The Premier League managerial merry-go-round has resulted in a former Everton figure returning to work.
Frank Lampard is back at Chelsea until the end of the season, but was unable to do us a favour after losing 1-0 to Wolves at the weekend.
Two of our other ex-managers also went head-to-head at the weekend in the form of Marco Silva and David Moyes, with the latter claiming a huge result for West Ham.
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It is always intriguing to see the paths taken by people we used to call our own. More often than not they have gone on to secure a respectable post.
Silva is doing a decent job at Fulham, Ancelotti was allowed to leave against our will and Ronald Koeman has since managed Barcelona and the Netherlands. Lampard will be coming up against Ancelotti in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday evening as Chelsea take on Real Madrid, which really does sound strange to say.
All the managers had their own faults during their time at Everton, but what is the underlying problem that prevented them from delivering success? How can Everton not have performed with one of the best managers there has ever been, in the form of Ancelotti?
What I think it comes down to is we have been very disjoined as a football club. Sean Dyche has begun to improve us in that area, so when teams play us now they at least know what we are trying to do. Under previous managers, we were going to games thinking ‘I don’t know what formation or style we will play today’.
Not every exit has to hurt
Similarly to managers, we have had a fair share of players head for the exit door in recent times. Anthony Gordon was the latest individual to move on and has been in the headlines this weekend after his furious reaction to being substituted by Newcastle manager, Eddie Howe.
Gordon left us on bad terms in January, which was disappointing to see, but that can happen in football. Richarlison went about his transfer in a better way, though things haven't exactly gone to plan for either of them since their respective moves.
We find ourselves in a situation where we are struggling as a team and you don’t want the kind of attitude Gordon has shown on Saturday around the group. Not everyone in the changing room will like each other, but you have to be in it together and it’s about fighting for the cause once you cross the white line.
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