2025/26 David Moyes

[Bluepablo]

Can't believe we are still having this Moyes recruitment argument.

No one ultimately knows who was in charge unless they work for the club. But it remains my personal opinion, that it makes no sense for Moyes to have solely in charge for 2 main reasons

1. He was incensed at our lack of business just before the season started. Why would he be so openly critical of recruitment in the press if it was all his own fault. Who criticises themselves in the press?

2. He has barely used and clearly doesn't rate some of the new players. Who on earth signs players they don't want to use and / or think are rubbish.

Our recruitment processes have been failing for years. Everyone involved needs to be replaced and experts who can identify talented Everton level players need to come in.

I thought Thelwell did a pretty good job given no money. Selling our better players, Richi, Oana, Gordon, for decent money along with Iwobi, Godfrey & Dobbin & bringing in O’Brian, Ndyaie, Tim, Garner. Admittedly Maupay, Chermiti, & Beto weren’t great but Beto was zero money up front & did show he could score given the right service.

 

[dannyboy]

Huge resources through ongoing revenue generation.

One of the highest paid jobs in world football.

Everton is one of the biggest clubs in the premier league. Wonderful infrastructure and backing with the new owners.

Its delusional to think we wouldnt be able to pick and choose a number of top managers.

Villa got Emery. We got Ancelotti.

Bournemouth and Palace wouldnt keep their managers if we moved for them.

Pochettino if he still has the desire would be interested of that i have no doubt.

Stop putting down the club by aligning us with the current manager.

I've just seen and heard it all before. Our annual get rid of the manager threads. Moyes is good at this level. It might not be exotic but he'll bring some much needed stability in the time he's here.

I personally don't think we're ready to move to the next level yet nor do I think we'll be able to attract anyone capable of doing that. It's not like the squad is on the verge of something special.

 

[tommytowne]

Tell you what, I was onboard with Moyes staying until the summer.

But we need player development and a playing style embedded for next season with a clear style of play and youth development.

I think write this season off and bring in a young manager who can build us up.

Moyes clearly wont do it.

Am I wrong here?
Dýche 100% needed to go or we were doomed. Moyes was the safe option and surpassed my expectations with what he achieved.
I was/am always sceptical about him hanging around after this season insofar his brief was to stabilise us ready to handover to a new pair of hands.
Eternal pessimist I am thanks to supporting the club for an eternity but I'm sure we're safe for another year, in which case we can thank him and let him go.
And for those who will ask the names of those who will replace him, I just don't know, but there's someone out there.

 

[jceverton]

I'm not sure he does. And he is putting a message out there, to divert attention off Kinnear.

Winner of the bIzarre comment of the day award.

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

Tell you what, I was onboard with Moyes staying until the summer.

But we need player development and a playing style embedded for next season with a clear style of play and youth development.

I think write this season off and bring in a young manager who can build us up.

Moyes clearly wont do it.

It’s a worry. I wouldn’t be too mad about today given the total lack of options. But I do worry when we have a run of games where the players that are available clearly aren’t at it. Need to concede a goal and a half time rollicking to show any real effort and passion. And pride. It’s not normally after a run of those sorts of half arsed efforts that managers leave. Why is there no urgency in the players, particularly those that aren’t regulars? It’s like we aren’t going to be in relegation trouble so the flip flops are on. And HD is less a fortress, more a bored, disappointed mausoleum, and it’s these lazy games doing it.

If we were to have an amicable parting of ways with a smooth-ish transition to a more progressive and motivational manager, who would that be? I haven’t a clue. But they have got a bag of spanner’s to work with in this awfully assembled “squad”.

 

[windymiller]

I think you're deflecting from Kinnear mate, who's inept.

More than one person can be crap at their jobs at the same time, you know.

 

[jceverton]

Moyes is going absolutely nowhere until at least the end of his contract unless we find ourselves in a relegation scrap.

You may not agree with that as what you think should happen, but it's absolutely what is happening.

We'd be better expending our energy with debating about what should happen within those parameters

That was certainly the plan, whether it remains the plan will be determined by what happens in the rest of this season.

 

[toffeeblue9]

I think you're deflecting from Kinnear mate, who's inept.

Could you give me an example of a CEO who is ept and why you think that Vs the 6 month judgement of our CEO?

 

[toffeeblue9]

That was certainly the plan, whether it remains the plan will be determined by what happens in the rest of this season.

It's still the plan. It only changes if we dip into the realms of underperforming against his budget

 

[Saint Domingo]

Huge resources through ongoing revenue generation.

One of the highest paid jobs in world football.

Everton is one of the biggest clubs in the premier league. Wonderful infrastructure and backing with the new owners.

Its delusional to think we wouldnt be able to pick and choose a number of top managers.

Villa got Emery. We got Ancelotti.

Bournemouth and Palace wouldnt keep their managers if we moved for them.

Pochettino if he still has the desire would be interested of that i have no doubt.

Stop putting down the club by aligning us with the current manager.

There’s only 20 PL jobs, only a few become available each season. Then take out the ones you can’t get due to club rivalry (e.g Pochettino isn’t going to be Arsenal manager) then take out the ones that wouldn’t appeal (e.g newly promoted team, teams with massive PS&R problems, teams with terrible owners etc.). Most managers who have tasted the intensity of the PL want to get back there. A lot of them put roots down in England too.

At the salary we would be offering, I reckon we could attract someone like Pochettino, I think Mourinho would come back to England, who knows if Sarri would, Nagelsmann could be interested, would Fabregas be interested in a PL job, would Xavi?

I think there’d be an awful lot of interest.

 

[blueboy72]

Moyes is going absolutely nowhere until at least the end of his contract unless we find ourselves in a relegation scrap.

You may not agree with that as what you think should happen, but it's absolutely what is happening.

We'd be better expending our energy with debating about what should happen within those parameters

You’re clueless, how do (1) give him
Some control on buying players (2) you buy players and dish out 4/5 yr deals when the manager has less that a year left. You can’t go into a situation like that and that’s why he will be removed

 

[Toffeelover]

I've just seen and heard it all before. Our annual get rid of the manager threads. Moyes is good at this level. It might not be exotic but he'll bring some much needed stability in the time he's here.

I personally don't think we're ready to move to the next level yet nor do I think we'll be able to attract anyone capable of doing that. It's not like the squad is on the verge of something special.

HHMMM move up or down which level were you thinking of ?

 

[toffeeblue9]

You’re clueless, how do (1) give him
Some control on buying players (2) you buy players and dish out 4/5 yr deals when the manager has less that a year left. You can’t go into a situation like that and that’s why he will be removed

He won't. I'm not even trying to argue that he should be afforded more time/patience/whatever.

I'm simply saying you're dreaming if
you think they're sacking him after a year when we spent the 13th most of any team in the last transfer window and had spent the previous few years in the bottom 6 fighting relegation.

I would suggest that your expectation levels probably exceed the Friedkins

 

[blueboy72]

He won't. I'm not even trying to argue that he should be afforded more time/patience/whatever.

I'm simply saying you're dreaming if
you think they're sacking him after a year when we spent the 13th most of any team in the last transfer window and had spent the previous few years in the bottom 6 fighting relegation.

I would suggest that your expectation levels probably exceed the Friedkins

Did the same at Rome, got rid of a legend and then appointed a safe pair of hands, got rid and appointed a brilliant manager and now reaping the benefits. And it will be 18 months, he’s been in charge.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Go ASAP