answer is time will tell. However what Everton needs is to build a club from top to bottom that fully functions. The last time we had that was when Moyes was manager.

My concern is whether carlo really has the fight at this moment in his career to do that. It's a question well worth asking and I do still feel that Moyes or someone similar (a hungry coach) would have been the better option right now.

We need to shape the team with good young progressive players and established players on the rise. We have to stop buying declining players on massive wages or injury prone players. It concerns we deeply when Everton are linked with ibrahimovic and James rodrigues. Ibrahimovic is nearly 40 and rodrigues is clearly a player who has been on a downward trajectory since the world cup in Brazil. Is it really good business for Everton to sign rodrigues at 28 on around 200k a week. He couldn't cut it in the German league for Bayern so whats to suggest he will in a tougher league with us and if he doesn't we are stuck with a player we cant get rid of.

Let's go get more Richarlisons. Young progressive players with potential to improve themselves and us. It's the only way forward I feel

I think it's a fair question and I hope that Carlo was signed with an understanding that it would be a multiple year job. I hope that from Moshiri down to the lawn mowers we have put in a place a long term strategy of how we want to build the club to success. I have no doubt that if this was in place Carlo could be the man to guide us. But I'm not sure club is aligned and that will lead to failure no matter who the manager is.

 

[MrGrumpy]

It's true.



You're questioning the logic, though? Like 'why on earth would anyone consider Arteta (or A:another) over Ancelotti?'

And yet Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man United have all shunned the more experienced manager, more successful managers for younger, less experienced managers who'd won comparatively very little. Chelsea are clearly building something under Lampard. Arsenal have started well under Arteta. Ancelotti said the other day that Liverpool chose Klopp after interviewing him, and Liverpool did well under Rodgers before him too. Woodward is poisonous and all is not well at United but Solskjaer is 2 games from Wembley and could yet get them top 4 this year. These are nowhere near the pedigree that Ancelotti has, yet they've worked / are working to a degree, very well.

Now it could be that Ancelotti trumps the lot of them, stays here for years and builds an empire with us, and I end up with egg on my face, I certainly hope that's the case. But, in my opinion, it's not really all that daft to say 'Ancelotti is a hell of a manager, but I've got my reservations'. It doesn't mean you want him out, it doesn't mean you think Moyes, Arteta or whatever are better managers, it doesn't mean you're not happy with the appointment. It's entirely about 'the best fit' - and I happen to think there were coaches who would have better fit us than Ancelotti at this particular stage in our development as a Football club.

Just as the Arsenal board did.

You do know ur wrong..
Ole incharge cos he did a miracle 11 games in a row and they had no choice, he also 2-4 games away from the sack. Poch will be manager next season

Lampard was appointed because of the transfer ban and ex Chelsea, no other team in the PL would have appointed Lampard(his Darby record was worse the the pervious manager) should he fail to get 4th he be sacked.

Why Arsenal have gone for Arteta is a strange one, he will be cheaper then Ancelotti and also they can say NO you can’t have that player.
Klopp over Ancelotti was 4 years ago so no idea on that one, he could be their manager still we will never no.

Is Ancelotti right for us? Well let’s look at who else it might of been.
Moyes.. complete failure everywhere but here where he under performed and then dissed the club and fans after.
Howe..on the verge of being sacked by Bournemouth, buys crap players and can’t defend.
Dyche...would u want to watch that every week.

Ancelotti here and he’s the right man.
He’s a winner, he can attract players and he get us up the table. We can now attract better players who previously would of said NO

 

[Rothanaa]

I think Ancelotti is a fantastic signing. He made positive subs during the derby however, it’s the players that let him down. You can tell he was trying to implement ball playing from the back but we lack the quality. He inherited a very poor squad and will take several windows to fix. Give him time and I believe he will build the right foundations for our club.

 

[14towestham]

Ancelloti is absolutely the right signing but there is a massive chance he will be gone within 2 years. If he gets the call from one of the worlds elite clubs he is gone - end of.

No reason not to talk about possible future managers and the board should be doing it constantly.