Any club considering Allardyce as a viable option as manager has clearly got no ambition.
He is one of the longest serving managers in the PL and I’m always amazed at managers like him, Hughes, Souness, Pulis, etc, have got so many jobs, with so many clubs in the PL, yet win nothing and play boring, if effective, football.
Most clubs have no ambition. Slightest sniff of relegation and it’s panic stations then condemning yourself to two years of a shitmerchant until you’re in the position that you think we’re comfortable and maybe we should try and push forward.
That would only be a splash in the ocean for Wenger. We pretty much pay him that every year, don’t we?
£10m is a lot of money though. Silva doesn’t have a release clause in his contract, but other managers do - I think Rafa Benítez’ is £5m, why not try him? Or they can go after an available manager.
What do you make of Martin o Neil being linked. Hes had a bad press in Ireland by and large. I know he hasnt got a great deal of talent but some really negative comments ive read by ex players and press a like.
Is he past his best and would it be a gamble for Everton in your opinion.
I think its a non starter because he has a two year offer on the table from the FAI and realistically Everton only want a manager for the next 6-7 months.
I think managing a team like Ireland for four years removes you too much from what it takes to be a PL manager so in that regard it would definitely be a risk for Everton. O’Neill by all accounts is a heavy motivator and not so much of an organiser and Everton need the latter so if I was them I wouldn’t hire him.
That said he’s done a perfectly fine job as Ireland boss. We were 4th seeds in that group and in reality if we hadn’t fucked up against Serbia at home we would have won it. Not sure what those ex players think anyone could have done better tbh.