Ronald Koeman sacked: Reliving Everton's season through the Dutchman's Twitter activity
After a torrid start to the season which has seen Everton drop into the bottom three despite lofty aspirations of another European season and even a potential top-four spot, the club have finally parted ways with the self-anointed future Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman.
The Dutchman’s final game in charge was the 5-2 home defeat to Arsenal on Sunday which, by all accounts, had the feeling of the end of the road for Koeman at Goodison Park.
Koeman is one of the few managers who is an avid Twitter user and had a pretty strict formula in place of a pre-match Tweet followed by a post-match one, with a few nostalgia posts thrown in there as well.
His final Tweet as Everton manager read: “The start was okay, but it was impossible to get a result after 1-2 down and the red card.”
So, in tribute to his embracement of 21st century social media, here’s Koeman’s season in Tweets…
Everton 1 Stoke 0
Hard @premierleague opener, nervous from our side. But the most important were the three points. Also a clean sheet! #Everton #EFC pic.twitter.com/0htIne3iuv
— Ronald Koeman (@RonaldKoeman) August 12, 2017
The first game of the season for a new-look Everton side with a £150m makeover, with one of the new faces, Wayne Rooney scoring the only goal of the game. Koeman paid homage to him with a photo and praised his side for overcoming their nerves to get a clean sheet.
Everton 2 Hajduk Split 0
Really happy with our performances in the first half, unhappy about the second. Fourth clean sheet in a row! #efc https://t.co/IVbOdNmWRZ
— Ronald Koeman (@RonaldKoeman) August 17, 2017
After a little throwback to his one-year anniversary as Toffees manager, it was back to business. Next up: Hajduk Split in the first part of a double-header to make the Europa League and once again a delighted Koeman lavished praise on his defence.
Manchester City 1 Everton 1
I am happy with the point today against a great opponent. Thanks to the fans for the great support again! Next: Hajduk Split on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/ppcdPbcHfF
— Ronald Koeman (@RonaldKoeman) August 21, 2017
Easy this manager malarkey isn’t it? Koeman is the only manager to avoid defeat at the hands of Manchester City so far this season and he celebrates with a picture of himself and his former Barcelona teammate Pep Guardiola. See, Barcelona!