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An open letter to David Moyes
Dear Mr Moyes,
I have a very simple question for you: how long are you going to have the nerve to remain as manager of Everton FC?
I have watched Everton for 50 years and I can honestly say that the football we are currently being subjected to is the worst I have ever seen us play. This isn’t a new problem; we’ve been gradually on the slide since we lost the FA Cup final. You have sold any flair players we’ve had and have claimed it has been your decision to do so. Pienaar, Arteta, Yakubu (who apparently could have gone to West Ham for a reported 6 million pounds and then was sold for peanuts a few months later).
A reported 14 million pound bid for Jagielka was rejected but you deemed 10 million to be enough for our best player. Beckford was moved on after a decent first season yet Anichebe who has never looked like a Premier League player is awarded a long contract. Denis and Drenthe were brought in but hardly get any game time while Saha and Cahill plod on looking well past their sell by dates.
We hear that Barkley is something special but never see him. The style of football is so negative it is beyond belief. This club has a proud history and a reputation for playing attractive football. We didn’t get the nickname of ‘School of Science’ for no reason. The greatest centre forward that ever played the game played for Everton and we built a reputation around that position.The number nine shirt at Everton means something to fans of this club, we expect to have top class centre forwards on the pitch every week and not sat on the bench while we attempt to eke out a one nil win or even a nil nil draw. Nil Satis seems to have been thrown in the bin nowadays at Everton.
We play games with no strikers on the pitch, something we don’t see from any other team. I remember you saying that if you ever lose the fans you would leave the club. Well believe me, Mr Moyes, you are seriously losing the fans as the dwindling attendances show.
If Everton played football worth watching the ground would be full every game. We constantly hear that David Moyes has worked wonders with little money. Sorry but that doesn’t wash: when you have had money it’s been wasted. Kroldrup, Heitinga, Bilyaletdino all spring to mind. Paul Lambert at Norwich and Brendan Rodgers at Swansea are living proof that you don’t need bags of money to compete at this level; it’s not the players you have on the pitch but it’s the way you tell them to play the game.
Every team can play passing, attacking football no matter how much money they’ve spent; the two teams I mentioned prove it and believe me, they are both far more exciting to watch than David Moyes’ Everton. You have turned strikers like Beattie, Johnson and Yakubu from being top class goalscorers into ordinary players by asking them to play wide chasing hopeful long punts from the back. Sorry but that’s not a centre forwards job, you provide service to any striker and they will score goals.And the place where they are most effective is in the penalty area, not by the corner flag. It appears that you have decided that the Moyes way is the way Everton are going to play even though it’s clearly not working, over half the season gone and not a single performance to get excited about.
There’s a saying that if something isnt broken then don’t fix it, well the fact is that Everton is broken almost beyond repair and it needs major surgery, and that involves change. The system we adopt doesn’t work and needs to be altered. There are talented players at the club who don’t get enough game time. Saha isn’t scoring goals yet keeps his place but Denis gets 4 or 5 minutes at the end of games. Give him a run of 10 games and then we’ll see if he’s going to be good enough.
Lets see Drenthe given a regular start because he clearly has the ability and is a naturally attacking player. It’s pointless starting him one in every four games, that isn’t doing him or the team any favours. I’ve heard that he has to learn to develop his game and up his work ethic and learn to defend more because that’s the Everton way. Well I beg to differ, the Everton way is not to have your attack minded players turn into workrate zombies, if Drenthe is attack minded then leave him attack minded because thats how you win football matches.
Sadly, it appears that our priority is to not lose games rather than to win them and it’s simply not good enough. We see your after match interviews and you constantly tell us that we have played well when it’s clear for all to see that we have not only not played well, but we’ve been absolutely woeful week after week. That is treating the fans that work hard to pay your wages like fools and they deserve better. How can you seriously expect people to keep putting their hands in their pockets to watch the dreadful anti football that you have Everton serving up every week?
The fans aren’t fools and they wont be treated that way as you are seeing by the numbers that are staying away. Even in our dark days when we were in relegation fights we did the one thing that your team doesn’t do, we played attacking football. It seems the only option we have for getting the ball forward now is the big hoof up the pitch and it’s not acceptable. Fans would accept results going against us if they were watching good football but take it from me, as much as it pains me to say it, Everton play the most awful football to watch in the league without a shadow of a doubt.
I honestly dont know how you have the nerve to stay at the club being paid an enormous salary and making no apparent effort to put things right or change the way we play. I can assure you that I take no pleasure whatsoever in writing this letter but it’s the only way I can let off steam because I’m watching your tactics slowly destroy my club and it hurts.
Ten years at the club and no trophies whatsoever says to me that you have outstayed your welcome. Please do the decent thing and make way for somebody who wants to give the fans good football and some hope. We don’t want our teams ambition to be to finish anywhere above 17th every year but that’s the impression that you give now. We’re sinking fast and its time for change…….please.
Les Olsen
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By far and away the best article I have read on Everton’s current situation. Every word is fact and the blind faithful who think Moyes can do no wrong should take a read of this excellent piece, well done Les.
i could not have said it any better myself, we could sign the best striker in the world and moyes would ruin him in a mtter of weeks, dithering dave and his style of play is a far cry from the way we play, i read that moyes might go to spurs as manager if harry left, what a load of crap does anyone really believe the spurs fans would put up with the negativety of moyes as we have for the last 5 years, they would be calling for him to go in weeks and they would be right
Brilliant article and 100% correct. I am finding this season to be the most depressing I have experienced as an Everton fan. I can hardly bear to watch us play these days. If it wasn’t for Baines, I doubt we would manage to get the ball in the oppositions penalty area for the entire 90 minutes.
Moyes has done a fantastic job for the last nine years but it’s now time for him to leave. Kenwright is ruining our club and is far worse than Peter Johnson or anything we have had before.
Why be so polite…as a season ticket holder it is absolutely shocking the style of football we are expected to endure…it is not the players to blame but the tactics…moyes is not up to the job so the message is simple – Mr Moyes please p*** off!!
Well said. I agree with all you have said. I have a feeling that Moyes doesn’t rock the boat at Goodison ie giving Kenwright a hard time over finances. I think this suits Kenwright who doesn’t expect Moyes to deliver quality football.
You say you don’t want us to be finishing around 17th then compare us with Norwich – are you for real?? Also we sold Arteta because he wanted to go. Who would do a better job than moyes?
Get a grip, support the team with the same effort you’ve put into this nonsense.
We are where we are because it is where we should be. With the resources we have had we have been punching above our weight. The fact that David Moyes has raised everyone’s expectations to such a level that you are calling for his head after a depressing run of events (most of which have been out of his control).
