Unsworth hails 'great night' in final match in charge

We will have now a new manager and the sooner we get behind him the better for Everton irrespective of most of our reservations at his appointment. We used our Get out of Jail card last night. Now let's move upwards towards the top part of the table.

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He worked in a hopeless situation, amidst low morale, players out of form and injuries (he had to play a Back 4, that no one high on drugs also would have predicted at the start of the season).

Unsy will go back to the U23s, and if he has ambitions may possibly leave at the end of the season for managing a Championship/lower league club. I wish him all the very best for his future.

Part of me can't help feeling that some of the spineless players put a shift in tonight to impress Sam though, not because they wanted to for Unsworth.

Unsey is a great Evertonian, but given the way he managed this situation, I hope he'll get good opportunities to manage other clubs.

Thank you Unsey.

Unlikely that he'd get another 5 week opportunity at the Everton helm if the situation arises again.

And who knows, some time in the not too distant future, after he's proved himself with another club, he'll be back as our manager again??

Thank you, Rhino, for looking after us and good luck in the future, whatever it holds.

Tonight's result though I suspect was as a result of what Sam said to Unsy before the game. I reckon he would have told him something to say to the players about their positions and how they need to show they care.

That third goal of Rooney's, fucking class in a glass. Rooney has now scored more than Lukaku in fewer games this season.

Really pleased you went out on a good win. All the best for the future.

On the flip side, can posters pack in the foolish comments about Unsy's win rate over a handful of games proving he is a better manager than (insert name of your choice).

Can you really envisage a scenario whereby Unsworth having scheduled the late night training session the night before and spent the day preparing the team, he'd suddenly rip it all up and go with what Allardyce said. Would Allardyce really have then been so arrogant as to tell Unsworth what to do. Sure he may have said a few words. And maybe the players felt the need to prove themselves. But this result was down to Unsworth and his tactics.

Finally he made us solid. Simply dropping the midfield deeper and trying to play more on the break.

The performance was the least he deserved. I went into more detail on another thread.

Football is fickle and if Sam Allardyce wasn't signed and sealed I'm sure the board would give him Huddersfield and the trip to Cyprus. Instead they panicked and we are were we are.

I won't bring Allardyce into this as this thread should be about Unsworth. I believe he's done the hard work and 2 points off 9th, we can look firmly up the table. And for that, we can thank Unsworth. He bottomed us out and signs off having given us hope. We have the playoff promoted team next. They just got thrashed 5-0 and really we should but expecting to win. Of course Huddersfield have been unexpectedly tough opponents and we will need maximum effort to be sure of three points.

Well done David Unsworth. May you long cherish the memories of that standing ovation and the chants of rhino.

Not quite but not far off. Lukaku has 8 Premier League goals this season, Rooney has 7.

I also think he's now matched his best tally with us. Not a bad return for someone allegedly past it, whose legs have gone and all the other rubbish levelled at him on here. Yes, West Ham were poor but Rooney showed last night that form is temporary, class is permanent.

I was glad when Unsworth stated he picked the team and sorted the tactics no imput from Allardyce whatsoever. Know I am sure there was a bit of players wanting to impress the new manager but that performance and victory was solely down to David Unsworth.

The old saying is true you can kid some of the people some of the time but you cant kid all of the people all of the time. Us match going Evertonians knew Unsworth was hung out to dry, and we let him know last night we were all grateful for his efforts, I thought it was brilliant the way the crowd kept chanting Rhino, Rhino.

All those posters saying he was naive and was out of his depth, well he has won both his home fixtures scoring 7 goals and drew with Crystal Palace away. Yes we lost to Leicester away and his worst league result was losing at Southampton. The Europa league was dead before he took over.

I will be interested to see how many of the young players that played last night figure in the squad in 6 to 8 weeks time, or will we be back to the likes of Mirallas and Schneiderlin be back in the team. Although his record in his past clubs tells me he doesn't use many youngsters I hope Allardyce recognises what a talented bunch of kids we have got and uses them.

Finally a very big well done to Jonjoe Kenny and Mason Holgate who were both terrific, I think that's the best I have seen Holgate play. He looked very assured in everything he did and a marked improvement in Keane's recent performances.

