Why are Everton board still not acting
We’re nearly 24 hours on from that appalling 0-2 defeat at Goodison Park to Norwich City, and yet it seems that the board at Everton still haven’t made a decision about the future of manager Marco Silva – why?
What more evidence do Farhad Moshiri, Chief Executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale or Director of Football Marcel Brands need to see that Everton are sinking fast and that a change in manager simply has to be made?
Do they not realise that we are now probably facing a season-long relegation battle and that in my view without change now, any hopes of finishing in the top half of the table let alone in the European places, is gone.
I’m getting so fed up with this inertia and lack of decision-making from the board running my football club. The time to act is now, although in fact they should have made a change during the previous international break.
There are reports that meetings have been taking place today about Silva’s position but as I said last night I’m not holding out hope they will act and make a decision soon. These individuals have to remember they are simply the current custodians of Everton FC, the club is in the end more important than them.
Another critical thing Moshiri et al should take account of is the shift in mood taking place amongst fans. Evertonians don’t turn on their manager or players quickly or easily. They are loyal and are prepared to accept short-term set-backs if they can see and buy into, a longer-term plan.
Many Toffees supporters were prepared to give Silva time and to keep faith with him even if results were shaky for a while. After all Blues fans know that we need some stability at the club after a succession of recent managerial changes.
However those fans can’t see any pattern, strategy or plan in anything that Silva does. Players come in and out of the team, he restores individuals to the team who are woefully under-performing, and he switches formations and player positions almost it seems, on a whim.
For example why did Alex Iwobi not start yesterday instead of Gylfi Sigurdsson? Meanwhile he continues to leave one of Everton’s most expensive recent recruits, Moise Kean on the bench as he keeps faith with other forwards that are constantly failing to deliver.
And even when the Toffees were in desperate need of pace and firepower in yesterday’s game, he refuses to bring Kean on and decides to substitute the team’s right-back. This despite the fact he was publicly backing his Italian striker just this week!
After yesterday’s loss, Everton on paper at least, face a horrendous run of fixtures in December in which it’s perfectly possible they might struggle to pick up a single point. Where on earth would that leave the team come Christmas?
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On Saturday afternoon those Blues supporters who endured that defeat at Goodison made their feelings clear and it should be a sound that resonates in any board meetings about the situation that take place in the next few days.
Although its not the only thing that should dictate the situation, it’s pretty clear that once a manager has lost the majority of the match-day crowd and fans generally, he ultimately can’t survive for long, whether the hierarchy want to keep him or not.
I think Silva has certainly reached that point now. I don’t dislike him or have anything against him and I believe that the majority of Evertonians feel the same way.
However the truth is that he simply isn’t good enough to manage this club, get the best out of his team or in my view, turn the current dreadful situation around. When will the Everton board recognise this reality!?