Watching for 50 years? really? You forget Walter Smith and the Mike Walker eras then? Both of which had a lot more money than Moyes to spend. Admittedly it isnt a great situation right now but I honestly think if Moyes goes then we go down too. Moyes’ achievements will not be fully appreciated until after he has gone ala Carsley.
Agree with all the sentiments except the Denis comment. Velios / Vic should be given a run. Both have potential, Denis isn’t good enough and shouldn’t get near the team. Good article though.
Totally agree with Jeff. Who in the right mind would want the Everton job at the minute? We will never win anything in the forseeable future. How are we meant to compete without major investment. Sadly money talks in football nowadays. Support the club Les, fans like you will get us relegated.
Jeff.
Fuck off. Seriously, just fuck off with this ‘who would do a better job?’ and ‘get behind the team’ shite. It’s fucking boring.
Moyes is absolutely clueless when it comes down to his tactics, and by not challenging these cunts running the club over where the money is going after each player he sells, then for me he is just sitting there happy to take his wage every week.
That is fucking unforgivable and he’s showing himself to be just as bad as the board, not to mention the contempt he holds for this club’s support, who deserve much, much better than the shite we are currently being served up.
‘Who’d do a better job?’ I’ll tell you right now – Paul Lambert. Get him in and watch him transform this club’s style of play, because Moyes’ expiration date passed a very long time ago, perhaps 30th May 2009.
And never mind ‘support the team’, I’ve held a season ticket for nearly all of my life. My dad, an Evertonian of 50 years, refuses to grace Goodison these days until change is brought about – why should WE get behind the team when these cunts are taking every single one of us for a ride?
Fucking wake up, you and anybody else who shares your same apathetic opinion on ‘little old Everton’.
And fuck you and anybody else who just accepts ‘where we are’, we’re Everton and we’re fucking dying.
If Moyes was more attack minded we would be losing every game and be relegated by now – he has to make the best of the poor resources he has been given. You have to be more realistic, what do you expect form a manager with no backing from the board?
He has worked wonders to have the limited success he has had and if he went, we would go down, no question. Its only the salary keeping him, it cant be the groundhog day experience he has had.
I for one think he is worth every penny just to keep us in the Premier League until one day we may well get real investment.
Dont agree with the “sack the manager” call. It is blatantly obvious that our plight is due to the terrible state of play our finances are in. When are we actually going to step up the protest with our board. I want on the pitch protests, season tickets thrown onto the pitch or in kenwrights face. Let us – the fans- make sure this doesn’t get any worse than it currently is….
norwich and swansea?? newly promoted? yes. did everybody applaud blackpools attacking and bold approach last season? you bet. where are they now? moyes cautious yes. reckless no. kenwright more to blame for our current plight with failure to find investment and money for players. moyes tries to win games the best way he can with what we have got. unfortunately that means 1-0 wins 1-0 defeats and low scoring draws usually. not good to watch i agree. premiership status in doubt under moyes i doubt it.an un named more attack minded manager who we could attract in i would not be so sure
I agree wholly with everything said by Les and I hope David reads it and takes heed.
Everton under Moyes have stagnated and become stale. I`m sick of hearing TV pundits saying what a great manger Moyes is and how he does well on a shoestring budget.
The money excuse is a red herring when moneys been there to spend it hasn`t been spent wisely for the most part. People who watch Everton week in-week out constantly see him lose us points through his tactics,selections and reluctance to make chances during a game untill it`s too late. I don`t like to mention names, but I`m going to .. Tony Hibbert. Does anyone think he would have remained at any other top flight club for 10 years. Victor Anichebe clearly not a premier league player,Phil Neville long past his sell by date, Tim Cahill`s best days are behind him as are Sahas. The sale of Yakubu a proven goal predator whoever he`s played if kept fit with regular football- . The reluctance to play Rodwell and Barkley makes you think they are being nurtured for one of the top 4 teams. If they`re going to move on anyway then utilise them while you`ve got them. Drenthe`s occassional selection, again mystifying this is a Real Madrid player we`re lucky to have. “Dreadful anti fooball” pretty much sums it up Les.
spot on…..along with kenwright they can both run off together for all i care…..well suited. fantastic piece
850k net spend per year Moyes has spent. Its a miracle were even in the premier league, let alone 5 top 8 finishes in the last 5 years. There is no manager out there that has proven to spend as little and still finish in the top half apart from Wenger. Unless anyone can give me a name i suggest you remain silent
Jeff are you Moyes` arl fella or agent ?
Read the fucking post. I’ve just give you a name…..
PAUL LAMBERT.
Paul Daly, yet again your proving to be a clueless man. Bore off with your “been all my life” shouts, means absolutely nothing if your opinions are awful. So the evidence of paul lambert spending nothing consistently and keeping a team in the top half of the premiership is where??? Read before you reply, otherwise you look foolish.
I have a theory and that’s all it is could Moyes be deliberately getting the team to play this way so to get the fans to turn on the board because he has’nt got the balls to come out and critisise Kenwright himself.
I mean lets be honest some of his team selections and substitutions beggar belief but if he’s trying to get a point accross could this be his way of doing it.Of course if he is he’s out of order because the majority of our fans spend there hard earned money paying to watch this negativity.
The money argument does not come into it, im fed up of hearing this, check up if you like, but Moyes has spent more than Wenger in his time, not much but he has spent more, Dithering Davey and his negative mindset, and thing is, THIS is now a completely seperate problem to the nonsense going on with blue Bill and co
Geoff, so you think moyes is picking players to make a point to kenwright?? Heard it all now. And as far as saying his subtitutions “beggar belief”, you might want to look at the facts and stats behind our season, produced by the best everton blogger by a mile, the executioner. Shows we have highest percentage of substitutions scoring our goals in league, winning us some vital points.
theexecutionersbong.wordpress.com
We are a small club in a dated stadium, that is fast becoming a health and safety hazard. Totally agree that Moyes tactics are negative, and its painful to watch. Paul Lambert are you for fucking real. As if he would take the job anyway. LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS. Premiership football is all we can hope for under the current ownership.
Dan
How is my opinion ‘awful’ you absolute moron? Or is this just a disguise to mask the fact that you couldn’t really be arsed debating what is a valid point?
Why is Lambert any worse than Moyes? Like Moyes, Lambert has done his time in the lower leagues, he’s got his team playing good ATTACKING football and yesterday his team managed to get a point against Chelsea due to the effort they put into their game. Meanwhile, your hero SCRAPED a draw at home against a very, very piss poor team after playing the entire match with one man up front.
Who gives a flying fuck about Moyes ‘spending nothing and keeping us in the top half of the Prem’, seriously? Is that what you want Everton to aspire to, really? Seriously, take your own advice and ‘bore off’ yourself.
