Season › 2024-25 › News TFG-owned Roma hire Ranieri as new boss 13/11/2024 68comments | Jump to last Updated While The Friedkin Group await the green light from the various regulatory bodies in the UK to proceed with their takeover of Everton, they continue to grapple with instability at AS Roma. This past weekend, owner Dan Friedkin felt compelled to sack Ivan Juric, the man brought in only weeks ago to replace club legend Daniele de Rossi who was himself fired after a poor run of results either side of the close season. De Rossi's dismissal led to strong protests from Roma fans, with the club's more hardcore supporters staging boycotts and delayed walk-ins to the stadium aimed at signalling their displeasure at their Houston-based overlords. With Juric having reportedly been informed by Friedkin of his sacking by phone before he could get to the dressing room for his post-match talk to the team, TFG are now looking to hire the fifth manager of their four-year tenure as Roma's owners, having got rid of Jose Mourinho almost a year ago. Article continues below video content Following reports that ex-Toffees boss Frank Lampard was in the frame, report suggested that he was not being considered, with TFG turning to former Chelsea and Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri instead. The Liverpool Echo carry a number of translated quotes from the Italian press on Juric's departure, including those imploring TFG to be more visible in the Italian capital and that, "Roma cannot be managed from a plane". The group remain hopeful that their buy-out of Farhad Moshiri's majority shareholding at Everton can be completed by next month. » Read the full article at romapress Reader Comments (68) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Peter Moore 1 Posted 11/11/2024 at 18:28:20 Other than Chelsea, pre PSR rules under Abramovich, are there many examples of clubs that have been successful when frequently chopping and changing managers?More trigger-happy than Moshiri? Oh dear… Mihir Ambardekar 2 Posted 11/11/2024 at 18:41:16 I don't understand that after sacking De Rossi they went for Ivan Juric in first place. Why would they hire a manager who finished in bottom half for last 3-4 seasons and has already been sacked multiple times? Just looked at Ivan Juric's statistics, they are woeful. I hope they get their act together when they officially take charge of Everton. Dennis Stevens 3 Posted 11/11/2024 at 18:42:02 Dyche may not be offered a 5-year contract to continue as manager then after all… Stu Gre 4 Posted 11/11/2024 at 18:50:34 Not only that, Dennis, it gives me hope that Dyche will be removed before the January transfer window. Kunal Desai 5 Posted 11/11/2024 at 19:04:15 They should have kept De Rossi and, once the takeover has been completed, they could have given us De Rossi and given Roma Dyche. Mark Taylor 6 Posted 11/11/2024 at 19:14:30 Unless the owner has pockets the size of Abramovich or the Abu Dhabi Royal Family, he/she needs to appoint the people to the senior management positions in the club, then butt out and let them make the calls.Friedkin is way too inexperienced and unknowledgeable to do this himself... Martin Mason 7 Posted 11/11/2024 at 19:23:36 Ruud van Nistelrooy is free, sign him now, he is exactly what we want. Dale Self 8 Posted 11/11/2024 at 19:29:01 Who is we? Justin Doone 9 Posted 11/11/2024 at 19:37:59 Be careful what what you wish for...They sacked De Rossi far too quickly. He was still very popular with the fans and all although they had a slow start, it wasn't terrible. They still appear to be some way off becoming our next owners and I'm happy for Dyche to see this season through to the end on a shoestring budget.I don't want and Everton can't afford to 'do a Roma'. No to the moaning one, no to a "play out from the back, no matter what" Potter style-over-substance manager. We need someone better than Moyes to make the best of what we have while improving the style over the next few seasons with better or more-suited players. Not a rushed job whilst we are still very much a relegation candidate.Van Nestléroy, no thanks, wake up and smell the coffee. Dennis Stevens 10 Posted 11/11/2024 at 20:10:47 I can't see it, Stu. Dyche will be with us 'til the end of the season. Mike Gaynes 11 Posted 11/11/2024 at 20:25:13 Van Nistelroy? No thanks. Not with professionals like Sarri and Allegri available. We need a manager who is a proven builder for the long term.Or if it's a former player, I'd take Xavi. Terrific at developing young talent. Rob Halligan 12 Posted 11/11/2024 at 20:32:59 Can TFG not