Rafa Benitez has won his battle with Marcel Brands for more control at Everton but I can’t see him winning the war and turning the club around.
The majority of supporters aren’t ‘having’ Rafa. The only way he can change that is to make them a top-six team or win a trophy and the current squad isn’t good enough to achieve that.
It’s mission impossible and — as with Steve Bruce at Newcastle —the question is when Everton move on from Rafa, rather than if.
I initially backed Rafa’s appointment.