Rafael; Benitez Everton Manager

[gjb]

So, let's at least give him a chance. 1st order of business: Get rid of the dead wood.

 

[Super_horns]

Quite - if he has some success the fans won’t care too much .

But will have to start well!

 

[Railway Blue]

Who cares?

 

[gjb]

Quite - if he has some success the fans won’t care too much .

But will have to start well!

Yes, results count and he won' t be given much time by us Evertonians.

 

[Super_horns]

Everton are signing ex Leicester winger Gray and Andros Townsend.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416817283700301825

Cannot see Everton fans getting too excited about these lads.

 

[Railway Blue]

Everton are signing ex Leicester winger Gray and Andros Townsend.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416817283700301825

Cannot see Everton fans getting too excited about these lads.

Everton need better if they are going to push on.

 

[gjb]

Everton need better if they are going to push on.

We do, but we have a lot of dead wood to get rid of and Rafa needs a couple of transfer windows to rebuild.

 

[gjb]

7 points to start with, I'll take that.

 

[Super_horns]

Good start but couple of bad defeats and there are some knives out.

Probably unfair but that is what it will be like for him at Everton.

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Everton relegation battle this season? Incompetent board, incompetent owner, poor manager, and a lot of deadwood in the team.

 

[Super_horns]

Nah - they will be mid table as usual then spend a load of money and not improve .

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Everton fans are really not happy with their board.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466168164975357968

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466168542320025607

Farhad Moshiri makes Everton decision as Marcel Brands confronted

Verdict - Farhad Moshiri will attend the visit of Arsenal when Everton next turn out after the humiliation by Liverpool

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466182156414296076

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466204741218840576

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Also, Everton have the worst record in this division at this moment. 4 games ahead against Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Chelsea, and Leicester City, and could easily get 0 from 12 considering the quality of Everton's opponents and Everton's squad. Could easily see them in the relegation zone by the end of the calendar year.

Premier League - Form table

This statistics show the form table of the Premier League between match day 6 and match day 11 in the season 24/25.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Nah - they will be mid table as usual then spend a load of money and not improve .

They can't spend money because of FFP, unless they sell some of their players, which they can't because of high wages.

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Seems like it's been happening for a few weeks already:

Everton fans unveil banner in protest of club's hierarchy during Liverpool game

Everton supporters once again unveiled a banner in protest of the club's hierarchy during the Merseyside derby

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

 

[Mary MacDonald]

The BBC also reporting on the Everton board as well:

'Everton are at crisis point - and board can't use Benitez as a human shield'

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty takes a closer look at Everton's problems after their 4-1 thrashing by Liverpool.

www.bbc.com

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Reminds me of Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County in the Championship, gambling with the club's future in order to get more money, which was promotion to the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County and entry into the Champions League for Everton.

 

[Mary MacDonald]

'They think with money you can handle everything' - Everton, a club spiralling out of control

Rafa Benitez's methods are not pleasing many but he is just the tip of the iceberg as pressure grows on the Everton board

theathletic.com

 

[Super_horns]

They can't spend money because of FFP, unless they sell some of their players, which they can't because of high wages.

I suppose Richarlison might go as he has been linked elsewhere but who else ?

 

[Mary MacDonald]

I suppose Richarlison might go as he has been linked elsewhere but who else ?

DCL has been suggested as another person to leave on the various Everton forums as well, but really shows the state of Everton if they are having to let key members of their squad leave in order to finance new spending.

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Marcel Brands set to leave director of football role at Everton

Everton's director of football Marcel Brands is set to leave the club and a role he held since 2018.

www.bbc.com

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Looks like Everton's CEO is also leaving the club as well:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1467523433663807495

 

[Mary MacDonald]

Seems to be a fight between the Everton board vs Benitez and Moshiri

https://twitter.com/x/status/1467528218995576835

 

[Moshiri is a Kopite]

We are absolutely fucked as a club under the current clueless owner and whatever remains of our board after the departures of Brand and Bassett-Baxendale. Moshiri and Kenwright have been acting as de facto DoFs for our club, constantly overruling our actual DoFs Steve Walsh (who has succeeded at Leicester City) and Marcel Brand (who has succeeded at PSV), preventing them from doing their actual jobs, and bringing in expensive crap players on high wages such as Alex Iwobi. We now cannot afford to offload the deadwood players because no other club would accept paying such high wages, and we cannot afford to strengthen in any of our positions because that would break FFP rules.

Then over the summer Moshiri decided to bring Benitez into our club against the wishes of both Brand and Bassett-Baxendale, which has divided our fanbase and caused the atmosphere at our club to become toxic. Benitez is a washed up manager who has not succeeded anywhere after leaving Liverpool, having done poorly at Inter Milan and Real Madrid and only being able to get jobs at Newcastle United and in China because no other decent team is willing to let him manage their team due to his failure.

Now after the Liverpool defeat (8 games without a win), our clueless owner has decided to double down on his decision and back Benitez and give him control over the transfers. As a result, Marcel Brand and our CEO Denise Bassett-Baxendale, the two people on our board who actually have a clue about football and care about improving the club and its result, are leaving the club, Brand immediately, and Bassett-Baxendale whenever they find another person to be on the board, because there are now only 3 people on our board with Brand's departure, Bassett-Baxendale, Kenwright, and Ingalls. Ingalls is still new to the board, and Kenwright has been here for 27 years and has been beyond useless during the 27 years.

We are now sinking like a stone down the table with a tough row of games coming ahead (Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Chelsea) and which could see us in the relegation zone by the end of the year. Now that we have lost Brands and Bassett-Baxendale, even if we end up sacking Benitez and survive this year's relegation battle, next year would be yet another relegation battle under Moshiri and Kenwright because of the issues mentioned above. We're basically Randy Lerner's Aston Villa at the moment, and if we do end up getting relegated into the Champonship, it would be a disaster for our club financially and could lead to administration.

We have a protest planned at our home game vs Arsenal on Monday the 6th, where we plan on getting out of our seats and either head towards the concourse or leave the stadium on the 27th minute of the game to signal to the owner and the board that we will not tolerate their mismanagement of our club.

 

[PhilK]

Everton fans are really not happy with their board.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466168164975357968

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466168542320025607

Farhad Moshiri makes Everton decision as Marcel Brands confronted

Verdict - Farhad Moshiri will attend the visit of Arsenal when Everton next turn out after the humiliation by Liverpool

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466182156414296076

https://twitter.com/x/status/1466204741218840576

If this had been Newcastle, the cacophony of ranting bile and spite by the media against the fans would have been deafening. Because it's a Merseyside club, they look the other way or pretend it never happened

 

[Railway Blue]

I live in Chester and know a lot of Everton fans (peace be upon them) and without exception they are blaming Kenwright. He is Everton's Matt Busby. They really need him away from any decision making at the club. They reall are a laughing stock.

 

[Super_horns]

I live in Chester and know a lot of Everton fans (peace be upon them) and without exception they are blaming Kenwright. He is Everton's Matt Busby. They really need him away from any decision making at the club. They reall are a laughing stock.

There too long ?

 

[Peter_Drake]

Yes, results count and he won' t be given much time by us Evertonians.

What counts as 'enough time' in the world of the Prem? Two months? Two weeks? I do not envy him one bit

 

[Super_horns]

Well he has gone ..

Big Dunc to take over ?

Or even Rooney !