Mike Parry wants support for his Wayne Rooney campaign

As long as we can keep him out of the bars. And his girlfriends' Volkswagens.

Not.

If Rooney keeps Derby up despite a 21 point (i think) points deduction then it would be fair to take him seriously as a manager. He's not doing too badly with that against the odds. But he's nowhere near ready for a crack at the Everton job now. I hope Rooney does keep them up and does well over the next few seasons though. If that happens, who knows?

I think Mike Parry has just recreated the chant.

But I'd still have him ahead of this dinosaur

And that goes for Ferguson as well.

No ex players just because they ‘get the club'

Other Championship managers are ahead of him. I am not advocating Steve Cooper at all for the job, I don't know enough , but there is definitely something about this manager. Through the in-laws side I follow Forest a bit and he has made a big impact since replacing Chris Hughton. Out of nowhere he's got them organised, winning and scoring goals. A young (42) up and coming coach who could perform well with the DoF model.

Apparently he was playing 18, 19year old academy players and winning matches cos of the embargo.
25 win rate, with youngsters, no structure, owner or wages.

Guess what our win rate is in the past 8 games.

Yep Wayne and big Duncan.

Oh I think he was 16 yewrs 262 days at kick off, I was there.20min in I think Lee Dixon said he was a 25year old seasoned beast of a Pro.
Genius footballer.

Think we need him not a 61 year old Spanish Sunday League player.
What sort of a genius sets up like Sun, takes off his best chance of a goal if he played him properly.

Genius Benitez on £1million a month.
Wayne ???Yep if it was put to the vote, guess what.

But that wont happen, Wayne is to smart to take this shit show on with assurances.His list would be as long as anyones arm.

So we got Jan to May.Thinknit ll be 18games.

You could bring in Pep, Tutchal, Klopp.
Could they give 100%assurance of us not going down.
There own personal £50million against Moshiri's.

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

That big a job, not knowing how much £ they can spend,without selling.
Oh, 6 point,9point deduction in Mar for breach of FFP rules.?

How much crap do we think we are in.

Those promoting a drunken, granny grabbing yob from Crocky to lead the blues to greater things must be smoking crack.

We need a leader and motivator who can handle big names and kids alike. Rooney certainly has done nothing to earn that right.

Rafa's tactics whether right or wrong require a lot of hard work. Some players don't like hard work or conforming to team play and that is the problem at Everton(and for that matter UTD).

Personally I would give Rafa more time even though I was opposed to him coming and am not impressed with recent showing.

These players and the Kenwright clique have seen off so many managers I would give Rafa the chance to weed out the hangers on because his skin is thick enough to endure it and at least give us a foundation to move forward with a new setup.

It would be a massive gamble. but would it be much worse than what's happening now?

On reflection, I don't think it will happen, [and on balance I don't think it should happen]. I think Benitez will be given at least until the end of the January window. After that, I think we will improve both our play and our league position.

'The Wayne & Dunc Show' .... unlikely, but not as crazy as some people think. Boring, it wouldn't be !!

I just think Rooney is utterly bereft of any qualifications to be a manager of a Baskin-Robbins ice cream store, let alone a football club. Irrespective of Derby's financial woes and pending relegation, he has directed the club to five wins in 22 games this season. 11 in 46 last season.

That's 23.5%.

The idea of bringing in a manager with no experience, no original ideas, no reputation for leadership, a miserable managerial record and a clownish personal reputation... just because he once played for us... even the words you can't use on this website fail to do full justice to that thought.

What strikes me about the reactions posted is that a lot seem to disagree with the suggested replacement but very few that there needs to be one.

I refuse to attach any blame for this current malaise to Benitez and I think it is embarrassing to do otherwise. To sack this bloke, to not have the courage to stick with him as he battles to overcome other people's cock-ups and negligence, would diminish the club even further and hold it up to utter ridicule.

Yes, being a Blue is to be a member of a broad church, but the likes of Parry & Kenwright should wield little influence in 2022. Let Benitez do his job and support him.

Every time I have heard him, I have winced with embarrassment that he has anything to do with Everton, an odious fuckwit.

As for Wayne and Duncan. Two guys who do love our club, people who surely can pick a team and send them out. Could they do worse than Rafa?

As for people having done time or community service – look at the filthy money and sponsors of Premier League footy.

Is he doing the right thing for the wrong reasons? Or the wrong thing for the right reasons?

Whatever his other faults, nobody ever said Rooney doesn't have an outstanding 'Football Brain'... Barkley should have 25% as much and he'd be a world star.

The hard part is putting it over in a manner that lesser mortals can take it on board... or even want to take it on board.

This is probably Benitez's trouble too.

This is all part of the politics going on behind the scenes. Sensible people should see it for what it is – Bill Kenwright and his Finch Farm team manoeuvres and nothing more.

On a side note, anybody seen the rumour coming out of James Pearce at The Athletic that Duncan Ferguson is to be replaced by Gary McAllister?