My point was 6 games do not, and can not be an indicator of how a managerial career will go.

That was from three away games and two at home, and with also having to accommodate two Europa League games in a fairly packed schedule, all after inheriting a very dispirited squad. All in a turbulent atmosphere with many Evertonians in a dark mood. Seven crucial points.

That's impressive in my book. Credit also to the two who appeared to be his closest advisors, Royle and Ebbrell.

Makes me wonder what Unsworth might do with a full pre-season in charge, as a confirmed manager rather than caretaker status, with time to get his ideas over.

Performance aside, at least he's not a consistently arrogant and unprofessional twat, unlike the man who helped create the difficult circumstances.

He probably can be a full fledge Premier League Manager this time two years from now.

By then Big Sam would be gone and he may have another shot to manage Everton.

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The expectation that he would instantly turn things round and deliver away wins starting with Chelsea was beyond optimistic. Leicester was disappointing and he did set up the team/tactics incorrectly IMO. Southampton was a disaster with two enforced changes to an already makeshift back four, limiting any room for tactical changes. He was badly let down by some of the so-called experienced professionals, and the Board.

His under 23 players have been a credit to him, especially Kenny who is progressing well as his confidence grows. Kenny and Baningime would not have have been risked by Koeman and I doubt if our new manager would have let them step up to the plate.

So for me and I'm glad to say the majority of the supporters last night it's well done David Unsworth. The failure to give Unsworth the job (and backing/authority) until January (or at a minimum 3 home league games) may well be a 'What if' debated for years to come.

He goes on to say of the 5 appointments to the Premier League this season 4 went to British managers with an average age of 61. These men have had 21 Premier league jobs between them. Also if you add last season you can add Mike Phelan and Craig Shakespeare which makes it 8 of the last 15 Premier League jobs going to British managers.

Reade goes on to say that Allardyce was talking to Andy Gray and Richard Keys on their Qatar TV show complaining British coaches are deemed 2nd class because its your Country. He goes onto say we are highly educated highly talented coaches with nowhere to go, and says the Premier League is the foreign league. But the real truth is that British managers like Allardyce and Pardew and Moyes and Pullis have had numerous chances, but they are just not good enough. And I guess we will not hear anymore from Allardyce about young British coaches not getting a fair crack of the whip seeing he has just replaced one.

Regarding the rest of the story isn't this something we have all had a go at, the managers money go round, they become rich men by being failures.

So lets get the facts right it isn't foreign managers blocking the chances of young British coaches getting Premier League jobs. Its ageing British coaches that are blocking them, and most have never won anything despite getting numerous chances. Allardyce being a perfect example.

I have exchanged letters with Brian in the past, over football. I have heard he is a very genuine man and I always look forward to his political page in the Mirror where he regularly takes the piss out out of the high and mighty, particularly The Tories.

On football, he is just another fan giving his opinion but getting paid for it. I'm jealous – wish it was me!!

If they had held their nerve a little longer, then we might not have to endure Allardyce until the end of the season, and Unsworth could show that perhaps he can become a talented manager.

What's done is done now, and we can only hope that we finish the season strong, perhaps a cup run all the way to Wembley, we replace the crook in the summer and go again for the top 4 in the summer. I'll be taking it one step at a time though. Huddersfield and 3 points first.

He had an unnecessary go at John Bishop, who gave his time for nothing, in the closing speeches.

No need and nothing gained by it.

I said it yesterday "watch the players who haven't put a shift in run their plums off because Fatty Arbuckle was in the stand". For the record. Allardyce was rock bottom on my list of replacements.

My hope is, taking into account the 㾷 million they were prepared to pay Watford, we use 6 of it to blow Allardyce out in the summer.

Imo Silva would be easier to get then and for less compensation. The maths work out perfectly.

Will he ever manage us again? I doubt it, to be honest – unless he does something like Dyche has done at Burnley and then we might come calling. He inherited a dreadful situation here, and it got worse before it got better at the end.

