2025/26 David Moyes

[MACCA75]

It feels a bit like Moyes is aware he had to try to be more proactive and attacking than he would normally default to, but he can’t quite work out how to do it. Away from home when he can play his normal game we’re doing well but when tasked with making the running at home we’re consistently finding ourselves getting a chasing because he can’t quite get the balance right.

A high press with the team full of players who give the ball away, a high line with slow defenders.. recipe for disaster.

 

[davek]

We’re sitting here in 2026 after outing 100 million plus into transfers, and if all the players are fit Everton’s first 11 still includes Coleman, Tarkwoski, Mykolenko Gana. Keane is also next cab off the rank if Branthwaite is injured which he often is.

I didn’t disagree with prioritising attacking signings over defensive ones in the summer but I just don’t buy these convenient arguments of ‘we’re actually not much better because the new players are rubbish’ ‘the manager didn’t buy them’ ‘Calvert Lewin and Doucoure are big misses’ ‘there’s not much between Lindstrom Harrison and Dibling’

We either have to question what on earth the recruitment team were doing buying players no better than ones who were some of the worst in our entire pl history. Or we need to ask why we can’t get more out of them.


But fundamentally I come back to the same point that year after year rolls by, window after windows and Everton in the premier league still arrogantly assume that we dont need a right back, Keane will do as backup as we wont get injuries at CB, it’s ok to start a 35 year old every week in midfield because the fans like him, and McNeil is a genuine attacking option worthy of a squad place. Also we’ll just roll out 4231 every single week regardless of who the manager is and just play the exact same nonsense. Sit deep, slow shuffling nothing passive football hoping for a knockdown in midfield or for Grealish to do something.

That’s not even a pop at Moyes. Manager after manager has done it. We had one season under Moyes when he went 4141 and caught the league by surprise in 04/05, one season under Roberto In 13/14 and 3 months under Ancelotti where they tried something different but everything else since I can remember watching Everton has just been throw the players out in 4231 and just punt some three quarter ball down the channel and see what happens. Forest and West Ham have had more styles of football in half a season than we’ve had in about 25 years

We had the CEO of this club telling the world that his target was to see the club hitting a norm of 1 successful player purchased out of every 3.

Unbeleivable. I couldn't believe my ears when he said that.

That sort of acceptance off failure is unacceptable, and should be if you're the owners.

We have to have people in charge of the club who own it and run it who have an utterly killer attitude toward failure and end quickly anyone's tenure if they dont make use of the resources we have and anyone who thinks we can 'incrementally' do better each season as a way of serving up slop and / or mediocrity and making it seem 'acceptable'.

We're miles off being an organisation like that.

We should get top ten. If not the owners need to step in here and start tearing up contracts.

We're supposed to be on the move again but we've sputtered to a juddering halt.

 

[davek]

I've supported Everton long enough to know this gimp is gonna throw the FA cup game next week.

If he does that he's toast.

 

[Drago]

If he does that he's toast.

I've supported Everton long enough to know he wont be.

 

[ToffeeTim]

2 big games coming up. If we don't get results, then season will be effectively over in terms of any excitement

 

[Rita_Poon]

I've supported Everton long enough to know this gimp is gonna throw the FA cup game next week.

Want to knock this off please? You have no idea who you're offending. A certain aussie cycling coach got bust out for similar at gb athletics.

 

[davek]

I've supported Everton long enough to know he wont be.

The tipping point will be reached with Moyes and he'll lose the support he's had here from large sections of fans second time around.

I've said it before in relation to this game: failure is not an option.

 

[Rita_Poon]

The tipping point will be reached with Moyes and he'll lose the support he's had here from large sections of fans second time around.

I've said it before in relation to this game: failure is not an option.

For the record, who is failure an option for?

:/

 

[davek]

For the record, who is failure an option for?

:/

Well Moyes will run out of road here if he fails to get us on an extended cup run.

If we get beat next Saturday watch the reaction.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Well Moyes will run out of road here if he fails to get us on an extended cup run.

If we get beat next Saturday watch the reaction.

Have another go.

"For the record, who is failure an option for?"

 

[davek]

2 big games coming up. If we don't get results, then season will be effectively over in terms of any excitement

I've already factored Wolves in as a win.

Not even I can imagine this dullard failing to get the team focussed for Wolves midweek after a humiliating and humbling defeat like that today.

It's the cup game he should be ting bricks over if he has any sense.

 

[Rita_Poon]

It's the cup game he should be ting bricks over if he has any sense.

For the record, who shouldn't be crapping bricks?

 

[knowing your history]

We start games passive at home. We don't press and we don't win tackles. It has to change and thr manager needs to fix it.

We also have no quality full backs and it stops us sustaining attacks.

This was my main criticism of Dyche aswell. How passive it was the vast majority of times in the closing months of Goodison. Then Moyes comes in and it is 3-0 up at half time v Spurs and Leicester. The Man. United game was also a very good performance for an hour before a bit of a choke. Also lead v RS early. All in his first six weeks back.

I was naïve to think things would stay the same at BMD but when you look at it majority of home performances haven't been good at all. Brighton and Palace games were slow starts and pretty lucky games to win based on the chances created by both.

Luckily the away form is better than it was a few years ago so that avoids any relegation battles these days but to really kick on the team needs to be much better at home, Newcastle is the best template for this in the long run.

 

[The Binman]

I've already factored Wolves in as a win.

Not even I can imagine this dullard failing to get the team focussed for Wolves midweek after a humiliating and humbling defeat like that today.

It's the cup game he should be ting bricks over if he has any sense.

Would not surprise me at all if we lose against wolves...

Feels like our form could fall off a cliff...

Hopefully wolves result against West ham was a one off, and it was because WH were so bad that they allowed wolves to maul them.

 

[Azza]

Club won't go anywhere with him in charge.