There was a time, not so long ago, when we appointed managers with a solid background who had skills that could be transferred to Everton. Now, the job is like a hot potato, and anyone can have a go. The alternative is Rafa staying. How depressing…

Another cheating kopite, McAllister, robbed us, moving the ball 10 yards in a derby defeat which Andy Gray praises and found amusing. Kopite scab.

Appointing him now would do him and us no favours… in fact, it would be an act of gross stupidity.

I've heard David Weir's name mentioned in the past, but I don't know how much truth there is in that, either.

Put the tea-lady in charge, It won't make any difference.

His latest ‘report' in the Athletic on the recent derby was all about ‘revenge best served cold' for the travesty of the injury on St.Van Dijk. Here's his old Echo report…is this the work of a balanced journo.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/liverpool-fc-0-everton-fc-3572557

Mike @23, he has only lost a few games, they only had 3 players signed on about a fortnight before the season started. They've been deducted 21 points. I think he is making a good fist of it considering it's mostly youth players and journeyman pros who he cobbled together a week before the season started.

Rooney hasn't done anything yet as a manager to suggest he could cope at Everton. I am seriously worried that we could drop to League One very quickly with this squad. <{P>Too many changes of manager generates an attitude amongst players who don't listen or care because the next manager will be arriving in a year or so and they think it's not worth trying too hard. Only the proper professionals in the club will put in a real shift and we have too many in our squad with this attitude.

The transfer window is a huge risk – Rafa may sell some of our better players to generate some cash and, if he buys badly, we could be finished as a top-flight club. Does he deserve trust of this magnitude? And, if he doesn't, then who does?

We need someone who will give young players a chance because our squad of experienced pros does not often give 100%. I can't figure out why so many of them can't pass a ball 10 yards to a colleague and then move into space. It is not a difficult game but pass and move seems beyond our players – even though most of them cost a fortune.

Why can't we coach them to do this basic skill? Are they so poor, or so thick or just not bothered?

I don't know who the answer is but Rooney hasn't done anything to convince me that it's him!

In fairness to Arsenal, they have stood by their manager over the past 2 years. I don't believe he would have survived at Goodison Park, and they are now showing signs of progress.

We are in need of a major overhaul and that takes time and patience. David Moyes left this club some 7 years ago and it will take a good 3 or 4 years to clean up the mess that was made after his departure.

However, give him his due, like Gerard and Lampard, he has at least got off his arse and given it a shot. Unlike a couple much closer to home...

I'm probably on my own but I'd prefer Lampard or Scott Parker, or even Dunc with Stuart Pearce as assistant. (I'll get me coat!)

You say Potter is a good coach who tries to play attacking football. I think he is a good coach but he is without a win in eleven matches. Why have Brighton only scored 14 goals in 17 games? Also their fans have booed the team after recent home matches.

Maybe my sentiment is born out of looking at the current possible options for ex-Everton players to be manager and having the opinion they just don't seem good enough or ready. And I always look at credentials to be manager, not whether they have previous connections with Everton or not.

Rooney could be different. The key there being 'could be'. But not now.

He is still relatively new to managing. I'll be consistent in my views; at least he is learning his trade. He's taken the jump, gone to a lower level, coached, and is now managing.

It's not just that it's Derby, but this has too many parallels with Lampard written all over it for me. And Lampard walked into a strong squad with the ability to spend on Europe's best players as well as benefiting from the output of an academy that clearly had its foundations laid several years ago.

Rooney, well, would walk into something quite different.

Too soon, but I wouldn't rule him out in future if it goes well for him at Derby or elsewhere.

I think this is another of his wind-ups or he needs the attention. Is he working these days?? I thought he was dead.

Rafa is a disciplinarian who wants to change the structure / mindset of the club, which in my opinion is well overdue. Jobs for the boys, no young talent coming through for far too many years.

We have got to get behind our club, no matter who is in charge. This is a time where they need us most.

What has Wayne Rooney's misdemeanours with women got to do with how he would do as manager??

As for Rooney, he was the greatest English footballer to play for this club. Just saying.

Indeed, at the time, he was better than Messi and Ronaldo - a fact which it is now impolite to mention. Better, for the avoidance of doubt, than the young Charlton and the forever young Edwards.

But he was and is an ugly scouser, he was unfitting, and he didn't give a fuck about his body. He declined accordingly. He doesn't have the means now - or, I suspect, ever - to be a successful manager because he lacks self-discipline and has the self-destructive reflexes of many people who are/were exceptionally gifted.

What a joy he was though.

On Rooney @Tony Hill. Probably the best player in my lifetime we've produced. My Dad (RIP) would argue Colin Harvey.

I always thought Rooney had more natural talent than Ronaldo. Big shout I know, but I believe that. But Ronaldo worked harder and looked after himself better. Rooney rested on his laurels and natural street talent in my opinion.Not that he has a bad trophy count or CV, but he could have been even better.

Still Sheedy for me though!!

I understand your generation's love of Sheedy, another Olympian.