Geoff, that theory you put forward…it may well be valid but why do we the supporters have to put up with his stubbornness? If that is the case, it’s us who are suffering. He’s GETTING PAID for this, and us soft bastards are PAYING to watch it.
If that’s his way of having a go at the board, then he needs to grow a pair, be a fucking man and call out the board and let them know what’s on his mind opposed to sitting there in the press room wearing that stupid cuntish smirk week after week taking the piss out of us all, safe in the knowledge that he’s comfortable earning his £65k a week.
How can you have the nerve to even question someone who has done wonders with this club with no money. Some everton fans are very fickle, if it wasn’t for him we would be dead and buried in league one by now.
Simon, moyes hasnt spent as much, considering wenger has spent over 300million and moyes just over 100. Net spend wenger does just beat moyes, but it says something if hes the only man in premier league history who has been successful without spending minimal amounts. It just cannot be done anymore, wenger is suffering now for the same reasons. Without money it doesnt matter who is in charge, our slide down the table is inevitable, our future lies either in the championship bar unbelievable management after selling more players to balance debt; or in new owners pumping in money to get us back in europe where we belong
I agree Lambert is a top manager, but so is Moyes.
How fickle you all are. I remember everyone wearing those cardboard masks of Moyes from the Echo in 09 cup final. I agree with everything that’s been said about the football were playing. But that’s due to having poor players, which comes down to finances. Do you all think Moyes has a stash of £100 million he’s choosing to not spend. He can only work with what he’s got. From ’04 – ’09 was the best football I’ve seen us play, passing it to feet on the floor. Moyese has that in his tactical locker, but doesn’t have the players to walk the walk.
People whinging about Arteta ….what would you have done? He wanted to go the season before, Moyes put his foot down and said ‘no’ and that season was the worst I’ve seen arteta play.
Pienaar wanted more money. I completely agree we should have met his demands, but how much influence do you believe the manager has in discussions between a club and an agent??
Many top clubs would welcome David Moyes as their manager. Be careful what you wish for.
The board is the problem ..not the manager
Paul, the correlation between liking Moyes and being happy finishing tenth every year is no where near as strong as you suggest. A null point, as i dont and will never know an evertonian happy with that.
How can you say who gives a fuck about spending nothing, when it is vital just to stay in this league, even then its not guaranteed. I know lamebert looks like he will be a good manager, but he hasnt even kept norwich up yet, and i think you will find holloways blackpool were on the same points after the same amount of games too. If you really have more faith in a manager who has had half a season in the premier league than someone who has proven prem pedigree and put us back in europe after falls twice, then your lack of knowledge, evidence or admittance cannot be argued with
He’s passed his sell by date. Simple. His tactics – dull. His post-match interviews and press conferences – dull. His enthusiasm – dead. His ambition – none.
When he first came, he was a fiercely ambitious manager who wanted to put Everton on the map. He remained on the touchline for the full 90 minutes instructing our every move. Now, he sits on his arse, motionless, expressionless and clueless, whilst his ‘yes’ man next to him flaps around like a fucking turkey delivering his boss’ instructions of percentage hoofball.
He used to inspire players – he used to really inspire me, I thought at one point he WAS the Moyessiah. Now – nothing. He has just gone stale and all of this, coupled with him insulting the Blue Union lads earlier this season – that was it for me, he sold out and that was me finished.
Lambert is infinitely a better manager than Holloway, and he will prove to be a more successful manager than Moyes in his career, of that I am extremely certain.
Moyes has performed miracles for the past 10 years. Paul Lambert – First season in the PL and Norwich are doing okay and all of a sudden he is a better manager then Moyes? I agree the standard of football at Goodison is poor at the moment but it’s because we have piss poor players. Moyes has lost two of his best players in the past 12 months, both because they want to win trophies. Sadly, our board are allowing our beloved club to slip further and further behind and don’t appear to care…that is the truth of the matter.
Didn’t think I would ever be bored watching Everton, but I am now. Gave up my season tickets due to finances, but thank god I did because the whole Moyes and Kenwright shambles has made me so fucking angry that I can’t stand to watch at the moment and don’t even walk 200 yards down the road to my local to see the games live on the foreign coverage.
No, I’m not fickle, have been through all the pain and glory since I saw my 1st game in 1971, but never have I been BORED before. Fuck off Moyes and Kenwright and leave room in the taxi for Neville and his “we must do better comments”.
He would not get a game for any other team in the top 40 teams in the country as he makes Terry Darracott look like Messi.
Moyes has had no money to spend???
Yakubu 11 Lost money
Johnson 11 broke even
Bily 10 losing money
Beatie 06 lost money
Fellaini 15 break even if lucky
Heitinga 6.5 lose money
Howard 5.0 My nan is more flexible
Kroldrup 6.0 lost money
Distin 5.0 old
Over 75 Mil
I am sure there are more that I have missed; I wouldn’t give Moyes another penny.
A few points. All these possibly good managers people are citing as replacements – Lambert, Rodgers etc – they’re allowed to make signings. Not one signing in 2 and a half years and even then he’s a £500k signing, like Moyes. I’ll make no bones about my opinion – as much as Moyes infuritates me at times, especially this season – it is impossible to judge him wholly because he is basically being sabotaged by the useless owners and board. Moyes wouldn’t be so negative if he’d been able to keep Arteta, Pienaar and hadn’t been forced to sell Yakubu and Beckford to reduce the wage bill. Modric wanted to leave Spurs, did Spurs sell him? No, they put their foot down, and now months later Modric is fine and playing well. Arteta had 4 years left on his contract. You do not have to sell just because a player wants to go. If your kid wants every Lego set that comes out, you don’t always say yes to him all the time, do you? In short, yes the football is terrible – and guess what? The longer the current owner and board are in place, it will only get even worse. Why would Moyes slag off his bosses? Why do you even want this to happen publicly? What good would it do? We all know the score, and I’d like to think everyone knows who’s really to blame. I’m surprised a few people genuinely seem to think it would be different with anyone else in charge. We have aging players and players who aren’t good enough. We don’t have any money to buy players, because the board do nothing for the club. Aim your ire at the right people.
Brilliant article.
Explains my sentiments exactly – thank you for voicing my concerns so brilliantly. Please just go Moyes or change your predictable methodological 4-5-1 worn out old style. Change has happened all around us and you are stuck in a groove you created 10 years ago.
Lack of leadership throughout: from the Board, through the manager and onto the pitch. The cosy relationship between the Chairman and Manager leads to complacency; tell me another manager that isn’t challenged to perform (in any walk of life for that matter!), excepting the ones that have one trophies that is! Dwindling crowds, fewer season ticket sales …. oh and when did you last hear the Gwladys last chant Moyes name!? He is losing the fans.
Come on Moyes, do the the decent thing and resign.
