Succession Planning - Managerial Wishlist

[Simon Buttle]

All opinions ofc but I will say (and vaults will show) that I never wanted Frank, Glasner, Howe, or Potter for varying reasons. Some not the right fit others just not being very good in my opinion.

Iraola for me just feels like the right guy at the right time. We would be a good move for him and imo he would be good for us.

Thiago Motta the wildcard pick.

Frank-has a very similar style approach to Moyes
Glasner-is more than good enough and has the record to back it up but clearly it doesn't take much for him to throw his toys out the pram.
Howe not-good enough for me
Potter not-good enough for me
Iraola-Like him a lot but Bournemouth have a very good recruitment team there which helps, he clearly improves players though which I like.
Thiago Motta-I remember him as a player and was aware he had become a manger and done fairly well but don't really know enough about him tbh.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Any more Gareth Southgate shouts?

 

[Simon Buttle]

Any more Gareth Southgate shouts?

He wouldn't look twice at us anyway, did you hear him the other week, he is chasing a top 6 job lol, got Utd and Spurs fans terrified it has.

 

[Davidoff]

Outside of the corporate structure environment of the FA, Southgate has been rightly snubbed

 

[NeilMorepies]

Eddie Howe on the cheap soon.

 

[Bluepablo]

Iraola or Fabregas. Iraola with the premiership experience v the up & comer.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Iraola or Fabregas. Iraola with the premiership experience v the up & comer.

I know there has been a lot of talk of this and by all accounts TFG are big fans but Como are in a CL position and id be surprised if he gave that up, also Fabregas is actually a shareholder at Como therefore part of the ownership model so how would that work.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Frank-has a very similar style approach to Moyes
Glasner-is more than good enough and has the record to back it up but clearly it doesn't take much for him to throw his toys out the pram.
Howe not-good enough for me
Potter not-good enough for me
Iraola-Like him a lot but Bournemouth have a very good recruitment team there which helps, he clearly improves players though which I like.
Thiago Motta-I remember him as a player and was aware he had become a manger and done fairly well but don't really know enough about him tbh.

Yeah this mirrors my feelings pretty much across the board.

The praise that Howe gets on here is pretty mind-boggling to me tbh. I know he claims to be a boyhood blue but come on, we've got to be a bit harder to impress than that.

Motta - as I said would be a bit of a wildcard choice. Free agent. Real pedigree as a player. Did a great job at Bologna and got them Champions League football on a shoestring budget playing quite innovative, attractive and exciting football. Didn't last long at Juve but that was in the middle of them being one of maddest clubs in the world, probably a bit of an impossible job in recent years. I just like the idea of someone new to the league who would bring something a bit different, maybe help us find a new identity and potentially become synonymous with Everton like Wenger at Arsenal.

That's a completely random shout that I landed on when looking at free agents though. Iraola obviously far more likely if a change was actually going to happen

 

[Bluepablo]

I know there has been a lot of talk of this and by all accounts TFG are big fans but Como are in a CL position and id be surprised if he gave that up, also Fabregas is actually a shareholder at Como therefore part of the ownership model so how would that work.

Money & opportunity

 

[McCallsVolley]

I would simply not experiment here. Dont be West Ham. Proven winners e.g. Emery. The only exception is Iraola. Nowhere near a good enough squad to gamble in this uber competitive division. 1 misstep and you are a bottom 5 club.

I am not suggesting we can get Emery but he was a proven winner when appointed.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Money & opportunity

Como are owned by the Djarum Group, they make TFG look like Blue Bill in the money stakes, also nobody with any sanity is swapping Lake Como for the River Mersey mate, the money and opportunity is probably better where he is (frustratingly)

 

[evertony]

Can we duo-round this together and get Charlie Adam in somehow?

Wasn't Round incredibly boring too? He looks dead boring, like Gareth Barry levels of boring.

Think you’re getting Gaz Baz mixed up with James Milner

 

[DualityNSNO]

Think you’re getting Gaz Baz mixed up with James Milner

https://x.com/garethbarry16 they did the rounds together back in the day. Equally as boring.

 

[Brisan123]

I know there has been a lot of talk of this and by all accounts TFG are big fans but Como are in a CL position and id be surprised if he gave that up, also Fabregas is actually a shareholder at Como therefore part of the ownership model so how would that work.

He would sell his shares or transfer them to his wife / partner / child / solicitor
Where there’s a will there’s relatives

 

[Brisan123]

I would simply not experiment here. Dont be West Ham. Proven winners e.g. Emery. The only exception is Iraola. Nowhere near a good enough squad to gamble in this uber competitive division. 1 misstep and you are a bottom 5 club.

I am not suggesting we can get Emery but he was a proven winner when appointed.

Arsenal fans might have a tendency to disagree