Everton pull off magnificent comeback in Goodison thriller

3-1 win for me.

It's, guess the formation game, again.

No Vals.. how can he be left out?

Got to win this. COYBs.

Rhino obviously feels we need a solid first half to give us something to build on.

I think we will win today - the performances have been steadily improving.

This team is well capable of winning.

Niasse is no good as the lone forward although he can make a nuisance of himself and knows where the net is.

We'll see if just giving the team a lift is enough, because there's not much change in the system from Koeman's mess.

COYB

Thanks Tom!

Thank you

We are still in deep trouble!

Don't kid yourselves, the next Manager (whoever) has an uphill battle on his/her hands.

Fantastic comeback. And thank you Tom Cleverley.

Is this the spark we need to finally kick start our season?

Whoever is eventually appointed manager has a big job on their hands.

Any and every time a team gets into our half they seemingly have a clear run on goal with extra bodies in support.

That needs fixing - NOW!

Whether that man is David Unsworth, I now doubt. Given the fixture list he inherited and the state of mind of the team, he was dealt a really tough hand.

Contrary to many, I think he has done reasonably well and shown both courage and invention in his team selections and tactics.

For sure, there are far more deep-rooted problems at the club than David Unsworth's abilities, performance and loyalties.

One way or the other, the club needs to make a call on the manager's position within this international break and have a permanent man in charge before we travel down to Crystal Palace on the 18th November.

Relieved, but still unconvinced at the ability and durability of this team and many individuals within it.

Hopefully this will create some confidence within the squad, but let's not kid ourselves, Watford played the much better football and could have been 3 up before we scored. We played route one, and it was passion and effort that pulled us through, along with that large slice of good fortune.

This result should not detract from the urgent need for a new manager.

We're in a hole not of Unsworth's making. I'd give him the season to turn it round and then we have the most important decision the club's taken for a decade.

His (or Bill's) team selection to start was absolutely awful.

No lessons seemed to have been learned at the club about width and pace and Rooney and Sigurdson playing in the same team.

We need to thank Niasse and DCL for having the balls, determination and ability to turn it around.

We didnt perform as a team at all we just relied on individual endeavour.

A couple of points. I thought the selection was Koemanesque. Where is Vlasic?

As for performances.. Davies is becoming more interested in wrestling, than football. I wouldn't have him in the first team at the minute, he should've been hooked instead of Baningime.

Sigurdsson is frankly useless. can't tackle, can't dribble, can't pass and missed a sitter. Even his free kicks were hit and miss. Should be dropped well before everybodies favourite boo boy, Rooney.

It's a start, let's hope we don't see Sam Alderdyce at finch farm this week.

Especially I'm made up for Oumar Niasse. He was left to run the attack, basically on his own and he did a magnificent job. Well done lad; and well done to all the lads for a fighting, spirited display.

The was a woman infront of me in the Upeer Bullens, with her little lad about 5 years old. He looked so down and bemuse with half an hour to go...all his Everton kit on an all.

I asked her if it was his first match, as she was trying to bolster up his spirits by taking selfies and giving him sweets. "Yes" she said "it's his first match."

Lots of sympathy from us who were around him.

By the end of the match, he was dancing up on his seat Brilliant first game for a little man, and an Evertonian for life.

Great night. We didn't light up the field with scintillating football; but what they did do, was scrap, run their socks off and didn't give up for one minute or let their heads drop.

A long way to go but tonight there deserved the applause they got.

Great fight back lads.

Oumarrr. Oumarrr!!!

Personally, I'll take the three points over coming out on top in the clocking up corners contest, possession stats or shots at goal that didn't end up in the net count.

Getting the win...by whatever means... was the only thing that mattered today.

There is good news and bad news; the good being that the team DOES actually have fight in it. Well done Unsy, who would have thought.

The bad though; the complete lack of quality in the team. It is hard to know who actually has a future at the club (other than the kids who I think will be great in time; Baningime, Kenny and DCL for sure. Tom Davies too but he needs a stint back in the ressies for now until he finds his mojo, his game is shot to pieces.

The rest of them though, not footballers for a top side. A massive investment needed in January if we are not to make a habit of heart-attack inducing football.

Niasse personifies the good and bad, he has an immense heart and that'll do for me for now.

Never seen an Everton side so badly organised and lacking in ideas, that's not Unsworths fault , but he's made absolutely no difference to the teams death wish tendencies, we've look like losing every game we've played in this season.
Now we need an experienced hand at the tiller before it's too late

Give Unsworth the job right now.

This guy has inherited the worst Everton team in decades one which was in complete free fall, a team totally shorn of confidence and fuck me did it show . . .2-0 down but unlike his predecessor he did didn't throw the towel in, He did not stand there with a gormless look on his kite, he did not make mindless substitutions, he brought on match winners.
Crucially the faithful stayed with him and You could feel the soul of this club slowly return. Zombie football was out, meek surrender was also out, replaced by raw passion.

This club will not recover from the terrible reign of Koeman for a long time, there is no clever strategy, or fancy tactics to help your climb out of the kind of shit we are in, just heart, soul and the desire to fight your way out. I saw those qualities today, yes I saw the shite which preceded it, but I now know for a fact that these payers will run through fire for Unsworth and I know the Goodison faithful will back this sort of passion all day long

Get in Rhino lad

He inherited a team absolutely devoid of confidence, with no idea how to challenge for a 50-50 ball, never mind believe they were going to win one.
He inherited a squad completely lacking in balance and with 4 full internationals in key positions on the long-term sick-list.
He inherited a club berated in the media for "wasting" so much money and he had 4 games in 2 weeks to turn things around.

In that time the performances have improved, and the desire has come back, but the belief and confidence was still taking a battering.

The result today could genuinely kick-start a turn-around for us.

Whoever gets the job from now is suddenly inheriting a team that knows how to fight and remembers what it's like to win a game.

I sincerely hope it's Unsworth, but I don't think it will be.

We didn't play well, we were outplayed and we were lucky. The last 25 minutes however for the first time in a long time; the players rolled up their sleeves and fought and the crowd got behind the team 100 per cent. We are not relegation fodder, we have some great young players and some dodgy older ones bought by Koeman most noteworthy being the lamentable Rooney. Niasse may lack finesse but he does have desire, energy and a great attitude, my MOTM for that alone.

I don't think Watford have lost away in the league this season )I could be wrong) but regardless they have now. Just for 24 hours at least can we celebrate? and realise that the win will do the younger players, the club and its long suffering fans a lot of good confidence wise.

Everton has to be a professional outfight with full coaching team, christ we've Greame (Wigan) Jones, Steve Round, it's just amateurish. I come from a mainly Blue (City) Manchester family, and I don;t hear them banging on about how great Colin Bell was or hankering for Peter Swales. And yes I was there when Andy Gray scored the headers against Sunderland, but I was 15 then, i'm now 48 and I want to look forward to the day when Kenwright has cleared off, then we can move forward.

I think it would destroy Unsy, rather than make him, no matter how much he wants the job.

The next appointment has to be; not only the right one; but a long term one, too much chopping and changing is not good in the long run.

The whole performance today was ugly but beautiful. Great atmosphere in the second-half. The win was indeed the only thing that mattered.

Pick out the bones if you like but I for one was leaping round the room. My dog and cat both lost their shit.

Yeah we're still awful, but it's games like that which keep you coming back for more. Glorious scenes!

12th man!

Unsy knows who's who and what needs doing. Go ed Unsy, you can do it.

But he's been in the job two weeks! yes 14 days, I know football fans are fickle but FFS, it makes the De Boer managerial regime look like long term planning.

Unsworth inherited a horribly underperforming team, with a back 4 that looks like it aged overnight. No one, repeat no one, not the special one or Anchlotti or Pochettino is going to change that. So what will happen that we'll get big Sam or Dyche and if they don't hit the ground running, after 2 weeks we'll have George & Sam et al 'screaming sack the c**t!' and we're back to square 1.

Yes everyone's pissed about this horrible season, but some of the comments I've seen on here...FFS. The worst team in my 40 years watching Everton is a popular one, well obviously they weren't watching when Farrelly, Tiler Mitch Ward was strutting their decidedly average stuff.

This squad's got some great players an while I don't believe in the 'too good to go down theory' we've got more than enough to see us through. That's why I don't want to see a panic appointment. Seriously gents, if someone had suggested Big Sam, or even the newly relegated Sean Dyche when Booby left, how hard would you have laughed?

This isn't the time to panic, and it certainly isn't the time to panic buy.

Got to love an aggressive goodison though.

Niasse strikes again, to spark the revival, the lads a trier and knows where the net is.
We still need to improve but there's no way we will finish bottom three, especially after reinforcements come in January.
Looks to me in regard to Vlasic and Mirallas not being in the squad that there's been off the field problems.
That my guess anyway!

And yes, we upped the work ethic but we still had 3 huge dollops of luck with them losing their keeper, our iffy penalty award and their penalty miss.

But the fundamentals remain horrendous:

We are dismal at defending and weak in attack, albeit the latter showed today more prospects of resuscitation than the former.

On a positive note, Niasse has to automatically start as first choice striker, that much appears clear.

But Baines is over and so is Jags. And Rooney has to leave at the end of the season.

Above all, though, we need a manager who can handle the relegation crisis we are very much still in.

