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Bournemouth Fan View: Eddie Howe must not be allowed to leave for Everton

Ronald Koeman embraces Eddie Howe before Everton robbed Bournemouth blind earlier this season.
Ronald Koeman embraces Eddie Howe before Everton robbed Bournemouth blind earlier this season.

Ronald Koeman has been sacked by Everton. Not hugely shocking news, and it did seem to me like the Dutchman realised his time was up as early as Thursday – when his side lost at home to Lyon in the Europa League.

His angry remonstrations to the officials at the end of that game – a match that they deserved to lose, and were lucky not to have any of their players sent off in – smacked of a man who knew that his side simply wasn’t good enough, and he just needed someone or something to vent at.

So now the search for his replacement is underway, and my side AFC Bournemouth’s manager – Eddie Howe – is an outside bet to land the job. But in my mind he’d be mad to move to Merseyside, and here’s why.

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No job security

Ronald Koeman rails against the officials in a rather desperate fashion after Everton lost to Lyon.
Ronald Koeman rails against the officials in a rather desperate fashion after Everton lost to Lyon.

There’s no time for managers now. Even a mediocre run of form has the media on a manager’s back, and from that point there is often no escape.

The pressure for bosses at Everton in particular is immense too, especially now that they have some wealthy backers. Eddie Howe would have little time to lay down any foundations with them, as after just a few defeats and he’d out of the door. For a manager like Howe who has such streaky form when it comes to results he wouldn’t be a good match for Everton.

Impatient fanbase

Ronald Koeman gets some abuse from a hat wearing Everton devotee.
Ronald Koeman gets some abuse from a hat wearing Everton devotee.

This ties into the above, but Everton fans aren’t known for their patience. They have an almost embarrassingly strong desire to be considered one of the big clubs in the Premier League – and this desire has developed over the years into a belief that they are actually a huge club, rather than the upper mid-table outfit they are in reality.

In any case their fanbase would immediately be on Howe’s back as soon as he was appointed. Put simply, they simply don’t deserve him.

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Eddie Howe still has work to do on the south coast

Eddie Howe in the office, possibly listing the pros and cons of putting Steve Fletcher back in the squad
Eddie Howe in the office, possibly listing the pros and cons of putting Steve Fletcher back in the squad

Howe has worked wonders at Bournemouth. People who point to the fact we’re currently second from bottom in the Premier League don’t quite understand what a minor miracle it is that we’re even in the top flight. Rather than, say, 13th in League One.

With a new ground and training facilities to be built at Bournemouth in the coming years, he could actually establish us in the Premier League. He’d actually be given the time to do so as well.

No connection to the club

Eddie Howe being mobbed after scoring the winning penalty against Blackburn Rovers in what was then known as Carling Cup.
Eddie Howe being mobbed after scoring the winning penalty against Blackburn Rovers in what was then known as Carling Cup.

Yeah, Howe apparently supported Everton a kid. Yet I believe that’s only because he liked the colour blue. Eddie has grown up since then.

In comparison he actually played for us as a youngster, and is subsequently Bournemouth through and through. Eddie Howe would be mad to throw that all away to go to a club with such an impatient fanbase and questionable long term ambition.

It’s up north

Eddie Howe when he was the manager of Burnley, a club that’s somewhere up north.
Eddie Howe when he was the manager of Burnley, a club that’s somewhere up north.

The phrase “it’s grim up north” exists for a reason. It’s because it’s grim up there. Grim, bleak, and often quite depressing. Sorry to all northerners reading this, but it’s true. You know it deep down.

It’s also one of the reasons why Eddie Howe decided to leave his last managerial post at Burnley. So in the unlikely event that you’re reading this Eddie – and in the even unlikier event that you’re even considering the Everton job – listen to me here.

Stay where the sun shines, and where every Bournemouth fan worships the ground you walk on. You know it makes sense.