How on earth did we survive from Benitez onwards?

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Gash wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:22 am I was no fan of Kenwright but I'm sure at the time there was stories that he strongly opposed the appointment and tried to talk Moshiri out of it but he over ruled him.
If that’s true then he should have walked from his position.
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Bluebridge wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:31 pm If that’s true then he should have walked from his position.
He was very ill by this point. Not sure he deserves the blame. It was clearly Moshiri's decision.
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Jamokachi wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:22 pm He was very ill by this point. Not sure he deserves the blame. It was clearly Moshiri's decision.
I’m not blaming him for the decision, but ill or not, if he was truly one of us he should have stood down, staying put or silent, says he was ok with the most unpopular appointment of all time.
It was a massive insult to Evertonians. Unforgivable.
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The story at the time was Usmanov was heavily involved in pushing for Benitez; makes you wonder why.
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Wasn’t the agent Kia stuck in the middle of all these deals at the time including the bizarre el gahzi one from villa
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Of all the rotten decisions, and there were numerous one's of the moshiri era, this stood out like a sore thumb.
This was the prime example of an owner completely and utterly out of touch and out of his depth.
Even now what he did appointing that twat makes me want to vomit
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Onwards and...surviving
"And you can put that in your ******* black book"
Johnny "retaliate before tackled" Morrissey

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Stumpy wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:50 pm Of all the rotten decisions, and there were numerous one's of the moshiri era, this stood out like a sore thumb.
This was the prime example of an owner completely and utterly out of touch and out of his depth.
Even now what he did appointing that twat makes me want to vomit
That was indeed a truly unforgivable decision, I never thought we’d do worse than the Sam Allardyce appointment.

Also for me, the way “headlockgate” was handled by the club and the PR strategy announced before an important relegation-battle home fixture was awful and created more of a toxic atmosphere between the fans and the board.
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