New Udinese coach Massimo Oddo... from Wikipedia, interesting reading... Style of play Oddo was primarily deployed on the right flank as an offensive full-back or wing-back, or even as a wide-midfielder on occasion, due to his stamina, work-rate, defensive consistency, attacking drive, and crossing ability. In his later career, he was deployed in a more defensive role as a central-defender.[13][14][15] Despite being a defender, Oddo was known for his ability on set pieces and penalties.[16] Coaching career After retirement, he decided to pursue a coaching career accepting an offer as youth coach of the Allievi Regionali B for Genoa in August 2013. He left his job in July 2014 to accept an offer to guide the Primavera (under-19) squad of hometown club Pescara. On 23 May 2015, he was promoted as head coach of Pescara after the dismissal of Marco Baroni with only one game remaining, a home match against Livorno (coached by former Italy teammate Christian Panucci), with both teams still involved in the race for a promotion playoff spot.[17] The game ended with a 3–0 win for Pescara, which qualified the team to the Serie A promotion playoffs. On 9 June 2016, Oddo led Pescara to Serie A promotion after beating out Trapani 3–1 on aggregate in the Serie B promotion play-off final.[18] On 15 July 2016, Pescara extended Oddo's contract by three years, keeping him as manager of the club until June 2019.[19] He was sacked on 14 February 2017.[20] On 21 November 2017, Oddo was named the head coach of Udinese following the sacking of Luigi Delneri.[21] Personal life Oddo's father, Francesco, is a football manager and former player. After leaving school, Oddo attended university to study law but left without graduating. He returned to university in 2007 but undertook a course in sport management. He has two sons, Davide (born 30 November 2003) and Francesco (born 27 December 2008).[22] Oddo is a trained barber and styled a lot of his Italy colleagues' hair at the World Cup 2006, earning him the nickname the Barber of Berlin.
Looks like Silva is staying - one in the eye for the likes of Merson, Keys and Carragher... http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...s-latest-watford-farhad-moshiri-a8070616.html
As maybe no manager can see a way out of the downturn. That is what my toffee mates at work reckon. However, I think they'll scrape out of it, they are very down at the moment mind.
Like big sam no one wants to be 2ond or 3 rd pick .They have spent big money and they can beat big clubs like the BIG WATFORD plus they can spend big in Jan for the right manager
I read the Marco Silva text in the Independent and a lot of new blogs from newsnow. There remains a lot of might and could words and I think the Everton proxy will continue chipping away until Marco does leave, a finger in the eye if he leaves for another club, not Everton..
He appears to be suffering from delusions of his worth as he hasn't completed a full season in the Premiership yet.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/23/marco-silva-watford-everton-manager-premier-league A decent and thoughtful article.
Marco Silva has been repeatedly linked with the Everton job, but the Watford manager is certainly not in the mood to give any information away today. "I will answer straight, I'm here to talk about our match, Newcastle v Watford and nothing more," says Silva. "I won't give one more word about this situation. Newcastle-Watford. If you want I will answer 10 or 20 questions for you on that. "The most important thing for me is Newcastle-Watford. The fans know what is most important for us. We are fully focused on our next game." Not much more he could say really.
Lets just hope there is not a further twist to this saga, but until Everton appoint a new head coach.....
