I don't blame them. Then again, he is capable if being great. I think it's a case of the Martin O'Meill that they get.
Oh sorry, I was still contemplating Martin O'Neill to Everton. I'm multi-tasking at the moment and showing that I'm a male.
I liked that not because I am a mad supporter of MP2, but just cannot see the sense in another change of manager....especially doing an Everton and having to play a chunk of the season without a manager. Would they have really done worse sticking to Koeman?
This is one if the most sensible posts I have read on here. Koeman's failure at Everton this season must have taken most football fans by surprise. I do not think they would have done any worse with him in charge although it is not apparent just how toxic the atmosphere was inside the club and how much this precipitated his removal. The changes in managers this season has been incredible and you wonder how many managers who were around in August will still be there in May. A change in manager does not always work and I would be keen to see the position of each club is when they finish the season in comparison with where they were when the old manager was sacked.. Five Premiership managers have been sacked so far and we are not yet at the end of November. The weird thing with managers is that the same British names always get appointed to the Premiership clubs and there rarely seems to be appointments by "new" British talent. There is a small pool of British managers in the top flight who just seem to get "re-cycled." Where a "new" appointment is made, it is usually where a member of the backroom staff has been promoted. Most of the "new" managers seems to be foreign appointments and therefore could be seen as being potentially risky I think everyone would agree that the nest managerial talent will tend to come from Europe and they will always gravitate to the most prominent clubs in the Premiership. It does feel that there are fewer "reliable" managers these days and that managers have a much reduced shelf-life. I think Watford have recognised this and seem to have sorted out the need to maintain a consistent coaching programme in the club where new managers are simply dovetailed in to an existing system. There is a lot to bet said for this.
How many times did people on this forum (including me) say Will Hughes would have been a great signing for us over the last few years... doing great for Watford this season..
Newcastle on course for four straight defeats. And still just one win since mid September. I said just a few days ago that just because they won a few games early on, and they're a bigger name than some other sides, shouldn't mean that they should be discounted from going down. Looking at their squad, I really don't see anything other than a team who should be fighting to avoid 20th. But what they do have is Rafa in the dugout. If the takeover drags on, and goes through and beyond January, that could actually backfire on Newcastle horribly. Ashley presumably won't spend a penny himself if he's in the process of selling, and they need reinforcements.
Burnley and Watford are having very good seasons so far, and have built themselves a little cushion. However, fundamentally the league is the same as last year - the top six, and then a load of rubbish all on a fairly even level. So yes, the sides currently down the bottom have had a good weekend. But equally, Stoke, Brighton and Newcastle lost whilst Leicester drew. I can see it being somewhat a game of musical chairs as to occupies the bottom three or bottom five over the course of the season. So Stoke losing to Palace today might not seem great, but come May we might be thankful that Stoke dropped those points. Far, far too early to know who exactly we want dropping points.
Looking at the League table, is making Boufal’s wonder goal, against WBA, look even more important. Had that game stayed goalless we would be on 11 points in 17th place.
