New Everton Manager

[zukai12_]

Diego Martinez:

Worked wonders with Granada and is out of contract at end of June

Could be an interesting one

 

[TheBigIguana]

Have you slept through the last 18 months...?

See we had this manager called Carlo Ancelotti.......

Well I personally don't think Conte will be as disinterested as Carlo was.

 

[MACCA75]

The difference is Rafael would keep Big Dunc on. At every club he works at, he brings back club legends in some capacity.

Really weird that you’ve posted on here for like 2 years and almost every single post has been about Benitez?

 

[brieverton]

We simply don't have the financial flexibility to give Conte the resources he would demand. If we had, it would be a different discussion.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Well I personally don't think Conte will be as disinterested as Carlo was.

No, as a manager at the peak of his reputation (as opposed to on the downslope), who could walk into almost any top job in the world when they become available, he'll likely be significantly MORE disinterested.

 

[catcherintherye]

I know people don't like odds being quoted but they are an indicator. Nuno is now 1/2 from 1/20 with SkyBet and Benitez has shortened to 3/1 second favourite, meaning it's not as done a deal as it looked.

1/2 is not too dissimilar to what he was when he was initially having talks and it went a bit quiet. It's a big shift. It's like going from 95% chance to 65% chance.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Please god not Benitez. That's way worse than the BFS appointment.
I really don't want Nuno but he is hugely preferable to Benitez
I actually don't think Conte is a good option either for all the reasons stated.
I'd prefer Conte to Nuno or Benitez though.
Why aren't the club looking beyond those 3?

 

[MikeH72]

I’m stealing @matty1878 ‘s bulldozer and heading to Goodison via Finch Farm if we let that fat sweaty biff anywhere near this club.

 

[Melchizedek]

Conspiracy theory time. The club leaked the Nuno imminent info to the press to hurry their real target into making a decision (possibly Conte or Gaultier?)

 

[catcherintherye]

No, as a manager at the peak of his reputation (as opposed to on the downslope), who could walk into almost any top job in the world when they become available, he'll likely be significantly MORE disinterested.

Yes to this. I wouldn't say disinterested though as explosive. Ancelotti blended in, I'm not sure Conte would. While we would herald it as "dragging the club forward" or whatever, which it actually looks like is potentially a Mourinho type collapse.

 

[jamieni]

They've no doubt approached mate.

It's whether he said no or show me the money.

They would be mad not to have sounded him out, but as you say it’s whether the board could offer him the sort of backing he would want.

 

[TheBigIguana]

No, as a manager at the peak of his reputation (as opposed to on the downslope), who could walk into almost any top job in the world when they become available, he'll likely be significantly MORE disinterested.

Conte is a passionate manager. I see it as unlikely that he'd go somewhere and suddenly not care at all. I don't expect him to come here so not sure it really matters but I see no good argument for Nuno over Conte. Continuity is great but doing it for the sake of it with a negative, restrictive style doesn't really do much.

 

[catcherintherye]

We simply don't have the financial flexibility to give Conte the resources he would demand. If we had, it would be a different discussion.

That's essentially my view on it. If Usmanov is going to come in, and give hundreds of millions a year to spend and say "to hell with FFP" go and get Conte. If you're not going to do that, you need a process.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Yes to this. I wouldn't say disinterested though as explosive. Ancelotti blended in, I'm not sure Conte would. While we would herald it as "dragging the club forward" or whatever, which it actually looks like is potentially a Mourinho type collapse.

I was using his word "disinterested"... I interpreted it to mean that he could easily have his head turned

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

If Usmanov is going to come in, and give hundreds of millions a year to spend and say "to hell with FFP"

Cloud cuckoo land.

(not saying you think it'll happen - but anyone who thinks it's a possibility is living there)