ask Dyche to resign, and then secretly pay him off? It would have to be out of their own pockets mind, as we wouldnt want it showing up on the accounts! Everyones a winner then. Dyche gets his pay off and we skip PSR breaches, and a new manager in January! Bill Gall 13 Posted 11/11/2024 at 20:39:20 Lets hope the trend does not continue when they take over Everton. I cant see them continuing with Dyche and hope for the new broom sweep. But we definitely need to get away from changing managers every 1or2 seasons, like I put it in a previous article, we need stability, and not to continue bringing in firefighters. We are not going to be able to get in top name managers like Chelsea, Utd, City, or even the other lot manage to do, but there must other managers out there that have modern ideas to become more successful. It this is the trend of instant success that the Friedkin group want by firing managers, as they say, we are going out of the fat into the fire. Derek Taylor 14 Posted 11/11/2024 at 20:48:18 If the Fried lot take over we should be on our third manager they've had a year from today ! Talk about Frying pans and fire ! Robert Tressell 15 Posted 11/11/2024 at 22:28:40 I think McKenna or Frank in summer are probably the likeliest. Derek Knox 16 Posted 12/11/2024 at 06:02:20 Dennis @3, he may not even be invited to the Xmas Party! :-)Or, want to do a Santa Job for us, Sean?Well here's the sack!!!! Alan J Thompson 17 Posted 12/11/2024 at 06:17:48 Mike (#11);Wasn't Van Nistelroy the manager who gave Branthwaite his chance in Holland? Ian Jones 18 Posted 12/11/2024 at 07:02:13 Interesting the comments indicating No to Van Nistelrooy. Forgetting his recent stint at Man Utd making him this week's managerial guru, as far as I know, he's got a reasonable reputation of bringing players through from a young age, has had experience as a striker coach, and as mentioned above, he was involved with Branthwaite at PSV. Young and keen, obviously not as experienced as Sarri and Allegri, but probably eager. As also mentioned by others on different threads, there are decent young unknown or inexperienced coaches and managers out there.However, if appointed, his first decision would probably be to help sell a certain defender to Man Utd and in the process blot his copybook from the start. Alan J Thompson 19 Posted 12/11/2024 at 07:25:04 Oh come on, Ian(#18), Man Utd have had Keane on their books before, and Young for that matter or even our latest full back, Garner. Ian Jones 20 Posted 12/11/2024 at 08:13:58 Alan, clever :)Was trying to think of a comeback. Failed. Jack Convery 21 Posted 12/11/2024 at 10:43:15 Worrying isn't it. Please, please Mr Friedkin be just as bad or worse than Moshiri. Otherwise you'll be getting called Mr Friedkon. Fred Quick 22 Posted 12/11/2024 at 12:55:20 I'm beginning to see a Moshiri like pattern with Everton's potential new owners, so many similarities between current Roma and current Everton, although the latter is not the fault of TFG. Is that lunatic guy from Palace available, he might prove to be the best option for Everton, after all.Any decision [to find a new manager] Evertons future owners make will be made with help from Ed Shiple, a ‘Tarantino-esque figure who ‘solves problems for the group. He is an expert in human relations but with no sports knowledge.His role at Roma is to work on the new stadium, relationships with the fans and the ‘team in the background of managers and workers. He is currently finalising a report on the current situation they find themselves in.Friedkin turns to friend for adviceThe situation risks erasing all the good work and good will the American group have built up during their time at in charge of the Italian club.Right now, they find themselves without a coach, without a CEO and wondering where to go next, with ‘Mister X in the shadows and the fans not understanding or accepting what is going on. Barry Rathbone 23 Posted 12/11/2024 at 13:36:20 Effectively putting up 2 fingers to protesting Roma fans by sacking De Rossi is interesting. I'm a big advocate of strong leadership and ignoring the torch and pitchfork brigade (remember Kendall?) but it's dangerous stuff. Scousers are like elephants - they have long memories and like doughnuts.It's gonna be terrific. Martin Mason 24 Posted 12/11/2024 at 14:44:33 As we have found out, there are no guarantees that any manager we hire will be any good. Those low risk managers are out of our ability to pay and look at the managers we managed to sign during the Manager go Round period. Van Nistlerooy has done a superb job since taking