Koeman undergoes urgent heart surgery

Not a great manager for us. But I really hope he's okay.

Get well soon, Rob! 👍💙

Anyone have an email address where one can send some information to him with a bit of 411?

I had a similar procedure.

Hope he recovers soon. It wasn't all bad under him (4-0 v Man City).

Get well soon. The only manager who appeared to have the hex on Pep.

And somebody said that, if he did have one, then he kept it in Oumar's locker. Let's hope it is only an easily unblocked artery.

Wishing you a full and speedy recovery, Ron!

Get well soon, Ronald.

Scary stuff. Hope he gets through it okay.

Good luck, Ronald. Hope all goes well with surgery.

I meant "Get Well, Ron." 🤦‍♂️ Damn autocorrect. 💙

I wish him a full recovery, but he and Sam Allardyce are the only 2 managers that I did not warm up to in my years of following the Blues. He just did not seem to 'get' Everton.

I fell out with him the day he told Lukaku that, if he wanted to be regarded as one of the very best footballers, then he would have to leave Everton! I still cannot believe that we employed a manager who made this statement to the press:

"If Romelu was to play at Everton until the end of his career, I know he has left something (behind). His potential is greater and higher than Everton as a final destination."

Get well soon Ronald.

We weren't right for eachother at the end of the day but when all is said and done finishing 7th in his first season wasn't so terrible considering the last 6 years of turbulence.

Wish him well on his recovery.

Get well soon, Ronald.

It just didn't work out for him here. Him and Steve Walsh were obviously a bad combination.

I'm still far from convinced by the Director of Football model – but he did a good job at Southampton before us, and is currently doing a good job with Holland. I wish him well.

Best Wishes and a full recovery to Ronald.

Ajay Gopal #12, unfortunately I felt that way about Wayne Rooney just prior to his transfer to Man Utd. At the time, however, we were in a “somewhat better position” in the Lukaku era than the time Rooney left.

I too wish him a total and speedy recovery, but let's be clear, in their brief time at the club, Koeman and Walsh wasted more of Everton's money than, I should think, any one else in it's history. We are still suffering from it's effects.

Lads come it's probably not the thread to revisit the criticism of his reign. Best wishes Ronald

Too much horrible stuff going on in the world today. I hope he is well soon. I'm not interested in posting any negative stuff, unlike others, regardless of circumstances. Pack it in guys.

Not a great spell as manager for Everton but sometimes things don't work out right? What a player in his day and possessed a thunderbolt of a strike on him considering he was a defender.

Best wishes.

I hope he gets well soon. However I don't think he gave a damn about Everton, he couldn't wait to leave, and manage Barcelona. I know he used to leave the training ground as early as possible so he could play golf.

John Davies #22 is not me (John Davies #20).
Both JD's but a difference of attitude on this thread.

So OK, get well soon Ronald.

Think he was shafted by not getting the striker he wanted. His autobiography will be interesting to see who authorised the spending on the motley crew.

I think we tend to forget how promising things looked during Koeman's first season - 61 points with a mismatched squad that was in the process of being overhauled is nothing to sneeze at. A couple of really nice results too, mostly notably the wins over City and Arsenal. Plus he delivered European football.

Unfortunately, I think the scattergun recruitment process and his ill-defined working relationship with Walsh had a lot more to do with his downfall than his managerial abilities. Ultimately things didn't work out, but I wish him well during his recovery.

Bill, I think you forget how much his comments about Lukaku wasting his career at Everton really pissed off the fanbase. Happened within a few months of him arriving, give or take.