Paul Daly, 6.16pm post. Man after my own heart, it’s as if I wrote that post myself. Us fans are that divided it’s untrue. The blinkered fools that can’t see through this current twat of a regime are the ones who’ll finish this club, along with that arrogant prick of a chairman who’s holding out for a large payday.
Couldn’t have put it better myself. Time to go Moyes
For all you guys with the opinion of how bad we are, grow up a realise that we are a club suffering from our current and previous owners , unless you have the money to buy out the board shut up and get behind the manager and team.
The best letter I have read for a long time. Absolutely spot on, how could anyone in their right mind keep backing Moyes, its obviously people that aren’t watching that shite week in week out.
Les is absolutely spot on. Cahill who was a hero for the fans is now becoming a joke. Cahil and Saha the most impotent strike force in the history of the premiership. Play Denis and Velios they cant do any worse with Drenthe who at least has got some pace and can get at defences. As for the skipper well and truely time to hang up the boots. As soon as Barkley is fit he must be given a run surely.
Stick with your club through thick and thin. Moyes is the best thing to happen to Everton in the last 15 years, and deserves more respect than he’s being shown by fans.
Les get penning a letter to Blue Bill, he is the real problem.
Without Moyes, we WILL go down and stay down.
I don’t believe Moyes is the problem; it is the board that need to sort our club out. How can Kenwright not find someone to buy a massive club like Everton? KENWRIGHT OUT ASAP.
Great article. We have also here in Finland very disappointed nowadays form. First of all Moyesy; two attackers in every game. Make Baines left midfielder and Distin left defender, let Jags and Duffy play in central. Hibbo is decent in right side. Barkley is in right and Jack+Gibson in central. Attackers are Saha and Vellios. Nil satis nisi optimum !!
I wrote the above letter for one very simple reason, I care about our club. I’m not a Moyes hater, I’m not on any bandwagon and I didnt write it as the result of yesterdays dreadful performance.
I know people have different opinions on Moyes and that’s entirely up to you but please don’t tell me I am any less of an Evertonian than any of you just because I voice my opinion. Don’t tell me to get behind the team because I’m behind them every minute they’re on the pitch. The difference between me and Moyes supporters is I have many reasons for disliking the football we play aqnd the way the club is going and I want change because change is the only way it will improve.
I have yet to hear a single valid reason from a Moyes supporter as to why he’s doing such a good job.I f you are happy with things thats fine…..I’m not.
I know we are hurting watching our club suffer the way it has been doing over the past few years but this letter doesn’t do anyone any favours at all. Sections of the fans have had a go at the board, the Chairman and now those same people appear to be starting to lash out at the Manager. After what David Moyes has gone through for Everton I think we owe him more that such a letter and those negative and insulting comments contained in some of the responses are a disgrace. Will lashing out in the dark, as this letter clearly is, be of any help to Everton or will it just feed the negativity that is running through our club at the moment, probably the latter. Lets all hope for a benefactor to come along sooner rather than later.
Agree with some of the points but did you think it was like this before we had to sell the more skilful players we’ve recently sold?
why he’s doing a goob job? the very fact we are not in bottom 3 with the shite he has to work with! its obvious moyes’s hands are tied, do you think he wanted to lose our creative players. With what moyes has available to him, hes doing a very good job.
Up to your usual standards of bitter claptrap Les , not even worth a response
I agree with pretty much everything that has been said except for the Moyes to go bit. Who would you get in to replace him? Nobody could do the job he does on the budget. Unfortunately I think Moyes is being forced to work within his purse. But with a heavy heart I do believe it is time for Cahill to take more of a bench role, he has been a fantastic player for Everton over the years but he is just that bit older now and if it were me I would start Anichebe where Cahill is and Vellios / Denis where Saha is. Cannot for the life of me understand how Saha is still getting in the team he is offering very little these days. Drenthe and Barkley should be starting every game we need that bit of attacking flair. I think this article hit the nail on the head with we seem to go into every game with the mentality to not lose it first of all and if we get a bit of luck we can win it. Moyes to stay just try and utilise the talent at your disposal and tactically set them up a bit more passing like and a bit more attacking like.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t Moyes’ No. 2 Steve Round actually supervised the relegation of his last three clubs?? That can’t be a good place to start. Get rid of Round and promote Stubbsy and get Big Dunc in with the ressies. KENWRIGHT OUT.
Excellent article!
About time the kenwright and moyes love brigade woke to the shit situation we find ourselves in. The style of play and tactics on show are pathetic and are truly unforgiveable!
Paul Daly – agree you with 100% im sick of the support the team abd who would do a better job comments. Sane fucking shite being soewed out over and over. TIME FOR CHANGE!
I found myself agreeing with this article as much as it pains me to say. I have been a critic of Moyes and his terribly dire tactics in the past but I made a resolution at the start of the season to get behind him.
I cannot take it any more. We are poor. Someone should tell Distin and Jagielka that we have a midfield. In the last few years we have tended to do well after xmas. The reason for this is simple, injuries force Moyes to play attack minded football. I wouldn’t mind us playing long ball football if Saha wasn’t playing as midfielder number 6.
Moyes has ruined all of our strikers by asking them to ‘contribute’ more to the running into corners, tracking back and holding the ball up on the half way line for our ageing, uninspired midfield to walk onto the the ball in support. Just look at Yakubu, now playing as a striker and he has scored more goals than our whole team put together!!! Whole heartedly agree that the if he goes who would replace him bullsh*t needs to stop by all fans.
If he goes I couldn’t really give a shit to be honest. Him and Bill have drained me of my love for the Blues. If we go down, on their heads be it. 17th and 40 points has been our target for so long that I think that is all the paid personnel at EFC hope for. Yet we fans want a little more. Barkley signed a contract and I thought that would get him in the team but no, we continued with a player that hadn’t scored in 2011, afraid to tackle incase he injured himself and frankly looked like a dog without a dick to lick since his mate Arteta left.
We have more scoring opportunities playing with strikers yet Saha plays as a lone one and spends equal amounts of time in his own half. Neville’s passing is lame, Howard is struggling to control his back 4 and Mucha should be given a run out. All our attacks involve Baines (other managers have worked this out). Frankly I could go on and on but what’s the point?
I agree with some parts of the article, but not the majority of it, there’s a lot of flaws in it.
Don’t forget it was only 2 years ago when everyone was comparing our style of play to Barcelona and Arsenal. Sure, we have regressed since then, but Moyes is only working within his means. We can’t play like Barcelona with the current players we have, Arteta and Pienaar added a lot to our game and we miss them badly.