But those calling for Unsworth to be given the game on the evidence of today are wrong. The shape of the side was woeful at times. Watford just passed round us and always had a man in space or out wide because we were playing two number tens in wide midfield roles who were constantly out of position. Only the non-stop running of Niasse and the energy of the other subs got us back into this match but we can should also give Unsy some credit for the changes he made when he was forced into chasing the game. However, having gone 3-2 up, we almost failed to see out the game with more of our woeful defending that led to their Pen. Their first goal was also embarrassing to concede from our kick off as we we're carved open far too easily.

So, it's thanksDavid for the vital 3 points today but you are not the man to take the club forward from here for me.

It's time our attacking players are played in their correct positions. Niasse, as awkward as he is (that goal today was ridiculous) constantly harasses the opposition and has the stamina and the heart. He's joint top scorer having played half as many games as Rooney. Give him a run. Let's play Sigurdsson in at No10. Let's start getting Sandro involved again and Mirallas and Lookman more minutes. We need a consistent lineup each game with everyone in their correct positions so that means benching Rooney.

Speed kills, and the introduction of Lookman and DCL, playing alongside a lively Niasse put Watford on the back foot, and goes to show why Lookman should be starting games now.

A great way to go into the international break. We still need a new manager and Marco Silva or Sean Dyche will do for me. Its the wrong time for Unsworth. I'm not gonna get sentimental because he's a blue. Interesting article doing the rounds today showed that 10 out of 11 novice mangers have been sacked in these circumstances. Today won't gloss over that we still need to bring a proven manager in.

Whoever is in charge for our next game has to have the wherewithal to not put Rooney and Sigurdsson on the flanks. If they're not good enough to play in a number 9 or 10 role then leave them on the bench.

Not a classic game to be honest,the result being more important than the performance.

This is the start of the report from ToffeeWeb for EFC v WHU 1994 at home, which we won 1 0, thanks to a Gary Ablett goal. I was there and the relief was organic. Mike Walkers team started the season diasastrously just like this season. After the result we never looked back and ended up winning the FA Cup. During the October we scored just one goal and ended up with 4 defeats and one draw. It was the 1st Nov when we beat WHU.

Lets hope this team can put the start behind them and move on up. COYBs.

Chris Leyland #101. Spot on mate.

Dennis Stevens #109. No mate. NO!

I'd politely let Unsy return to his U23s and get a new manager in or perhaps have Unsy alongside him.

There was a lot of good and a lot of bad today. I will say niasse was magnificent. He's not the worlds most skilful footballer, but he refused to be beaten today. The crowd were even more magnificent. There was something in the air today. I think everyone could sense it. The crowd were behind the team, of course there was some jeers at 2-0, but every tackle or challenge was met by a roar, and every time we went forward they got louder. I could just tell the roof was going to go off the place once we got ahead.

To be fair to silva, he even said once we scored to get to 1-2 the crowd were amazing. I think if we offered him the job, he'd take it on the basis that he'd want some of that atmosphere.

The fans were incredible and it really gave the players belief. Niasse gave us something to cling on to, something to get behind. He chased everything and he looked a spent force after 70 minuted but he kept finding more energy to keep chasing the defenders and the keeper and the crowd kept roaring him on.

At the final whistle, the roof well and truly came off. Not one person has left early and “for a grand old team” was sung at full voice, full of aggression and like a battle chant. The players lapped it up and I don't think a soul left until at least five minutes after kick off.

Unsworth came on at the end and got a great roar. No matter what happens next, at least he has that memory of walking on the pitch at the end and getting the roar of appreciation he deserves.

It was an amazing game, one of the best atmospheres in years, and finally we got what we deserve: 3 points.

I just hope the players, especially the likes of Sigurdsson, who haven't experienced it, can just take stock and think that all the fans want is hard work and commitment. You give us that, like niasse did, and we'll give you it back tenfold.

That's the turning point now. We will win the next few games in a row now. You'll see.

Rooney still had plenty of craft, guile, passing ability and hard work.

Fearful, negative and accepting of survival.

A word for Oumar - although severely limited, he has a big heart (typified by his goal) and it's his kind of spirit we will need until the end of the season.

Poor team selection, 70 minutes of same zombie football, same poor defence, same bunch of strangers on the pitch.

Then the players who should have started were brought on and the game turned, with the bewildering Niasse, who has the foot of a 20p piece but shows that non-stop effort pushes opponents into making mistakes.

Today we got some breaks and made our own luck, which was overdue.

Whoever the manager is needs to play pace, players in the right positions and a settled team, so they can get to know each other.

We need quick action off the pitch. We all need to know who has the job.

It was great to be dancing round my dining room and great to see a noisy, happy Old Lady.

Hate to brag but I did post yesterday that we would win.

Some of the new arrivals and younger players saw Goodison at it's best in the last 20 minutes of the match, possibly for the first time in their Everton careers. That in itself will have a lasting effect on them, they will now realise that no matter how badly they may have performed during any period in any match that it is still possible to dig deep and find a way to win. That can't be coached it has to be experienced.

Had we have played similarly and eked out a scrappy 1-0 win the points would still have been won but the players wouldn't have learned anything useful about themselves as individuals or as a team.

I'm glad it was only a league game because had it been a proper Cup Final, I don't think I would have survived it.

Well that's it then! Jesus..,"Bainsey said he's (Unsy) been immaculate"

Well that's it then! Jesus..,,,1,20:32:16,,86.43.169.128,ok,3717,11/05/2017 20:32:16,deso,reader,, 867925,35764,toffeeweb,05/11/2017,Eugene Kearney,eugekearney@gmail.com,"A win, thank God. Three points and fight, confidence and belief restored. Back from the brink. We will push on from here and make all the progress we were expecting 10 weeks ago or so .

NSNO.

I no longer have a settled view on who should be manager. It was just great to feel Goodison alive again. But make no mistake, it was Niasse who revived us (nice pass from Lookman but it needed all of the special mayhem which Oumar brings) when we seemed dead and buried.

Lovely header too from DCL.

Great expansive football, five wins in a row? We all do, but you want it right now, no matter what. It is our entitlement.

-Pickford still does not fill me with complete confidence... the much-heralded distribution of his does seem to have declined lately, and there are big questions to be asked about the first goal, and Richarlison's first half miss.

-Baines put in one of his best performances probably all this season. Still though as always wingers keep getting into the space he leaves behind him.

-No combination of centre-backs inspires me with confidence at all... Keane has fallen off a cliff since the start of the season (look at him for the 1st goal), and Jagielka is surely past it - did you see how he got absolutely done for pace when Richarlison missed the open goal?

-He's far from the perfect Premier League footballer, but I really don't have many a bad word to say about Jonjoe Kenny in what is essentially his debut season. He's actually a better crosser of the ball than Coleman, and holds his own defensively. Impresses me so much, let's all hope he becomes the long-term successor to Seamus.

-Both Davies and Baningime were truly awful, Tom especially put in one the worst performances I've ever seen anyone put in an Everton shirt.

-I still don't understand what Sigurdsson does. For £45million we have ourselves an already ageing player who can't shoot, finish, run, tackle, beat a man, cross a ball, provide assists, take a set piece like we expected him to etc etc. He literally does nothing for 90 minutes. Nothing. Zero, zip, zilch, nought, nada, nothing. I cannot believe he cost £45million. It's insanity. It's not like he does anything wrong, he just doesn't do anything.

-For Rooney, see Sigurdsson, but with the potential to actually kick the ball into the back of the net every so often.

-NIasse was fairly ineffectual in the first half, I'll always say that he's best used as a sub second half attacking into the Gwladys Street. Anyway, in that second half he was absolutely magnificent, gave the Watford back line a torrid 45 minutes, creating havoc left right and centre. Niasse makes things happen. I remember when we signed him people said that a lot of his goals from Russia were him just running aimlessly towards the goal with the ball and somehow bundling it in (with no skill). It's true, but there's no problem with it!

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-Unsworth's team selection for the match was rubbish again. I'll keep saying it again and again - setting a team up to play in the Premier League in 2017 is simple. You play a back 4, a midfield 3, 2 wingers, and a striker. He started with no wingers. I appreciate Lennon and Lookman aren't the greatest players in the world, but you simply have to play wingers. When they came on the game changed and everyone knows it. Without them there is no service for the strikers and you don't score. Basic stuff.

-Where on earth has Nikola Vlasic disappeared to?

-Going forward the team has got to set up something like this:

Pick a striker to start: Rooney or Calvert Lewin

Pick two wingers: Vlasic, Lookman, Lennon, Mirallas, perhaps try and re-introduce Sandro into the team as a winger.

3 midfielders: Sigurdsson (or Rooney as a midfielder), Davies (try Klaassen again? Cost £24million), then a DM in Gueye/Schneiderlin/Baningime.

A left back - Baines

A right back - Kenny

Two centre backs - personally for me that's Keane and Williams

And Pickford.

But that also contrasts his never say die, never stop running attitude. He ran his heart out and got taken off just after he run out of steam.

Couldn't fault Wayne today, except for those mad and pointless lunges. He needs to look at them and reconfigure something in his head to not make stupid lunges in DEFENSIVE positions when playing on the left of a front three.

He's our best player in some respects but I'm starting to wonder if he does slow our play down. Maybe we could make the most of his passing ability by playing him further back in midfield instead of Gana or Schniederlin?!

Hopefully Tom Cleverley's missed penalty will be the Kevin Brock back pass moment for the current side!

On another note, has there been any talk on here of schneiderlin and Mirallas' fight? I'm interested to know more, all I've heard is rumours at the ground.

If all is okay in terms of money and ownership, the ambitious talk needs backing up with a winning mentality and manager in Roberto Mancini. Otherwise, we should have kept Koeman who's a good manager.

