Mourinho won't replace Dyche as attention returns to Moyes

The BBC are reporting that Mourhino doesn't want a club in the relegation battle, similar to what Moyes has said. So maybe TFG, having failed to get Potter, may be forced to leave Dyche in charge for a little longer.

Problem with that scenario is, if we fall into the bottom 3, then the candidates you could attract diminishes dramatically. But there is always someone who will come for the money, knowing no matter what they will get a handsome pay- off.

Just seen Fonseca’s name now in the mix… I'd take him above all the other lot!

We need an attack-minded manager or face being left behind, other teams are already improving while we’re still playing walking football.

He is grumpy and outdated. 15 years ago, yes, I would take him, no question. Now, no.
But then, he would do better than the one we have now.
I would go for Kjetil Knutsen, of Bodø Glimt. The best coach in Norway. Better than Ole Gunnar Solskjær.

Rob Edwards has left Luton Town.

Don't anyone dare say we should get him!

Rob, only if he gets Everton. 😆

Gaute#2

Better than Ole Gunnar Solskjær?????

Mate, that's like saying (if you were comparing dictators) better than Joseph Stalin.

Not much of an endorsement! :-))

Funny isn’t it,not long ago some TW contributors were saying that not even the most successful managers in the game like Guardiola etc could do much with a squad as poor as ours.
So is Mourinho really likely to come in and be or saviour?
I don’t think so.Seems more like transfer window bullshit to me.

Brian I have seen Bodo play a couple of times: they are very well organised and play as a team. At Old Trafford a week before Evertons annual capitulation they gave it a really good go and deserved at least a draw. All the more impressive as they have to sell best players each year. Despite scarce resources they have won their league 4 years out of last 5. Worth a punt

Mourihno mentioned in an interview recently that he fancied a crack at a club that wasn't an automatic CL club. I may be mis-remembering, but sure he mentioned a "fallen giant". At the time I thought that description was a fit for us (not saying he would be). But Brian #1 cites the BBC with further info that would rule him out.

Out of interest, not withstanding his many achievements in the game, I'd love to see a breakdown of Mourihno's earnings:
- Salary and bonus paid
- Severance

I'm sure the percentage split would be quite eye opening.

Moyes, Southgate, Mourinho… no no no! I'm sure it's all paper talk.

I hope our owners are being advised by someone who knows the game extremely well, otherwise we are going to wind up like we did with Moshiri, ie, firing managers left, right and centre.

Don't think for second Mourinho will come to us. But the snobbery about him makes me smile.

One of the most successful managers in history but not quite good enough for the mighty blue winning machine. "Yeah – 15 years ago", I hear everyone shout.

Except for 21-22 winning a European competition and 22-23 getting to a final with the mighty winning machine that is Roma.

Here we go again, talking silly names…

Pay whatever and get Frank from Brentford, a proper manager for the future.

Tony why would Frank come to us, and guess what we can’t pay what it takes, as PSR I believe will rule what we can and can’t pay!!!!

Whatever we think of Mourinho, he would very much raise our profile and be able to attract better players than Dyche.

He would also create a siege mentality, us vs the world which I think many Evertonians would enjoy.

I'm into it, but I'm one of the few people whose always kind of liked Mourinho because I like a stubborn bastard, and have always felt an affinity to contrary types.

Remember, everyone said Don Carlo would never come to Everton...

James

Mourinho in my opinion would be here 6 months before doing a Carlo and realizing his mistake coming here.

As much as it's easy to be seduced by the name, I don't think the football would be much different and I think he'd create factions when things weren't going his way.

You reckon, Jim? I mean it's entirely possible of course, but looking at his CV every club he's been at has been for 2 or 3 years which is pretty much par for the course these days (bar Pep, Klopp & co).

He'd surely know he was joining the circus before he joined, and thus would be primed for the bullshit. Although he has worked under Friedkin so potentially knows what he's getting into to some degree.

You could argue Mourinho has more knowledge than we do about how the Friedkin lot run a club.

It is all guess work. TFG will be keeping a tight lid on the news until they are ready to officially announce it. I hope that will be soon.

Brian # 6,

I named OGS because I know you know that name.
Kjetil Knutsen has done miracles with Bodø Glimt. Truly. He did beat Mourinhos Roma 6-1.. With a very small budget of 12 million pounds.
I dis not quite get the comparison with Stalin, but it made me laugh a bit.
COYB!!

Would like someone like Fonseca. Not sure about Mourinho but it seems it will be David Moyes on a short term contract. Whoever comes in, this window will be crucial. Our squad is below average with very limited players and injuries. We need to buy the right players keeping in mind the manager and his tactics. No square pegs in round holes

Would be made up with Moyes coming back tbh.

He helped rebuild us when we were in the doldrums last time and oversaw the most successful period for our club (with zero cash) since the PL started with the club in the top 5-8 for 9 seasons including a couple of European excursions and a 4th place.

Since Moyes left we've had 8 managers and have mainly spent a ton of money (a chunk of it on those manger's contract pay-outs) to go progressively backwards. Martinez secured one 5th place on Moyes' foundations, then we had 5 seasons hovering around mid-table, before the last 4 seasons of relegation battles.

Meanwhile the Moyesiah secured a couple of European finishes for West Ham (6 and 7th) and their first silverware for 42 years. Obviously there are better managers in the world, but Moyes is a great fit for what we need now, and the players/resources we have.

I agree, Chris. I think he's a manager who is up to rebuilding a squad. He has strong views on culture and footballing identity.

But I don't know who else is out there with a similar skillset. I'm hoping some people in our club do - that's their job.

People quite rightly hated Benitez, because he managed those horrible bastards across the park and he called us a small club, which is exactly what we became under Moyes and Kenwright, imo.

Moyes left Everton for United, clapped out of Goodison, it wasn’t long before he was disrespecting Everton, in a lot more of a shameful manner than Benitez ever did again imo.

Moyes has been described as a safe pair of hands, and a nice warm blanket, but aren’t we supposed to be moving away from the worst era in our entire history, the era when Everton stopped being Everton, and morphed into a club like Coventry City?

Inevitable and who is the next manager and will it be short or long term, remains to be seen.

But a statement of intent by TFG , but for me, Moyes was very disrespectful to Everton when comparing Utd to Everton and trying to.get Baines to join him.

So Frank, Fonseca, lets see...but glad to see a new era start for Everton.
UTFTs!

I’m fed up with the media telling us that we were lucky to have Dyche, like they told us we were lucky to have Benitez and Allardyce before. I haven’t seen anyone else in the EPL falling over each to sign them since and I don’t think it will be any different with the Ginger Whinger either. Personally I want to see a break from the past and we still have half a season for the team to put this last odious episode behind us all. I’m not going to choose names, just someone that can give us a little hope for once.

If Dyche really did say that he had taken the club as far as he could, then TFG had little alternative but to dismiss him and begin looking for a replacement. It looks as if they wanted to continue with Dyche and were probably never in the frame for Potter, which is worrisome as that means there hasn't been any succession planning and that's probably why we'll end up with David Moyes again.

Back to the Future part 9, like all sequels will likely be full of the same cliche's, the same plot lines, similar characters, but hopefully for this season not a weak or disappointing ending.

half-a-season to save our club from the ignominy of relegation, it's a tough job, but if Dyche's head and heart weren't in it, whomever gets the gig must surely have a better chance of saving us?