Barkley should be getting more of a game, I’m pretty baffled by that one. But other players that the article is demanding we start such as Denis (he is awful – I admire the lads workrate and positivity, but he isn’t a Premierleague footballer) and Drenthe (he is exciting sure, but all he does is run with the ball with his head down, and inevitably loses the ball all the time which sets up an opposition attack). Where Moyes has without doubt shot himself in the foot is the sale of 3 big players on transfer deadline day without replacing them. To sell 2 strikers of Yakubu and Beckford’s quality without replacing them was an awful decision, and Arteta should never have been let go without a replacement coming in too. Add the fact that he never replaced Pienaar, and players’ that have done a great job in recent years Cahill, Neville etc are getting older and slower, and it was a recipee for disaster this season.
However, we need to be careful what we wish for. I’d like to see does he bring in anyone in January first. If we were to be taken over at some point, there’s no other manager I’d want to see given over £100 million to spend, and he deserves it too for the fact he has worked wonders on a shoetring for 10 years. The players in the team need competiton, at the moment Saha has no competition and because he is a lazy bastard, knows he doesn’t have to work hard to be in the team week in week out.
Another flaw of Moyes seems that he is rigid, he doesn’t like to change things too quickly, we see this with his lack of substiations or change of style when things aren’t working. Every team in the league knows how to play against us. There’s some massive games coming up at home against City, Spurs, Chelsea, along with the redshite away, and the FA Cup. It’s a massive period of games for Moyes, and I just wish we cn try and be positive and attack teams.
As you say, we could get sucked into a relegation battle, simply because we can’t score goals.
Some of the things in the article fuck me off “I don’t know how you have the nerve to stay at the club” etc. If it wasn’t for Moyes, we’d have been relegated long ago, fans seem to forget the good times very quickly when we are going through a rough patch.
I think some of the comments on here are a little over the top ! I am not happy with the football that is being served up at present, however, I am dissatisfied with EVERYTHING EVERTON !!!! What do we really expect to achieve with very very limited resources ? Total mis-management from the very top down. I’ve become accustomed to supporting a “big” club with no money but this season I have finally lost the will to live at Goodison !! I’m losing my patience with Moyes’ selections and tactics but I would feel uncomfortable telling the man, who for many of the last ten years has given me and thousands of other fans hope, to fuck off and treat him with disrespect ! Many players who have given their all are now “past their sell by date”. We can’t buy so do we replace them all with our “promising” but inexperienced younger players ? My opinion is, drop Saha and Cahill, replace with Velios and Barkley (long term) and very simply PASS & MOVE ! Isn’t that the basic principle of football ?
Interesting and lots to agree with. Especially what happened to Johnson, Beattie, etc, the big question for me at the moment is who we will sign to single handedly solve our attacking crisis? Rhodes, Maynard, etc.. It’s hard playing 451. Thought he ad seen the light when we ad beckford and Saha, linking up well In a 442. But now I’m not sure if we have got a striker who can score 10goals!?! At villa we had drenthe and donovan positive and anichebe scores he drops drenthe when he could have dropped saha?, team should be how, Nev, duf, heitinga, Baines, Donovan, fellaini, Gibson/rodwell, osman/drenthe, anichebe, vellios. Cahill and Saha as subs due to poor form. Would also like to see more of local lads Baxter and mcaleny. Think we need to be more aggressive and positive In our play and maybe our support?
”If it wasn’t for Moyes Everton would be relegated, FACT.” How is that a FACT? Can you out my lottery numbers on this week? Lambert managed 2 back to back promotions, something which Moyes didn’t manage to do. Lambert is also a Champions League WINNER. He also won numerous medals at Celtic, he knows what winnings all about. Lambert after the Man Utd game ”big teams expect us to go there and lie down, that’s not how I work.” Moyes before Man City game ”it’s like going to a gunfight with a knife.” He also put us down before the Arsenal game. There lies the difference in mentality. Who would want the job at Everton for 3.2mill a year? For that money and a challenge of trying to bring Everton back almost anyone. And we still have good players at the Club Lambert, Lee Clarke at Huddersfield doing an excellent job. In 10 years Moyes has been here only 2 other clubs haven’t changed managers, Man Utd and Arsenal. If he really was that good top clubs would have come in for him by now but they haven’t, is he really that good? And if a top club came in for him he would be off like a shot. Everton is as big as it gets for him.
Excellent article,you know we go the match and everyones entitled to their opinion but moyes looks depressed,his body language is awful,we havent been the better side in ANY of our premier league games this season and if past successes are blinding to people to the fact that this team is in very real relegation trouble then the situation is becoming scary,kenwright and his board have choked the club and we have a manager who for all the world has lost the drive to motivate the team or change our play,were fucking everton football club and people on here made up that were not in league 1 is a joke ,why do these people forget who we are,still the 4th most succesful team in english football,that gives the right to expect better,this bunch have turned us into a small town club with little or no expectations,im a proud blue and its really breaking my heart to c people accept this style of footy as the norm and be happy to finish 17th. the likes of young,ball and dean would be disgusted at whats happening
To be honest I think the defensive stance that has been more apparent over the last couple of games maybe due to the fact that our first choice central defenders are both out injured and he is trying to give as much protection as he can to Duffy who is only a youngster, and Heitinga who is prone to the odd gaff.
Let’s just see what happens when Moyes leaves (which he had plenty of opportunity to do). He is the best man for the job and you all need your heads testing. This season is poor, granted. But we were always going to struggle losing Arteta and Pienaar so close together. Moyes built a decent team out of nothing, but cash has been limited. So get off Moyes’ back. He isn’t going anywhere and his job is safe. You are an absolute joke for writing this as an open letter for Moyes. Moyes deserves a bit more respect for what he has done for this football club.
I know this is bad for all of us watching the club get to this but I have to agree that Moyes does now look like he’s going through the motions and is failing to get the players to respond at all.
It’s absolutely heart wrenching to see a Great Manager, ‘because he Must still be’ just feel like the rug has been pulled from under him, because he has with the lack of funds from the Board. We can’t chane the manager because who would take the job? or would someone be happy to take the job and work with what the board would give them? because the board will definitely not go and if they did it would drag us down as they would only look after themselves as we go down shit creek minus steerage.
I keep thinking we will go down the board don’t care and are looking forward to the 40 mil? /moyes moves on with the he did all he could sentiment’s and we’re knackered! Either way it’s all bad unless Moyes does liven up and PDQ! he really needs to as the fans ‘as of these posts’ really will stop paying the price… Literally!
I have supported everton all my life, I started in the 80′s when we looked a team to be reckoned with. Maybe a glory boy at the time but I was young… Saying that I have stuck by this club through all the shit!
Moyrs has done well with this club on what’s been available. This season I have expected nothing, as we all know there is no cash available, there never really has been! But one comment that was made at the start of the season was not to expect much.
We have such great young talent, give them a game and let them gain experience, if no cash is available then let’s hope we can keep the young lads and a change will happen.
