I think everyone, including Allerdyce, knows that he will be replaced in the summer. He will be paid handsomely and will redeem his reputation and get a gig managing Wales or something.
He is not an Everton manager, despite all this guff about sorting out the defence and an unbeaten run. Christ it's as if we are West Brom or something. The reasons for players being shithouses for the first 16 games goes beyond the managers door imho.
This club is in danger of losing its identify in the next 3-4 years if we are not careful. I'm a believer in Moshiri, although whether Usmanov is involved remains adrift of my understanding.
In the interim I'm not sure it matters who is manager but we've absolutely got to get it right with the next manager.
He's steadied the ship and removed the spectre of relegation. Make no mistake, and I know you don't, we were sinking like a brick before he came in, written off by all and sundry.
I don't know about identity, I think it's confused with history and when it comes to chatting about success, our history is all we have to talk about. This isn't the school of science anymore and we aren't the merseyside millionaires of days gone by.
Short, medium and long them success each require different strategies.
For the short term we needed to be steadied. BFS is performing a very necessary purpose at the moment.
Who is an Everton manager?
The last two clearly didn't work out.
Moyes did well and had us at the right end of the table but we had enough of him.
Unless someone can come in and get us in the Champions league and winning a cup or two they won't be good enough.
The next appointment is absolutely crucial but it will be a risk. For the time being I'm happy enough that we are up the table and hard to beat. Let's see what the window brings.
