Very few people said this. Obviously like anything there are always extremes, but it consistently gets put forward as if it was a general default position which it never was.
Personally I said numerous times this season that I thought we were underperforming but not necessarily to the extent you would think looking at some of the comments and reactions on here. I said I thought we were a bottom half team and when that's what you are you're always in danger of being sucked into a relegation battle. At this moment I stand by that, it may change if we continue our recent form but I think it's too early to tell at the moment. Moyes has had an impact and that's brilliant, but whether it's sustainable with the same players is a different matter and I'll wait and see before I give my mea culpa. If that turns out to be the case then great, I couldn't really care less if the opinion I wrote on a forum ends up being wrong and it would mean Everton are doing well so i'll be happy and perfectly content to hold my hands up.
It's probably worth noting that lots of the things people were criticising Dyche for have actually continued but there hasn't been too much acknowledgement of that. There were people who said no other manager would pick Doucoure, playing Keane up front for 5 minutes was undeniable proof of him being a dinosaur, not starting Patterson every week could only mean that he had a personal vendetta, any other manager would have given more chances to Armstrong and Dixon etc etc. Lo and behold Moyes comes in and none of those things change, but very few people have said 'ah fair enough maybe he was right after all'. His results this season weren't good enough and he had to go, but much of the stuff people used to ridicule him was evidently wrong.