I don't want this month's favourite in charge like the last tabloid love-child, Martinez. NSNO Roberto Mancini.

Does anyone else know more?

Just one thing. I'm looking forward to having a look on MOTD at the Watford penalty miss. It was down at my end and it looked like Pickford was very aggressive, rushing off his line as Cleverley was running up to take it. Good on him!

Do we need another left back? Yes we do. Is Baines playing well? Well he did today, but he still got beaten a few times and he's been very poor recently.

I think Baines is knackered. I think he needs a rest. He's only 32. He's not old. He just cannot play 40 games a season and be expected to charge up and down the wing like . well a 21 year old.

Luke Shaw would be a risky signing. But he was good 2 years ago. He's only 22. And I think he could rediscover himself in the right side. For less than £10m, he's worth a gamble.

The players want to play for him that was evidenced today, we haven't had a balanced side for Yonks now all of a sudden we should have one . . with the players at his disposal ?

Unsworth didn't create this situation. He is the man being tasked to get us out of it. The Goodison crowd acknowledge that and gave him superb support today.

Those criticising Unsworth would be putting their time to better use by holding hands and dancing around in a big circle singing ding dong the wicked witch is dead

The stream was so poor, I'm looking forward to watching the 20 minute highlights later this evening.

The one thing I take away from today? You have to give Unsy the job right now.

As Darren Hind pointed out already, whomever comes in is going to be in one hell of a difficult situation. Today and at Chelsea in the 2-1 loss, we've seen a team play until the bitter end, never giving up, and with real passion.

You can't ask for more.

Unsy for me, come what may.

I mean what's the chances of a 32 year old being too tired to play every game (50+ game season easily) or god forbid, get injured!!

Where have you been!
Off this seasons performance, he could not manage a piss up in a brewery.
He could not have got things more wrong if he'd actually tried to.

Wow. Justin needs to get his tin hat on!

This is why I truly believe Wayne can not be picked as a first choice. We must use him as an impact player. 10/20 mins to impose his ability when the raw pace has been sapped from the opposition .

So who starts? For me give Sandro 3 games (starting) if after that he still looks like he won't make it move him on. All the players behind our forwards are suffering because there is no forward pass to be played as no one shows for the ball.

Defenders look poor because the midfield are 2yds in front of them but all over the place chasing the ball instead of setting up the counter attack.

I do like Pickford, he still has a bit to learn but so far has been a worthy replacement for Robles and Stek.

Manager/head coach? Read the above and if you can fix it we will do OK.

Also, he was bullied by André Gray on corners. I have said, why doesn't the keeper stand in his goal and run out when the corner is taken if the opposition try to put a man on him to stop him coming?

Analysis beckons tomorrow. Except to say - Niasse take a bow.

The next game will be more about tactics and formation and that's assuming Unsworth is still there, which I doubt.

A quiet first half although Baines should have done better with his chance as should Siggy in the second half. When Watford scored a minute into the second half I feared the worst and when they made it 2-0 I thought that was that.

To Everton's credit they didn't give up and the subs helped. Once Niasse scores you feel something special was in the air, the crowd lifted, the roar was back and Watford were suddenly rocking a little.

Anyone who says Niasse is not an asset is talking through their arse. The man never gives up. There was a moment in the second half when he got in a tangle with the defender and they both fell into the advertising hoarding. The defender was clearly aggrieved, Niasse dusted himself down and offered a hand to the defender who refused. Niasse laughed with a look that said “don't be such a knob”. He is just so refreshing, no wonder Goodison loves him.

Overall there is lots to improve on but what a great comeback and game. I think many of us have worried that the players don't care enough, well there was no evidence of that today - there was real effort and togetherness. Kenny's reaction to going 2-0 was admirable with him visibly telling the others to get their heads up.

A fabulous result if not the best quality on show - I don't really care, the result was all that mattered, the quality will come.

The fans were magnificent and I am proud to say I am hoarse.

Is Unsy the best man? Really don't know but there is no doubting he has the players with him, the fans with him and everyone is pulling in the same direction. My gut tells it may be too soon for him but if he gets the role I will be with him every step of the way.

It feels good to be blue again tonight, long may it continue.

It's not the smartest of ideas to change managers in the midst of a season but its probably only compounding a problem when you feel obliged to change managers twice. I'm sure that the club has a list of names of potential managers and coaches written into some file, just in case. I cannot for the life of me imagine that Sam Allardyce's name would have been even considered as a possible Everton manager at anytime in his long and boring history. If that is the case lets stick with the interim manager till at least the seasons end when if needed a rational appointment can be made. I was never for firing Koeman but lets take our time and have as Everton Manager someone we at least want to be there.

Unsworth has stepped up. The Leicester first half wasn't brilliant, but then had he simply set up as per RK the n people would discredit him anyway. The disappointment in Lynn was that we'd gone with a clear game plan... I believe we went too early with change, but (as I wrote at the time) if he'd simply used his subs reactively, again he'd have got shit. Schneiderlin badly let us down that night, and I'm sorry that there are those decrying not starting with a recognised striker was an embarrassment, but it was less embarrassing than being thumped at home by Lyon or getting our area handed too us on a much larger defeat
- anyone remember our experienced manager Davey Moyes record in Europe?

Unsworth has got our faltering team playing with a bit of passion. What is it that you expect some other coach to achieve in the same space of time - some sort of black magic?

Do we really need to spend £12M+ on another manager (that'd be a basic £4M 3yr contract... Add compensation for a manager at a club and Fat Sam for an 18 month contract is going to reach for close to 10 plus bonuses, I'd imagine). Nobody's going to give a mercenary manager or possibly still a flailing manager an open chequebook come January... And how many up and coming superstars are wanna sign for a manager who's been recruited to stave off relegation?

Good or bad we've undertaken this jobs for the boys journey. Any outsider is going to struggle in my eyes. We either need an old boy or back Unsworth, and if it doesn't work rip out the guts and start from scratch... And yes that will mean good bye to Kenwright too.

At 2-0 there was a few jeers, but the next time niasse chased you felt the energy back and I had no doubt we would win. Not one. I just knew. There really was something in the air. And at 1-2 I knew for sure we would win and the atmosphere was such you could sense the roof was going to come off and it did at full time.

Best atmosphere for a long time. It was like when Williams scored against Lyon, but only it lasted for more or less 90 minutes, not just 5. It was a really snarly, intimidating atmosphere. Really aggressive. And Watford didn't like it.

We lacked quality, but I'm sure a lot of this is down to confidence, especially when you consider how poorly both Baines and Siggy, both reacted when they had a free shot at the goal?

Sigurdson, especially lacks confidence, but he took the ball out the sky under pressure, and gave it to Lookman, whose pass then made the first goal. Davies, is also struggling, but the kid has got such a fantastic quality for one so young, and never ever hides. His pass to Lennon, which got us the penalty, was also very good play, and although he struggled, I'm sure he was kept on for his guts?

First time I have left a genuinely happy Goodison, since Lukaku, scored two against Chelsea, in the cup (okay maybe Arsenal last year) and it was great to see the crowds reaction to the players effort.

Darren Hind, I know better than to argue with you when it comes to Everton managers, but I wouldn't give Unsworth the job though mate. It might take something away from the Under 23'S, but whoever comes in, I would hope they would have the nouse, and the balls, to make Unsworth, our first team coach.

The kids were the heartbeat today, sometimes they lacked quality, but they never once lacked fight, and I feel Unsworth should be around, to keep helping what is hopefully a big part of our future?

And rest assured the new manager will get rid of Unsworth (from the first team) and Ferguson.

Allardyce had a list of 18 staff he wanted us to get. Any decent manager will. The manager should have his own men. Forcing partnerships has never ever worked.

It just goes to show that every fanbase exists in its own private bubble. We may be convinced that we're the "laughingstock of English football," but I guarantee that fans for almost any club outside the top six feels the same way more often than not (and probably some in the top six, as well - most notably Arsenal and ManU).

Incidentally, I definitely think Silva's a top young manager, certainly more Pochettino than Martinez... though there is something uncomfortably Martinez-esque about the way Watford plays.

Niasse was immense, even in the first half with his non stop running and effort, Kenny with another great performance, lovely to be there and see the joy on so many Evertonians faces, brilliant, it was only one game but let's enjoy it for God's sake, I can just picture George McKane and his gang dancing in the Dark House now and singing there heads off, A great day to be a Blue.

Is Dyche really a better Everton manager than Unsworth? He's a better Burnley manager no doubt. But Dyche would have to change. So is it not safer to stay as we are and wait and see?

Still pissed off at the 'unbelievable decision' to have Lennon sat on the bench instead of slung in a skip? What a waste of a sub spot that was.

How many posts is that you've put on here having a pop at Unsworth since the full-time whistle went? "I think he was going to bring Niasse off before he scored. No evidence that was his thinking but, for some reason, it just makes me feel better to try and piss on his chips at every opportunity and, if there is no opportunity, I'll just pull one out my arse crack"

Why try so desperately to slate a guy who has been asked to sift through a massive sack of someone else's shit and somehow find the ingredients to put on a winning spread?

Why bang on about him losing 3 away games, immediately after an absolutely vital home win? This is a squad of players who have failed to win a single away game in 9 months. You really think that sort of calamitous form can be turned round at the drop of a hat? By anybody?

