Marcel Brands

[truebluejersey]

Brands staying wouldn't have caused any more damage than he leaving, because the people doing the actual damage (Kenwright, Moshiri, Benitez) are still at the club.

So pay him for doing nothing?

 

[Big Sams Undies]

Making the barcodes look good - and thats bad.

Edit; I was amazed...as was he probably...that he even got a 2nd contract.

I’m not amazed, or even surprised…

This is Everton where we celebrate mediocrity and failure with contract extensions and jobs for life.

 

[argietoffee]

He owes us nothing and don’t be daft enough to think otherwise.

He doesn’t give a shlt about you, I or any other Evertonian and why would he?

The Dutch are not famed for small egos.

He wont do it for me, you or us.

If he does it, it will be for himself.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Apparently had nothing to do with the Iwobi transfer according to Kirkbride........

 

[Tubey]

Regardless of whether he was personally responsible for this transfer or that transfer, the fact he wasn't responsible for every transfer but was happy to stay in the job proves how absolutely useless he is.

If that were me, and Moshiri signed Iwobi, I'd have 100% resigned. A man paid to be a Director of Football who didn't for a microsecond direct football during his time here. A complete waste of space.

 

[JimmyK]

The thought of moshiri doing this to give Benitez what he wants and then losing his nerve and sacking him in a week just haunts me. We’re in a bad bad place and I have no faith in anyone to make it better.

 

[Moshiri is a Kopite]

So pay him for doing nothing?

No, Moshiri and Kenwright needed to get their hands out of the way and let Brands do his actual job like he did at PSV, where the owners and the chairman did not interfere in the signing of the players.

 

[MACCA75]

So leave him there to do more damage in January?

As I say I’d trust him more than Benitez. We should be working on loan deals already, but nothing will be in place now.

 

[argietoffee]

The thought of moshiri doing this to give Benitez what he wants and then losing his nerve and sacking him in a week just haunts me. We’re in a bad bad place and I have no faith in anyone to make it better.

With you on this Jimmy.

Moshiri may be building the stadium but he is problem No. 1

 

[MACCA75]

Moshiri signed Iwobi?

Seems so. And that puts a slightly different slant on Brands as that’s widely considered his worst signing.

 

[faddy the blue]

If he really was over ruled on every aspect of football then why offer him a 3 year deal? And if he really felt he had little say with managerial signings and most transfers, then he should have seen the dire consequences of his remaining a 'Yes Man', and hence declined the new deal in search of self respect.

This is a 50% Moshiri and 50% Brands disaster recipe we're in, but of course the owner cannot be sacked.

If he believed Carlo was appointed way ahead of it's time then he should have not signed the new deal.

The DoF and Manager clashes are not uncommon. The least he could have done was try and define what identity we want to follow as a footballing brand and try to sort out the academy accordingly, then try and recruit players that align with those philosophies and convince the board to deploy managers that support that brand of football, be it a Benitez, Ragnick or a Potter.

In 3.5 years he's been here, he only had his hands tied by FFP once, his signings except Richy have been highly injury prone, unsuited to PL or simply gash in terms of Kean, Delph and Iwobi. In 3 years, he could not find a back up RB, decent back up LB to give Digne heat, decent ST who could score consistently. Rather, he kept on relying on DCL and when RIchy's decided to sulk for past 2 years and DCL became injured, he has nowhere no answer either.

Ultimately, he's a victim to saying 'Yes' to the board, 'Yes' to Carlo and his James experiment.

 

[blulouie]

Marcel Brands = Sacrificial Lamb.

The REAL problems are still there.

Nothing changes.

 

[arch stanton]

Apparently had nothing to do with the Iwobi transfer according to Kirkbride........

to be fair, no one s going to put their hand up for that decision

 

[Azza]

According to Dutch football talk TV show Rondo he's high up on the list of people to become the new Director of Football at KNVB.


So from Everton and having no real power to running Dutch football. Outstanding job everyone. lol

 

[Big Sams Undies]

Regardless of whether he was personally responsible for this transfer or that transfer, the fact he wasn't responsible for every transfer but was happy to stay in the job proves how absolutely useless he is.

If that were me, and Moshiri signed Iwobi, I'd have 100% resigned. A man paid to be a Director of Football who didn't for a microsecond direct football during his time here. A complete waste of space.

You’d have resigned from a £2m a year job with nothing else lined up and prospects of getting similar pay elsewhere almost none existent? Bollocks.