over at United, he's a once fearsome forward and would be be no higher on the risk scale than many I've seen touted. Bill Gall 25 Posted 12/11/2024 at 16:26:57 I recently put in an article on stability. This should be provided by competent ownership and the Friedkin Group seem to have built their financial empire on competent ownership.This is what makes it so strange on what is going on at Roma, and I know it should not make any difference but seemed to be a well run club when we played them pre-season. Whatever the outcome, I hope that The Friedkin Group when they complete the takeover learn one thing from this and that is, Don't Piss Off The Supporters. Jay Harris 26 Posted 12/11/2024 at 17:05:26 Drean team: Thierry Henri and Van Nistelrooy. John Raftery 27 Posted 12/11/2024 at 20:28:15 Seeking to improve the club by simply changing the manager will achieve nothing and could make things very much worse – as events at Roma confirm.The club needs a complete overhaul, starting with the senior leadership at board level, before moving on to the rest of the structure. In many ways, the first-team coach should be one of the final pieces of the jigsaw. We must hope Friedkin learns from his Roma experience. Unfortunately, successful business owners with huge financial assets are sometimes reluctant to learn lessons from their failure in areas unfamiliar to them. Danny O'Neill 28 Posted 12/11/2024 at 20:34:10 John Raftery says it for me. Tony Abrahams 29 Posted 12/11/2024 at 21:35:47 Should be anytime now hopefully then Paul🤞Ive never felt so disillusioned with football. It started with a conman, but its slowly spreading right through me, especially now Im watching Everton, playing football I find it very hard to relate to. The contradiction is that Im enjoying watching the kids play, without the diving and the cheating. This is miles away from the circus, that now engulfs football in the EPL, and the honesty is very, very refreshing.Like everyone else I love Everton Football Club though, and even though Ive lost a lot of love, a part of me will always remain restless until the younger generations of fantastically loyal and absolutely fanatic Evertonians, get to finally witness our team winning trophies once again Paul Kernot 30 Posted 13/11/2024 at 03:47:48 Names of potential new managers abound and that's understandable. Personally, I like the way the current Fulham manager (remember him)? has gone about his business with a very similar level squad to ours. Stu Darlington 31 Posted 13/11/2024 at 10:54:35 The more I hear about TFG the less I like them.They are an American financial consortium buying a football club as another asset,knowing little about the working of Premier League football clubs or the traditions or desires of the fans.They have shown themselves to be “dabblers “ at Roma regarding their managers and causing unnecessary unrest amongst Roma fans along the way.Is Roma a happier and more settled club than they were before the takeover?It would appear not.This is what we have to look forward to at Everton.I know its the trend for clubs to be bought up by these organisations or even dodgy nation states,and that is hard to avoid nowadays,but to welcome them with open arms in the hope of a bright new dawn is a mistake in my eyes.There is always a price to pay.Its nothing personal, just business! Kevin Molloy 32 Posted 13/11/2024 at 10:57:46 I have to agree Stu. They've been at Roma now for a fair amount of time, and seem to be making a right arse of it. Compared with their American cousins across the park, who after keeping George Klopp happy for a decade, have effortlessly replaced him with some bugger no-one's ever heard of, and off they go again. the one thing I was hoping for with these chaps was quiet competence. Fat chance. Colin Metcalfe 33 Posted 13/11/2024 at 11:32:58 Having read Pauls •the Esk latest article I am starting to think that maybe it might be a good call to end Dyches tenure in January if all goes well and the takeover is completed before the year out the problem is who is available mid season that would be willing to take a struggling side close or actually in the bottom three come January. I was hoping Dyche could see us through until the end of the season safely mid table and then thankfully say goodbye but clearly its not going to plan and The Friedkin Group will be well aware of whats going on and the displeasure of most if not all Evertonians because lets be honest watching the blues is utterly joyless at the moment and results have been disappointing to say the least and so I think our new owners