He's got to find a way of adding goals to a shot shy side who seem to think the only time they should be seen in the opposition box is right before a set-piece. He's got to somehow solidify a defence that has got into the habit of dropping multiple howlers every match. He's got to conjure up some sort of creative outlet in a midfield crammed full of overpriced ordinariness. He's got to inject pace and movement into a sloth like pack who make Paul Potts look sprightly. He's got to restore confidence, passion and fight in a demoralised bunch who were a fraction away from hitting rock bottom.

It's like handing Victor Frankenstein a box of body parts containing three right legs, a torso, eight vaginas and no head, then berating him for being a meff because he can't bang it all together to make the bloke out of The Munsters.

Surely the experimentation is a response to the shite results not the root cause? There is continous chopping and changing because Unsworth (and even Koeman before him) is desperately searching for some permutation of personnel and formation that will actually prove capable of picking up three points, instead of folding under pressure.

If (the suddenly ballooned in popularity amongst blues) 'Big' Sam was stood on the touchline today, looking like a featherless Foghorn Leghorn in a clinging Farah suit with a big fuck off ball of chuddy bulging in his corrupt cheek, people would be highlighting how his attacking substitutions changed the game and turned what looked like a nailed on defeat into a leg dampening win. Actually, they wouldn't need to because he would still be stood there now pointing it out himself in his post-match presser.

All Unsworth can do is his best in difficult circumstances (does anybody truly believe he's not giving it his all?) for as long as the club dally over making a decision. Whether his best proves good enough or not, he doesn't deserve dogs abuse from froth gargling gobshites (like the guy who labelled him a 'penis' and a worthless 'cock sucker' on another thread) who think pure unadulterated fume or criticism of every single call equates to 'passion' or some askew display of 'ambition'.

You may be right mate, I just feel whoever we bring in will be a huge gamble. I prefer to put my faith in a guy who lives, breaths and knows Everton. I don't fancy an outsider coming in and taking weeks/months to try to make sense of our basket case of a club

I just watched an interview with Rhino being asked directly if he thought he would get the job. He was very honest and said it wasn't his decision, but he did say if he didn't get it, He would throw his full support behind the guy who did - class .

However, we absolutely spawn a victory at home to watford and people are calling for DU to get the job permanently. Let's not get carried away. We got real lucky tonight. Our pen was due to their defender slipping and the first was down to their crap reserve keeper making a howler. Add to that the missed pen at the death (wtf was Cleverley doing taking it when someone like gray would have been better?). We seriously got out of jail tonight (Thank God). Now we need to get an experienced manager in to sort this shower out. We're out of the bottom 3 but still a long way from being all right.

The starting XI and formation was a joke. Again no pace or width at the start.

John 184, spot on

Rob 188, he is immense at the moment. What an example he sets to others.

Why not see if Unsworth can make progress. By January we should be at least 12th. He should have us playing better. There should be a settled side.

If not, we can say at least we gave him a go. If we lose the next three games then it's still November and Dyche would still have plenty of time.

To come from two nil down and win doesn't happen very often with Everton so it's a nice feeling for a change.
I had a friend that was waiting on Watford for around £11 grand today and he's absolutely sick , I feel bad for him even though I told he had made a mistake including Watford in his bet but when they were 2 nil up he must have have been dancing !

I think that we can rule this Silva guy out of the running now , his biggest mistake was not killing the game after scoring their second.

In all honesty I haven't a clue who should get the manager's job , whoever gets it has a lot of work in front of them and dead wood to shift , add all the shite going on with players falling out and the board it's not going to be easy to say the least.

The MotM's for us were their sub keeper & the ref who gave us a pen that never was.

Baines took it great under such pressure; he's we past his best but shouldn't be hounded for the 1st half "miss" - he's a left back.

A rubbish selection again by Unsy - bringing Lookman & DCL on changed our play and gave us a chance.

Rooney should be on the bench at best - maybe on for the last 20 mins if needed.

Lennon should no way be ahead of Vlasic, Mirallas & Lookman.

We may as well stick with Unsy for this season - squad can't be changed in next 11 games - may have to rebuild in Championship next season.

BK & BAGGAGE MUST GO

If Gomez survives his collision and stays on the pitch, we aint gonna get that luck, Watford were 5 minutes or so away from drawing the sting from a fairly poor game before the fireworks started.

For 60 odd minutes we were pretty poor again to be fair, Unsworth retrying what had unravelled in Lyon. Tighter more compact to start with, opening up later in the game, this time out of necessity.

Niasse, is limited but will always run in behind, this is the only player in the side to do this. DCL is tidy and neat but not the bull in a china shop that Niasse is.

For me, ad nauseum its Unsworth until Xmas, I can see tiny improvements in each game. He has work it out quickly but whilst finding a way to eke out a draws and wins without consecutive losses, it maintains confidence and momentum.

Sadly, Rooney is worth a place in the team but not regularly. Lookman, Niasse, & Sigurdsson are the amunition and the rifle. He has to encorporate them each week.

Lennon, is Lookman's balance, and despite not being the player he was gives the team shape. Vlasic should be involved and Unsworth needs to see that. The casualities are Koeman's signing's and they need to be brought back in, if Unsworth remains he needs to 'get over' that and clear the slate.

I hope Pickford does get a rest, in the dead rubbers of the EL. A pre-game thread definitely identified he needs to be calmer and today was no exception, luckily the Watford forward chose to stay up for the first goal. A pen and a red card were there if the referee has a different view.

Nice to win, lets hope our internationals all 'pull out of the squad' and get 2 weeks training in!

I don't reckon Koeman, was out there grafting his bollocks off, every day on Finch/farm, trying to get the players to grasp his ideas, but I reckon if he was given the chance then Unsworth would be?

Martinez, is probably a good coach, but he's not a very good manager. His problem was that he probably spent too much time coaching, and not enough time managing, whilst Koeman probably did the complete opposite?

I just get the feeling that Unsworth, is probably most at home, in amongst the players on the training ground, and this is were he might just serve us best?

Nothing wrong with that, Ferguson was a master at it. But whoever comes in, the coaching must improve. It was not good enough. The players are not fit enough. The defence is all over the place and needs to be better drilled. It's not just the back 4, you defend as a unit, particularly the centre of midfield.

There is little movement in attack, and that is something you hammer into players in training. You need them to make certain runs without thinking about it. It should come "natural" as it has been drummed into them.

We need a manager who is either a top coach, or will make sure the team is coached by top coaches. The coaching staff must be in tune with the manager and coach to the same plan (which is why the manager cannot include Unsworth and Ferguson on his staff).

Unsworth is a great coach. The youth players tell you so, both expressly and indirectly by how they play, move, and have developed. Let him show he can be the man to coach the first team too.

But he's still not qualified for the top job.

His lineups have been even more bewildering than Koeman's (if that's possible) and nothing has changed tactically or strategically -- we're still disorganized and slapdash at both ends of the pitch, and we still don't appear to start the game with a plan. We won today on a contagious passion sparked by Niasse, not on good coaching.

I'll give Rhino full credit for making some fine decisions on previously unused players (Beni, Niasse and Lennon) and some good subs... although while bringing Lennon on today was a stroke of genius, I thought bringing him on for Siggy instead of the ineffective Davies was outright foolish.

But we desperately need a manager with some tactical vision and organizing skills to sort out this mess, and Rhino ain't it. He'll make a fine Prem manager some day, but today isn't that day. This is no job for rookies.

I'll stand and applaud him as he comes off, but he needs to be subbed out.

I would not despite a preference for Unsworth until Xmas see if Gus Hiddink, good manager would take over, with Unsworth good coach as an assistant until seasons end. That has a good mix of the old and the new.

Hiddink I think would be open, its short term and perhaps if Unsworth is not the answer after six months with a well rounded manager then other better options than currently available will be there in the summer.

A great day and good to be an Evertonian at last! Three invaluable points due to willpower, a big helping of (overdue) luck, a decent ref for once and a brilliant effort from the fans.

DCL did really well, as did Niasse and Lookman when they came on. Still a massive job to do - we seem slow and physically weak, even the CHs get brushed off the ball. We are a lot quicker without Rooney on the field and what is the point of Siggurdson? What does he offer? Hopefully it's just a run of bad form he will get over.

Pickford is still doing his blocking shots back into the danger area thing; and shouldn't their CH have been red carded for tripping Niasse as he scored?

Most of your post is right, soundly put to. Unsowrth is picking up the pieces if a vase smashed to smithereens. Were I differ from you is that in each I've seen a plan in each game and some attempt to execute it.

The games have not been without some grave errors both from Rhino and the players, however he has glued together several of those tiny smashed pieces and I can see and visualise what he wants.

A stint until Xams would in my opinion allow us to measure the progress and the state of that vase more clearly.

I believe the strentgh of league is extremely poor at at the moment and the bottom 12 teams all have very real fears to address. Perhaps one side will be adrift at Xams but we won't be. Unsworth has that room to breathe, and Everton should not be rash in appointing quickly.

West Ham, West Brom, Bournemouth, Stoke & Swansea have horrendous records going back as far as ourselves from the last 10 games of last season. There is wriggle room for Unsowrth if we can step back a bit and show some courage.

Time yet for the rookie to stake his claim and stick that vase back together!

Let's say a new manager comes in. First step is to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the current squad. Second step is to devise a formation to win matches and make best use of the resources he has. Third step is to win the support of the players for his 'vision' and instill a winning spirit In my opinion, no stranger to the club would be in a better position to do the job than Evertonian Unsworth.

Every new manager brought into the club will bring a large amount of upheaval, may be necessary of course, will be expensive and will provide absolutely no guarantee of success. WE as supporters just don't know any better than the much maligned Kenwright and Moshiri. It's a lottery. I'll admit to being in the Frank de Boer camp last time out. Good luck to them in their decision making.