He had longer in charge than most acting managers, so you can't say he wasn't given a fair go at staking his claim for the job. But, however you manipulate the statistics, the team looked dreadful in almost every game under Unsy. On the back of last night's win, an experienced manager like Allardyce should be able to sort the players out and hopefully keep us out of the relegation zone.

A great Evertonian, and one who most likely won't spend the next 18 months whinging and moaning about Sam.

If, as we should expect, we beat Huddersfield we will have taken 10 points from a possible 18. That's a pretty good return isn't it and certainly wouldn't have required the appointment of "Fireman Sam".

The panic merchants who screamed for a more "experienced" manager have got their wish. They've called for the fire brigade, but there ain't no fire. We'll be in the top half in 48 hours time and they will proclaim big Sam a saviour.

These people can't even bring themselves to allow Unsworth his credit for last night's performance, claiming it was the sight of The Mercenary sitting in the stands which made the players work... utter garbage.

I said after the Southampton game that Rhino would omit Koeman's shirkers for the Hammers game and that is exactly what he did. Those who played last night have always given their all. They just looked better playing without people like Schneiderlin and Mirallas

Sam "hoof it" Allardyce. The fella with a better win ratio sitting in the stand than he has or ever will manage to achieve when he's in the dressing room.

No striker to replace Lukaku or the other 2 we let go.
No left back cover.
Too many No 10's
Poor manager choices in Martinez and then Koeman (as turned out to be)
Kept Moyes too long
Sell our best players (cheaply)
Buy too many inferior quality players
Kenwright still Chairman.
Kenwright's blue bubble world where everything Everton is great and will work out fine, it will won't it?

Personally I think it's a raging inferno that will take a long time to get under control.

Football fans eh.

That is a foolish post above.

Just read on another thread, one of the most sensible things I've heard in a long time. Let's reward Unsey, and let him take most of the under 23's to Cyprus, and leave the rest of the squad at home to acclimatize to our new manager, and also prepare for the bastards over the park, next Sunday.

I didn't agree with all of his decisions and playing Schneiderlin along with Gueye has failed enough times already but for me there were some genuine signs that he would be able to turn it around (except for in the Soton game where injury derailed us and the players were particularly poor). And that is despite being given proper backing from the board. How hard to do your job when every day the papers are full of the various people lined up to take over your role?

I think he deserved a few more games and if his team had beaten Huddersfield (who are woeful away) then there is an excellent chance that he would have taken us from bottom 5 into the top 10. Surely that might have deserved being handed the job for rest of the season?

Still, what's done is done. Does anyone know if he will be resuming his role as head of U23s. I very much hope so. Top man.

Sam "hoof it" Allardyce. The fella with a better win ratio sitting in the stand than he has or ever will manage to achieve when he's in the dressing room.

Am I correct in thinking you are somehow 'crediting' him for a 100% record 'from the stands', based on watching Wednesday's game (for which he was not actually responsible)?

The second part I think I understand, and that too is a 100% record. Something you say he will never achieve "in the dressing room". With today's win in his first game in charge, does this mean you owe us a humble retraction for getting your bold prediction thankfully well wrong?

I wasn't ignoring your request I have only just seen it.

The comment about big Sam having a better record from the stands was of course meant to be irony - The guy himself had told us he had nothing to do with last Wednesdays game and yet so many people have given him the credit for it.

Now at the risk of being accused of "twisting and squirming" I would be more than happy to justify my statement.

You will notice I use the words "has ever" and "will ever" at in there. That is to demonstrate I am talking past, present and future.

Big Sam did not start his managerial career on Saturday. He has overseen hundreds of games, the win on Saturday will scarcely put a dent in his win ratio.

Apology for being wrong? Yeah if that's what you want in the future, but I cant apologies simply because you think you have caught me being wrong. I wasn't making a bold prediction. I was stating a fact

This manager is here whether I like it or not, with a game against "them" on the horizon and a season which isn't yet a total write off, I want to give him every chance from here on in.

Your personal feelings are clear – water off a ducks – but If you want an apology every time somebody is wrong on this site the place would be awash with them.

After Koeman, I want to start enjoying being an Evertonian again, I also want to continue to post on this site, but be assured, the former is far more important than the latter.