The opinon of Howard Kendall.

[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.

Oh yeah, and another thing. Gary Speed left due to Howard drinking at the training ground, he couldn't work with him because he was unprofessional.

If you actually think that the 3rd spell wasn't that bad, the either you don't watch much football or you have a poor memory

 

[nsno-chris]

Lol.

Benitez > Kendall.

What are you trying to get at??

 

[blueblue]

I think we all agree that Howard Kendall knew how to spot a player. The signings of Sheedy,Reid,Watson,Bracewell,Gray,Steven ,Southall amongst others are testament to that.

Why did he sign the likes of Oster ,Farrelly.O Kane ?
Because he had no money to spend and couldn't use actual money to buy anybody.
The signing of Williamson was a risk that didn't pay off.A very talented footballer,going cheap because of injury,sound familiar ?,
only, unlike Peter Reid, Williamson never got over his injury,never played and cost a fortune in wages as did Bilic.
Some you win,some you lose.
We played awful football,because we had an awful team,he had to work with what he had because he had no money to spend.
Yes,it does appear that his role in the deoarture of Speed was not one of his finest moments,but I only know about that what I have read on fora such as this,so I am not in a position to defend or condemn his behaviour.

 

[nsno-chris]

I think we all agree that Howard Kendall knew how to spot a player. The signings of Sheedy,Reid,Watson,Bracewell,Gray,Steven ,Southall amongst others are testament to that.

Why did he sign the likes of Oster ,Farrelly.O Kane ?
Because he had no money to spend and couldn't use actual money to buy anybody.
The signing of Williamson was a risk that didn't pay off.A very talented footballer,going cheap because of injury,sound familiar ?,
only, unlike Peter Reid, Williamson never got over his injury,never played and cost a fortune in wages as did Bilic.
Some you win,some you lose.
We played awful football,because we had an awful team,he had to work with what he had because he had no money to spend.
Yes,it does appear that his role in the deoarture of Speed was not one of his finest moments,but I only know about that what I have read on fora such as this,so I am not in a position to defend or condemn his behaviour.

So basically it wasn't on par with his first spell, you were just grasping at straws. I witnessed all 3 accounts of his leadership, the 3rd spell was a disaster. There was no 'some you win, some you loose' at all becasuse all the players he brought in were utter garbage.

He thought he could replicate what he did 1st time round, but couldn't because he was so out of touch.

Regardless of his status at Everton football club, he's still talking crap about Ferguson

 

[Loz]

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.

There my friend is the real issue....Johnson was entirely to blame with endless bull**** that we would sign this great player or that great player but we ended up with very average ones at best. That wasn't Kendall's fault....Johnson didn't want to spend money unless he could pay it to his other club (Tranmere) in large amounts (£3 million for Steve Simonsen!!) to sort out his dodgy accounts.

When we survived on the last day, Kendall said that he would never let this great club get into that state again. Needless to say Johnson didn't like to hear that and sacked him.

 

[Petit]

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.

Ridicule for the most successfull manager in our history and adoration for a man who won nothing in over a decade.

Both deserve respect like.

 

[peteblue]

I must agree with the OP. Howard was one of the two best managers we have had in the last 60 years and it is hugely disrespectful to just dismiss his views out of hand............

 

[Allezfan]

I respect Kendall as the best manager we've ever had and one of the best to ever live.

I also disagree with him, you can do that without dismissing his opinion.

 

[D410]

Love Howard to bits, End OF....but he could do with swerving his echo blogs every now and again.

 

[Loz]

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.

There my friend is the real issue....Johnson was entirely to blame with endless bull**** that we would sign this great player or that great player but we ended up with very average ones at best. That wasn't Kendall's fault....Johnson didn't want to spend money unless he could pay it to his other club (Tranmere) in large amounts (£3 million for Steve Simonsen!!) to sort out his dodgy accounts.

When we survived on the last day, Kendall said that he would never let this great club get into that state again. Needless to say Johnson didn't like to hear that and sacked him.

 

[banno]

I think we all agree that Howard Kendall knew how to spot a player. The signings of Sheedy,Reid,Watson,Bracewell,Gray,Steven ,Southall amongst others are testament to that.

Why did he sign the likes of Oster ,Farrelly.O Kane ?
Because he had no money to spend and couldn't use actual money to buy anybody.
The signing of Williamson was a risk that didn't pay off.A very talented footballer,going cheap because of injury,sound familiar ?,
only, unlike Peter Reid, Williamson never got over his injury,never played and cost a fortune in wages as did Bilic.
Some you win,some you lose.
We played awful football,because we had an awful team,he had to work with what he had because he had no money to spend.
Yes,it does appear that his role in the deoarture of Speed was not one of his finest moments,but I only know about that what I have read on fora such as this,so I am not in a position to defend or condemn his behaviour.

Well said. A great manager with no resources vilified by ignorant Evertonians who cannot see the wood for the trees. Its sickening that our greatest manager is the butt of jokes with regards to booze. Strange how many people use Moyes tenure as successful because of the lack of resources he had yet any other managers linked with us such as Martinez is classed as sh*t* who worked under far worse conditions than Moyes.

just saying like

 

[sheeds]

Ridicule for the most successfull manager in our history and adoration for a man who won nothing in over a decade.

Both deserve respect like.

I must agree with the OP. Howard was one of the two best managers we have had in the last 60 years and it is hugely disrespectful to just dismiss his views out of hand............

I respect Kendall as the best manager we've ever had and one of the best to ever live.

I also disagree with him, you can do that without dismissing his opinion.

Not necessarily talking about any particular posters in this thread and I've said it repeatedly but the lack of respect the most succesful manager in our clubs history gets never ceases to surprise me. The bloke who took us to Rotterdam and wembley time as time and gave us 'arguably' the greatest everton side ever is dismissed for whatever reasons and I don't like it. I can't believe some of these people were around then, of they were I'm sure they'd feel differently .

My dad (god rest his soul) said things over the years that I didn't agree with but it didn't mean I took the p*ss out of him (I'd have to have been mental though to be fair ) or respect him. Howard sometimes says things I feel I disagree with but without doubt he deserves to be treated with considerably more respect

 

[Azzurri]

Is usually babbling nonsense...

 

[ToffeeDan]

At least we're not so out of touch as to ask a former manager to come back after years out of the game... meanwhile over the park their precious King Kenneth o' Gorballs cannae do nae wrong.

 

[dholliday]

At least we're not so out of touch as to ask a former manager to come back after years out of the game... meanwhile over the park their precious King Kenneth o' Gorballs cannae do nae wrong.

Eh? This makes no sense on so many levels:

- we brought Kendall back, almost got relegated.
- they brought Dalgleish back, and he got them to two finals, winning one cup, and finishing top 8.


Other than that, agree with the consensus on this thread: Kendall is a living legend of our club, he achieved far more even on a relative level than Moyes did. As such I'm interested on what he has to say. Also agree Dunc could be our manager one day...if he does actually get in now, I'd actually be dead chuffed, and excited...perhaps even aroused.