I'll blame Moyes for most things, but it's a bit hard to blame him for players hitting it on to the post or right at the keeper
Dwight K Schrute
Player Valuation: £35m
Nowhere specific. It's just a rumour doing the rounds.
It wouldn't be surprising though would it? Playing regularly at PNE. Comes in, does well, doesn't get a minute for weeks and weeks and gets criticised publicly by Moyes, while senior pros continue to stink the gaff out without consequence. Can't say anything about the validity. But it would not be a surprise.
Dwight K Schrute
Player Valuation: £35m
BullensRoad
Player Valuation: £35m
The player ran out of his skin to get that point, same as the other players in the points I made.
Dwight K Schrute
Player Valuation: £35m
On Bobble's podcast a few months back, they were discussing a fee around £40-50m as being tempting to Everton. Think that gets done quite easily. They also said Ndiaye's team have been talking to other clubs to secure him European football. They did say the player himself isn't pushing hard, but wants Europe. I personally would be amazed if he is still here next season.
Not sure how not getting any minutes for months unless he is out of position, when he was promised regualr first team football, either here or on loan when he signed his new contract, is Armstrong living his best life? He's also a red, isn't he, so doesn't have any emotional ties here.
Yeah, I don't think we'd be getting any major bids for Dibling, but he has huge talent, and if someone did come in for him, would you want to stay here to not be given a chance, called out publicly, and be perma-benched for Super-Dwight or a CDM playing RW??
The Penalty Box Dancer
Player Valuation: £35m
All I can really say is what I've already tried to say and that although we are where we thought we would be, in a season where most clubs are underperforming, way off it and one of the teams of the season is Bournemouth then it's completely fine to be disappointed for not doing better.
Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham fell apart and Bournemouth and Brentford took advantage. Liverpool amazingly still on for top 4 but that's because teams around them dropped points too. Newcastle are also way off it. I'm disappointed we didn't capitalise on this, for years we have complained the top 6 is a closed shop but this season it was blown wide open.
Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham fell apart and Bournemouth and Brentford took advantage. Liverpool amazingly still on for top 4 but that's because teams around them dropped points too. Newcastle are also way off it. I'm disappointed we didn't capitalise on this, for years we have complained the top 6 is a closed shop but this season it was blown wide open.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
I’d be disappointed in N’Diaye pushing to leave - he bombed in Marseille.. also don’t see a £50 million bid from one of our top teams.
Harrison has just turned 19 and is getting minutes in the best league in the world. If he really wants to push to leave because he didn’t get his dream switch back to Preston, then I’d happily see the back of him. I’m quite sure he’s not that silly though.
Osamabindiesel
Player Valuation: £70m
Meh. I think it's just a case of too little too late for Moyes. Had we been playing to our players' strengths all season we would have had a real case for causing problems with the top 6. He redeemed himself and I do think our style improved dramatically towards the end (even though some results really didn't go our way), but do we really want to do this song and dance again? If the Friedkins have a guy in mind or a great candidate is available I think we have a good case to let him go at the end of the season.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
So, reading this forum..
Pickford is useless at crosses, Tarks is finished, Keane is awful, Myko is awful, Gana is finished, Tim is terrible, McNeil is woeful, Rohl is useless, Dibling a waste of money, Barry is dreadful, Beto can’t kick a ball, Alcaraz is a liability, Aznou is weak, Coleman is a disgrace, Patterson is shocking, Jarrad is shot, the squad is slow and unbalanced and the players aren’t fit.
But Moyes should have this squad in the Champions league..
Pickford is useless at crosses, Tarks is finished, Keane is awful, Myko is awful, Gana is finished, Tim is terrible, McNeil is woeful, Rohl is useless, Dibling a waste of money, Barry is dreadful, Beto can’t kick a ball, Alcaraz is a liability, Aznou is weak, Coleman is a disgrace, Patterson is shocking, Jarrad is shot, the squad is slow and unbalanced and the players aren’t fit.
But Moyes should have this squad in the Champions league..
I think the only rounds that rumour has done is from a couple of responses to your post.
WilliamBoo
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Yes this could be 99% right. Moyes should have managed those weaknesses to minimize them by using players in the right position, with the right roles, and at the right time. He did none of this adequately.
