dholliday
deconstructed rep
I voted Allardyce a bang-average 5/10 in the other thread. His football is deffo the most boring, even flatter than the Walter Smith years. Tho' he slowly grinds points on the board so that we finish top 10. No win in 3 against the RS, only losing one of them is at least not as bad as those horrible 0-4's under Martinez.
In comparison, last 30 years:
Unsworth: 3/10 - I like him and think he would've come good eventually but based on what we saw it was hands-on-deck stuff. Wasn't boring, at least.
Koeman 6/10 - a solid 7th place, one fantastic win vs City, then a dreadful start to this season, horrible Euro campaign, saying that I think he would've turned the league form around Moyes-style.
Martinez 6/10 - as brilliant as 13/14 was, it was still only 5th without a trophy. The other two seasons had the odd moment of football flair, a lot of crud too, to the point we were wandering about getting into relegation battles had we held on to him. His positivity post-match became excruciating. Fun European campaign tho' nothing for the history books.
Moyes 7/10 - credit where it's due: he consistently made us best-of-the-rest. And one nicely-memorable Euro campaign tho' again nowhere close to a final. One FA Cup final and that's about it. Consistently-crap record against 'bigger' clubs. Too loyal to Utd cast-offs like Neville & Howard. To end on a positive: Moyes was better than most at the transfer market game.
Smith 3/10 - the period I was most absent from following Everton: just deathly dull, and nowhere close to top 10. Our last Anfield win was under Smith so there's that.
Kendall III 3/10 - it was always nice to see Howard in our dug-out, but there wasn't much happening on the pitch for us, apart from an extremely close shave with relegation.
Watson 3/10 - has as many games as Unsworth I think, and was about as effective.
Royle 8/10 - our only 8/10 manager of the Prem-era. The FA Cup counts for a lot, and so does the decent football we played and finishing 6th back in the mid-90's was a great return to form, sadly temporary until the Moyes-era kicked in. Real shame Joe left.
Walker 1/10 - easily the worst we've had. I can't remember a single redeeming feature, other than we miraculously didn't get relegated.
Kendall II 5/10 - not very good results, tho' we played some nice football at times, mostly thanks to Beardsley. At least no relegation fights.
Harvey 7/10 - as Doctor Who fans like to say, Harvey was my manager, the Kendall glory years being slightly before my time as a blue. Coming straight after a 10/10 like Kendall Mark I was always a big ask, but in hindsight Harvey did pretty well, on par with Moyes and better than most other chiefs we've had since.
What say yous, blues?
In comparison, last 30 years:
Unsworth: 3/10 - I like him and think he would've come good eventually but based on what we saw it was hands-on-deck stuff. Wasn't boring, at least.
Koeman 6/10 - a solid 7th place, one fantastic win vs City, then a dreadful start to this season, horrible Euro campaign, saying that I think he would've turned the league form around Moyes-style.
Martinez 6/10 - as brilliant as 13/14 was, it was still only 5th without a trophy. The other two seasons had the odd moment of football flair, a lot of crud too, to the point we were wandering about getting into relegation battles had we held on to him. His positivity post-match became excruciating. Fun European campaign tho' nothing for the history books.
Moyes 7/10 - credit where it's due: he consistently made us best-of-the-rest. And one nicely-memorable Euro campaign tho' again nowhere close to a final. One FA Cup final and that's about it. Consistently-crap record against 'bigger' clubs. Too loyal to Utd cast-offs like Neville & Howard. To end on a positive: Moyes was better than most at the transfer market game.
Smith 3/10 - the period I was most absent from following Everton: just deathly dull, and nowhere close to top 10. Our last Anfield win was under Smith so there's that.
Kendall III 3/10 - it was always nice to see Howard in our dug-out, but there wasn't much happening on the pitch for us, apart from an extremely close shave with relegation.
Watson 3/10 - has as many games as Unsworth I think, and was about as effective.
Royle 8/10 - our only 8/10 manager of the Prem-era. The FA Cup counts for a lot, and so does the decent football we played and finishing 6th back in the mid-90's was a great return to form, sadly temporary until the Moyes-era kicked in. Real shame Joe left.
Walker 1/10 - easily the worst we've had. I can't remember a single redeeming feature, other than we miraculously didn't get relegated.
Kendall II 5/10 - not very good results, tho' we played some nice football at times, mostly thanks to Beardsley. At least no relegation fights.
Harvey 7/10 - as Doctor Who fans like to say, Harvey was my manager, the Kendall glory years being slightly before my time as a blue. Coming straight after a 10/10 like Kendall Mark I was always a big ask, but in hindsight Harvey did pretty well, on par with Moyes and better than most other chiefs we've had since.
What say yous, blues?