Classic ToffeeWeb post for the archives today as one poster was advocating the sacking of Denise Baxendale. I can understand the frustration of fans but that's just plain ridiculous.

Everton is filled with talented youngsters that need to be developed and that is Unsworth's specialty. Everton need to start over and build with the youngsters. Once a solid core, hopefully a large one, is created that will be the time for the club to look to think about hiring a manager to take us to the next level.

The first half was no better than what we have been served up for the last number of games, and although I got caught up in the excitement of the second half it, still does not disguise the fact a game is not for 45 min, it is for 90+min and some poor play by Watfords defense let us back in the game. This may have provided what some people term a great comeback but we may not be giving the same opportunity next time with another team. You cant afford to play poor in the first half every week and hope to get back into it the second half.

I think Unsworth will make a good manager in the future and has achieved partial success under a very difficult situation, but I am not sure he can do it over the season. I don't know who the new manager will be, but if it is not Unsworth, I hope whoever comes in retains him for his knowledge of the club and the players who are available.

On another note those people who say it was not a penalty ,even if a player slips and looses his balance and by doing so he stops a player getting to the ball by taking his legs from underneath him, it is a foul anywhere on the pitch.

Mirallas we all know about and the kid Vlasic has been told to tell his sister to shut the fuck up on social media which he hasn't taken to well , perhaps that's why he's been left out of the squad.

Unsworth definitely putting markers down he won't have any slackers around him.

As for Unsworth's selections and changes. May I please refer you to Sam Allardyce, whom some here want appointed in Unsworth's stead. Allardyce performed great feats at first Sunderland and then at Palace and kept both up. Did he immediately find a winning solution? No he did not. I apologise, but this is the first article I could find and it's from a disreputable paper, but it shows my point:

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Allardyce's Palace where in a bigger mess after 7 games than they had been under Pardew. Basically it took Allardyce those 7 games of chopping, changing and messing about to get things sorted. There's a similar situation at Sunderland.

Would allardyce have done any better than Unsworth in those three games? No, surely not. Can he sign players? No he can't. Ok he can bring Lennon in from the cold like Unsworth did, but in terms of promoting players, Unsworth has the inside track there.

Having now seen Match of the Day, I was able to confirm my view, that Kenny played well. He was not at fault for the goals. I've been clamouring for the lad all season, but before the game, I was considering saying I was wrong. That Ronald was right. That Kenny was not ready, and he was right to leave him out. Well Ronald was right. He was not ready, and his performances were not good enough. But now, finally, they are improving. He was better today. He will be better the next game, and hopefully, he will keep picking up and become the player we expect him to be. He should grow in confidence now. Defensively, he is assured and has enough pace not to get skinned, more awareness of the position than Holgate or Martina, and whilst Martina has got forward better, so far, Kenny has much more potential. There was a couple of great crosses today, than came to nothing, because we lacked height up top.

I still stand by mantra on the manager. He must be a coach. Everton's problems are all solved, bar one, on the training ground. Even that shaky back 4. Jags still has enough pace, more than Keane, to play centre half, and there's no reason he can't play as well as he did at the end of last season. The only thing he is missing is an effective Shneiderlin shielding that back 4.

On the point on Schneiderlin, there is something on sky sports news now:
Schneiderlin and Mirallas sent home

Let's hope Schneiderlin can check his attitude and sort himself out and become the player he was last season.

Since the Thursday fiasco, he has kept saying the same simple message. "Sunday is like a cup final". What did he mean by this? What was he trying to gain by saying this? Of course on a personal level, it was a cup final for him. Win or he's out (of the job). But he was speaking to the fans. He was telling us, he wanted the atmosphere like it was a cup final. Did he get a cup final atmosphere today? You betcha. The crowd were amazing. He wound us up, we were all ready. We did our part. We were the 12th man. Watford, and probably any neutrals watching would have shit themselves at 1-2. The crowd was deafening and thereafter we roared the blues all the way to 3-2, and Cleverly missed a terrible penalty in front of a very hostile Park End.

Unsworth has the skills to manipulate the media in the short term, and I expect he can do so in the long term.

Well said, John, by the way. Fkn well said.

The difference that second half made to our perception of where we are is staggering. The players will take a massive boost from that as will the supporters. We've had glimpses (2nd half against Chelsea and others) of what we can produce, but does anyone besides me see the common denominator being 'Mo Lookman.

For me, I'd like to see Rhino given until Xmas at least and see how it's going. If he can keep making these small improvements. with the prospect of some incoming in Jan and some returns from injury he may earn the berth until the end of the season.

He's not been there long but with the improved spirit he's already building he has already left a big pair of boots to be filled if and when a new manager is tasked with the job.

Now who remembers the penalty that Osman won a few years back against Sunderland. He stubbed his toe on the ground. Then fell over. Now that was lucky. Lennon's was not lucky. Lennon's was a penalty.

Just one other point. Was Pickford not a little lucky to have stayed on the pitch after giving away the other penalty? I thought that he was. But Sunday seemed to be our lucky day. Let's just enjoy it.

Fair play to Unsworth. If Koeman was still manager I have no doubts he would still be pairing Schniederlin with Gana no matter how shit they play. We don't need any passengers from now until the end of the season. It's players like Schniederlin who need to be on their A-game. He's in the age group who are meant to be at the peak of their career.

While I don't like the idea of playing two kids in Beni and Davies it's become apparent that Schniederlin isn't the same player as last season and Beni has taken his chance with both hands. Ideally I would have liked to have tried to move Besic and McCarthy on in Jan, but I have no problem with Schniederlin going if we get an offer in the region of 㾻m for him.

I'd also make Celtic an offer for Dembele and Tiernay and see if Ajax will do a part exchange involving Klaassen for Kasper Dolberg. I believe Dolberg is in the final year of his contract now.

The big Dane, my personal preference as a Target man all summer long, has just 2 in 9 games. A dutch friend told me he is not better than Calvert-Lewin and this was apparently the verdict of Koeman.

I think the striker needs to be a leader and should probably be in the age range of 27-31. He also needs to be big and strong. We have mobile strikers in Calvert-Lewin and Niasse. I'd like us to have more variety to our play.

Of course, if we could make a dream signing like Cavani, and can do a bit of everything, then great. Otherwise, someone big and strong, in the Giroud mould.

For left back, I'd like us to gamble on Luke Shaw and revive his career. Providing United don't fleece us for more than £10m. Tiernay didn't look too hot against top class opposition in the Champions League, but that's just Celtic as a whole.

But at 70 he is too old.

We need someone to check a number of underperforming pre-Madonnas. Looks like Unsworth's already ahead on that already.

I'd like to see him haul the squad (those that aren't required by their countries) Thursday clear the air, with extra training following week.

We've had a lot of games, but very little trying time.

Alternatively we can speculate media coverage of who it might/could/should be, avail someone and the watch the next 10 games as they tinker and try and work out what they have. That takes us until Christmas (including Europa games that we might as well set up for damage limitation and pride). But yeah, reckon by then we'll be ready to eye up our Jan targets after a congested run of games.

Not only do I agree with John's analogy (metaphor?) but I think it's one of the funniest, brilliant things I've read on these pages.

Spot on.

It was a great comeback but he chose the same unbalanced side for the first 60 minutes. I'd thank him for giving us 3 points and something positive before the international break but we need a manager of world class now to keep going up the table. The job will be a lot more attractive now we are not in the bottom 2 and we are only a few wins from the top 6. I worth despite the brilliant come back is not that man in my opinion

I don't think Unsworth's the answer long term but I don't think the new manager has to be a fire fighter in the shape of Big Sam now. If Allardyce was the option until the end of the season, I think we saw enough against Watford to give Unsworth the job over him until the end of the season. I don't think we'll go down under him. That said, if we can get Silva, Dyche, or Tuchel long term. I'd give them the job next week.

Mourinho puts this into perspective. He earns £12m a year and has just asked for a £3m a year payrise!!!

Still £6m a year is massive money and more than pochettino is on.

Tuchel - no talk at all

Silva - refused to take any questions on Everton job after the game.

Allardyce - on MOTD (Saturday?) said he was unlikely to get it. Dunno full details here someone else can elaborate.

So silva looks most likely right now. He's my preferred candidate. Even ahead of Unsworth. But I have doubts. Some big doubts. I'd rather wait and let him prove himself. No one else will nick him. West Ham can't outbid us. Let's see how he does and how Unsworth does for the rest of the season.

To me Unsworth is just too "Kenwright-acceptable" for comfort, "Kenwright" being complacent, conniving and comfortable in his own mind.

Allardyce will clearly demand a mega-contract (after all, he demonstrably loves money doesn't he?) but the only thing that sustains him is his proud boast, if he still has it, that he's never been relegated. Does he still have it though, given that the England job was always the pinnacle of his ambitions?

Dyche to me is the better bet but does anyone really know the true character, if any even exists, of those currently employed at Finch Farm? If "character" is as lacking as I fear it is most of them will consider themselves a cut above the Ginger Mourinho and the damage to Moshiri's wallet increases exponentially, and that's anathema to most successful accountants such as he.

Frankly I just don't trust Kenwright and nor, sadly, do I trust many of the long signed players or, in light of obvious events to any but the blind, Rooney.

In short, Moshiri's much vaunted "three-year-CL-project" will at the very best only get off the ground next summer because up to now everything's been faffed up by, or for, him.

