CB Fry

He's more loveable. And more likely to fail I think.

Why have you quoted my same post twice with the same reply just ten minutes apart? Are you actually mental?

He won't say that, or anything like that and you know it. We're not be selling him.

So what?

You effing love it.

If that's on offer, and he takes it, his departure is nothing to do with: Lazy useless Les Reed "Kat's summer plan" Lack of ambition Us selling players Not backing the manager Not convincing Koeman of our ambition Our lack of resolve Not tying him down earlier etc etc It's just silly money and off he goes. He's not worth wages of a manager who can win the league, and frankly Everton could as likely be the next QPR/Shinawatra Man City rather than the next Mansur Man City. Our next manager will be a big name and we move on.

And we've had our first "they got lucky" dismissal of two seasons of record breaking points totals and league finishes. Two entire seasons of progress. Take a fu cking bow.

"Kat's summer plans". Jesus wept.

WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD CUP!!!!!!

How hasn't he been backed?

Indeed. He could get the Barca job, hr has Barca pedigree in spades. However it might be too late - it should have been his first or second job, as a fresh untarnished boss.

Probably will need a decent season on the Europa League plus a good league finish to be in with a shout. Still more likely to be Barcelona manager than Arsenal manager IMO. Dutch boss most likely.

Well, yeah.

But who here would give a f**k if in 2017 the Everton manager leaves Everton to go to Arsenal?

Like Alan Ball?

Because we're not run by mentalists.

You won't believe what these 90s footballers are doing now!

What?

Looks a bit click-baity to me. If it is happening the more connected and visible journos will be on it.

Well yes. It's possible they might offer to triple his money and he doesn't want to go.

Ultimately it won't be about "summoning resolve" if Everton genuinely are offering to triple his money and he wants to go. I know if he goes the forum will be a tsunami of div comments about how we didn't try, how Les can't close deals etc etc but we would have tried, we want him to stay. If he doesn't want to stay ultimately we can't make him. Personally it feels like an odd and pointless career choice putting him two years further back from a really big job bit if he goes for the money then he goes. Still think it won't happen.

The only reason the TV money stops coming in is if the interest in the sport in England collapses, and if that happens attendance will also go down as you'll be on a vicious circle no investment, best players going somewhere else etc etc, game retreating to its traditional hardcore fanbase. There won't be a scenario where there is a huge cut in TV revenue while at the same time 50,000 people are going to regular league matches. If interest in the sport falls away that much, then any newly expanded stadiums will start to look like white elephants, not insurance policies for the future. There was no Sky money in the eighties and even the big clubs were scraping 20-30k through the door.

There are loads and loads and loads of people in the media 'on our side'. Guessing you've missed the countless fawning articles in the press, on TV and radio over the last four or five years about how wonderful we are and how we do things is the way forward.

We'll definitely get a really quick trade deal with South Korea. The CEO of Kia will be banging on the door of the Korean President the minute the result is called.

Interesting it is just a comment piece, was expecting it to be built round a Les or Ralph interview. Seems fine, kind of chimed with my view on Mane - I am not convinced any CL level club (or Liverpool) will think he is worth what we'd want at this stage. I can't see anyone paying £40m for him. That said if he goes "on strike"/ kicks off etc etc then we could still sell this summer, but would still have to be about £35m.