Dwight K Schrute
Player Valuation: £35m
I know you're being spikey to protect your man Moyes, but you're being very disingenuous. Keane and Mykolenko (in particular) are awful. As is McNeil. Moyes has kept playing them at various times at great cost to us.
Keane and Tarkowski cannot play together. Moyes keeps playing them together.
JOB is not a RB. Moyes keeps playing him there, plus has not invested in an RB because he didn't think we could find a better one.
We have invested in young talent. Moyes doesn't give them a sniff.
'Senior pros' are allowed to make repeated mistakes with no consequences. Moyes ensures that young players (who may actually learn from this and improve) are not afforded this luxury.
Other teams make several subs in a game these days. That freshens things up significantly. Moyes does not, whilst also making his sides run themselves into the ground.
When other teams make subs, they often do them with lots of game time left. Moyes does not and nearly always waits until the 70 or 80 plus minute mark. Sometimes he does stuff like today and makes an attacking sub in the 93rd minute when we are playing 95.
Most other managers freshen tactics up when possible. Moyes makes like for like subs.
Many teams set out their intent just from line ups. Moyes sends out defensive line ups in games we should be winning. It creates fear and hands initiative to the opposition.
Other teams play players in their correct positions, unless their footballing ability is so great that they can play elsewhere. Moyes plays players out of position.
Clubs that have more defensive full backs tend to play with very advanced wide players. Moyes plays with defensive full backs AND a new phenomenon begun by Dyche, of defensive wingers
So really, it's less a glib response that Moyes SHOULD have us in the Champions League, and more the fact that he COULD have had us in Europe in a season full of poor teams when there are upto NINE available places, were it not for his own pathetic shortcomings.
Yes, he moved us forward, but as has always been the case with him, the significant shortcomings are mostly of his own making. Leopards never change their spots.
I'm not disagreeing with the general tone of your post, but other teams definitely do play players in positions that you generally wouldn't state as their main position. I think it might only be EIGHT European places now as well (unless you're counting Palace potentially qualifying for the Europa League).I know you're being spikey to protect your man Moyes, but you're being very disingenuous. Keane and Mykolenko (in particular) are awful. As is McNeil. Moyes has kept playing them at various times at great cost to us.
Keane and Tarkowski cannot play together. Moyes keeps playing them together.
JOB is not a RB. Moyes keeps playing him there, plus has not invested in an RB because he didn't think we could find a better one.
We have invested in young talent. Moyes doesn't give them a sniff.
'Senior pros' are allowed to make repeated mistakes with no consequences. Moyes ensures that young players (who may actually learn from this and improve) are not afforded this luxury.
Other teams make several subs in a game these days. That freshens things up significantly. Moyes does not, whilst also making his sides run themselves into the ground.
When other teams make subs, they often do them with lots of game time left. Moyes does not and nearly always waits until the 70 or 80 plus minute mark. Sometimes he does stuff like today and makes an attacking sub in the 93rd minute when we are playing 95.
Most other managers freshen tactics up when possible. Moyes makes like for like subs.
Many teams set out their intent just from line ups. Moyes sends out defensive line ups in games we should be winning. It creates fear and hands initiative to the opposition.
Other teams play players in their correct positions, unless their footballing ability is so great that they can play elsewhere. Moyes plays players out of position.
Clubs that have more defensive full backs tend to play with very advanced wide players. Moyes plays with defensive full backs AND a new phenomenon begun by Dyche, of defensive wingers
So really, it's less a glib response that Moyes SHOULD have us in the Champions League, and more the fact that he COULD have had us in Europe in a season full of poor teams when there are upto NINE available places, were it not for his own pathetic shortcomings.
Yes, he moved us forward, but as has always been the case with him, the significant shortcomings are mostly of his own making. Leopards never change their spots.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
6 goals & 3 assists isnt much to write home about after 9 goals last season.
I think he's got 2 goals & 1 assist in 2026.
£40-50mil being 'tempting' seems strange to me though. We're a negative team with a negative manager so his stats are going to be undercooked.
If Moyes could bring in Grealish and Bowen for Ndiaye we wouldnt see his feet touch the ground though.
NDiaye could've put himself and the team in position for Europe these last two games alone, if he'd slotted the 3/4 chances he had. He Should take account of that tbh and deliver.
That said we're not strong enough a squad to do anything in Europe at the minute, and I wouldn't be fussed if he did go in the summer, and his money used wisely