To me Unsworth is just too "Kenwright-acceptable" for comfort, "Kenwright" being complacent, conniving and comfortable in his own mind.

Allardyce will clearly demand a mega-contract (after all, he demonstrably loves money doesn't he?) but the only thing that sustains him is his proud boast, if he still has it, that he's never been relegated. Does he still have it though, given that the England job was always the pinnacle of his ambitions?

Dyche to me is the better bet but does anyone really know the true character, if any even exists, of those currently employed at Finch Farm? If "character" is as lacking as I fear it is most of them will consider themselves a cut above the Ginger Mourinho and the damage to Moshiri's wallet increases exponentially, and that's anathema to most successful accountants such as he.

Frankly I just don't trust Kenwright and nor, sadly, do I trust many of the long signed players or, in light of obvious events to any but the blind, Rooney.

In short, Moshiri's much vaunted "three-year-CL-project" will at the very best only get off the ground next summer because up to now everything's been faffed up by, or for, him.

Joey Barton reckons he's heard that we'll have Big Sam until the end of the season. That report was before yesterdays game. But Barton does talk a lot of shite and he started the rumour that Kenwright didn't want us to buy a striker to keep the books looking good.

After the performance against Watford, I don't think we're do something as drastic as bring Allardyce in now. I don't think we should get carried away with Unsworth though. He's a novice and we still need someone long term.

Big Sam didn't seem too bullish on match of the day. Use google to find the clip. Reading between the lines, Dyche, Allardyce and Silva are the front runners and I think silva appears more likely. Moshiri will pick. Not Kenwright.

Certainly Unsworth has all of the fine character traits I mentioned and he's an inspirational figure, and yes he was able to stitch up the holes today with some good subs. But everything I've seen in these four games indicates that he is hopelessly out of his depth managing at this level. I believe that if it hadn't been for Niasse's crazy effort and Gomes' injury, we would all be talking about taking Rhino's head as a trophy right now.

My Uncle Harvey also had courage, character, passion and touches of genius, but it didn't qualify him to be a Prem manager. I stand by my compliments to Unsworth, but I also stand by my assessment of his abilities. He's a youth coach, a raw amateur at this level. This is a job for a professional.

But I'm honestly bewildered at what's happened to Schneiderlin. When he came to us he was ferocious and brave, and all over the pitch helping the team. I thought he was largely responsible for our fine play then. But his game has gone completely to hell... he's become lazy, timid and sulky. And he has bottled two challenges in the area that cost us goals.

You know, he got married in June, and he hasn't been worth a crap since. I wonder

Mike 256, I'm with you. Watford defence looked lost without Gomes and we lucked out with Niasse's goal. We looked spirited only from then on and had to fight really hard to get out of the hole we dug ourselves in the preceding 65 mins. We all wish it would be a blue to take us forward but we don't really have good options from the lot. I don't think Allardyce is an upgrade nor enthusiastic about Dyche and Silva. I truly hope Moshiri has a few good names in mind as we shouldn't get a man just to get us out of the problems we're in, we want him to reinvigorate the project.

I'm surmising but I can see it being between Dyche (Bills Choice) and Silva, who Moshiri is reported to rate. I don't mind us getting the Ginger Mourinho but I think I'm edging towards Marco Silva.

His four games so far have been more enjoyable to watch than the crap Koeman served up. It's pretty clear that the players are putting in - he's got them motivated. He's also given opportunities to a few players who have justified his faith in them. Kenny, Beni, Lennon, Niasse.

I wasn't impressed with his starting line up but if the rumors about Mirallas and Schneiderlin are true then it's fair to assume he lost a winger and opted to go 'solid'. I'll back him against those two.

And then there was Oumar Niasse. He did it again, bringing Goodison to its furious, hysterical, deafening best, and when the chance came for Oumar to link up with a fresh and lively DCL Watford's composure cracked.

One great thing about this win is what it'll do for the young lads. They've heard Goodison roar for them, they'll be stronger for it. They need the experienced heads around them, but that'll have to be Keane, Gueye, McCarthy, Coleman, Barkley - we just can't affford to field a starting 11 that includes Baines, Jags and Rooney.

I've no idea who our next manager should be. As one blue said on the radio this week, this is the only club I care about, so being Everton manager is the hardest job in the world. But whatever the immediate future holds for him, David Unsworth can take pride in the maturity and magnificent attitude shown by Davies, Kenny, Baningime, Calvert-Lewin, Lookman. Unsy spoke about Beni as being 'a humble lad', and he's too classy to make public his contempt for professionals who don't respect the game and their own performance. As for me, I'll not be sorry if I never see Mirallas or Schneiderlin in a blue shirt again.

One clear observation was that we basically really miss Coleman. There were so many times in the first half when Kenny was in the overlap position on the right and didn't have the pace or skill to do anything with it. They targeted him all match and he looked totally lost until Lennon came on and defended in front of him.

We need an outlet every match and Niasse on his own is not enough. The game changed completely when DCL came on. Then we started to get the ball hoofed up at every opportunity and put their back line under complete pressure. We looked like scoring every time the ball went up their end. It may not be pretty but it's what we need right now - we'll win more matches playing DCL, Lookman and Niasse up front with 3 midfielders and leaving Rooney to come on as an impact sub than the team that started today.

Tom Davies stank the place out today, absolutely dreadful for the majority of the match. I know it's not trendy to have a go at the young homegrown players but that's the harsh truth.

I liked Beni and Gana in the midfield and with Siggy through the centre with that front 3, options from the bench and a manager with sense ie Unsy we'll be fine this season.

Unsy deserves proper credit today. His subs were match changing and if Guardiola had done the same there would have been talk of genius. I'd love him to stay on this season, I'm not worried about relegation and think he'll do us until the Summer at least.

Our problems run deep and need to be fixed but for the time being I will enjoy the next two weeks and the glow the comeback has brought us.

Isn't that what we want from a centre forward? Would Rom have carried on chasing and harrying at two nil down? I doubt it. Every time Niasse git the ball you sensed the crowd were willing him on, sensing the desire he emanates whenever he's on the pitch.

Who knows, if Koeman had swallowed his pride much earlier and used Niasse as his main striker instead of moaning that we hadn't got a centre forward when we clearly did, maybe we wouldn't be where we are, and Koeman might still have a job!

OUR PROBLEM NOW IS WE ARE GIVING AWAY EASY GOALS!!!!!!

The two Watford goals would not have been goals when Moyes was in charge.

Unsworth would not have let the second goal in the way Jagielka did.

Nobody can catch us easily on the counter when Moyes was in charge.

Martinez destroyed what was good that Moyes had built for us and that is a sturdy defence.

Even wonder why Moyes never complained about Hibbert not doing much attacking wise?

Unsy will be able to solve this problem and when he does we will be fighting for a place in Europe come April 2018

The difference today is that for the first time we are playing with a clear target man.

And we automatically improve all over.

Niasse may not be Giroud or Costa but he is a target man nonetheless that is required to balancce the team

That alone is a strong enough reason to let him run until the end of the season.

Koeman was stupid.

The answer was staring him in the face in the form of Niasse and he refused to take it.

But why are we still getting caught by counter attacks?

WE BADLY NEED TO GET RID OF JAGIELKA AND WILLIAMS.

The opponents are capitilizing on their lack of speed.

And this Keane dude is not helping,

He was at fault for the first goal yesterday.

This goal leak problem must be solved.

We are giving away EASY GOALS FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!

Great to have the win!

Consequently, I see the same observations made by different fans ( unless they are the same ones using different pseudonyms), saying similar things, all the time.

"Why no width?"

"Why isn't this player - or that player starting?"

"Why isn't .......... on the bench?"

"Why did he make that substitution?"

I am sure, if the writers stop to question themselves, instead of questioning the manager and his decisions, they will see that:-

1) He is making these decisions based on what he knows at the time - i.e. so and so had a knock in training - or Mr X "felt his hamstring" in the warm up, etc.;

2) His strategy is based on what he knows about the opposition and their style of play;

The whole point is, the manager is there because of his experience in the professional game, his intimate knowledge of his own squad and,
usually, his proven experience to set up a winning strategy, taking these factors into consideration.

So, given that , in all probability, 99.9% of posters on these sites have none of this inside knowledge at their disposal, why do they think they know better than the man that is actually in charge?

I don't care who may have been appointed manager immediately after Koeman, I seriously doubt anyone would have got better results
in the first three matches, given the demoralised state of the squad and the personnel available to pick from.

Who, for example, would have started Beningime against Chelsea? - yet the kid was acknowledged as being MotM for most Evertonians.

Who, for example, would , realistically, given the squad to pick from, have picked a side to have won the other two games, played away form home, with a demoralised squad, who had forgotten how to win?

People need to start to realise what a gem we have in Unsworth and, instead of clamouring for him to be replaced by almost anyone, embrace the revolution, and let him start to nurture and develop his own side, in his own way.

Don't forget, after Koeman dismissed and ostracised Oumar, it was Unsworth who took him into the U23's, rebuilt his confidence and gave him a chance - and now he is showing us what he can actually do.

We need to do the same with David Unsworth - give him a proper chance and let him show us what he can do!

What he did bring was the willingness to change things and a passion in the players that has been completely lacking. My advice to Unsy is drill the team on our defensive shape intensively and build out from there, get some physical presence in midfield, play Sigurdsson as CAM behind Niasse and use width.

I agree - he should never have been sent out on loan.

But the same is equally true of Galloway and Browning, et al.

Galloway was excellent for us when brought in at left back, a while back, yet now, on loan at Sunderland, he can't even make their bench - why?

some of these guys go on loan to get "experience" and actually go backward in their development.

