Lennon unmoved by Everton link

Lennon-speak: 'I am pretty happy here'
Translation: 'Please come and get me Everton, please, please, no more Ross County, no more Killy, please, please, I beg you'

This must not happen but I have an uneasy growing feeling that it will

He might as well have stroked his thigh and said "Bill, I hear you like redheads".

Despite all the names being bandied about I admit I am clueless as to my own preference. Is Roly Howard still alive??!!

Im for Lennon,yes thespl is an easy league but all he can doies is win it, look at his record in champs league and the players he has bought, pound for pound betterthan Moyes.

I know this wil be slated but do the slaters know what they are talking about.

Neil Lennon!!?? FFS...I'd rather have Hughes!

Regarding Moyes assisting with the next decision... no, no, no. He's not Alex Ferguson, he's not retiring, he's not even leaving the league. Please tell him to leave now with our best wishes Bill, you're dragging our club through the mud to preserve the status of an ex manager.

Everyone forgets Moyes came from Preston.

If the bookies are in the know, then it really is a pretty depressing list. Martinez is about to get relegated after years of trying, O'Neill flopped badly in his last job and seems to need plenty of cash to achieve anything, Laudrup would be good but doesn't want it, Neville, Ferguson and Round are all unproven and would be too much of a risk, and Hughes and Lennon don't bear thinking about.

I really hope there is someone out there under the radar who can not only consolidate on what Moyes has done but take it further. Trouble is, I can't really think of anyone at the minute.

Also, what doesn't the Champions' League ever have an apostrophe?

It might be a step into the unknown but I believe there is a better chance of success with someone like de Boer, Bielsa or Solskjaer in charge.

With Pereira allegedly out of contract with Porto at the end of the summer he might be the most likely manager from the continent to take over.

It's one thing to run away and win a one team scottish premier league race and another to come down here and to challenge to get into europe next season.

I have this awful feeling its going to be Mark Hughes or one of the other bad managers who have been sacked in the last 12 months.

Martinez is going into the Europa League next season, regardless what the bookies where backing on. I just don't see him here, he is settled and seems happy there.

So it's looking to be a choice of sack managers in the past 12 months, who simply where not good enough..already in fear mode for next season

So, unless there's a success out there, it looks like a manager from the lower leagues again.

Straying from that point slightly, and his name hasn't been mentioned anywhere that I've seen, where is Mclaren at nowadays? Yes, the media poked fun at his international experience, but his domestic and European experience is good. I would have thought he'd be in the mix. We could certainly do worse with some of the bottom 8 hobbyists on the list.

If we end up with some retarded choice like Lennon, Clarke, Mackay, it's going to touted as some kind of "safe" option. That recipe for disaster; the "low risk" is going to be a guaranteed risk, if we go that direction.

...which, knowing this board, is actually what will happen.

Not a big name.

But hes a passionate niggly arrogant twat.

He got right in Rangers face and almost got assaulted in his car because of it.

There will be no white flag surrenders at Anfield with him in charge.

But whoever comes in there will be no moving to the next level for us, as that level requires money.

As for Wigan chairman Whelans recent comments what a twat.

His team are no bigger than blackpool, and hes foolish to think Martinez wont want the job here. Martinez will get time patience and the compete control of football at Everton. Its like for like but here the stage is much bigger

Laudrup, I'd love to see him here, but for 10m compensation, with the chance of only having him for one season before he decides to walk away? no thanks

Bielsa - The only way this could hold some merit, is if we sell both Baines and Fella, which allows him to rebuild the first team. He likes fast paced flowing football, where players can string more than 1 or 2 passes together. which this current lot have demonstrated great difficulty in doing over the season.

Porto manager, would you choose a team that needs a major overhaul, no European football next season, over one going into the champions league proper group stage for winning the league?

Sociedad manager will be taking that team into the champions league, so pretty much the same answer as above.

What we need is a good quality manager who really knows the European market, which means this is going to be a nightmare of a selection process which we cannot enter it like we do in the transfer window.

Pellegrini - we would be right fit for him, Malaga is a smaller team, he knows the European markets backwards. Got Malaga competitive again in the league. A good option to consider.

We need a former successful manager that would know how to take us forward, know good decent players that would help us challenge in the league for champions league places, and keep us there. Tall order. which was exactly what Malaga faced a couple years ago.

We need a European Manager that has some pedigree in whatever league, and knows how to work on a shoe string budget. There are plenty out there, we just need to find the right one, and more importantly does this clown of a board know these managers in europe?

As for Neil Lennon, totally agree. I think we all know from the Walter Smith experience that winning pots in Scotland means nowt. For sure, he had a good season in the CL this year but to be fair, considering Celtic get experience in it every year they should have a decent run every now and again.

I'd rather scrape up John Lennon's ashes from Central Park and let the urn pick the team.

Back to Roly and Marine, whenever I get despondent (like I am now, at a total loss for who I'd like to see replace Moyes other than Laudrup) I remind myself that if it ever went horribly wrong on or off the pitch, and Everton ended up playing Marine in the Northern Premier League, I'd still be following the Toffees. Once a blue always a blue. COYB

But.........Totally unsuited to Prem football and its circus media.

For a foreign manager British football comes with a learning curve.

Randomly quoting big foreign names isn't the answer. I bet Kenwright doesn't know who half these people are anyway.

I bet you everything I have that the next Everton manager is already managing in this country.

He takes this team to Wembley tmrw for shot at the FA Cup. The cup that were knocked out from by Wigan. Remember that loss anyone???????

You could argue he's achieved just as much as Moyes in getting to an FA Cup Final.

If Wigan beat City tomorrow, the tune will change on here.

