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What about where his teams have finished over the last three seasons prior to this?
Everton aren’t the first team to struggle after losing their star player and spending big in scattergun fashion.
Surely this season is Koeman’s outlier, rather than the three before. With Bilic, it seems a lot like his first season was the outlier.
Everton are showing all the failings fans are moaning about us having, and Koeman has been sacked because there was no sign that he knew how to change that.
He has been criticised for the team not having a 'personality' or settled playing style or formation, and for playing square pegs in round holes, and for being stubborn in refusing to change things. His marque signings have failed to deliver, and he failed to land his key transfer target.That should sound pretty familiar to those who want Bilic gone, and if Koeman gets a pass because it was 'the board's fault', then so should Slav.
But Koeman has a better record of getting things right than Bilic does.
Even in Bilic’s very best season (the Payet season), Koeman still finished about Bilic.
He then followed up with two more top seven finishes, while Bilic looks ever more clueless and out of his depth.
I thought Everton were quite poor last year, and Lukaku was the big difference.
Not sure why you would think to appoint a manager who has been sacked for failing in exactly the same way as the manager you think should be sacked.
IF we need to get rid of Bilic, we need a manager who can turn us around. Koeman was sacked for not being able to turn his failing team around.
Why on earth would you think he can do for us what he couldn't do for his own team, with signings he agreed to or asked for?
It’s gone wrong for him at Everton but there is enough in his record to suggest this season is the blip, whereas with Bilic its his first season which is the outlier. That’s why I think it would be a good move.
Also, Everton have played all the top teams and lost their star player, which takes time to adjust to. We’ve only played Spurs and Man United.
Also, I don't concure with your interpretation that 'there is enough in his record to suggest this season is the blip' because, as I posted earlier, there's also enough in his record to suggest this season is typical of the trend when he manages at a club more than a season.
I think that is why Koeman looks like an attractive option, because he's free.
Look at all the other managers who are not in a job, hardly an inspiring list is it?
Twist, can you help me out here...
You could be forgiven for thinking someone is describing Bilic here. In fact this is what has been said of Koeman by Michael Ball who played under him for a while..
;hmm
End Of.
;wink
He was somewhat handicapped by a significant rise in expectation that following a significant transfer window where a lot of money chang3d hands, that they would be challenging for a top six spot
However, you cannot ignore the fact that the frailties exposed at Everton (mentioned in prior comments) appear very similar to our own and I see no justification for supposing that he would be able to turn us around.
Frying pan to fire springs to mind -
I have rather reluctantly come to the decision that Bilic does need to go, but our friend Koeman, IMO, is not the answer
;fishslap
Dyche
Allardyce
Unsworth
Jeez
Allardyce is always mentioned even though he has said on numerous occasions that he's not interested.
Unsworth did cover previously
Maybe we need a coach who places a decent amount of emphasis on actually having a high level of fitness (and pressing in a game), especially seeing how low we are ranked in terms of yards covered etc
I doubt Koeman will come to us anyway but I would be in the camp that he's a better option and manager than what we currently have.
However, I still would like to see Marcelo Biesla at West Ham.
His signature formation of 3–3–3–1 would be very interesting in the Prem and his eccentric ways would certainly cause a bit of divided opinion ;wahoo
Everton sold Lukaku and look a shadow of the team they were and it's arguable he has kept them away from relegation scraps for the last few years, As for Leicester Kante's leaving seemed to have a massive effect whilst bringing what Chelsea needed to be dominant last season, whilst we have struggled since Payet left and Tottenham did have a decidedly difficult phase when Bale first left.
Although both Barca and Real obviously have strength in depth they do both have the talisman player in Ronaldo and Messi. It will be interesting to see if PSG can move into the next level with regards Champions league success which is obviously the idea behind investing so much in Neymar.