I agree.
Carlo is seen as the ultimate safe pair of hands. He is like an elite level Allardyce.
There is no danger. He is never going to build anything or take the club forwards, but his personality and man-mangement skills give clubs an initial boost.
What we need is a young progressive coach who will prioritise young players. Sign young players, develop them and build the club. Buy at the right age and crucially sell at the right age.
Above all we need to stop looking for quick fixes, which inevitably ends in paying pensions to players who don't deserve to wear the shirt.
That's his strength really. There is a lot of humility with him, in terms of how he deals with the players, fans, media etc. It's not actually an easy job following Mourinho or Pep or others he has, but you can see he has a nice level of confidence around him. Really post Milan he hasn't really built a club up and really added value. But he has stabilised a number of teams since going in, and I can well imagine he does the same with Madrid. He wont be there long term but you fancy him to win another trophy or 2.
It's odd we went for him and while I am disappointed I not dejected as some are. It was a surprising appointment and you sense Moshiri wants a big name to prove a point, and to a degree a lot of fans want a big name to prove a point. It's hard as many Everton fans have seen us go from essentially being a big club to not being a big club, and so the opportunity of a big name manager gives us that short cut into having it back. I've seen a few people saying things like the worst part of this is that people are laughing at us. I sort of think who cares? We have to stop caring what others think about us, and start focusing on winning games. We are always going to have detractors and people making snide digs, but you cant build your strategy around that.
There was clearly a plan under Ancelotti and if we are to be balanced we would have to say it was a plan that had worked but there were limitations emerging. As you said, adding experienced players for 1 season is one thing, but to be repeating it year after year would cause bigger problems down the line.
For the 1st time since Brands has arrived there is some stability and we have put tangible distance between ourselves and the relegation zone (I believe 30 points). This feels the right moment now- with the rumours Brands is taking a more thorough role in the football side to find a coach that will fit that brief. We need more signings like Godfrey, Nkounkou & Brainthwaite and probably a coach who will give them playing time.