may have two fires to extinguish in the coming months. A major concern in Pauls reasoning is with several players moving on and a possibility of looking for a new manager come the end of this current season its not ideal to be going into a new stadium next season surely its best to get a manager in early next year to start making the changes necessary and weighing up the players. I have definitely changed my opinion now and Friedkin need to act come January and look for a new manager yes its a risk but its a risk to keep Dyche. Stu Darlington 34 Posted 13/11/2024 at 12:25:05 Spot on Colin Denis Richardson 35 Posted 13/11/2024 at 12:29:32 Colin, I also think itll be best to change manager in Dec/Jan, regardless of how the team is doing. A new guy will have half a season to work with the players and decide who to keep/not to keep come the summer. Would also give the squad the stability of knowing who the new man in the dugout is. New manager bounce should hopefully give us a few more points as well.With respect to ‘who would take the job? I always find this question funny. Pretty much any ambitious football manager wants to manage in the premier league and there are only 20 spots. Whilst weve been shit the last few years, I think were still a massive pull. Just depends on whos available, how much were willing to pay in compensation and how much were willing to pay the manager. With Dyche on £5m a year, hes actually one of the best paid managers in world football so thats not an issue. Amorim at Man Utd is on £6.5m in comparison. I think the stumbling block will be paying the compensation as a ‘name will come with a high price. No idea who itll be but a couple who are free and available are Potter and v Nistelrooy. Not advocating either just highlighting there are free options who imo would at least be a world better than the likes of Moyes or Lampard.Id like to think the Friedkin group is ambitious and will bring in a progressive guy with some imagination. Dyche has done a great job stabilising the ship but needs a new guy in to take it forward. Martin Mason 36 Posted 13/11/2024 at 12:36:54 The TFG takeover is causing some twitching now as is the selection of the manager but, as TFG will be owners, but not running the club, the most important thing will be the board that they put in place to run the club and the organisation. Far more important than the manager as success is top down driven. We have suffered badly from being run in an unprofessional manner so there mut be no more Kenwrights or Baxendales and zero cronyism but only meritocracy. We were never ready for the EPL but now is the time. I've shifted my view on the manager too. I feel now that it is very much in our interest that he goes now. Ian Bennett 37 Posted 13/11/2024 at 13:12:25 Regular sackings are part of life in Italian football. It's got more common in English football in recent years, and more of an unwillingness to support good managers ride it out. Robins got ditched at Coventry after doing a brilliant job, and perhaps the hindsight was we should stuck with Marco Silva longer. If I was Roma I'd be in for Gasperini from Atalanta. He's done a phenomenal job for them.The transfer windows have also been an issue. In years gone by, managers could address issues in the season with additions required. This kept players more on their toes, and probably allowed teams to run with smaller squads. Teams regularly signed that goal scorer or defensive stopper to turn around their own affairs. Sometimes that's it all that it takes. Andy Gray signed for Everton in November 1983, the rest was history.For me, I want a manager with experience. Someone that can change the game, command respect, recruit well, be firm but loved. That's a fair ask in a world where most managers really lack any sort of personality. Richard Duff 38 Posted 13/11/2024 at 13:15:51 Having spoken to Roma fans in Rome recently, they see it as this.It's VITAL to have long term consistency in ownership. It's IMPORTANT to have long term consistency in the Director of Football and other executive positions. It's IDEAL to have long term consistency in the team management and coaching staff.De Rossi fell out with the Executive and there was a "him or me!" stand off presented to the Owners. They took the decision to sacrifice the Ideal and retain the Important, which is what I would want them to do at our club in the future too.It was for nothing though as the executive walked 3 weeks later anyway! paving a path for De Rossi to return.We are looking for stability. At Roma, the Friedkins made the right call