Ferguson: 'I don’t agree with all this talk about relegation'

It's probably realistic but a shame to hear it so accepted.

Six years on from the "Nothing Will Be The Same" dawn of a new era under Moshiri and we now harbour ambition of mid-table mediocrity.

I accept that, after last season's scare, most would take that, but at what point do we as a club raise the bar?

It seems like the ambition of Top 6 every season under Moyes (Martinez's first year) has totally unravelled.

But one thing I like about Frank is that he is a winner. He doesn't want to be a pragmatist - but he's doing it because needs must.

I expect a decent cup run. And realistically hope for a cup win.

And I expect a plan to be unfolding behind the scenes as to how we really get competitive once we have the best stadium in the North.

Re Ferguson, he missed the Sunderland job, which is a pity.

Robert - now that's more like what Duncan should've said!

Perhaps if Calvert-Lewin can play the majority of our games once he returns and everything else gels, we can surprise a few people and go on a good run but, for now, let's try walking first.

We finished 11th.

Everton that.

Agreed, though it's the reality of the situation. Mistakes were made, the squad is in transition, and we have to walk before we can run. As long as we're on the right path, I'm good with that.

Lyndon & Bill - correct on the reality; just sad to see it starkly framed almost as a target I guess. Hopefully not for too long.

But he stayed too long for his own career. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just can't see where he goes from here. I don't see him as a leader / manager. Way back in the day and for different reasons, he didn't like the limelight. Despite his on-the-pitch presence, off the pitch, he prefers to be in the background from what I've seen. Is that an unfair assessment?

I'll excuse the mid-table comment. He was an Everton player in a generation where that was considered to be a degree of success. I know he gets the club and maybe is being realistic in the here and now, but not for me that type of comment.

His very first manager, Jim McLean, publicly despaired of his shitty attitude as a teenage prodigy. He never changed as a player.

He now states he's up for a manger role, aged 50, with zero real experience in the role and a very vague, at best, history as a coach/cone-arranger, months after becoming available to everyone.

Anyone see a queue around the block forming to sign him?

Nah! Didn't think so.

Can't disagree on Dunc the player but did you ever hear the story of the Prodigal Son? There are people who make a mess of their lives then realize their mistake and turn it around.

I don't think Moyes was one for charity especially as he saw Dunc the player at his worst. I don't know if Dunc would make a good manager but I think it's time to move on from the guy who head-butted John McStay and see the older man the players openly admired and respected as a coach and Evertonian.

I think this is where the game has changed. 30 years ago someone like Dunc would be a career number two. An Archie Knox, a Joe Jordan. The game is a lot more technical now. Look at Frank’s crew, or indeed the Mourinho pipeline of himself, Boas, Rodgers etc. None of them great players, none of them heart on the sleeve rabble rousers. But more studious, technically savvy types. I don’t know if Dunc has that and doubt at age 50 anyone will roll the dice when you have managers 15 years younger. If anything someone like Dunc might be a good union leader in the PFA or something.

I don't know the source or how much validity there is in it, but I my brother told me this morning that he is being linked with the Dundee United position. Good move? Unsure - and he seems very settled in the North West of England.

He (my brother) also told me that Duncan recently spent a week with Real Madrid at the invite of Ancelotti to observe the coaching sessions. Again, I won't claim to be able to confirm if that is true or just internet myth.

He really never wanted the Everton manager's job because the gravy train might end. It eventually did and, though given the opportunity to extend it, even he could not be bared-faced enough to sit on. I can't see him managing any team for long.