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Everton have started the season miserably. A far cry from their pre-season ambitions of 'Top 4' or even 'Top 6'.
Ronald Koeman is someone with a glowing reputation, but despite this, his tactics and muddled team selection have led Everton to only two wins in the last eight games, with a home defeat to Burnley, leaving the Toffees in sixteenth on the table, at the second international break of the season.
Koeman has even gotten the infamous 'vote of confidence' from majority shareholder Farhad Mohsiri, who had led the chase for Koeman being brought in from Southampton following the sacking of Roberto Martinez.
Amid widespread demand for a replacement, despite reports emerging of Walter Mazzarri being considered, the rumour seems extremely unlikely following his particularly forgettable season.
Apart from that, he still barely speaks English, making it difficult to communicate to a squad that is surprisingly largely English or English speaking.
With Everton's results poor and their performances even poorer, here are 5 managers who the Toffees could go after:
5. Carlo Ancelotti
Probably the unlikeliest of the lot, Ancelotti might not be a candidate Everton might land considering the fact that he is still one of the most successful Italian managers in history.
Also, his wage demands could be huge, but considering Mohsiri's new investment Everton too could pull off the coup and land the former AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid boss.
With the prospect of European football still not over, Ancelotti might well consider this a good time to return to England to take over a good squad, backed by a muscular and fresh investor.
Ancelotti has also said that working in the top flight is his biggest criteria, but with AC Milan looking shaky in Italy, he might just be waiting for a return call to the San Siro and ignore the prospects of England altogether.
4. Sean Dyche
Sean Dyche has won more points against Spurs and Chelsea away from home this season. Koeman has no wins against Spurs since last season, has lost to Burnley twice, and has a 10-0 record against Chelsea (never mind the close loss at the Merseyside derby last season.)
Agreed Burnley's win was probably scrappy at Chelsea, but Dyche has transformed a middling Championship side to one of the hardest to beat sides in the Premier League in a little under five seasons, no mean feat because Burnley's average net spend is around 5.3 million pounds, which is amazing considering that they had to overhaul their squad thrice following a relegation and two promotions.
Dyche is someone who seems popular amongst many Everton fans and seems a realistic appointment. The only doubt would be whether Dyche wants to leave Burnley when it looks at its strongest ever.
3. David Unsworth
David Unsworth won the PL 2 title and has slowly transformed Everton's academy from an in-between hub of great talent but limited performance at the youth levels towards achieving a status as one of the best youth sides in the United Kingdom.
His player development skills have borne results already with Tom Davies in the first team and players like Jonjoe Kenny impressing in their limited appearances for the senior side.
Considering most of last year's PL2 winning squad is on loan at the Championship and other lower division sides, Unsworth's young Blues are remarkably second on the back of a four-match winning streak.
Should Everton want to look within and give their own talent a shot as they so often do with players, 'Rhino' looks a great fit especially because he knows most of the players quite well having worked with them at some point in their development.
2. David Wagner
This is quite unlikely, considering Jurgen Klopp is at Liverpool and Wagner's brief stay at Anfield as a coach, adding on to the fact that Wagner has just one season as boss behind him, no matter how impressive his record is with Huddersfield.
But, with managerial merry-go-rounds the flavour of the season, Wagner is among the bookies' favourites to head to Goodison Park to take on his best friend Klopp.
It would be interesting to see however whether German-born former USA international Wagner would be interested at the prospect of moving to Merseyside after probably the most unlikely promotions in Championship history with Huddersfield, and his Liverpool FC stint as coach.
If Everton were to snap him though, you'd be sure that there was some exciting football ahead.
1. Eddie Howe
Eddie Howe and Bournemouth is a story that has been repeated too many times over the last two years, so there isn't much need to bother with an introduction.
Howe's status as a Bournemouth icon is secure even if he isn't quite legendary just yet, he has firmly entrenched himself in the top of the pile as one of the most talented manager's of his generation, and if the last two seasons are any indicator- he adapts very quickly while safeguarding his attacking philosophy.
Howe has confessed to being a boyhood Evertonian and has been someone Everton would not have minded last time round after Martinez was given his P-45, never mind now.
Bournemouth has been on the side of a few bad decisions and some bad luck so far this season but performances show there is no reason for them to panic just yet. Could Everton try to tempt Howe out of the south coast club to live his dreams and flare his ambition at one of the bigger clubs in England?
