Everton’s managerial crisis could see the appointment of Eddie Howe

While the whole world focuses on the decline of Manchester United and Tottenham, Everton’s very own poor run of form has gone relatively under the radar – unless you’re one of the unfortunate few that has the utter displeasure of watching Marco Silva’s side play on a weekly basis, of course.Since beating Wolves at the beginning of September, the Toffees have lost against Bournemouth, Sheffield United, Manchester City and Burnley and currently find themselves sat in the relegation zone. Bear in mind, this is a club that have spent over half a billion in the market in the past four years alone (according to Transfermarkt) but haven’t managed to finish above fifth place since 2004/05.Should Silva be doing better with the players he has at his disposal? Quite simply, yes – Everton don’t belong in 18th place.With the international break upon us, the Everton board have plenty of time to ponder on what they should do with their hapless coach, and we imagine if they don’t get a result against West Ham United, which isn’t exactly the easiest place to go, and lift themselves out of the relegation zone, then it could be curtains for the Portuguese.But who will replace him? Ray Parlour and Alan Brazil gave their thoughts on the matter…