but received the wrong outcome. Ajay Gopal 39 Posted 13/11/2024 at 13:21:04 'From the frying pan to the fire' comes to mind. I hate trigger-happy owners – obviously Abramovich was successful in spite of frequently replacing managers, but that was the pre-FFP and PSR era. As a club, we are crying out for stability – not the trophy-less Moyes era stability, but something like Brentford or Fulham where their managers – Frank and Silva respectively – have brought them up from the Championship and kept them comfortably in mid-table of the Premier League for 3 or more seasons.The football is not pretty the last few games, but 10 points from the last 7 games after 0 from the first 4 indicates that Dyche has stabilised the season, especially after a potentially morale-crushing collapse against Bournemouth. Apart from the first 2 games, we have not lost games by more than 1 goal, indicating that we have been competitive for the most part. Dyche deserves to be given time to work with some key players coming back from fitness and injury concerns – players like Garner, McNeil, Iroegbunam, Broja, Chermiti, Patterson, Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite. If Thelwell can strengthen the squad in some key areas – wide forwards, midfield, full-backs – then we could have a decent finish to the season. It is much too risky to replace Sean Dyche midway through this season – in fact, I believe it would increase the chances of relegation if TFG were foolish enough to attempt it. We might end up looking back fondly at the Moshiri era! Paul Hewitt 40 Posted 13/11/2024 at 13:27:49 Claudio Ranieri is about to become the new Roma manager. I'm starting to worry if they're capable of getting a decent replacement for Dyche… Rob Dolby 41 Posted 13/11/2024 at 20:39:38 Ranieri out of retirement to manage Roma.Not exactly inspiring from our proposed new owners.What's next for us Hodgson or Big Sam.The longer this takeover takes the more I want it to collapse. John Raftery 42 Posted 13/11/2024 at 22:16:35 This suggests their hiring of managers is ‘by guess and by god'. That being the case, I would very much prefer them to leave Sean Dyche in charge for at least the rest of this season. Appointing the wrong guy in January might turn a challenge into a catastrophe. Ernie Baywood 43 Posted 14/11/2024 at 01:30:02 We've got so much change coming in the summer (ie player contracts running out) that it's inconceivable to me that Dyche makes it to the end of the season, unless he's the man to actually continue beyond that point. The new man (if available) ideally needs some time to assess what we have, what we need to keep, and work with Thelwell on what we need.El Bobble (no, I don't know how informed he actually is) is reporting that there is just the Premier League's Owner's and Director's test left to go... we must be getting pretty close. If it's close, then I'd be inclined to go with an interim manager. The club needs a short boost that Dyche isn't going to deliver. A courtesy conversation could be had with The Friedkin Group beforehand. I don't doubt that they're already involved in club business. Robert Tressell 44 Posted 14/11/2024 at 07:34:05 Hard to find any positives in the managerial appointments at Roma. Hopefully they're not the blueprint for us in that regard. Strategy can at best be described as strange and unpredictable. Ernie Baywood 45 Posted 14/11/2024 at 07:37:35 They are going to fit right in then, Robert. Mike Gaynes 46 Posted 14/11/2024 at 07:41:55 I did not see this one coming. Wow.Richard #38, the executive walked because the Roma ultras threatened to kill her. And it was four days after she sacked De Rossi, not three weeks. Facts matter. Paul Ferry 47 Posted 14/11/2024 at 08:15:09 Mike G, 46, as much as I genuinely admire you both for your footy wisdom and resilience and sheer strength of character in the face of serious health challenges – hope things are good right now – I've never been persuaded by your dazzling bright take on the massive Trump supporter who hopes to buy our club. The managerial roller-coaster at Roma is deeply troubling, as is his utter lack of footy nous and the regular protests of Roma's diehard supporters that reminds me of the massive eruption of no and fuck off from the supporters of historic Liege to the 777 twats.There are times when I think that the understandable blind faith we put in the Texan and the Dock is desperate. Neither is a guarantee of anything. And, Mike, there is little in your upbeat reports of the Trump Texan that - pace Roma - suggest that he is a good fit for us.I hope that you