Steve Walsh - no longer our Director of Football

[McMagic]

I could have done better than Walsh pre-season, we had Rooney, we had Barkley and should have sacked Koeman as soon
as he started bad-mouthing him, I said at the time go for Fabian Delph and Jack Wilshere (We'd have got them for a song),
I said go for Vardy at any price because we'll need him. I also said Spurs might have a right back. I got 'slated' by most of you and not one agreed with me. I saw one game with Pickford and said he was a phony, I see there's not too many of you singing his praises now.

 

[Eggs]

Didn't want to move so much that he came all the way up to Finch Farm?

@Eggs , the Index is starting to not be kind on your info. Two year deals in China for Rooney. You need a new source ASAP.

..oh yes, I did pass the Rooney information on. Saying that, I wouldn’t ever claim to be ITK. I’m just an old man who never gets out. Chuffed to be on your Index, though.

 

[LiamG]

Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane.
Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again.
Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt.
Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it.

Are you describing some kinky German porno.

If so PM me a link

 

[COYBL25]

Are you describing some kinky German porno.

If so PM me a link

I'm showing may age mate, it's the first few lines to Peter Gabriel's classic - Games without Frontiers lol

 

[LiamG]

Didn't want to move so much that he came all the way up to Finch Farm?

@Eggs , the Index is starting to not be kind on your info. Two year deals in China for Rooney. You need a new source ASAP.

It's always beyond our control.

 

[LiamG]

It appears different players can be sourced to multiple dealings.

Rooney- kenwright wanted him

Siggurdson klassen martina- koeman wanted them

Vlasic sandro Keane pickford - walsh wanted them

You can see where the squad has completely gone wrong with 3 inputs

Koeman also wanted Rooney.

We knew we were getting Rooney and you are saying Koeman wanted both Klassen and Sigurdsson?

I find that hard to believe especially considering he was the first dropped.

 

[LiamG]

It's been a strange experiment all round. In his first season he didn't get the whole transfer window to stamp his authority and I'm convinced he tried to replicate Leicester's system and style of play on us Wes Morgan (Ashley Williams), N'golo Kante (Idrissa Gueye), Rihyad Mahrez ( Rachid Ghezzal) and Jamie Vardy (Lucas Perez) - obviously we never ended up signing the last two but we tried very hard according to reports at the time. I think Yannick Bolasie was probably a Koeman signing.

The January window saw Lookman arrive (almost certainly a Walsh capture) and Schneiderlin (definitely Koeman's pick) and the latter really pushed our season onto another level as it had been fairly mundane up until that point. Koeman also made some subtle digs towards Walsh after we crashed out of the FA Cup to Leicester as the Schneiderlin transfer was taking so long.

Nothing more needs to be said about last summer, an absolute failure in every sense of the word. If Walsh was to get sacked tomorrow I don't think one Everton fan would seriously miss him but if players like Pickford, Keane, Vlasic, Onyekuru, Lookman, DCL and Sanro all grow into exceptional players (even just a few of them, Pickford is looking like he is top class already) maybe we'd look back and regret sacking him.

Critical time for the board coming into January. You can't have a DoF and the manager making their own signings, it simply won't work. They have two options as far as I'm concerned:

1: name the next manager a 'Head Coach' and give Walsh absolute autonomy when it comes to signing players.
2: throw Walsh on the scrap heap and go back to Moyes days where the manager dictates everything and makes his own signings too.

If Koeman is taking digs at Walsh over the MS transfer then Walsh must be part of the negotiations.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Rooney is one of the worst deals a top flight club has ever made.

A player who left us in the lurch, gives his best years to another club and then comes back when he's over-the-hill on the biggest salary this club has ever paid out.

Only Everton, and possibly West Ham, would do something so idiotic.

 

[MikeH72]

I could have done better than Walsh pre-season, we had Rooney, we had Barkley and should have sacked Koeman as soon
as he started bad-mouthing him, I said at the time go for Fabian Delph and Jack Wilshere (We'd have got them for a song),
I said go for Vardy at any price because we'll need him. I also said Spurs might have a right back. I got 'slated' by most of you and not one agreed with me. I saw one game with Pickford and said he was a phony, I see there's not too many of you singing his praises now.

LOL at that sentence. Yeah great call on that one mate.

 

[People75]

What a season. It's only nov.1.

How did it end up like this? Im baffled

 

[Harry73]

I could have done better than Walsh pre-season, we had Rooney, we had Barkley and should have sacked Koeman as soon
as he started bad-mouthing him, I said at the time go for Fabian Delph and Jack Wilshere (We'd have got them for a song),
I said go for Vardy at any price because we'll need him. I also said Spurs might have a right back. I got 'slated' by most of you and not one agreed with me. I saw one game with Pickford and said he was a phony, I see there's not too many of you singing his praises now.

You have watched more than one game with Pickford haven't you? He has been outstanding in lots of games and there isn't a professional keeper that has commented on him that hasn't said he is an outstanding prospect. Many professionals are saying he and Butland are the future of England keepers. How on earth can you think he is a phoney? Dear God.

 

[sc1878]

You have watched more than one game with Pickford haven't you? He has been outstanding in lots of games and there isn't a professional keeper that has commented on him that hasn't said he is an outstanding prospect. Many professionals are saying he and Butland are the future of England keepers. How on earth can you think he is a phoney? Dear God.

Spot on. Pickford has been outstanding on the whole. My worry is if Madrid come in for DeGea in the summer leaving Utd looking for a new number one. Not many better than Pickford.

Ridiculous post by OP.

 

[mightymoyes]

if its true he wants fat sam as next manager its time he followed koeman out the door.
or just demote him to chief European scout

 

[Harry73]

You have watched more than one game with Pickford haven't you? He has been outstanding in lots of games and there isn't a professional keeper that has commented on him that hasn't said he is an outstanding prospect. Many professionals are saying he and Butland are the future of England keepers. How on earth can you think he is a phoney? Dear God.

In addition to other plays you mention, Delph possibly but there is a very good reason why the prodigal son of the Gunners is not wanted by anyone, and it has very little to do with his injuries. I do have ITK at Arsenal and we would not want him anywhere near our club at any point.

 

[orly]

In addition to other plays you mention, Delph possibly but there is a very good reason why the prodigal son of the Gunners is not wanted by anyone, and it has very little to do with his injuries. I do have ITK at Arsenal and we would not want him anywhere near our club at any point.

Absolutely. It's not injuries keeping Wilshere out