Everton

[Buzzo]

There are going to be a few clubs that struggle to live with enhanced expectations.

West Ham predicted they would be in the CL within 5 years of moving to the London Stadium. Everton clearly see themselves as a top 4 team.

But theres no room at the top. Therefor, when they bring in a manager who on they expect to play expansive attacking football and it doesnt work out, they turn to one of the gang of four or 5 managers who can deliver pragmatic relegation avoiding football.

Will be interesting to see how Everton and West Ham go next season. Both management jobs are pretty toxic.

[Exiled_red]

But he finished in a **** 8th position.

If 5th place (somehow) got 45 points and we qualified for the CL with 47 then clearly we've lost a lot of points and that wouldn't be good enough.

They were in a relegation battle when he came in (not saying they would have gone down but there were in it). He got them out of that and they finished 8th. As I say 7th was really as high as they could expect to finish, and he got them close with someone else's squad coming in part way through the season after a bad start. If he'd spent all the money in the summer and had a full season and that was the result I could maybe understand it more.

I don't like the guy, but I think he has been hard done by.

[Chris]

Scenes when Silva has them 2-0 up v Neil Warnock's Cardiff and they still lose 3-2. Though no doubt we've got a summer of "head's have fallen off" to look forward to when they sign some bums from the Dutch league and put a few goals past Barnsley in a friendly.

[Lecter]

They are getting Usmanov on board as an investor so will be spending as much as City

[S-RED]

Like he has at the Arse?

[red g]

Like he has at the Arse?

Why would he when Kroenke was effectively running the show.

I am sure he has tried on several occasions to be the main man and pump some serious cash in.

[ChesterDave]

They don't need his money Moshri is a trillionaire

[baitman]

They don't need his money Moshri is a trillionaire

moshiri is just a front man for usmanovs dodgy money anyway. if they were subjected to a thorough investigation they'd be dumped out of the league.

[Shaggy]

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[Phoenix07]

Everton have appointed former Watford boss Marco Silva as their new manager.

The Toffees have been without a manager since parting ways with Sam Allardyce, who was sacked by the club earlier this month after less than six months in charge at Goodison Park.

Sky Sports understands Silva has signed a three-year contract at Everton - his third English club following spells at Hull City and Watford.

"I'm really proud to be the new Everton manager," said Silva, who will hold his first press conference on Monday. "I'm excited and I'm really happy to take this big challenge for us as a club and for me as a manager.

"I want to express my thanks to Farhad [Moshiri], to the Chairman, to the Board of Directors and to Marcel [Brands] as well for the confidence in my work.

"I know the huge history of Everton as a club and what the fans expect. I'm sure with everybody working together I will be ready for this challenge."

Silva was originally a candidate for the Everton job after Ronald Koeman was sacked in October. However the club were forced to back off after Watford accused them of tapping up their manager.

The Hornets have since made an official complaint to the Premier League over the approach and a mediation meeting held between the two clubs in April failed to resolve the issue.

The Premier League may be forced to convene a commission to find a suitable conclusion to the row, which could end with Everton paying a suitable compensation figure to Watford.

Silva becomes the second high-profile arrival at Goodison Park this month, following the recent appointment of new director of football Marcel Brands.

"Marco is a young coach but also an experienced coach and he's worked already at the top, while also gaining experience of the Premier League which is also an important factor," Brands added.

"One of the most important things is that he's a guy who wants to play attractive, attacking football and also wants to work in the structure we have at Everton.

"He's a guy who has proved already that he wants to work with young players, make them better and he has performed very well with the teams he's worked with. He will be a very good manager for Everton."

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright believes Silva, Brands and Moshiri can collectively guide the club to silverware.

"It is a pleasure to welcome Marco Silva as our new manager," said Kenwright. "As the posters outside Goodison have proclaimed for many years, DNA is important to Everton and Evertonians.

"It's what they instinctively search out. In Marco and Marcel we welcome a pair of sportsmen whose statements of intent have already shown that they embrace that special quality that Evertonians look for.

"And with Farhad's vigorous patronage we are looking forward to the three M's, Marco Marcel and Moshiri, help take the Blues back to their rightful position among football's elite."

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...verton-manager

[Shaggy]

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[McDermotX]

Well to be fair.....there's more than a few cunts at Atletico, so they're well on their way.

Excelling, even.

[Leyton388]

More Like Athletic Bilbao of England. He'll be out the door by Christmas and they'll be panicking again.

[Tee]

More like Osasuna

[ChesterDave]

The fans are positively moist that he said "our club" in his interview