I mentioned Mourinho before you first quoted me and did so because he's another top manager that some of our fans laughably dismissed a few mouths back just like they're doing now with Benitez and Emery.
Benitez's most recent work was the Newcastle rebuilding job when he took them straight back up after relegation (which is far from easy as many clubs and managers like Steve Bruce and Aston Villa can testify) and built them back to a decent side.
Prior to that he got sacked at Real Madrid for being third in the table. I could live with a similar horrible fate happening to Everton personally.
Prior to that he won the cup in Italy with Napoli.
Prior to that he won the Europa league at Chelsea.
Its laughable to call him a proven winner, despite the fact that he's won trophies at almost every single club he's ever managed. Ok mate........
Who're these better appointments we could make? Thats a real question mate. I'm honestly curious as to who you think that we could attract that has a better record then either Emery or Benitez right now.
He took Newcastle back up after HE managed them to relegation though! He took over with them one point from safety with a game in hand, and they were relegated 2 points from safety. He could have kept them but didn't. He got them back up and consolidated. Great. As I said, i'm not saying he's a useless manager, not by a long shot, just that he isn't necessarily this amazing stand out candidate like some are suggesting. He's done what Eddie Howe and Chris Hughton have done over the last couple of years basically, and yet some people talk about as if he's performed miracles.
He's managed 12 teams and won trophies with 5, so 'almost every single club' is a
slight exaggeration. Mourinho has won trophies at literally every club he could have done so, and has won 20 major trophies as opposed to 7. They are not even close to being in the same league.
You're being totally disingenuous with the other stuff. Being 3rd with Real Madrid is a big deal, it's not like being 3rd with us. They've only finished outside the top 2 10 times in the last 40 years, and in 5 of those years they won the Champions League to make up for it. He won a cup with Napoli, again that's good, i'm not knocking it. He took over a Napoli side that had just finished 2nd in the league, took them to 3rd and 5th place finishes, left, and they finished 2nd again. Interesting that isn't it?
I'm not saying there are people with a better record than Benitez that we could get, just that there may be better appointments. There's a difference.