Marco Silva

[Toffe3m4n]

Me when I seen Louie Van Gaal enter the betting at short odds:

He's actually cringe. Put your binder away you pillock!

 

[blue62]

I'm going full circle here but I think the sensible appointment right now would be Dyche, it could take months for Silva to sell his house whereas we are right on Sean's doorstep. Do the right thing Bill, stamp duty has killed the higher end of the housing market. On a lighter note, I never realised how entitled Watford fans are, a couple of seasons in the top flight every twenty years or so and they actually believe they're fit to breathe the same air.

 

[danielsen]

Odds on Silva to us and Pulis to Watford ?

 

[andy ranbeer]

Odds on Silva to us and Pulis to Watford ?

For god's sake. Pozzos would not employ a dinosaur like Pulis in a million years. Or Pardew. Or BFS. Or even Dyche. I know Watford are minnows, but this is their third season in the PL; the level of ignorance about their operation is breathtaking.

 

[matty1878]

I'm going full circle here but I think the sensible appointment right now would be Dyche, it could take months for Silva to sell his house whereas we are right on Sean's doorstep. Do the right thing Bill, stamp duty has killed the higher end of the housing market. On a lighter note, I never realised how entitled Watford fans are, a couple of seasons in the top flight every twenty years or so and they actually believe they're fit to breathe the same air.

I can't take you serious here? ( the first part anyway )

 

[Neiler]

They can just go and get the Udinese manager.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

He won't be with you next season. You know that, don't you?

This makes me laugh! I remember Southampton fans telling us that Koeman would just use us as a stepping stone to Barcelona! Before that, after one good season everybody was certain we would lose Martinez to Barcelona as well!

Football is a results business with loads of tiers of club sizes. If he comes in and does crap then we will sack him and he'll get a job at a club like Watford again, if he does a good job he could be here a few years, if he does a great job he might be picked up by one of the elite clubs. No point in saying where anyone in football will be in six months time!

 

[Neiler]

Good post, but I think you are wrong that is not about money. It is about money, the Pozzos are businessmen, but the sums we are talking about are quite different. I've copied a post from the Watford board which sums it up perfectly, I think:

Everton fans think its all down to giving us a couple more million than they offered. "It's all down to money".

Well in a way thats right, but only if we can find a new manager who we feel is risk free and will continue the good work and get us into the top ten where we appear to be heading. Everton fans - how easy is it to find a new manager 1/3 of the way into the season?

How much risk is involved?

If we thought losing the coach at this point could see a predicted finish of 13th, 14th or 15th instead of 8th, 9th 10th then we lose about 6 to 10 million in prize money. Any offer so far from Everton ONLY covers anticipated loss of income from disrupting our coach halfway through a season. We parted ways with Joka, QSF and Walter of course, but waited until the close season exactly because it's a ball ache finding someone. Additionally if we went to huddersfield (for example) for Wagner we would expect them to want some compo, whats the point in accepting 10m from Everton to have to pay 6m to replace? Or we get Pardew in for free.

The additional risk is that we do not manage to find a suitable coach and whoever they put in flops badly leaving us in the relegation fight. If we were to get relegated would 20/30/40m be worthwhile compensation from Everton? The answer is emphatically no.

If Everton called in January and we had 28 points, then we could probably weigh up the risk of relegation and say it's so small and only need consider compensation to cover the potential drop in prize money. I've mentioned Troy Deeneys Leicester bids, 25m was a lot, but they clearly turned it down due to the effect it could have had, the risk analysis said we're better off 25m poorer short term, for greater chance of longer term economic benefit. Iggy could have gone to Man Utd but we only sold him when he lost form and became unimportant to the team.

So is it easy to find a manager 1/3 through the season? Ask Everton.

Thats an excellent analysis mate.

 

[davek]

Watford should go for Pulis now. He'll do for the likes of them.

 

[nsnojosh]

They can just go and get the Udinese manager.

Silva to us, Delneri to Watford on a short-term deal, and Montella/Ventura to Udinese. Makes fairly good sense to me.

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

I used to love a good MoleBomb.. there is literally no ITK now though is it? He ruined it with the Martinez to hull shouts and then the "Dyche on tuesday" announcement.

I want some dirty no good ITK information that something is happening and we aren't just sorting the sausage butties.

 

[Blues Harp]

Watford should go for Pulis now. He'll do for the likes of them.

Don't think you are allowed to have 2 managers??

 

[Chris O'Connor]

Don't think you are allowed to have 2 managers??

Roy Evans and Houlier at Liverpool back in the 80s or 90s?

 

[davek]

Don't think you are allowed to have 2 managers??

...for when the inevitable happens and Silva is with Everton.

 

[Stuartisitc1878]

Roy Evans and Houlier at Liverpool back in the 80s or 90s?

Micky Gooding and Jimmy Quinn at Reading back in 1994... both player managers too.