Dean Smith - Confirmed

[cdbearsfan]

If you really think we could bring in someone like Pochettino now, I've got a bridge you can buy.

This post hasn't aged well.

Carlo Ancelotti: Everton appoint Italian as manager on four-and-a-half-year deal - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50739844

[SoccerHQ]

Everton actually did try for Poch but he quickly rejected them.

Ancelotti I think is a little past his best and not the right fit for club like Everton at this stage. Still way more exciting than when we went for our own geriatric big name in Houllier.

[Pete3206]

For a club like Everton, Ancelotti is a great appointment

[TonyD]

For a club like Everton, Ancelotti is a great appointment

I think he’ll steady the ship or crash n burn.  I don’t see him winning anything.  He normally joins well set up clubs to do that. 

As for Poch joining us, if presented with the right offer and guarantees, then it’s is not impossible. 

[ChicagoLion]

For a club like Everton, Ancelotti is a great appointment

We will see, it’s much more exciting than bringing reptile features back.

[john e]

For a club like Everton, Ancelotti is a great appointment

I think he’ll steady the ship or crash n burn.  I don’t see him winning anything.  He normally joins well set up clubs to do that. 

As for Poch joining us, if presented with the right offer and guarantees, then it’s is not impossible. 

so you think he will do ok or he'll do bad
sticking your neck out there bud

[TonyD]

I’m saying he normally wins trophies but I don’t expect him to do that at Everton. 

[AsTallAsLions]

Sack him. I'm done.

[themossman]

Agree. New face with some money to spend in January please or we're toast.

[villa `cross the mersey]

A limited Championship manager is taking us back there - I didn't buy into " he is one of us shit" and am not surprised he is struggling
Owners need to act fast .......

[mr underhill]

time's nearly up Dean,  lose today and on Boxing Day and your Villa dream is over.

[Risso]

He can piss off, really don’t care any more.

[Risso]

Purslow had a face like thunder at half time.

[Toronto Villa]

He’s learned absolutely nothing across the season and it’s getting worse very quickly. Even teams like Norwich who we battered have found ways to change tactics and go to places like Leicester and get a point, and are winning against Wolves. A team we looked horrific against. The LC is a fucking smokescreen. We’ve been massively lucky with the draws we’ve got. Lower league opponents, a tired Wolves team and a Liverpool U9’s. It’s simply not good enough at all. He’s being found to be the Championship level manager that he is.

We all want and wanted him to succeed and give him time to learn the game at this level. But not at the expense of our PL status. We cannot afford to go down. We simply have to cut and change the manager soon. Villa fan or not. I will thank him wholeheartedly for his love of the club and getting us up, but as a Villa fan I hope in time he gets why we did what is best for the club.

[Toronto Villa]

Purslow had a face like thunder at half time.

Purslow won’t want relegation on his resume. And it will fuck up all of the commercial deals he’s working on behind the scenes for next season