The opinon of Howard Kendall.

[blueblue]

It really infuriates me when idiots on this fora denegrate the opinon of this man because of his fondness for a few pints.
If Kendall lost 90% of his brain cells he would still have infinitely more knowledge ,experience and know how about football than those that mock him.

I always try to read his columns in the echo and his opinons are always interesting and provocative.

When he suggests that Duncan Ferguson should be considered when appointing a manager then at the very least that opinon is worth an intelligent discussion.

Kendall obviously feels that Ferguson has the qualities that would make him a successful manager.
The pros :
He played at top level until recently.
He has been back at the club coaching and the adult squad as well as academy players.
We know that he is forthright,independent,determined,bloodyminded.
We know that he has leadership qualities in abundance and commands enormous respect.
We know that his coaching abilities and influence on players have been praised by those working with him.

The cons :
He lacks managerial experience.


It seems to me that he ticks the boxes for a manager in nearly all areas bar one and as Kendall suggested the appointment of a mentor like Peter Reid or Joe Royle would in part at least solve that problem.

Would it be far worse a risk than bringing a manager from a lesser European league who has no knowledge of country or league(Pereria) ?

I supported Everton in the 70s ,80s and thereafter.I learned a long time ago that when Howard Kendall speaks you shut up and listen.I wish others would do the same.

 

[Deloodid]

so you would have Ferguson over Pereria?

 

[nsno-chris]

It really infuriates me when idiots on this fora denegrate the opinon of this man because of his fondness for a few pints.
If Kendall lost 90% of his brain cells he would still have infinitely more knowledge ,experience and know how about football than those that mock him.

I always try to read his columns in the echo and his opinons are always interesting and provocative.

When he suggests that Duncan Ferguson should be considered when appointing a manager then at the very least that opinon is worth an intelligent discussion.

Kendall obviously feels that Ferguson has the qualities that would make him a successful manager.
The pros :
He played at top level until recently.
He has been back at the club coaching and the adult squad as well as academy players.
We know that he is forthright,independent,determined,bloodyminded.
We know that he has leadership qualities in abundance and commands enormous respect.
We know that his coaching abilities and influence on players have been praised by those working with him.

The cons :
He lacks managerial experience.


It seems to me that he ticks the boxes for a manager in nearly all areas bar one and as Kendall suggested the appointment of a mentor like Peter Reid or Joe Royle would in part at least solve that problem.

Would it be far worse a risk than bringing a manager from a lesser European league who has no knowledge of country or league(Pereria) ?

I supported Everton in the 70s ,80s and thereafter.I learned a long time ago that when Howard Kendall speaks you shut up and listen.I wish others would do the same.

Even when he came the 3rd time and almost got us relegated

 

[Carlito]

I don't agree with a lot of Kendall's views, but he does deserve a bit more respect than he seems to get from a lot of Evertonians. I think we're a very strange set of fans nowadays.

 

[noharmdone]

Good post..

 

[Baines' left foot]

Even when he came the 3rd time and almost got us relegated

Lol.

Benitez > Kendall.

 

[davek]

HK is the greatest living Evertonian.

He's still chatting ****e though if he believes DF should be manager. And if, as HK suggests, he could have a mentor alongside him, then that just underlines why he's a long way off taking control of a Premier League football club.

 

[SingBlue]

Met him many times down the years. In fact was nearly named after him (born on a Saturday morning, arl fella trolleyed before the match, wanted to name me after the 1st goalscorer). Last time I saw him was in a lounge at the Arsenal game last season. John Bailey and Kevin Ratcliffe were with him, and it was great seeing how they both referred to him as "Boss". HK is an absolute gentleman as well.

PS he prefers wine, Rose specifically, to beer.

 

[Groucho]

I think he's right - Duncan Ferguson would make a top Everton manager and he will do one day, surely.

Perhaps he needs more experience first though?

 

[davek]

I think he's right - Duncan Ferguson would make a top Everton manager and he will do one day, surely.

Perhaps he needs more experience first though?

Have heard this said a lot. I still dont know how that conclusion is arrived at. The only inkling you'd have if he was cut out to be a manager is for him to actually manage...and for an extensive period....and successfully. Until that time we might as well pick any random Everton player who's coaching and say he can be next Everton manager.

