average manager with little ambition
it would be shocking if he hadnt managed to build a team capable of finishing comfortably above midtable with the amount of time he's been given at everton, just shows what stability can do for a club
he does have an eye for talent, but if he was a better manager he would have achieved more success, because really, he's done fuck all at everton
I wouldn't say he's done fuck all.
He's taken them from trap-door dodgers to consistent top 7/8 finishers.
I do though think, he's well in his comfort zone at Everton. He's on a very decdent pay-out himself, yet hides behind the old mantra of being a skint club. That in itself takes a lot of the pressur off him to be winning things, as soon as it all goes pear shaped, he wheels out the samer old ' we've got no money' excuses.
There's numerous other teams with a similar level of finances as everton who've fought for trophies in the last decade, yet you don't hear their managers constantly useing the same old excuse for their failings.
As I've said, I think he's a decent manager, but in all likelyhood, reached pretty much near the top of what he can do.
If he got some serious money to spend, I reckon he could go a rung or two higher, but not much further than he has now, as every time he's come up against a decent sized obstacle, in othe managers, or organised teams, he's failed on far far more occasions than he's triumphed.
Tactically, I just don't think he's got it.
He may well be a very good coach, and a very good man-manager, but as a tctician, he's seriously lacking.