are right. And, if so, I'll drive from your city to WA to raise a glass with you. Kim Vivian 48 Posted 14/11/2024 at 08:18:40 I've been up early, had a couple of bad nights due to a bitching cold so my brain might be a bit addled but I just got thinking...Is Dyche genuinely a dinosaur incapable of playing a different style of football? Or we are just stuck with suffering the slop he is shoving down our throats every week simply because of our lack of bite. Our impotence in front of goal is well catalogued so his pragmatic stance of emphasis on trying not to lose as opposed to stepping out to try and win bears some credence. I get that.However, we have seen (albeit too rarely) glimpses of some quite decent football under his tenure. I was thinking, could Dyche and Thelwell, with a decent war chest and a bit of time, actually shock us all and start producing some mouthwatering entertainment and, per se, good results. He might just have it in him, and TFG might just be thinking of providing the opportunity. Has he ever been given that in the past?Anyway - Just a thought as I said... I'll probably feel better in a day or two. Eric Myles 49 Posted 14/11/2024 at 08:46:38 This article reckons Dyche is not the most likely manager to get fired, there's 5 worse than him!Manager Hot Seat Richard Duff 50 Posted 14/11/2024 at 09:53:07 Mike #46 - Always respectful of your posts and agreed that facts matter.The point I'm bringing to the debate is that, in the future, I would want Everton to be run in a way that sees the consistency and longevity of Ownership (if good) and Executive Layer (if good) outlast Managerial and Coaching positions (even if good). Just as Roma have tried.There is much support on ToffeeWeb for a playing identity, a cohesive transfer policy and for all teams in the club to be playing in similar ways to promote youth. All of that strategy comes from the Board and Director of Football positions, the Managerial layer is influential, but more disposable, should there be a need to change. With Potter, De Zerbi and now Hurzeler, Brighton have shown how that back-office consistency can grow the club, the success and the bank balance simultaneously.Imagine if Everton could do similar with such a big fan base (local and global) and an iconic new stadium purpose-built to entertain! Mike Gaynes 51 Posted 14/11/2024 at 22:35:20 Richard #50 and PF #47, I understand both your points and they have merit, but to me financial stability is the highest priority at this time of transition. We first need to be a normal club again, with a budget for buying players and an end to the threats of PSR and bankruptcy. The building of a club culture takes time. A DOF like Thelwell -- who I happen to believe is the right man in the right place -- must have a stable board above him and sufficient funds to do his job, and then of course the right manager below him. The culture of success evolves slowly. I know we look enviously at clubs like Brentford and BHA now, but keep in mind that it took 20 years for Brighton to rise from imminent relegation out of the Football League altogether to Premier League success, and Brentford ten years ago was yo-yo-ing between the Championship and League 1. Putting the proper pieces in place was only step one of a long process for both clubs. Richard, I believe playing identity will emerge in the new stadium under a management team that will be determined shortly and will shape the club over years. PF, it doesn't matter if the owner lacks footy nous, as long as he hires people who have it, as Friedkin did with Mou. As to the Roma ultras, I couldn't care less what they think. Four years ago Friedkin saved their club from administration and relegation, and now they're driving out the club president with death threats. Also, PF, there is no information that Friedkin is a Trump supporter, although he's certainly a Republican. I doubt it for three reasons. First, Friedkin's political donations have gone to the Automotive Free International Trade PAC, a car dealers lobbying group that will definitely fight Trump's proposed tariffs on foreign trade. Second, Friedkin is a Hollywood guy who has made movies that Trump despised. And third, he's a huge conservationist, another cause Trump despises. Liam Mogan 52 Posted 14/11/2024 at 22:49:01 Change of owners is no guarantee of anything. I really hope TFG are a good fit but there are a definitely a few red flags for me personally. I hope they are nothing but my own cynicism that anything Everton is never simple. I do remember lots on here shouting from the rooftops when Moshiri