Come January, I think we need to look for a good striker - and , as for the rest, spend maybe up to ٣m ( no more) on buying out the loan contracts for the players we already own.

That will probably be the best investment we can make.

If they don't want to be here, ship 'em out.

I hope he gets an extended chance at the job at least. Whatever we do, it's a gamble. The so-called candidates don't excite me right now.

I'll give you an analogy - you are picked to play the word chess champion - then, as you approach the chessboard you are told that you are only allowed to start with pawns, whilst the champion has all the pieces at his disposal.

It is the best of three - and you lose 3-0 - is anyone surprised?

It is not and was never Unsy's fault that he only had pawns to start with - but he has managed to get a couple of them to far end and turn them into stronger pieces.

As each game goes by, he get's more and more pawns to the line and turns them into stronger pieces.

But - it's not going to happen overnight.

No player should be considered above reproach. It's been reassuring to read some more realistic assessments of this particular players performances on these pages in recent weeks.

He may well develop into an undisputed first choice goalkeeper but, on current showings, Robles deserves a chance.

Already: Young Pickford. Young Keane. Young Jonjo. Young Tom. Young Beni. Young Dominic. Two-thirds developed by Unsy.

And more to come (Young Liam. Young Kieran. Young Morgan (Feeney). Young Gibson). All developed or being developed by Unsy.

I have heard today that both Mirallas and Schneiderlin were sent home for lack of effort on the training ground. Obviously this is 2 players thinking Unsworth is only here for a few more days in charge so we canplease ourselves. No wonder we have been struggling with these 2 at the club, what the youngers players made of their attitude I don't know.

I think the team that finished the game was more of an Unsworth team than the one that started the game. He has took over a poisoned chalice, the record buy and the highest paid player are just not doing it, but if he had left both out he would have been crucified. But we ended up with Kenny,Davies,Lookman and DCL which gave us a lot more energy. Why Koeman chose to freeze Lookman out of the side I don't know the lad looks a talent to me.

Yes there are still major problems, I am far from convinced about Michael Keane, he is so slow and loses his men to often for my liking. Now whether its just down to lack of confidence I don't know but it needs to be put right quickly. Niasse may not be the striker we want but chases everything and his head never goes down. I also thought when DCL came on they worked well together. I know Watford lost their keeper and missed a penalty at the end, but I know I am biased but I thought our effort in the 2nd half deserved all the points.

So now a big decision for the board, I would like Unsworth to be given an extension. But if the board think they need a man who has managed in the Prem then for me they could do a lot worse than Marco Silva and make Unsworth his assistant.

If not, how do you know what his mental state is at any given time - other than the opinions you read on sites like this?

Most people, who suffer from the malaise you are suggesting he suffers from crumble to dust when taken out of their familiar home environment.

Yet this young lad has left home, gone to anther city and is thriving in a new environment, in a team of players he hardly knows and has not grown up with.

Fragile confidence - do me a favour.

Lack of opportunity under a pig headed manager at Everton - I will agree with that!

In 1984, when Inchy scored from that famous backpass, against Oxford, did anyone talk about the performance, and all the over criticisms above? Because for me, this does not really matter. The result matters. The performances over the coming weeks matter. We had to win, no matter how, and the win is all that matters.

The question is how to build from here.

A freezing cold night, we were standing in the open end if I remember correctly.
Nobody mentioned the performance, the result was the be all and end all.

The choice of manager needs still to be founded, therefore, on the question of who will give us the best chance of securely escaping trouble over the next 7 months.

Safety first, I am afraid.

Yesterday was a tonic ,a painkiller. A shot of morphine into the system.

Unless the patient gets the best doctor in soon , his health will deteriorate yet again.

These situations only become turning points when you carry on working your socks off and doing the right things.

We did it then, let's hope we do it now.

The pressure he is under at Forest is clearly much less than the pressure he would be under at Everton. And the standard of the league is lower.

That's why he was sent out on loan and clearly he is thriving in a way that would be far less likely than he stayed.

I've seen him play enough for the U23s to recognise a fragility in his temperament compared to the likes of Tom Davies. And actually I do have qualifications in psychology. Do you?

Err, no. No shape and no discipline. On the other hand Watford, a team of players on average much less talented than Everton, had that and should have out of sight before we came back into it. We went headless after their second and so did they. Great fun but not the stuff to see either team prosper.

Case in point. At half-time their subs were out and they were worked. Ours strolled around flicking balls this way and that. For the start of the second half their coach laid out cones for them to sprint over as they came onto the pitch. They score within seconds of the restart. Coincidence. Maybe. But they were professional in all that they did.

David Unworth has learned nothing and changed little in his spell in charge, Big job, but not for him. That's okay, he goes back to the day job now. Thanks.

Dyche or Sam. Announce it today and give the guy two weeks to work on a shape that will, as a minimum get us nil against at Palace and Soton. We need to be taking a minimum of 12 points from the next 8 games. In that period we play almost all of the rest of the likely relegation candidates and we can't afford to lose to any of them.

Okay, so we had a few of them putting in commitment but my concern with this squad is that they perennially fall back into coasting mode once they are lauded for the occasional win...

Let's not get too excited.

Kenwrights insistence on bringing Rooney home may well prove a bigger millstone than first anticipated. Let's hope the new manager is able to make his own decisions.

The worst scenario would be to do nothing, knowing the board, that's exactly what will happen, so if we get beat at Palace expect the speculation to begin again and intensify.

The uncertainty will cripple any confidence that has been gained after the win on Sunday.

That's an awful lot of posts from you two to tell us you don't want Unsworth in charge. I wonder why ?

I think you'll both be disappointed. The old lady was rocking yesterday for the first time in ages. That would not have been lost on the members of the board.

Koeman has gone, he wont be coming back. May as well enjoy the ride guys

For all you sensitive souls who don't want Sam Allardyce he's as short as 4/9 in one place, he seems to be the only one attracting money!
The betting is all over the place though, so it appears that anything can happen yet.

Sam will do for me, but only on a 18 month contract.

Check out my post #246. I'm not against Unsworth being given the job in the short term. I don't think we need an interim manager like Big Sam after what we saw yesterday. I was very worried last week, but do have some hope that we can pull things around without that kind of intervention now. We still need a long term appointment though, and it's not David Unsworth. I'm hoping the appointment will be made during the international break.

He will split the fans and I m not convinced his style of football would be successful here.

I did check out your posts, that's why I raise the point. You say (post 103) " We still need a new manager and Marco Silva or Sean Dyche will do for me. Its the wrong time for Unsworth. I'm not going to get sentimental because he's a blue"

"Today wont gloss over that we still need a proven manager"

Post 246- "I'd still like us to bring in a new manager during the international break"

You seem to be spending a lot of time saying Unsworth shouldn't be given the job (especially before yesterdays game) and now you have posted several times afterwards to promote the claims of others.

I not contesting your right to discount Unsworth, or your opinion of the managers you are advocating, but the reason you give is "you are not going to get sentimental" I assume you think the half of the fan base who want to give Unsworth a chance are daft enough to do so for sentimental reasons.

This is a serious issue. Its a little foolish to think any Evertonian would allow sentiment to cloud his judgment

Unsworth should be your man then, as he's already performing at that level - 2 League matches this season: 1 defeat ; 1 victory!

After a bit more time on the training ground he may even have the players performing better.

Or we could start all over again with a replacement that will be, undoubtedly, somewhat less than stellar.

We can't run a football club in the Premier League
on sentiment and lucky breaks hoping it will all come right because Rhino is one of the lads. Watford are on a poor run at present a top side would of shredded us on Sunday..

If Unsworth does stay in charge I hope he has realised we function much better with two strikers on the pitch and not that other nonsense he has been experimenting with.

Correct, I do want Marco Silva or Sean Dyche as long term manager, hopefully installed this week.

Yesterday, doesn't gloss over that we need an established manager. We're still shipping in goals for fun and I don't think we should get carried away with sentiment. There were some positives. They seem to want to play for Unsworth and he's been decisive with some of his man management. At the same time, Unsworth's tactics have been found out at times and he is still a novice, and novice's don't have a very good record in the premier league.

I've moved my own stance on the situtuation, Dave. Last week I would have done the unthinkable and brought in Big Sam until the end of the season as a stop gap. After yesterday I don't think we need to go down that road so I think we're on the same page there. That's unless you're saying you think David Unsworth should be given the job as a long term appointment, in which case I think you're completely wrong.

We shouldn't throw more money away on a wing and a prayer appointment - what future would Big Sam give us?

If we can't do better someone like what we really need to take the team forward, I'd stick with Dave Unsworth; if we ended up going down, it doesn't have to be disastrous - a quick rebuild, given the quality of many of our young players, coming back up next season is achievable.

Whatever Unsy's short-comings (& yes, I've been baffled by some of his selections in the last 4 games) he knows the club, its players and fan-base, and has the respect of most of our players.
Many think RK lost the support of the fans; Allardyce would start with at least half of us not supporting him.

He is ill disciplined in possession, ill disciplined positionally and some of the "challenges" he puts in are borderline red cards.

Luckily for us he has missed his target every time with these wild lunges, a red card yesterday would've done for us.

I'd be less optimistic. Look at the number of clubs that go down and fail to come up the next season. Or in the next 5 seasons. Or at all.

However, should Everton lose the next two league games we will be right back in the mire again, given those fixtures are against Palace and West Ham. In which case would we have missed the boat in our attempt to bring in a fire-fighter?

