Agree with Neiler and Jim Hopper, prepared to back the manager, would like him to stay for 5 years as it would mean we have been successful. Sacking a manager is a sign of failure, and I always want us to win every game we play. Does the Wolves of the last 4 years suggest he only has one style, or was this pragmatism? How did his previous teams play, as I can't even remember where he was before Wolves. Any manager does not work alone, if a DoF is in place. Brands is also responsible for the style of football. I am interested to see who stays and goes this summer, as this should give us an indication of how we intend to play. Give the man a chance.
We all want Nuno to win and be successful. He's never done anything to offend us and if he is successful then we will be winning matches. It's not about giving him a chance. It's about feeling that by appointing Nuno we will be less successful than many of us hoped we could be. The board has clearly "settled" for an available, pragmatic, and competent choice. In doing so, our horizons have narrowed somewhat from the "we can dream" notions that accompanied the capture of a manager who could attract quality players to "maybe we could get Pepe after the Euros".
In many ways, this has nothing to do with Nuno at all. He's an innocent party here. It's about Evertonians wising up to Moshiri's Hollywood bullshit and any idea that Brands is a fully functioning member of the club. This is an "expected loss" kind of appointment. "Well, we expected we couldn't get Simeone, Conte, or Ten Hag, but we'll make it our business to show Crystal Palace their place!" Nuno, on his own merits, seems competent.
The biggest criticism of Moshiri and the club in recent years has been the swinging from one style of play to its opposite. From Roberto to Allardyce via Koeman. From Silva to Ancelotti via Unsworth and Big Dunc. With the Nuno appointment, he's now swung away from "Hollywood" dreams a la Carlo and James to pragmatism and a less hopeful/delusional new reality.
Moshiri's ONLY achievement at Everton to date was to make some of us dream. Some of us have now, finally, woken up. And we've just looked at who's sleeping next to us.
We will need time to adjust to get to the acceptance stage...