 

[blueblue]

NSNO CHRIS.
I don't know what age you are or how well you remember Howard Kendalls third spell in charge of Everton.

I can only imagine that you are too young to remember the period or maybe at that stage you lived your life through a drunken student stupour.

Anybody who remembers that time and the state the club was in will have nothing but respect for the fact that Kendall actually kept us in the league.

I always rated his third spell on a par with his assembly of our great 80s team on a very meagre budget.

You should remember he worked with no budget,he signed players nobody else wanted and convinced us and them apparently they were premiership footballers.
Our best player and our most talented player that year be some distance was a seventeen year old Michael Ball.
Kendall in his third spell worked with both hands tied behind his back,he came back to the club he loved to save it,even though it was in a horrendous state.

 

[Eggs]

...aaaaargh. shouldn't this be on the next manager thread. Too many posts relating to the same topic.

 

[Housequake]

Any of those Echo columns aren't worth a sh*te, though...regardless of who writes them.

"Nikica Jelavic is off form at the minute, he's off form as he hasn't been scoring goals which would lead me to believe he's off form, I believe David Moyes should keep the faith, however, which should see him start to score again."

Front page of the echo: KENDALL: MOYES RIGHT TO STICK WITH JELAVIC.

About as much insight as a f*cking can of soup, right there.

Rubbish.

 

[nsno-chris]

NSNO CHRIS.
I don't know what age you are or how well you remember Howard Kendalls third spell in charge of Everton.

I can only imagine that you are too young to remember the period or maybe at that stage you lived your life through a drunken student stupour.

Anybody who remembers that time and the state the club was in will have nothing but respect for the fact that Kendall actually kept us in the league.

I always rated his third spell on a par with his assembly of our great 80s team on a very meagre budget.

You should remember he worked with no budget,he signed players nobody else wanted and convinced us and them apparently they were premiership footballers.
Our best player and our most talented player that year be some distance was a seventeen year old Michael Ball.
Kendall in his third spell worked with both hands tied behind his back,he came back to the club he loved to save it,even though it was in a horrendous state.

Nope, i'm not to young and i've never been a drunken student as you put it. I was at lucky enough to be at Wembley 3 times during the 80's and witness my team lifting the league champsionship on 2 occassions.

I have a hell of a lot of respect for Howard Kendall, a hell of lot.

I remember his 5 signings of his initial period that all flopt big time.

But the bottom line is that 3rd spell was a disaster, there was nothing at all that replicated his first spell so stop trying to compare things that just aren't there. His team played awful football, we were humiliated at Coventry (do you remember that, because I was there).

The bottom line is he should never have been brought back, end of. Johnson promised us a world class manager, we had signed Bilic and he was promised Dino Baggio and Casaraghi would be following him in, it never happend and we ended up with Danny Williamson and Gareth Farrelly.

 

[mawders]

NSNO CHRIS.
I don't know what age you are or how well you remember Howard Kendalls third spell in charge of Everton.

I can only imagine that you are too young to remember the period or maybe at that stage you lived your life through a drunken student stupour.

Anybody who remembers that time and the state the club was in will have nothing but respect for the fact that Kendall actually kept us in the league.

I always rated his third spell on a par with his assembly of our great 80s team on a very meagre budget.

You should remember he worked with no budget,he signed players nobody else wanted and convinced us and them apparently they were premiership footballers.
Our best player and our most talented player that year be some distance was a seventeen year old Michael Ball.
Kendall in his third spell worked with both hands tied behind his back,he came back to the club he loved to save it,even though it was in a horrendous state.

I sat through every game of that very painful season. I think you are wide of the mark in some instances. That season Kendall signed Jon O Kane, Mitch Ward and Tony Thomas - 3 RBs (why). He also signed Gareth Farrelly who was beyond gash. He also let Graham Stuart go as part of the Mitch Ward/Carl Tyler deal and was apparently largely to blame for Gary Speed leaving. On the other hand, he was working under agent Johnson and was forced to play kids. Unfortunately that season showed that Kendall was out of touch with the game. He tried to build the team in the way he did with the 80's sides but it failed. Nothing though should take away from what he did actually give us as a player and manager before that. I think he knew exactly what he was walking into for his third spell and he did so because he is a great Evertonian