2025/26 David Moyes

Zatara · 2025-11-30T20:29:11+0000

John from Bootle said:
When I did get off my arse to make a pot noodle, I was still confident, that I'd make a more relevant point than you.

|And I'm not even that confident tbh

That point was as sharp as Sandro Bazadze's rapier.

JobForTheMoyes · 2025-11-30T20:29:20+0000

Moomin said:
When we get beat next will you compare it to Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson?

Nah. Oliver McCall beating Lennox Lewis.

Zatara · 2025-11-30T20:32:09+0000

Davideeyore said:
Completely agree.

It would seem Moyes is keeping our expectations in check.

He wasn't like that at the start of the year. Far from it.

In the summer when he was asked about players signing and he had that manical look in his eyes and was saying how we'd be signing plenty of players to big cheers...

...thats when i was pretty concerned.

Playing to the crowd and has now reverted to type.

Bedfordblue · 2025-11-30T20:38:47+0000

LinekersLegs · 2025-11-30T20:39:20+0000

Toffeepot said:
Do you think it's possible that we as Evertonians can get ahead of ourselves because we expect more than the likes of Sunderland(who were mentioned last night as getting on with it)
Maybe Moyes and other managers too of late have all felt the need to reality check us when answering questions. We are definitely more demanding than fans of other mid table clubs. Not saying that's bad, but it doesn't marry well with a team that just isn't a top team at the moment. We've been flirting with relegation the last few years and I'm at least grateful that Moyes gives us none of that chatter like the last fella.

I know I got ahead of myself this week and I find it so easy to do after a couple of wins. Just a thought, I could be wrong

Perhaps but in all honesty I just think people were enjoying a bit of positivity, I’d have bet even after Monday if you’d surveyed everyone and asked where we’d finish the season most of us would have put us out of the Europe spots even after the win.

Not sure many were irrationally exuberant, just happy!

Swartzy · 2025-11-30T20:39:30+0000

Did I miss a handout of happy pills in here, only just come back on and some strange reading on here.

BigBeto1 · 2025-11-30T20:44:33+0000

Would you have prefered it if he’d came out and said we lost because Pickford played like a biff or JOB and Myko play like the won a competition. Or alternatively he makes excuses.

The delivery was poor of what he’s trying to say but if we didn’t have that terrible opening minute, the game will probably have been very different. Just move onto Bournemouth and hopefully put it behind us

LinekersLegs · 2025-11-30T20:45:07+0000

Swartzy said:
Did I miss a handout of happy pills in here, only just come back on and some strange reading on here.

I think everyone started thinking of pot noodles rather than post match comments and the thread mood lifted!

Toffeepot · 2025-11-30T20:46:29+0000

Bedfordblue said:
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He also has the most wins out of that lot

LinekersLegs · 2025-11-30T20:48:46+0000

BigBeto1 said:
Would you have prefered it if he’d came out and said we lost because Pickford played like a biff or JOB and Myko play like the won a competition. Or alternatively he makes excuses.

The delivery was poor of what he’s trying to say but if we didn’t have that terrible opening minute, the game will probably have been very different. Just move onto Bournemouth and hopefully put it behind us

Bit of a false choice isn’t it?

Couldn’t he just say they were better, we got off to a poor start and were sloppy and it cost us. Others manage to do it week in and week out! No need to throw players under the bus but also no need to praise Newcastle to the skies either.

Moomin · 2025-11-30T20:49:36+0000

Toffeepot said:
He also has the most wins out of that lot

More than Wenger?

Bedfordblue · 2025-11-30T20:49:43+0000

Toffeepot said:
He also has the most wins out of that lot

Bedfordblue · 2025-11-30T20:50:22+0000

Moomin said:
More than Wenger?

Shhhhhhh don’t mention % ffs!

mikel_88 · 2025-11-30T20:50:33+0000

Zatara said:
Iroegbunam could have been subbed off very early on. That much is obvious.

With him off, you would pull back KDH to play LCM and bring Alcaraz on to play RCM and have Garner act as the DM.

This both improves the balance in the centre and adds a man offensively and defensively.

Another option was to move KDH back and bring Dibling on as the 10.

We could also have brought Aznou on to play LW. KDH goes deeper next to Garner and Grealish is given a free role.

Another option would be to take off Iroegbunam for Beto. Stick Beto up top and just pump balls into their box from all over.

Plenty of options. Could have even brought on Mark Travers with Pickford having an abomination. £4mil should get you a keeper who can deliver 1 game with a clean sheet a season surely?

Forget the name Everton.

If there was a club with a brand new and bigger stadium.

That had a larger fanbase and huge potential.

Who approached a manager from a smaller, historically less successful club.

They offered the manager 3x or 4x their salary over 3-5 seasons and offered him a huge warchest for transfers.

That manager jumps ship 9 times out of 10.

The question with someone like Iraola would be whether he signs the players and if not then what structure needs to change in the clubs management structure to account for this support he would or may need for example.

I expect James Smith would be given more responsibility.

Big managers have huge aspirations and weve seen with plenty of clubs they can attract those managers.

I dont think any of that helps get us back in the game, dont think it really changes how we play at all. And that is down to recruitment in the summer, get what you have said as something had to change.