What Did We Expect?

[mkrudden]

I agree with what you say to a large degree in that further wholesale and quick change will only be damaging.

The one thing I would insist on is change at manager/DOF level at seasons end. There is an opportunity to start with a clean slate there but the core of our issues are footballing ones.

Appointing a new manager whilst keeping Walsh would seem like particular folly to me.

We do need change at boardroom level too though. At least some sign soon that there is one power source controlling operations on and off the field.

2.5 years into Moshiri's time here and still no new Chairman and CEO. It can't continue like this.

We need a CEO that has recognised leadership experience and commercial/administrative competence, preferably with a football/sports background.

The Chairman should be no more than a figurehead, so I'm not particularly bothered there but it would be a sea-change to have Kenwright removed.

There is no sign of people of the calibre of Bryan Gilvary or David Dein being appointed, despite the talk. Maybe because they wouldn't associate themselves with the calibre, or lack thereof, of our operation.

In a well-run club, Moshiri would need to have no day-to-day involvement whatsoever apart from giving the nod on big decisions when required.

I would like to see Ryazantsev as Chairman with a responsibility for oversight. Then appoint a leading CEO to report to him directly. Give that person control of, and responsibility for, the whole business and football operation. He hires and fires and reports directly upstairs.

I'm beginning to reluctantly agree with those who think a DOF is one layer of complication too much at this stage. Ideally I think we need a sort of hybrid CEO/DOF with scouts underneath, something like the set-up at Dortmund.

So it should be;

Moshiri - Chairman - CEO/DOF - Manager.

Remove superfluous individuals like Kenwright, Elstone,Walsh,Woods, Harris.

Excellent post. Whole heartedly agree.

 

[originalgreaserbob]

What I expected, was
Thunder, fighting,
Long struggles with men
And climbing.

What I had not foreseen
Was the gradual day
Weakening the will
Leaking the brightness away,

 

[Badge1878]

Let’s face it.

If you were a neutral fan, you would want to see this current Everton team relegated because without doubt it is the most boring team in the EPL.

Maybe not the worst team, but the most boring team.

Plus most fans of other clubs hate Sam and would love to see him relegated.

Most of our fans hate Sam. The only difference being as Everton fans we separate our dislike for him and his arrogance from the fear of relegation. He’ll do that I reckon, saves his stupid reputation, we part company amicably and we move on wishing the past twelve months were some kind of hallucination.

 

[kithnou]

Would never have expected this, and can never accept it.
Joke of a football club is just getting even more embarrassing as the clueless are given more money to waste.

 

[jceverton]

Before Allardyce came in we were arguably one of the worst teams in the division. We had the worst front line and probably the worst defence too with a huge injury crisis. We said then that it would be a battle to keep this team up. Allardyce’s early form perhaps left fans wanting more but the underlying problems are still there: we are still missing 3/4 of our first choice back 4 through injury, the front line has only just been bolstered in the last 2 weeks with Tosun and Walcott, the attitude and confidence of the squad is still rock bottom.

We shouldn’t be surprised. In Martinez’s second season we were in a battle even when we had one of the league’s best strikers plus Barkley and Stones. It took the likes of Osman and the signing of Lennon to get to safety. We hit horrible form under Koeman too in the middle of his first season before a lack of pressure and the emergence of Davies allowed for good form in the summer.

The root cause of the whole thing is a lack of investment in the squad and poor recruitment. As soon as Moyes left we went from having a stable squad of top 6 players full of internationals in a prime age range to Martinez’s version of dads and lads. Then Koeman botched it even further by selling the good lads, keeping the even older dads and buying more rubbish to go with them.

Everywhere you look across the squad there’s either a kid, an old man, or a player who doesn’t want to be here. Allardyce has looked to remedy this with Tosun and Walcott but until we have that calibration of player in every position we won’t trouble the top 6 again.

Jags Williams Baines too old and slow for prem football. Martina not good enough. Kenny too young. That leaves Coleman (not fit) Keane (injured out of form) and Holgate (prob too young too) as your only decent defensive options in the whole squad.

Before Tosun and Walcott came in DCL and Niasse were our front line. That’s the worst in the league!

Sam is dealing with successive managers failures and one of the poorest squads on the league regardless of the money spent on it. He needs a break to be allowed to save this season then start to rebalance the squad. Perhaps why he was given an 18 month contract.

Let's not play into this joker's hands. We didn't have the worst front line in the league even before Allardyce signed Tosun and Walcott. We had a badly negative manager in Koeman and now we've got one in Allardyce which is why the pair of them are barely averaging a goal a game. When Unsworth was replaced their were 11 teams who had scored less goals than us. So yes the attack's nowhere near as good as when we had Lukaku and Barkley playing but it's capable of holding its own in the league.

 

[Davideeyore]

No doubt we are dreadful Allardyce hasn't improved us AFTER that initial 'bounce' but Jesus where would we be without that run of results? We were also just as bad under Koeman and little improvement under Unsworth so this is a truly bad campaign. Watching us should have a 'warning' because it's utter garbage. I'm worried if the players are up for a relegation battle. We could get that defensive solidity back and climb up to 7th before the season ends who knows?