2025/26 David Moyes


Moyes's problem now - and he's beginning to see it this last week - is that no one is in the mood anymore for derbies to be surrendered and cup competitions to not be taken seriously. He'll also learn that playing any 'elite' team home or away wont come with the free pass of achieving f.a. anymore, or that settling for a draw against any team outside the elite will be acceptable.

If he thought signing up to a second stint here was just going to be producing what he did last time in a vastly changed Everton set up he's going to be corrected on that very very quickly. Yesterday's press conference was a reaction to that. He knows the winds of change have blown through the club and he doesn't have Bill there anymore to count on.

Given the fixture pile up for other PL teams in Europe this season he needs to get a Euro spot - especially if they're going down to 8th position.
The problem is Moyes has his methods and they'll not change regardless of the clubs ambitions. He'll be here for the season and depending on the feel around the club he'll either be moved on or finish his contract out next season. I'd be amazed if he gets offered a new deal as the Friedkins don't seem to keep managers in situ for long. European qualification is definitely doable this season so that should be the barometer for how well Moyes does this season
 
If he thought signing up to a second stint here was just going to be producing what he did last time in a vastly changed Everton set up he's going to be corrected on that very very quickly. Yesterday's press conference was a reaction to that. He knows the winds of change
Two things.

Firstly, I suspect Mr Moyes realises that things have altered somewhat, during his first spell he broke double figures in millions spent on a single player twice, Fellaini at £16m and Yakubu at £11.25m. In an eleven year stay that was the financial ceiling imposed.
This summer alone six months into the job he's spent £12.5m on Alcaraz, £27m Barry, Dibling £36m, Dewsbury-Hall £27m. So double the high profile big money signings he was graced with previous.

Second, here's the Scorpions...
 
Yeah, but that's going to impact the players adversely mate. Call out McNeil. Fine. But as poo as we were, a lot of the players worked hard, but seemed to have no plan or structure. For instance, I'm not sure whether Dibbers will make it, but imo he tracked back a lot more than i've ever seen him do and gave it a go, but everyone around him was either out of position, or also trying to prove themselves too. Throwing players under the bus like this can backfire massively. I just don't think Moyes prepped them for this adequately, if at all.
McNeil will never be a wide forward so Moyes hung him out to dry as he did Coleman at left back. You could say the same about Tim as he needs Idrissa alongside him
 
The three seasons prior to Moyes Everton finished 15th / 17th & 16th and won nothing…

Alternatively:

In the 2021–22 season, Moyes guided West Ham to a top-seven finish and a Europa League semi-final, where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to Eintracht Frankfurt. It was the first time in club history that the club finished in the top seven in back-to-back seasons.

In the 2022–23 season, Moyes led the club to victory in the 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina to finish undefeated in the tournamentplay, winning 12 games and drawing one. West Ham finished the Premier League season in 14th place

WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM!
 

McNeil will never be a wide forward so Moyes hung him out to dry as he did Coleman at left back. You could say the same about Tim as he needs Idrissa alongside him
One of those 'awkward' changes i'd be fine with, to see whether they can adapt/develop/fill-in, but so many at the same time whilst also giving Barry and Dibbers much needed game time was suicidal, and to then throw them under the bus is inexcusable.
 
Moyes's problem now - and he's beginning to see it this last week - is that no one is in the mood anymore for derbies to be surrendered and cup competitions to not be taken seriously. He'll also learn that playing any 'elite' team home or away wont come with the free pass of achieving f.a. anymore, or that settling for a draw against any team outside the elite will be acceptable.

If he thought signing up to a second stint here was just going to be producing what he did last time in a vastly changed Everton set up he's going to be corrected on that very very quickly. Yesterday's press conference was a reaction to that. He knows the winds of change have blown through the club and he doesn't have Bill there anymore to count on.

Given the fixture pile up for other PL teams in Europe this season he needs to get a Euro spot - especially if they're going down to 8th position.

Will you be organising your promised protest march any time soon, as we`re all still waiting ?

Mind you, you`ll have to find somewhere safe to lock up your Raleigh Stowaway Folding bike first.
 

Wow, the Wolves debacle is already fading into history, but it has given the Moyes haters on GOT all they were waiting for to come out and vent their spleen on a manager who they dislike for his so called arrogance, never wanted him in the first place, a man they can't stand to hear talk, and criticize his decision making as though he is an utterly clueless manager. An unlikely defeat by West Ham could even raise the level of hysteria on GOT to (gulp), suggestions regarding his future career? Hopefully that discussion will be postponed for a while, until the next "unacceptable" defeat.
 
Wow, the Wolves debacle is already fading into history, but it has given the Moyes haters on GOT all they were waiting for to come out and vent their spleen on a manager who they dislike for his so called arrogance, never wanted him in the first place, a man they can't stand to hear talk, and criticize his decision making as though he is an utterly clueless manager. An unlikely defeat by West Ham could even raise the level of hysteria on GOT to (gulp), suggestions regarding his future career? Hopefully that discussion will be postponed for a while, until the next "unacceptable" defeat.
I don't have a problem with him as a manager, he's a decent manager bordering on good. However his personality is a different matter. He denigrates the players and clubs he manages in order to big himself up. Everton is bigger than David Moyes and he should remember that
 

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