David Unsworth BBC interview 25th Jan

[Rollo Tomassi]

Yeh he's doing a brilliant job but I'd like to see him manage a first team somewhere before he tries to manage ours full time.

The ideal scenario is he wins the u23 league this season then leaves in the summer for a championship club and takes the best kids with him on loan.

 

[marchy]

I wouldn't want to see him leave, he's doing a great job with the kids. Whose to say that would continue if he left.

 

[davek]

i've been told Duncan is used more as a second assistant manager these days. Works very very closely with Koeman who rates him loads. Meant to be a brilliant coach, players love and respect him.
Also it's hard to work wonders with strikers when you only have one of them to coach, Ferguson arriving and Romelu Lukakus becoming a more rounded player isn't a coincidence
Martinez shackled Ferguson out of pure paranoia and that's all there is to it, people will look for faults because they don't see what he does, why would they.. they aren't at finch farm every day.

Why on earth would he give him a job if he was paranoid about him?

 

[Billy Dean]

The history of Top Division managers stepping up is not great, except for Guardiola. Unsy will need to go and manage someone like Stockport, then someone like Blackburn and do well with them before he can take on the Everton job.

I'd be NEA if he succeeded Koeman. Just something about him that, comes across as a really talented manager who could make the step. Could be wrong like.

Btw for those too young to remember, Unsworth was an absolutely superb young player when he first come through. Rock solid. His misfortune was that the game changed to the virtual non contact sport that it is today whilst he was playing. Made him look clumsy.
For a while though, he was a brilliant defender.

He was boss when he came through, my favorite player along with ferguson as a kid. seemed to be more limited in his second spell. Did injuries affect him?

 

[Eggs]

...it's been discussed so much already but nobody knows if Unsworth can make the step up. Appointing him without proving himself would be a gamble. We saw Colin Harvey brilliantly coach an FA Youth Cup winning side and then assist Howard Kendall throughout a very successful period but he failed to make the transition.

It's a bit romantic to suggest Unsworth will be a successful Everton manager. I always like to judge how managers have done in the transfer market and that is the unknown. Saying that, he appears to have a budget and some licence to recruit at U23 level and Calvert-Lewin's arrival is down to him.

If he wants a Managers job I suspect he'll have to start at the bottom.

 

[Billy Dean]

...it's been discussed so much already but nobody knows if Unsworth can make the step up. Appointing him without proving himself would be a gamble. We saw Colin Harvey brilliantly coach an FA Youth Cup winning side and then assist Howard Kendall throughout a very successful period but he failed to make the transition.

It's a bit romantic to suggest Unsworth will be a successful Everton manager. I always like to judge how managers have done in the transfer market and that is the unknown. Saying that, he appears to have a budget and some licence to recruit at U23 level and Calvert-Lewin's arrival is down to him.

If he wants a Managers job I suspect he'll have to start at the bottom.

All appointments are a risk IMO. Plenty of examples of internally promoted managers who have done well.

 

[jceverton]

...it's been discussed so much already but nobody knows if Unsworth can make the step up. Appointing him without proving himself would be a gamble. We saw Colin Harvey brilliantly coach an FA Youth Cup winning side and then assist Howard Kendall throughout a very successful period but he failed to make the transition.

It's a bit romantic to suggest Unsworth will be a successful Everton manager. I always like to judge how managers have done in the transfer market and that is the unknown. Saying that, he appears to have a budget and some licence to recruit at U23 level and Calvert-Lewin's arrival is down to him.

If he wants a Managers job I suspect he'll have to start at the bottom.

Yeah but managers role in the transfer market is no longer as important hence Steve Walsh's role. What's becoming more important is their ability as a coach, something Unsworth excels at.

 

[windymiller]

Regards dunc, i dont think koeman keeps people about because of sentiment, also dunc is a very positive influence, I knew a lad who worked with the youth team when moyes first brought him back, the lad being a kopite couldn't see the fuss, everyone buzzing at his return, but when he did come back even my mate said dunc is the man, just gives everyone a lift by being there. in terms of coaching ability who knows, that's something fans speculate about without having a clue what goes on

He's also a handy fella to have around if you need someone to give someone a bollocking I would imagine!

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Much of this future conjecture hinges on whether our 'project' is a real thing. If it is I would think it highly unlikely that we would appoint the U23 coach to first team management. He has no experience of first team management (aside from one game in tandem with a highly experienced manager ).
Another aspect to consider is the manager also acts as figurehead, a manager needs to be highly regarded globally to stand a chance of attracting top players. Unsworth has no international profile whatsoever.
On top of all this he is doing an excellent job where he is anyway and may have already found his niche.

 

[brigadier]

Back in May he was right about the younger players, they was ready for first team football . Still think if he was in charge on semi final day we would of won the cup.

 

[Wat Tyler]

I'd like to have seen Unsworth carry on in the hotseat. He took charge of the restructuring from one playing style throughout the club beyond first team level to another, and it would have been logical (and preferable) to have kept that continuity. Hopefully he gets his chance some day...certainly that's a better shout than the 'get Dunc in der lad' shouts.

He comes across very well and he's been in there with three managers now so is learning all the time.

Really intrigued to why he is qualified to manage a club as big as Everton. Go! Let's just give the job to any half decent human who wore the shirt in our most barren spell in our history. All those trophies make him incredibly qualified.

 

[DerbyshireAndHarper]

The history of Top Division managers stepping up is not great, except for Guardiola. Unsy will need to go and manage someone like Stockport, then someone like Blackburn and do well with them before he can take on the Everton job.

Stockport are in the Conference North, two divisions below the Football League.

He isn't going to drop down into non-league.

Some people are just perfect for their role. He's perfect working with our young players. If it isn't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Irvine]

Been at a couple of Q&A evenings with him. He always seems grounded and able to explain his role within the club. We have a future manager here, whether he needs to go external before managing Everton is a matter for the future, let's just concentrate on supporting him in his present role for now.

 

[cronullasharks]

Not too many (if any) british managers at top teams these days. As someone who has zero knowledge of unsworths coaching/managing abilities bar what I've read on here - would this hinder his chances of getting the top job here when teams are increasingly employing managers from the continent ?

 

[Tel001]

Btw for those too young to remember, Unsworth was an absolutely superb young player when he first come through. Rock solid. His misfortune was that the game changed to the virtual non contact sport that it is today whilst he was playing. Made him look clumsy.
For a while though, he was a brilliant defender.

Loved watching him when he came through... loved his curtains got an England cap too playing against Japan in what I think was the "Munro cup" was a really decent young player and eventually a very solid LB that could take a mean penno