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Moyes issues his strikers with a warning to start scoring
Nov 29 2010 by Chris Beesley, Daily Post
EVERTON manager David Moyes has warned striker Jermaine Beckford that he needs to start converting his chances.
Substitute Beckford looked the most likely to score out of all four of the strikers Moyes used against West Brom on Saturday after coming on as a substitute early in the second half.
However, the 26-year-old, who has netted just one Premier League goal to date, was guilty of missing several good opportunities to get 10-man Everton back in the game and the visitors gave him a lesson in clinical finishing as they romped to a 4-1 victory – their first success at Goodison Park in 31 years.
Moyes said: “At this level you can’t afford to miss chances like that.
“We’ve said the last few weeks that we have been punished for our poor finishing, and nowhere was that more apparent than here.
“Look what happened. Beckford had a great chance that had we scored then maybe we were close to winning the game, and instead we have the double whammy of the miss and we get a player sent off.
“I think for him, he needs a much better goals ratio than that, because it’s not often you get so many chances at this level.
“It doesn’t matter what level you are at, you have to put some of those away.”
He added: “When you come to a Premier League club, you know what you’re good at.
“If it’s heading, you still go out and head it, if it’s goalscoring, you have to still go out and finish when you get chances like that.
“Let’s be fair to him, we weren’t getting any chances before he came on, and after he did, we had lots.
“But he needs to convert them, and as a team we can’t keep missing them, because we are in a bit of trouble now.”
Fit-again Victor Anichebe made his first appearance of the season, playing on the right hand side of midfield rather than as a centre-forward but Everton’s other senior strikers Beckford, Ayegbeni Yakubu and Louis Saha have netted just two Premier League goals between them this term.
Moyes admits he is concerned by the situation but concedes he is unlikely to have the funds to bring in fresh blood in the transfer window.
He said: “I don’t know if things will change, but as things stand at the moment there is no money to buy any strikers in January, so we will have to look to players to step up and take more responsibility.
“The idea was that we don’t want to be chopping and changing too much, so we gave Yak a run, but he didn’t work here, so we will have to take another long look at it.”
After going on a seven-game unbeaten run, Everton have only collected a single point from their last three Premier League fixtures and Moyes knows they must improve.
He said: “The fact is, we have not performed well enough over the piece so far.
“We have put in some good performances, but not consistently enough, and our form has suffered badly in recent weeks.
“We are in a bad position.”
Nov 29 2010 by Chris Beesley, Daily Post
EVERTON manager David Moyes has warned striker Jermaine Beckford that he needs to start converting his chances.
Substitute Beckford looked the most likely to score out of all four of the strikers Moyes used against West Brom on Saturday after coming on as a substitute early in the second half.
However, the 26-year-old, who has netted just one Premier League goal to date, was guilty of missing several good opportunities to get 10-man Everton back in the game and the visitors gave him a lesson in clinical finishing as they romped to a 4-1 victory – their first success at Goodison Park in 31 years.
Moyes said: “At this level you can’t afford to miss chances like that.
“We’ve said the last few weeks that we have been punished for our poor finishing, and nowhere was that more apparent than here.
“Look what happened. Beckford had a great chance that had we scored then maybe we were close to winning the game, and instead we have the double whammy of the miss and we get a player sent off.
“I think for him, he needs a much better goals ratio than that, because it’s not often you get so many chances at this level.
“It doesn’t matter what level you are at, you have to put some of those away.”
He added: “When you come to a Premier League club, you know what you’re good at.
“If it’s heading, you still go out and head it, if it’s goalscoring, you have to still go out and finish when you get chances like that.
“Let’s be fair to him, we weren’t getting any chances before he came on, and after he did, we had lots.
“But he needs to convert them, and as a team we can’t keep missing them, because we are in a bit of trouble now.”
Fit-again Victor Anichebe made his first appearance of the season, playing on the right hand side of midfield rather than as a centre-forward but Everton’s other senior strikers Beckford, Ayegbeni Yakubu and Louis Saha have netted just two Premier League goals between them this term.
Moyes admits he is concerned by the situation but concedes he is unlikely to have the funds to bring in fresh blood in the transfer window.
He said: “I don’t know if things will change, but as things stand at the moment there is no money to buy any strikers in January, so we will have to look to players to step up and take more responsibility.
“The idea was that we don’t want to be chopping and changing too much, so we gave Yak a run, but he didn’t work here, so we will have to take another long look at it.”
After going on a seven-game unbeaten run, Everton have only collected a single point from their last three Premier League fixtures and Moyes knows they must improve.
He said: “The fact is, we have not performed well enough over the piece so far.
“We have put in some good performances, but not consistently enough, and our form has suffered badly in recent weeks.
“We are in a bad position.”
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