Of course a new manager could be in charge by the time we play Palace and the results could still go against us and if the man in charge is unpopular with the fan-base where will that leave us?

I don't envy the decision makers at the club, because there are so many variables to consider in appointing or not appointing a new boss and I'm hoping that their collective minds are focussed on the near and mid term future of the club. I must admit Moshiri still concerns me as he seems hell bent on bringing in a name to take the club forward, it's not the profile of the manager that is of utmost importance it is the ability he has as a coach and whether he'll be a good fit for the players and the club.

We await the white smoke in the coming days and weeks, but I don't think whomever they choose will quite satisfy a fair proporion of the fanbase.

Although his first touch is questionable, its no coincidence that his last two goals have been very similar. Its due to the fact he put so much effort into harrying and causing panic.

He starts every week for me.

I don't hate that idea. A lot of experience between the two, and they could well be a decent blend of old and new. Leicester played exciting counter attacking football when winning the title, and Allardyce's teams are always well organised defensively and as a unit.
Walsh will also be aware of Shakespeare's qualities.
We will need to spend a very large sum of money in January whoever comes in.

I have to echo what Brent said.

You're not the first to moot this idea in the last week. It WOULD be disastrous.

Not only the humiliation city-based Blues would be exposed to by our Pinkie neighbours, but financially. This includes seeing the Everton 'brand' devalued.

There is a HUGE gap now between the riches of playing in the PL as opposed to the Championship. The 'parachute payments' relegated clubs previously received to soften the blow of demotion have been removed so relegated clubs no longer have that advantage over other clubs in that league.

Even a single season outside the PL effectively counts as two seasons against you as you lose access to the fatted calf.

Furthermore, there is absolutely no way anyone can guarantee an immediate return should the very worse befall us.

Relegation brings so many unknowns, not least of all in the quality of player you can retain and recruit.

Personally, I can't fathom any Evertonian being so blase about the consequences of demotion from the PL.

Silva and Dyche were both coy when asked about the job , I reckon either could be persuaded.

Both the above would be good for the club and improve things. For me Silva would get us playing more entertaining football .

Whatever we do from here is not risk free but Mr Moshiri has to make a decision quickly for the good of the club.

Brent @ 324 - I know there's no guarantees re coming back up - Burnley did it, but took a little longer, & Newcastle at 1st attempt.
There's also no guarantees re a new manager - another 11 games (inc, MU on NYD) at least before he can bring in new players. We'll still be in a relegation fight then whatever decision the club takes in the next 2 weeks, and what quality players of required character will want to join us then?
It's gonna be a long winter however it pans out.

Yesterday's was a very welcome result, but most of us know the performance was awful for 70 mins & we got lucky big style with our first goal (& Clev's miss).

Stupidity? Vanity? Ego? And so on.

Those who think Allardyce would help us short term, don't even actually want him!

What basis is that for an appointment?

The board need an appointment that the majority of the fanbase can get behind. We all know there are huge failings at the club handicapping any new incumbent but we need a new guy without baggage.

We need a break from the humdrum, mediocre appointments. Either stick with Unsworth or find a real foreign coach not Anglophiles who ‘know' the british game.

Either sort would carry the goodwill and breathing space to evaluate and rebuild.

I understand the moral case though think it is overstated in the stinky corporate world of football (I am not sure that many managers would survive much scrutiny, still less the owners). Can we truly be so fussy?

On the footballing front, he's the only one with a consistent track record of working successfully with relegation teams and there is no logic in saying that he's bound to fail some time. Nor, I am afraid, do I agree with the view that his sides are always woeful - the Bolton and (later) Palace examples have been finessed away on here, but they were proper achievements.

I don't think for a minute that he's an attractive personality nor do I feel very strongly about him being appointed but I do wonder why, in our perilous state, we can so confidently and vehemently dismiss him.

I'm interested to know because I find myself on the polar opposite side of the debate from people with whom I tend usually to be in agreement.

West Ham fans don't seem over enthused with news about Moyes

This season we have played with little shape and discipline. Nobody ever gets a bollocking for being out of place. Everyone runs around headless most of the time. Rooney is an intelligent footballer and sees gaps, and sometimes opportunities, and reacts.

I believe that, in a team with a clear notion of how to play he could play a number of roles, up-front, off DCL, in the hole, even defensive MF. If everyone else stuck to their jobs he would do the same and both Rooney and the team would be the better for it.

Personally I'd rather have Unsworth and finish 17th than Sam Allderyce.

Looking at us it looks like it's big Sam. Not a problem for me really, we ain't a big player in Europe (not even in PL league, nowt since 1995 and the state of Goodison Park tends to underlind this. I'm just a happy man it's not David Moyes, 11 years of not winning at Anfield was enough.

Neil (351) Big Sam won at Anfield with Palace in April this year.

As for the rest of the teams in the League, by all means play them with a more attractive passing style of play which we at our best can at least hold our own with them.

Nothing needs to be set in stone.

Say Baines had taken his chance, say Pickford had done a bit better. We got a result. We won. No one on here, not a one, thinks all is well but it was a start. If Allardyce comes and his first match in charge results in a defeat and a team selection that doesnt appeal to some, what then?

We can all change our minds but I think most fair minded people will not do it in two weeks.

I also appreciate that it's the individuals right to leave whenever they choose, but I still can't understand it. I can only add that the rush to leave their seats, was more apparent than their return, and for anyone who didn't return they missed out on what turned out to be a memorable fight back.

As I said in my original post, to witness the joy of young and old alike, and to share it with my Grandson compensated for all the disappointments of the last three months. Like all Evertonians I trust that this is the start of a new phase in our history. Best wishes to "Webbers" old and young.

Regarding this, "if we go down, rebuild and get back up" sentiment I've seen flouted about.

Hell no.

In my decade I've seen the following relegated:
Villa
Bolton
Birmingham City
Portsmouth
Fulham (and hell yes I want my Craven Cottage Christmas back!)
Sunderland
Reading
Middlesborough
Hull City
Blackpool
Blackburn
Wolves
QPR
Norwich
Cardiff
Wigan
and probably a few others I'm forgetting.

Now, none of these are as big as Everton, save maybe Villa who have a rich history. But they've all gone down, returning not to the Premier League.

There's some decent sized clubs in that list. Going down is a death sentence, and one that should never in my opinion be seen as a reorganizational endeavor!

Never. Jesus man perish the thought. I'm squarely behind Unsworth. But if we look trash around Christmas we've got to turn to drastic measures to avoid relegation.

But I do not think Dyche is the answer .Doing a good job but see too many similarities with Moyes in the way he approaches games.

But do not want Unsworth far too inexperienced. That leaves the top foreign coach .well if it is Simeone absolutely great .but do I really believe. someone of that stature will be appointed not really because I do not trust the club anymore.

The club is a disgrace because any half decent business would have been planning years ahead... asking itself "who would we go for when it is time to appoint a new manager There should have been files kept on every manager/coach in the top European Leagues... in fact the net should include South America.

So the club should be in a position to say for example at any moment "as things stand today these are the top 20" and the process should be constantly reviewed and kept up to date.

I fear the worst if Kenwright retains all the power in making the appointment he will be tempted to go for the "in house" solution: Unsworth... so keeping his influence in the club.

I respect the right of every supporter to express their displeasure in any way they see fit, providing it's legal, I know one two others (including Jim Lloyd and John Keating) have stated their intention to back the team and manager, whoever he may be.

In my youth I believed that Everton was my club, and that the Board of Directors were merely custodians, but even then (as it is now), we supporters had no say in Manager appointments nor did we wish to.

In the modern world of football, it's an unfortunate fact that the Club is not my club at all, it belongs to people with a lot of money who hope to make even more money from their investment, and some years ago I ceased to be a 'supporter' and became (against my will) a 'customer'.

I respect also, the right of everyone to voice their opinion, but it saddens me to see such vitriolic exchanges between fellow Evertonians, who presumably share a common passion for Everton Football Club, and wage verbal warfare over something, of which they have no control. I plead guilty to being "Old School", but the level of abuse I witness on some of these threads, we used to reserve for our "illegitimate cousins" from across the park.

I trust that no matter who may be in charge, we as supporters get behind the team, and recreate the atmosphere we experienced against Watford. Apologies if this post sounds like a sermon, I really do mean well.

I certainly don't want fat Sam.

But if I could choose anyone it would be Nagelmann from Hoffenheim. Who I believe Buyern are interested in.

Your chess analogy is overstating Unsworth's problems - a lot. Were not a league 2 outfit punching above our weight. DU states that he picks the best team available to win a football game so I'll take him at his word. We gave it a good go at Chelsea but lost to a reserve team.

Your initial post is another variation in "manager knows best", essentially. Yes, he works with the players etc, I agree he is privy to information we don't have. But I don't need that to predict that Sigurdsson is ineffective as a wide player; demonstrated at Spurs, not seeing anything to change my mind with us. He's probably had an hour total in his actual position this season, you know the one that made us kerplunk £45m on him. Sheer idiocy. Rooney puts a shift in but deploying him on the left at 32 is just stupid. That Vlasic has been dropped is foolish to say the least.

Unsworth plays favourites just like Koeman did. He motivates the team and seems like he has potential as a manager but he is an utter novice. For a club of our status to gamble on him would be irresponsible. Compare his resume with Silva's, who is 4 years younger. If Unsworth has ambition to manage at this level he needs to head up a league1 club, impress for 2-3 years then we'll see. Right now? Absolutely not. Oh, Fat Sam can fuck right off.