I believe in Moyes, the board maybe not but I honestly don’t think any others nagger could do a better job with what we have.
I am a frustrated fan as the next, but I don’t believe Moyes leaving would do is any good. I’m sure he could have better opportunities but he has stick by this club and I think he can take us somewhere.
A takeover is why we need.
I have been a supporter for years now but something is not right. OK we have Barkley on the Bench and we have in my eyes a great player on Baxter reserver player of the year last year went to tranmere and was outstanding yes before you all say it lower league but still did it. The point is we has only a couple of games ago six defenders on the pitch with neville and Jonny H in the middle of the park come on any one can see thats rubbish those are the games that Baxter or Barkley should have been playing, I dont like Billy but put him on instead on Cahill and lets see what he can do in his position. I loved cahill but all he had was the abaility to score rubbish in a flat midfield position. Gueye played well why do we not put him on more. He has to change the defensive nature because it aint working we have kept 2 clean sheets. come on not backing getting a new manager but something has to change and if he has not got the balls to change it now please do go. Gutting to see Evertonions like this but we realize our great club is losing ground, AND THE MAIN ISSUE IS WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS FOR FIVE OR MORE YEARS. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SEEN OUR TEAM OVER ACHIEVE AND WE HAVE PRAYED FOR INVESTMENT BECAUSE WE KNEW DEEP DOWN INSIDE WE WOULD GET CAUGHT BY OTHER TEAMS AND NOW IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED WE ALL KNEW BUT THE OWNERS THOUGHT THE MIRACLES COULD KEEP HAPPENING TO KEEP THEM IN A POSITION OR SAVE SOME MONEY WELL IT DIDNT WORK AND YOU HAVE FAILED US KENWRIGHT YOU ROBERT EARL AND LORD GRANCHESTER YOU HAVE MONEY IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND IT PISS OFF THE BOARD AND GET SOME ONE WHO WILL
Moyes has gone stale. We have gone backwards since the cup final……FACT.
Also since Round came on board, we have started to be even more negative. Time for a change ? You bet………..
Having been a fan all my life and watching my beloved toffees all the way from Australia every season I cannot even be bothered to stay up and watch us play as the style of play is truly uninspiring. I was a big Moyes fan early on but it is obvious that we play with no passion and we are truly frustrating to watch and if it wasn’t for late victories against Fulham or WBA things would be much worse.
Great article and Paul I completely agree with everything you say. I am not one of those who makes out Moyes has done nothing for the club he has, but let’s not get carried away. No trophy for ten years for a start. In the time he has been at Everton Boro, Portsmouth, Birmingham, mill wall, West Ham, Stoke, Cardiff, Wigan and Blackburn have all been in major finals so 09 hardly makes Moyes unique! Stoke Millwall, Bolton, Portsmouth and Fulham have all played in Europe, again hardly unique. The football is as bad now as it was under Smith and the fans turned against him much quicker. Smith also never had a net spend at Godison but he didn’t ever use it as an excuse for the garbage his players served up. I also remember the apologists stating well who can we get. Time for change.
good article,exactly what ive been saying for a number of years
Fed up with watching crap football. I like what the liverpool manager said about his teams performance on saturday as crap and it will not happen again. DM please go you have no passion for it any more…excuse after excuse.
Lets see how good norwich an swansea play football when there back in the championship in a few years. Everton wont go down with moyes. I agree the football is shocking at the minute but it is without doubt because his hands are tied. No manager is gonna make saha look interested or neville a top player! Keep moyes get investment and sign a few decent players. Thats all everton need.
well said
Couldn’t disagree more.
It sounds like someone wanting to vent their spleen at the easiest target, but it misses the point completely.
It honestly sounds a lot like the idiots I hear telling me that Moyes is negative because “he won’t play 442″. Frankly alehouse chat.
Are we all in agreement that towards 2008ish, Moyes had built a genuinely good team? A number of players like Cahill, Arteta, Jags, Lescott, etc were all at their peak.
The principle involved when you have constructed a team is that it eventually needs to be broken up and re-engineered. Ferguson has done this a few times at Utd now.
Because of financial restrictions, Moyes hasn’t been able to do this and we’ve had to watch while a number of players have declined as they’ve got older and others have been sold off to appease the banks. Since 2009 or so, we’ve been in decline as we haven’t been able to bring anyone in. This season has been made much worse as a result of forced sales of players – Pienaar, Arteta, etc. Realistically speaking, we were always going to be in decline relative to previous seasons.
We are now stuck with an ageing squad – Distin, Neville, Cahill, Saha, Hibbert and Osman are all on the wrong side of 30. All first team regulars. We simply don’t have any money to replace them, so as they decline so will we. I don’t envy Moyes at the moment because our expectations far outstrip his resources. Retaining them all on new deals has been the only realistic option available to us because we haven’t had the capital required to invest in replacements.
I’m not going to defend some team selections, his reliance on the old guard, perceived negativity, etc because before now he has punched above his weight despite those annoyances, I’d feel churlish moaning about it now since it’s nothing new and in the long run he has always come good.
Genuinely don’t think changing manager would help with the more fundamental problem we have – we need players, and quite a few of them but we can’t afford to buy any. Ergo, we’re heading downhill and there’s not a lot that Moyes or anyone else could do about it.
without moyes we would have gone down in the last 10 years,in my opinion,and if he leaves we will go down and it could take a generation for us to get back up.
Great article. Exactly my thoughts and I’ve been watching it coming for years. Will these Moyes lovers stop going on about f***ing money. The squad we have is top 10 standard and he just doesn’t utilise it. Negative, no threat football. It is very rare indeed that we put together a good passing move let alone score good goals. As I’ve known for years he hasn’t a clue how to coach attacking football. The idea that ‘we would go down’ if it wasn’t for Moyes is a massive pile of turd and substantially underestimates our squad and particularly the younger players. If you think this you are seriously deluded and must think David ‘never won or achieved anything’ Moyes is some kind of god when he is nothing special at all. Our squad is better than at least 10 teams in our league and i’m sure that would be clarified if managers were asked if they would like to trade any players. There would be lots of takers. We don’t even ever look like beating anyone ‘above us’ or below us for that matter anymore. The fact that we are losing fans and takings on match day is the only stat that matters. Moyes and the whole 1st team staff out.
yes paul lambert is doing all right at norwich at the minute,but so was mike walker if i remember rightly just before he came to goodison,rooney,arteta,pienaar,lescott all asked to go,and look what happened when lescott was played after he made it clear he wanted the chance of big money and to win things at city,who can we get to replace moyes even if we could tempt them to everton at the minute,we are stuck between a rock and a hard place for now,and yes hanging on to being in the top flight is a top priority,its frustrating but there it is,reality,so heres to some investment but for now heres to survival,come on you blues.
