18 Jun 2014 16:24:55
BK has spoken recently about a lot of work to be done at Everton this summer. One of the first tasks has been to extend RM's contract to 5 years. BK has said that the club (the board) have put their complete trust in RM to take the club forward. In the meantime, Alan Irvine has left his job as Head of the Academy to become WBA head coach. Then there's the story that Alan Stubbs has been allowed to interview for the Hibernian manager's job. Is it just me putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5, or - having had ample opportunity to assess the club's complete structure during his first year in charge - is RM now putting his preferred structure in place throughout the club. He already has his first-team staff - that came with him from Wigan - in place and it looks like he's putting his stamp on the other areas. Perhaps some of remaining DM regime - apart from Duncan Ferguson and Kevin Sheedy - just haven't come up to RM's expectations or were too stuck in the old DM ways. Anyone got a better-informed viewpoint?

1.) 18 Jun 2014
I was thinking the same thing when I heard about stubbs

2.) 18 Jun 2014
Not aure about more informed but I think that the successful development of youth at Everton makes those responsible attractive to other clubs.

3.) 18 Jun 2014
Having watched Alan Irvine's interview on the official club site, I can now understand that it was a difficult choice for him to make - and him alone with no hidden club agenda - but that an opportunity to be head coach at a Premier League club was too good to turn down. He had only good things to say about RM.
Still not sure about Stubbs and how much he was really "into" the RM way of doing things. Is Stubbs rankled about not getting the manager's job here after DM - supposedly he was interviewed back then?