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After a poor start to the season there has been a lot of discussion about the future of Marco Silva, and John Hartson exclusively told Football FanCast that Everton should have stuck with a former manager.
The Welshman points to Sam Allardyce as a figure who did a lot to help the club during his short period in charge.
To his credit, whilst his style of play may not have won him many fans amongst the Goodison Park faithful, he granted game time on a more regular basis to young players like Tom Davies, Mason Holgate and Dominic Calvert-Lewin – all of whom remain in the first-team.
Hartson also acknowledges the circumstances in which the former England manager took over, suggesting it was a difficult environment in which to manage due to the actions of his predecessor.
Speaking exclusively to FFC, he said: “Koeman totally, totally messed things up there. He spent an awful lot of money but he had a disaster.
“Then Sam Allardyce came in and I think he galvanised the club. I know people don’t particularly like watching Sam’s brand of football, but he guarantees you results and I actually think Allardyce would have been a good fit for Everton.”
The stats support his assessment. Despite taking over a side struggling for points and lurking just above the relegation zone, Allardyce lost just nine games in 26, and given Marco Silva hasn’t had much success, it may have been the wrong decision to make a change.
Silva is now coming under a lot of scrutiny himself but it is likely another managerial change could destabilise the club further, and it is a concern of Hartson’s that “Everton have been through three or four managers in the same amount of years”.
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He isn’t the only person to hold that view, with former Toffee Phil Jagielka also backing his former manager amid calls from certain sections of the Everton support for the Portuguese boss to go.
“There is no point chopping and changing,” said Jagielka, who is well aware of the unrest that can arise from switching managers having played through five different managers in his last six years on Merseyside.
Time will tell whether Silva can unify what appears to be a divided fanbase.