WATCH: David Unsworth Press Conference

[johnnydawg68]

The man has never lost a premier league game as manager. Name another candidate who can say that?

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Unsy's going to whack Niasse up front, Lookman on the wing and get Tom Davies playing like the new Makelele again. Once he slaps the armband on Seamus, we're winning the league next year, you heard it here first

That is unless Moshiri hands the job to Van Gaal after Unsworth goes on a 14 game unbeaten run.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

To be blunt, no he doesn't deserve a shot.

From my perspective, he is our academy manager and only that. He has no other managerial experience and no experience of even serving as an assistant in this league. The level of football is much more lower than the premier league so competitively his recruitment would be no different to a league 2 manager.

Yes we won the league against the money clubs under unsworth, but then I doubt the United city and Chelsea reserves have world.class players in them like the first team do, or play against stokes and west Brom tactics. I have seen games myself and the standards are so much lower.

So no I don't believe he deserves the job as he has nothing to prove he could manage this team to the level we require and he would be far more than just a gamble at a time when we need to be showing ambition.

Fair enough. We will agree to disagree. Neither of us really know if his appointment will be fruitful until we see it, so it's a waiting game for now. I think he will be okay.

 

[Sy-]

I'll take someone who is gifted at man-management over a clever tactician any day.

By most accounts Roberto was a great man manager!

I agree with your point though, I would just like the club to also appoint a right-hand man who isn't just going around saying "yes gaffer" when he says things like "defending isn't important l.o.lz".

That was the problem with Koeman I think, he had yes men around him (as I suspect he wouldn't have it any other way for ego reasons) and not one of them could see the wood for the trees.

 

[bicycleheader]

Whatever the long term future holds, and all honesty Rhino isn't my first choice, but come the next game, seeing rhino, joe, dunc and ebbrell on the bench gives me a warm feeling

yup

 

[marnie]

I look at Leicester sacking Ranieri and giving it to Shakespear. He put a few good results together and is now out the door.I don't want Unsy to go that way.His time to manage Everton full time will come,it just isn't now for me.

 

[Kenshin]

The right man is the right man. Koeman had tons of experience and so did Bobby. Experience isn't everything. Putting players in positions to succeed and getting them to bleed for the shirt doesn't take experience at the highest level. SAF's experience was in the SPL before he took over United for instance.

If all of that was true then anyone with a bit of club passion would be a good manager but that isn't true.

When was the last time even an assistant let alone an academy manager in this country even made it as a manager? I know pep was a kids coach and jose was an assistant but that was at Barcelona , when was the last time in this country anyone had any success stepping up from such a position?

What about Paul Jewell, Dave jones, Peter Reid, Lee carsley ? They are all blues pretty much who have managerial experience much higher than unsworth. Why don't we hope for them as well? Sure they would jump at the chance of a job

 

[COYBL25]

Unsy's going to whack Niasse up front, Lookman on the wing and get Tom Davies playing like the new Makelele again. Once he slaps the armband on Seamus, we're winning the league next year, you heard it here first

He's going to play Rooney as a proper number 10, with Sigurdsson on the bench ( where he belongs until proven otherwise), with the Dutch Cleverley nowhere near the team until he proves that he can cut the mustard ( if ever ).

 

[dandydan]

Can someone tldr?

Good presser but he's no Gordon Strachan.

 

[orly]

The man has never lost a premier league game as manager. Name another candidate who can say that?

Er, every manager who hasn't managed in the Prem? Me? @Donald Twain ?

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Unsworth has never had a really prolific goalscorer to work with in his U23 team but he always found a way to work around that.

That could bode well.

 

[Prevenger17]

The only undefeated PL manager in the league, we will be INDESTRUCTIBLE

 

[Seanjd]

What have loved for him to come out with a jarg Dutch accent;

"And of course, the owners had a great lunch, but okay, that's football."

 

[jceverton]

If all of that was true then anyone with a bit of club passion would be a good manager but that isn't true.

When was the last time even an assistant let alone an academy manager in this country even made it as a manager? I know pep was a kids coach and jose was an assistant but that was at Barcelona , when was the last time in this country anyone had any success stepping up from such a position?

What about Paul Jewell, Dave jones, Peter Reid, Lee carsley ? They are all blues pretty much who have managerial experience much higher than unsworth. Why don't we hope for them as well? Sure they would jump at the chance of a job

Bob Paisley 6 league titles, 3 European cups, 1 UEFA cup plus a few league cups.

 

[johnnydawg68]

Er, every manager who hasn't managed in the Prem? Me? @Donald Twain ?

They haven't won a game though