You could argue Martinez has a 90-min job interview tomorrow.

At least we won't have to change the scottish segment of z cars, but that's about the only positive I can think of.

Interesting point. I can only assume that the word 'Champions' just refers to the name of the league, and is not intended as a description of those who play in it (so it replaces the word 'Premier' in Premier League, or 'Zingari' in Zingari League). If this is the case, it isn't intended to be either plural or possessive and it doesn't need an apostrophe. This would actually be accurate, as it clearly isn't a 'League of Champions' as 2nd - 4th placed teams play in it. More likely, though, it's just bad grammar.

Moyes will pick the next manager and that is almost a dead cert. Mckay. Moyes will look to a british manager there is no way he will pick a foreigner

I'll be honest that I know very little about Lennon. My gut feel is that we need someone with a good appreciation of foreign transfer markets and keeping a club competitive with a small budget against richer opponents. I suspect Lennon isn't the answer. Someone like pellegrini would be ideal.

That might not end up to much, but in favour of some of these dinosaurs being bandied about - i'd rather risk it on a young guy.

If we can't have an old manager with CL/European experience - lets try a young fella and see if he can grow with us.

As for Everton - he will be cheap, is great with the media and would really relish the opportunity in the PL I think.

Seems the easiest, cost-free (ahem) way to see what supporters are saying.

I'm taking as a given that Fella and Baines are gone. Hate it, but we're not going to pay them what they're worth on the market; especially an EPL market awash with cash.

Conversely, whatever manager we get, there's no way we become a relegation side next season.

Why not take a chance?

We should have all been going to bed tonight dreaming about seeing the blues lifting the cup at Wembley tomorrow, as it is I'm going to dream that by this time tomorrow we'll have new billionaire owners, Jose begging to be manager, and Messi and Ronaldo flying into JLA to sign on the dotted line.

Picture it now, Messi and big Vic up front... gotta have a dream haven't you?

A good footballing brain beats passion every time.

Hughes, Allardyce, Lennon, Mcarthy, O'Neill don't belong at our club.

Solsjaer, Steve Clarke, and yup Bergkamp and De Boer would be worth a punt. someone who convinces you he knows what he's doing even of it doesn't always work.

I'd be the new Doddy.

Can't handle the pressure. :0)

living in Florida 5 miles from the 5th major is a bitch.

Glorious day.

Just rubbin it in

Anyway, if we're not getting Laudrup, lets at least get someone with attractive football philosophies. Can't handle the thought of starting again with a revamped team playing "pragmatic" football under another defensive-minded manager.

11 years ago we were relegation candidates and not an attractive prospect for an incoming manager. Which is why looking in the lower leagues was a good option - we were seen as the next step up from Championship management.

Moyes was the perfect choice and brought stability and a progressive enhancement that has lead to us being "in the mix" for European qualification every season.

Which is why it annoys me that managers such as Lennon and Mackay are seen as good options. We are no longer the step up from Championship and our sights are set higher yet the media don't credit us with that.

IMO we have two directions to take; either give that step up to a lower to mud table manager such as Martinez or opt for a foreign manager at the same level in European leagues such as Thomas Tuchel if Mainz or Pellegrini of Malaga.

Martinez has a few years of Premier league experience and plays attractive football. Many complain that Wigan are relegation candidates year on year but let's not forget that the players at his disposal are average with one or two good players. At Everton he will have a base of good players with one or two great players.

Tuchel has done an amazing job at Mainz as has Pellegrini in his role and would be more adept at knowing what it takes to qualify for Europe. Whether we are seen as a attractive prospect from abroad I'm not sure.

I just hope Bill and the board set their sights high enough for them to try an attract a manager to a club on the brink of success rather than to plucky old Everton.

On a side note: Kenwright said he wants fans opinions yet he can't poll everyone.

We live in an age of XFactor style voting. The club have my email address and mobile number and send me something at least once a week so why can't I be polled - oh and if you charged me £1.50 to make my vote you make a bit of money for the club too - just saying

The SPL is a poor league, but he's under pressure to win every week and win trophies, which he does. Their Champions League campaign was superb – beat Barca and got to last 16. He's proven at finding quality players on the cheap. He's happy with a bit of devil in his teams, which is something I think Moyes's teams lacked.

Remember that he's done this while getting death threats. Merseyside would be a piece of piss for him after Glasgow.

He wouldn't take any crap off anyone either, which would be a welcome change from the 'poor, nice little Everton' of the last few years.

I think there's better candidates, but he wouldn't worry me at all.

However, I received an interesting text from my best mate earlier. He's a scouser who lives in London and whose wife works for the FA (in a not insignificant role) Whilst in obligatory attendance at Wembley this afternoon, she was told, in direct conversation with Martinez's wife Beth, that he is our new manager, regardless of whether Wigan stay up or not.

I should add that both my life-long friend and his missus are reds but used the word 'gutted' in reaction to what they had heard!

Anyhow, make of this what you will, IMHO he is a vast improvement on the likes of Lennon, Makay & Hughes but I would've still preferred someone like Perreira or Klopp.

Can anyone who bets regularly please tell me where to find the best odds on Roberto? I don't normally gamble but for me this time is a sure thing....

COYB

I emailed William Hill for some odds about 3 months ago. Martinez to be managing Everton on the first day of next season. They offered 9/1 so I didn't bother. He will be though, I missed a trick.

I like the man and I like that he attacks...but Wigan really are fucking shite, FA Cup winners or not. Kone, Maloney and McManaman aside they have absolutely knack all. They may be gung-ho but they don't play as a team. That worries me quite a lot. I'd love to see more attacking football...but I feel Martinez is at the completely other end of the spectrum to Moyes.

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