He also didn't achieve anything, had a fairly negative style of play, created a bottler's culture that still goes on, continually played awful players because the were yes men (Neville, Hibbert etc.), is a one man self-publicity machine, played the same system for years, didn't sign players with pace, created the plucky little Everton tag that still haunts us now, changed media perceptions of us so everyone talks about how amazingly successful he was at Everton (I remember in the 90s and under Walter Smith when we were awful but people still used to talk about how Everton should be competing at the top), only played youngsters when he was forced to, was one of the best payed managers in the world when we had no money, even though all the others in the list were serial winners, was dour in his attitudes and demeanor, generally terrible when given decent money to spend (although very good when he had little money to spend), his teams were terrible at organised pressing - they just ran about and tried hard, focussed too much on crosses into the box, played the low block all the time (which meant we continually used to retreat towards our goal and would often concede late shots from distance), and would rather shut up shop after a lead than going for the jugular, and kept Blue Bill in post for years.
He was a decent appointment, 17 YEARS AGO! But massively limited as a manager. The game has moved on and he has no place in it at a club like ours. If you have his experience and have never won a thing, nor altered your outlook, you are a has-been.