What does Steve Round actually do???
well said LES….i agree with you all the way
As i posted earlier, i watched my 1st game in 1971 and have been attending regularly since and can honestly say that despite many low points during those 40+ years,never has the style of play been worse than the current turgid dross being seen on a weekly basis.Kenwright is a lying fool whom i cant wait to see the back of,but Moyes picks the team and tacktics,so should go with him.For the “Davey lovers”, here are 5 realistic replacements who i think would quite simply make better use of the current squad, by playing positive,attacking football,scoring more goals,win more games and have us on about 35 points in the top 7. Lambert (Norwich), Atkins (southampton), Rogers (swansea), Howe (Burnley),Holloway (Blackpool).
What a load of shite.
Your entire article is void as soon as you suggest that drenthe and stracquilursi deserve starts.
Theyre fucking terrible and have shown that at every opportunity.
The real problem lies with the board, how can you expect anyone to take a football club forward with next to zero resources?!
Do you really think moyes wanted to sell pienaar, arteta, lescott etc? He says it was his decision because he has to.
Also the 4-4-fcking shitty -2 argument is boring, how many top teams play with it? Hardly any.
And we all witnessed it against Bolton and saw what happened there.
What makes you so qualified to write that condescending “open letter”?
Moyes has got his hands tied behind his back, anyone with an ounce of common sense can see that.
Some absolute lunatics knocking about on these fan boards, with some skewed views on football.
GET REAL. We’re not a big club any more, our transfer budget is £0 every season.
Why do we have a divine right to win trophies? When was the last time Aston Villa, or Spurs won a trophy? Exactly.
Unless some crazed billionaire buys us, surviving in the premiership is the best we can hope for.
Moyes out? You plonkers!!!! With next to nothing spent, injuries, he has to make do with what we have.
Don’t rate Drenthe that highly, Denis not upto it, Saha Embarrasing, Billy – nuff said. Nearly all Prem Managers buy duds and all Prem Mangers and media pundits rate Moyes for how he manages ot keep us in the top half of the table. Yes sometimes his judgement is off, but I hope we keep him, selll the club and get rid of doom mongers. I’ve seen worse Everton teams than this, it hurts but we must get behind Moyes (not BK and the board). WSAG
Paul Lambert is one of the most predictable shouts for next manager i’ve ever heard, you probably wanted Phil Brown when Hull had 4 good months. The point made by ‘dg’ about net spend is enough to embarrass any anti-moyes contributions, literally in one sentence. One final question, at Daly and the rest of his mindless drones, can you honestly tell me that back in early 2008, when we were in the last 16 of the uefa cup, the semi finals of the carling cup, and comfortably the best side outside the top four, were you saying these things??? the slip in quality since then has been down to a frankly ridiculous lack of money spent on players, and anyone who can’t see that really needs to take a long look at themselves
Agree with the original article – its woeful stuff on offer at the moment – woeful. I am gutted i ticked the auto-cup scheme on my season ticket application to be frank, and typically, we’re drawn home every round…(OK, well just 2) but still, i just cant be bothered to get excited/angry/frustrated anymore – my approach has turned as abject as the performances on the pitch.
One thing i started to think about though whilst flitting between twitter and bbc sport on my phone during saturday’s shocking attempt at entertainment, was maybe,its our team spirit we are missing more than any player this season. Lets be honest, we’ve been pretty naff football-wise throughout DM’s reign. Well, at least for most of it there appeared to be some tempo, pride etc in the players performance. I’d even go as far as saying some of the overpaid pillocks appeared to be playing for the shirt.
Well this year, even that has deserted us – i’d sooner watch an episode of eastenders than go to the match this year.
Christ-on-a-bike its just pitiful. And i actually feel guilty thinking it. Its hardly my fault is it?
Agree totally with this article!
Can’t argue, travelled 500 mile round trip to see the Bolton game the other week from my London home, I was at the 7-0 drubbing at Highbury 7 years ago, this was worse…Hibbert was ruthlessly exposed in the FA Cup Final 3 years ago, yet he’s still seen by Moyes as a Messiah…and Saha is now HaHa..pray tell me what’s he doing on the pitch…love what you’ve done for us Moyesy, but I reckon it’s time to go.
I agree the standard of football this season has been terrible but when you lose all your creativity its bound to have an adverse effect..I honestly believe that Steve Round has a lot to answer for..along with a board who have consistently lied to the fans..Why are the likes of Earl Green and Grantchester
Allowed to still have a place on the board when its clear they have no interest in taking the club forward…DM..needs get shut of Round as he is shite and his record speaks for itself..BK needs to put it to Messers Green,Earl,Grantchester to put there hands in there very deep pockets and help sort this mess out..as it is so clear we are not gonna get any investment any time soon..It’s a disgrace how my club are being slowly murdered.
I’ll tell you why Drenthe can sometimes look poor. It’s because Moyes has him playing as deep as he can get away with, with little or no options to supply the ball to. He’s an attacking player and shouldn’t be asked to spend 80% of the game defending. Mata, David Silva or Messi wouldn’t shine so brightly if they were asked play as a defender either. He is by far our most creative player going forward. I honestly think that some Everton fans have forgotten that you need some attacking players to score goals and just love the team of dull tacklers which the match attendance confirms fans are responding so negatively to now. This has happened to a number of promising attackers during Moyes’ reign including I feel Barkley who is scrutinised for not being great defensively, that is because he is not a defender!!!! I bet your the same guys who rate Neville playing in the middle and Cahill as a centre forward. That is not the way forward and one of the main reasons we’ve become terrible to watch and score hardly any goals. Defenders need to defend and some attackers have to be allowed to focus on doing just that.
If i wrote an open letter i would beg him not to resign but to distance yourself from kenwright and stand up for the fans because as the term you beautifully coined , you are letting the people of the club down , i dont buy all this moyes negative tactics shit for me they are all morons 442 bores the shit out of me your right with 451 do it against tamworth if its the best formation for the players we have but come on davie dont be the first ever manager to be pushed for being to good to your chairmen its decision time him or us
An excellent article and plenty that I agree with there. I am constantly surprised by those so called Evertonians who back Moyes irrespective of how poor our football is and how negative and tactically inept he actually is. It would be interesting to know how many of those people are actually old enough to remember when we played decent football. The last time that happened was 1995 when Joe Royle assembled a team of hard working players who could counter attack with real speed and panache (remember how we won the cup final that year?). In fact, I would honestly prefer to see Moyes go and Royle come back. At least there would be some passion from a genuine Evertonian and former centre forward. It’s also worth remembering that he didn’t spend too much to save us from relegation, win the cup and then get us to sixth place. He also got little Oldham into the top flight and kept them there for a while without spending anything.
