Heitinga: De Boer is a perfect match for Everton

You mean the first time he hasn't won the league after 4 consecutive championships?

Your in a dream land..... I hope to join you .

Please give Jose the job.

If he then wants away or Everton want him off then no extra cost.

We can't afford to have a manager who doesn't put faith in youth. What is the point of putting all that money and time into our youth system if we then go for a manager who ignores young players?

We should only go for managers who have so many options there's no chance they would join us.

Jose - NO way.

We can't possibly rule out any manager who likes his team to pass the ball and maintain possession surely? Martinez didn't fail because he believed his team should pass the ball, most managers believe that, especially nowadays. Martinez failed because he didn't value defending or coach his team how to play off the ball. He ignored set pieces, allowed his team to be unfit (in comparison to opponents) and most of all didn't have the capacity to adapt to different opponents and different situations, to the point of not making substitutions in games we were losing and being outplayed in. He also, in part, failed because he talked bollocks that everyone eventually was able to see through very easily. He failed because he was confused about some very simple concepts, one being that risks should be taken in football, but only in pursuit of goal scoring opportunities. He seemed to coach his defenders to take risks on the ball but not the midfielders or forwards.

None of this is true of Frank de Boer as far as we know, he just believes in a passing style of play. Like everybody else. So whilst nothing we chat about on here is going to matter all that much, can be please be clear that we're not now over-reacting and claiming that all passing football is somehow anathema. I want Everton to be an excellent passing team next season, I just want us to pass it forwards more, defend well and be a threat at set pieces as well. Martinez seemed to believe you could ignore lots of important bits of football as long as you were really good at one of them. That doesn't mean the one that he liked (passing) is now some kind of problem for us to avoid.

Perfect.

On FDB we are told by Dutch based fans and ex players employs 4-3-3 formation which changes to 4-5-1 on defence. We employed 4--3-3 against Norwich quite successfully this weekend. I would not expect FDB to get us higher than 5th place in 2016/17 season. However like Koeman he will be very frugal in buying high quality players. As Heating says a perfect fit.

Mike (21) he seems to have a passing style but thats were the similarity ends.

How about someone who knows sod all about football is clueless about setting his team up and – oh, hang on... one of them has just been sacked.

I know! Duncan Norvelle – at least he'd get them fit chasing him around Finch Farm.

This 'passing style', where is it taking place? If it is at the back between our centre-halves, full-backs and the odd holding midfielder then you can keep it. I've had enough of that; it doesn't entertain and it doesn't win enough matches. It also doesn't butter parsnips. Whatever that means.

If Fdb doesn't mind his team pissing about at the back, inviting pressure then he is not for me really.

And to be so dismissive of Moyes btw, makes no sense. All teams are 'passing' teams ffs, the key is the direction you are passing it.

Also, the waterfront for me, the A1 at Lloyds will do fine (if it is still there).