Allardyce content to avoid 'dreaded' vote of confidence from Moshiri

He's not as poisonous as Koeman became, but we're not going to grow under him. Moshiri not publicly backing him speaks volumes... but Sam makes a good point about the "cursed vote of confidence". With so few, and no meaningful, games left it would seem crazy not to if the intention was to stick with him. Perhaps Moshiri has learned from his dabble with the media when Unsworth was temporarily in charge - and that's a good thing if it's the case... we certainly don't need more nonsense like that.

So I thank him for what he has done this season (we are a mess now but were more of a mess when he arrived), will keep my vitriol bottled and wish him bon voyage asap.

Next man step up, please.

It is another way of saying, “I am going nowhere unless my contract is payed in full.”

Of course he needs to keep on banging the line “I am planning for next season.”etc.

Anything other than that would give the hint he was prepared to walk and take a low settlement.

He not stupid and as his past has revealed he is incredibly motivated by money.

He will have advisors telling him what to say and to stick with it to extract the maximum payout upon termination.

Everyone's worst fear is being realised.

This could be the earliest Johnny Logan shout ever. I normally use it mid January when we are knocked out of the cups.

More than anything this highlights Moshiri's ambition for the club or lack of. Expect more of the same shite next season.

In my view unless FM has drawn up a precast template for an overhaul of the board and coaching staff, bearing the World Cup, and unlikely to qualify for Europe, and general lack of apparent genuine interest from the so called top coaches, I don't see any change.

No doubt the rhetoric from Sam will be now, I'll show you proper football.. For me the club is drifting with no course and. On the field and off the field it's a mess.

Moshiri is a business man. As such he probably wants a bit of stability on the football so he can take care of other opportunities. All this manager, coaching and player merry go round is a costly exercise in time and money.

Plus its World Cup year, players, managers and club owners will be unavailable for large periods and transfer fees for 'one good tournament doesn't make a good player X' even more insane.

Will Sam keep us in the PL, yes. Will he be keen to improve and should finish top half, yes. Will he make us harder to beat, yes. Will he be prepared to work on a tight budget having to sell before he can buy, yes.

Moshiri's job is done. Both financially and from a football view. On to the next project, possibly Bramley Moor Dock, possibly not..

Now if it wasn't for my love of EFC that almost makes sense.

Fans left unhappy for another season and then move on to project Everton phase 2.

I think which ever way this plays out we will be wasting another 12 months on keeping Sam or making the wrong appointment.

Moshiri please do the right thing, say bye to Sam and bring in a winner, Mr Mancini.

No matter what we do not like about Sam and the churlish insults bandied around, he is a smart guy and hardly wet behind the ears

Clearly he has made mistakes in the past and at Everton

As a matter of fact he has achieved what he was put in place to do, many of us do not like how he has gone about it

I do not want him to stay if the football we play remains as it is currently, even if we win a few more games - and we're pressing for 6th

I cannot remember more than 3 or 4 occasions for 15 to 20 minutes when we have looked anything other than ponderous and scared of the ball

We grind results out of equally or even poorer teams and get found out against better sides

If Sam can build on stage 1 and introduce what we all desperately seek then I would consider him as an option - only fire him with a clear plan B and that should include proven competence at the highest level - not someone with potential

We need strong men in the team and a strong manager

With regards to Moshiri, maybe his biggest goal, is to get us down the dock, but if Allardyce stays, I wonder how many season tickets will either go back, or remain un-used next season?

My gut is that BMD is on the back burner for now. No public announcement of private backers and only notions of the LCC, being interested as backers.

Win today..hopefully and a good shift by all the players.

Plus this year the transfer window closes 9th August, 25 days after the world cup, I personally think it'll be one of the lowest on record, and any new manager would want to give the current playing squad a chance, then next thing you know we're in deep shit come the January transfer window...

Think Sam has already indicated that we've adopted a sell before you buy policy... So let Sam get rid of some of the shite he was left with, then come the end of his contract we may look a good prospect for any new manager

We know where Everton have been over the last 10 years, the best of the rest. Skint, but with a heritage and a size of club that could and should be challenging.

Moshiri came in and this was the opportunity we had to try and catch those above us. What has transpired is a lack of direction, vision, culture, sophistication and ultimately that ambition.

Allardyce is not the manager to take this club forward, he never was and he never will be. If we are keeping him, we are basically taking the knife to a gun fight and the board are quite simply saying.

'WE GIVE UP"

A sad day for all Evertonians.

If he remains as manager I loose every trust in Everton administration for good.

I would keep Unsworth, the rest of the sorry gang, including Ferguson, can go.

If Allardyce stays on it must trigger an extension. It's rare a manager runs a contract down in this era.

Moshiri's business instincts will surely realise that the club cannot begin next year with Allardyce effectively on a 12 month notice period. Potential signings and current squad players would be left in limbo and uncertainty, the enemy of all businesses.

If Moshiri is prepared to let that happen, thats a very poor sign. If you keep the Allardyce, Moshiri has to back him.

In the absence of that and no news of an extension, logic tells me he's gone.

My heart is panicked and worried.

Contradicts himself in one paragraph. Amazing. He could have done so much more but just wanted to preserve his reputation. Bizarre because he could've enhanced it. Just shows he lacks any class and ambition.

Reporter: 'Prime Minister, what happened with the election?'

Prime Minister;' Well, we've now got some clarity, going forward'!

We need a manager who will play attractive attacking football.

I really cannot see Fonseca, Silva, Eddie Howe, Sean Dyche or any other of the names bandied about on here walking blind into the "lion's den" – they would have to be crazy to take on such a job.

Season tickets are sold so job done for the board and owners.

However I feel that nothing has been resolved and FM has painted him self into a corner. He fought hard to get Koeman but that backfired... he fails to get the guy from Watford Everton were a big club in the past, but now are sadly looked at as a small club over shadowed by Liverpool who as we all know are loved by the media. It will take Man City decades and European cup wins to ever come out of the shadows of their neighbors .

I don't live in the past but was happy to have witnessed the great teams of the 80's. Oh and have we really sold all season tickets or is that just another lie to make the vulnerable think there missing out and live in hope that there is a new manager lined up.

Every football fan lives in hope, the reality is that hope is dashed more times than its celebrated. I find Sam rather entertaining he plays the media game brilliantly... he's not a manager who cares about the club or scared of loosing his job... it's all a big game to him and he gets off on it... laughing all the way to the bank...

The people who have been running Everton Football club are the same, so Sam is a perfect fit.. They are all in it for the money, the fans are in it for the glory. Sadly the money men get richer while the fans get poorer in every way...

There is no quick solution to get Everton back to the top of the table and as each passing season goes we slip further back into obscurity.

To me, in my case, bit like having having a Santander customer forum.