What annoys me most though is comments like Dan’s….that stats show that we have the highest percentage of substitutes scoring goals. Is that a good thing? To me that just says that our clueless manager doesn’t even manage to put out his best eleven at the start of a game.
“Be careful what you wish for”
I wish for attacking football and an ambitious or successful club…
I asked a colleague of mine who’s a Brighton fan how he’d feeling swapping Poyet for Moyes. His two words were NO THANKS!
Had a look at this but think it’s misguided ref the financial position. Don’t think people appreciate the contraints and it’s easy to just focus on the negatives like some of the less successful transfers. People forget that the successful ones have been very successful indeed; Lescott, Arteta, Rooney, all sold for very healthy profits, not to mention snip buys who are worth a lot more now, Baines, Fellaini, Jags.
A lot of this frustration stems from our lack of investment which is not Moyes’ fault. Let’s face it, he could have left any time for pastures new but has stayed loyal, a rare quality indeed today. Very few managers garner the same respect as Moyesie, on and off the pitch because he’s forthright and honest.
I tend to go with the view that had it not been for Moyes at the helm, we would have been relegated seasons ago.
As a good yardstick, have look at the comparison with other prem teams’ spending and you’ll soon find that even the top clubs with alleged top managers have picked some duds; look at the deadwood at Anfield from the Benitez era and the latest Dalglish flops Carroll, Henderson, Coates and Downing, Torres at Chelsea, Chamakh, Koscelny, Squillaci, Arshavin at Gooners……………….
It’s all very well pointing to someome like Paul Lambert at Norwich but let’s see where they are at the end of the season. To suggest a manager who is in his first prem season is stupid and Norwich, Swansea and QPR have all had more money than us to spend; Swansea announced something like an £80m loss.
Any way, that’s my rant over for the day. COYB and keep the trust and faith in Moyesie; he’s a good egg.
TTFN
I don’t watch football anymore. I swotch on tv andd enjoy Sarah Jane Mee for a while then put telly off again
Fellaini was not a snip buy and he definitely isn’t worth more now.
It amazes me how many people still think he’s a good player. I’d bite your hand off tomorrow to get our money back for him.
I do hope we get something organised at the blue union meeting tomorrow. The sooner we take a stronger stance towards this board the better.
Thats the best article i`ve read in a long time ,like les ,the article writer, i`ve supported the blues for over 50 yrs. I dont know about the worst team ever but i do know we`re not the best and only the best is good enough!
For me the EFC management team have lost the plot, the combination of Moyes and Round is disastrous for our club, they are too defensive minded , cautious, negative, stubborn, their tactics and style of play are so predictable.
The team spirit seems to have drained away from the players, but even worse is the visible decline in the passion from us the fans, Everton don’t entertain the fans, don’t score, don’t attack enough, don’t even put in the crunching tackle or chase down a lost cause, give us something to get excited about, the whole club is stale and in decline.
I love Everton and always will but find myself moaning about the Club every time football comes up in conversation,
I have been one of the people who would have cleared Moyes out 3-4 years ago, but I believe Steve Round is a major problem at the club, his arrival does coincide with the teams negativity, clear him out and get an attack minded guy to assist Moyes, but this will be Moyes last chance.
We all know the clubs finances are not good, but Moyes can’t make this an excuse for everything.
They Stubbornly pick their old favourites , Moyes loyalty in admirable but he takes it too far.
Remember back to the Sunderland game the average age of the team was over 30 our oldest premiership team. Look at his favourites :
Saha, this guy doesn’t break sweat
Neville, should retire with dignity
Osman, can have an impact if played in the right place
Anichebe, can’t see him ever making it, lacks control of the ball, lacks true aggression, and is genuinely unfit
Cahill , the guy has been great but his goals dried up and overall contribution is poor
Billy boy, the premier league has terrified him, ship him back to the salt mines
Gibson will be another disaster, i have seen nothing yet, completely underwhelmed by his signing.
They play people out of position regularly
Neville in Midfield
Hetiga in Midfield
Osman holding midfielder, left wing, right wing, play him off the striker thats where he has an impact but Moyes won’t drop Cahill out of that role
Anichebe left wing, ring wing.
Rodwell as a holding midfielder, let him loose to express himself
Billy boy anywhere is the wrong place for him.
And for those knockers of Tony Hibbo, he has been one of our most consistent players this season, defends with his life, will tackle anything anytime anyplace, and actually this season has been getting forward and putting in quality crosses.
They may play our youngsters now and again, like Velios, Barkley, Duffy, McAleny, and will drop them even if the play well, you watch, Duffy has been excellent for 2 games, he will be dropped if Distan gets fit, leave them in let them gain confidence from their performances. Rodwells carreer has been stagnated by Moyes and Round, and other good youngsters will go the same way. Coleman for example would just run at defences when he first appeared on the scene , now he goes backwards or comes inside, i have watched moyes screaming at him to get back or go inside.
Defending a corner, all 11 men in the box most of whom end up in the 6 yard box as the corner is taken, we may clear the corner but its coming straight back at us, why not leave 2 up front, small quick guys.
Our throwins always go ‘down the line’, is this to gain yards ?
Are only the full backs allowed to take throwins, even if a quick throwin can be taken we seem to wait for the full back to amble up to take it.
Our full backs defend the box, they don’t mark their man, this allows the opposition to switch play at will.
Our midfielders very rarely put a tackle in, they too seem to mark an area rather than a player.
If we score first in a game we don’t push on, we sit back and defend.
The game plan seems to be defend the 0-0 scoreline and hope to snatch a goal late on.
We don’t defend from the front, we should pressurise defenders who have the ball, they are defenders for a reason, most are not that comfortable on the ball.
Where is the pace in our team
Where is the passion and desire to win
Where has the urgency gone
Our long ball tactics are stopping the genuine footballers from expressing themselves
We will loose the lkes of Baines, Fellani, Rodwell, Barkley etc they must be disillusioned with the way Moyes and Round send them out to play.
ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE , ENOUGH is ENOUGH
I’d just tell moyes to fuck off – it’s quicker
I’ve supported Everton for over one hundred years and this makes me a far greater expert than everyone associated with football who are universal in their praise of Moyes and the job he has done and continues to do. What would they know anyway, they only have day to day involvement in football where as it is my whole life?
I am wise, Moyes is clueless, please read this and comment on how insightful I am.
see all the hysteria about the mass transfer market spend is already wearing thin at wigan.
who exactly thought everton under moyes would be any different??
and now moyes says he wants to wean the new signing Jelevic in, to allow him to get used to the prem league – what is he a nursery maid? he gets paid handsomely to change fucking nappies??? moyes and kenwright have stolen my club – both of these twats should be hung for theft