came in that we were big time. I also recall people calling for Usmanov and his yacht to parade down the Mersey. None of us know what will happen but financial stability and a long term football strategy would be a start. The new ground has to be massive. It's jaw-dropping. Mark Murphy 53 Posted 15/11/2024 at 12:39:52 "Scousers are like elephants – they have long memories and like doughnuts." Sppllluuurrrttt – coffee all over my keyboard moment... The problem I have with the Van Nistelroy shouts is that he basically took over, temporarily, a decent set of players who had been stifled by an over-thinking manager and enjoyed the "new manager bounce" with no jeopardy. A bit like the Duncan Ferguson effect. I don't think we're in the position to try another experiment – we need ambition, certainly, but with proven experience. Sarri is my personal choice but I think Dyche should be given until the end of this tough run in December with a minimum target of, say, 6 or 8 points... If he achieves that, stick with him until the summer. Nigel Scowen 54 Posted 15/11/2024 at 12:49:43 Mark @53,Agreed, re Van Nistelrooy.Though I think it should be more like 10 points, Mark. Robert Tressell 55 Posted 15/11/2024 at 12:58:17 Mark, Sarri might well prove to be a good fit. Much more possession based style and a really good coach. Personally I would really like to see what McKenna could achieve at a much bigger club. We'd be a great step up for him. Mark Murphy 56 Posted 15/11/2024 at 13:11:22 10 points from:Man Utd awayWolves homeLiverpool homeArsenal awayChelsea homeMan City awayNottm Forest homeAnd I think he'll be safe until summer. Personally I doubt we'll get 8 but fingers crossed. If we can at least beat Liverpool plus any other two games, I'll be delighted.In fact, if we only beat Liverpool and draw the rest, I'll be delighted. Nigel Scowen 57 Posted 15/11/2024 at 13:14:50 Mike @51,Tend to agree, I don't really care whether he has a football brain or not, more a business brain. I care even less what his political views are. Nigel Scowen 58 Posted 15/11/2024 at 13:17:50 I was including Brentford at home also Mark. Kim Vivian 59 Posted 15/11/2024 at 13:26:00 Mark - If he can glean 10 points from that lot he should definitely be given 'til summer. I see six at best. Nigel Scowen 60 Posted 15/11/2024 at 13:32:25 Kim@59Home wins v Brentford, Wolves and Nottingham Forest plus one other point, probably Chelsea or The Shite, That's possible.If he achieves that then we would probably be 5 or 6 above the drop zone, going into the New Year. Hopefully then a couple of new players should see us right until the end. Fingers crossed: 🤞 Kim Vivian 61 Posted 15/11/2024 at 19:30:34 Nigel, you haven't got the Brentford game on your list. However none of them are bankers. I can see 3 from Wolves and hopefully 3 from Forest (but they are riding high just now). Even with Brentford in the mix, 6 or 7 is my best guesstimate. With luck and a following wind, 11 would be nice but just not seeing it. It all starts next Saturday. Happy Xmas... According to my chocolate advent calendar, there's already only 3 days to go. Nigel Scowen 62 Posted 15/11/2024 at 20:21:52 Happy Xmas…… does that mean you have eaten 22 chocs then? 😂 Peter Hodgson 63 Posted 16/11/2024 at 2024/11/16 : 20:35:13 This interview with Ranieri made me think that he is the sort of manager we need at Everton following the end of Dyche – whether that be immediately or at the end of the season.Claudio Ranieri's Official Unveiling Interview Brendan McLaughlin 64 Posted 16/11/2024 at 20:43:58 Peter #63,There's a lot on ToffeeWeb who could interview much better. Means nothing. Laurie Hartley 65 Posted 16/11/2024 at 23:03:16 Peter # 63 - unlike Brendan @ 64 (no offence intended), I thought that was a terrific interview. I always liked Ranieri. He has always come across to me as a very dignified and honest man.Unsettled fan base, chaos in the board room, unsettled players and poor performances on the pitch. I think his appointment is a smart move by Friedkin. I think he has the experience and nous to steady the ship. Brendan McLaughlin 66 Posted 16/11/2024 at 23:08:18 Laurie #65,I didn't say it wasn't a terrific interview. Laurie Hartley 67 Posted 17/11/2024 at 04:27:38 Brendan # 66, My understanding of your comment was that you didn't rate the interview. It seems that was incorrect. Like I said, no offence was intended. Steve Brown 68 Posted 17/11/2024 at 04:51:51 The interview had more depth and breadth of communication than Everton have managed in 4 years. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb