Phil Neville seems like a nice guy, but he's written/dictated some punditry nonsense for the BBC:
I would love to see David Unsworth get the Everton job on a permanent basis and it riles me when I see him described as not having enough experience.
Maybe I've forgotten something so let's just check David Unsworth's job experience as a football Manager:
...Never been a permanent manager at any football club but has managed 10 games as caretaker.
Consider me not riled.
Unsworth has done the hard yards as a coach and has done a fantastic job with the Everton Under-23 side, where he has done everything that was asked of him.
So many years job experience in a different job then?
He won the Premier League 2 title with them last season and has also produced a lot of the young players that are now playing for the Everton first team.
The next step now is for him to go and do that at first-team level in the Premier League
Why is the next step from youth level to go directly to the Premier League. What is it about youth football that could specifically prepare him for the Premier League? The incredibly low attendances and lack of media attention? The sensible recognition that players make mistakes and results are not always everything? All hallmarks of the Premier League for sure.
If it is not at Everton, then Unsworth has to get that chance somewhere else - but where?
From an English coach's perspective, we are not getting opportunities. We are seen as second-class citizens at the moment, and that has got to change.
Wow. Shall we ask 66 of the 92 current Premier League & EFL Managers how to magic up a miracle opportunity to be appointed by a football club?
I did not know this myself until I joined, but Everton is a unique club where as a player or manager, it is vital you understand the fans and the area you are working in. They are the people who make it, and it is not just a football club by name.
This is drivel, but also doesn't make Everton unique compared to most other football clubs.
Unsworth gets Everton Football Club, which is something that maybe the previous manager did not do.
I was thinking that Ronald Koeman struggled tactically to integrate his new signings into a cohesive style of play. I was thinking the transfer business Everton did over the Summer after losing Lukaku and Barry was woefully inadequate anyway to even the most untrained observer.
I'm so glad we have the opinion of someone who played the game to show me the error of my ways.
Koeman didn't get it lads he's foreign, I'll bet he's never even eaten a Scouse pie.
Yes he may have managed 9 different clubs across 4 countries and won 3 league titles, but he's not even been to Aintree for ladies day, let alone won the U23 Premier League.
Like if in some doomsday scenario Everton had managed to appoint Pep Guadiola, old Fizzer would have been "he doesn't know what a Liver bird is", "he's never been to the Cavern Club".
Philip Neville was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Sorry Chris, I feel your pain.
I would love to see David Unsworth get the Everton job on a permanent basis and it riles me when I see him described as not having enough experience.
Maybe I've forgotten something so let's just check David Unsworth's job experience as a football Manager:
...Never been a permanent manager at any football club but has managed 10 games as caretaker.
Consider me not riled.
Unsworth has done the hard yards as a coach and has done a fantastic job with the Everton Under-23 side, where he has done everything that was asked of him.
So many years job experience in a different job then?
He won the Premier League 2 title with them last season and has also produced a lot of the young players that are now playing for the Everton first team.
The next step now is for him to go and do that at first-team level in the Premier League
Why is the next step from youth level to go directly to the Premier League. What is it about youth football that could specifically prepare him for the Premier League? The incredibly low attendances and lack of media attention? The sensible recognition that players make mistakes and results are not always everything? All hallmarks of the Premier League for sure.
If it is not at Everton, then Unsworth has to get that chance somewhere else - but where?
From an English coach's perspective, we are not getting opportunities. We are seen as second-class citizens at the moment, and that has got to change.
Wow. Shall we ask 66 of the 92 current Premier League & EFL Managers how to magic up a miracle opportunity to be appointed by a football club?
I did not know this myself until I joined, but Everton is a unique club where as a player or manager, it is vital you understand the fans and the area you are working in. They are the people who make it, and it is not just a football club by name.
This is drivel, but also doesn't make Everton unique compared to most other football clubs.
Unsworth gets Everton Football Club, which is something that maybe the previous manager did not do.
I was thinking that Ronald Koeman struggled tactically to integrate his new signings into a cohesive style of play. I was thinking the transfer business Everton did over the Summer after losing Lukaku and Barry was woefully inadequate anyway to even the most untrained observer.
I'm so glad we have the opinion of someone who played the game to show me the error of my ways.
Koeman didn't get it lads he's foreign, I'll bet he's never even eaten a Scouse pie.
Yes he may have managed 9 different clubs across 4 countries and won 3 league titles, but he's not even been to Aintree for ladies day, let alone won the U23 Premier League.
Like if in some doomsday scenario Everton had managed to appoint Pep Guadiola, old Fizzer would have been "he doesn't know what a Liver bird is", "he's never been to the Cavern Club".
Philip Neville was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Sorry Chris, I feel your pain.
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