Moyes aims for budget rebuild after Uefa exit

[Sharpys top lip]

David Moyes, mopping up the disappointment of a Uefa Cup exit, suggested yesterday that his long-awaited new contract with Everton might be imminent. "I will sign a contract with Everton very shortly, maybe before the weekend. Things are with the lawyers," he said. Which was certainly an improvement on his comments last weekend, when he said the club still had it.



But Moyes suggested that out of the ashes of defeat to Standard Liège, he might now rebuild the side by going out to find some of the lower-budget players he has made stars out of. "We have had a down but what I need to do is find more to add to it," he said. "It might not be at the top end. I might need to go back down the route where I got the likes of Tim Cahill in. I'm looking to rebuild again a side that can win games in Europe again like they did last year. That's what I have to do."
The policy of finding players in the lower leagues – Cahill had just played in Millwall's 2004 FA Cup Final side when Everton signed him for £1.5m – has brought huge success to Goodison. Joleon Lescott (Wolves), Phil Jagielka (from relegated Sheffield United) are in the same mould. Moyes' reluctance to embark on such a policy this summer was based on his belief that bigger-name players could improve the club.
Moyes accepted it could be "a struggle of a year", but he was drawing what hope he could. "By the time I got back to the hotel [last night], I knew I had to get on with it," he said. "That's what happens in football. Who knows?" Defeat at home to Newcastle tomorrow would put Everton into something of a crisis, but a win would send them to a similar points total to last season's, at the same stage.

As an Evertonian......

Thats [Poor language removed] depressing.....

 

[davek]

It's a disgrace. We were supposed to be 'pushing on' weren't we? Our 'breakthrough season'? Now were looking to build a new squad from Championship players.

Kenwright should be run out of town. And as for David Moyes, if he had anything about him he wouldn't be signing up to that [Poor language removed] manifesto but leaving his incompetent paymasters to stew in their own piss.

 

[Blue Ray]

As an Evertonian......

Thats [Poor language removed] depressing.....

I find that [Poor language removed] scary. Is he up to being a Prem manager or does he think he can work better with those from lower leagues. [Poor language removed] disgrace and he's making me feel ashamed when I talk to other clubs fans in work. Bollocks, absolute bollocks. If we carruy on playing the way we are he wont have to look far cos we'll have a whole team of championship players.

 

[Dom1878]

Maybe we could have more money if Moyes wasnt so greedy asking for a £15 million contract

 

[The Dude]

I remember he made some comments at the end of last summer (possibly when everyone was a bit iffy about him signing the Yak) saying that he couldn't keep digging up these gems every year from lower leagues as there simply weren't that many gems down there, and he was re-assigning his scouts to look around European leagues rather than english lower leagues.

So I would say he has deliberately gone after big targets this summer, been messed about far too much by greedy agents and the like (not forgetting his own indecisiveness), and been burned.

Moyes is still by far the best man for the job though. I find that interview uplifting rather than depressing. He knows he's tried something different and messed it up, which is better than simply not knowing what's going on.

 

[ToxtethBlue]

What a [Poor language removed] attitude, disagraceful to be honest.

 

[Goat]

Maybe we could have more money if Moyes wasnt so greedy asking for a £15 million contract

Yea clearly he should work for free, i mean imagine wanting a wage that reflected your abillity, stupid idea.

I dont see what the problem is, there are lots of talented footballers in the Championship, if u take away all the overseas players, these are the players that would be premiership players.

After getting in Lescott, Jags and Cahill i find it silly that ppl are judging his eye for talent.

 

[Nebbiolo]

I've been pretty down on Moyes this summer. In fact, he's pissed me off with his haughty, high and mighty attitude. But this doesn't bother me so much. Isn't he just putting his feet back on earth again and coming to terms with the fact that he cannot sign a bunch of £20m players? A few months ago he was acting like if he couldn't, he'd bugger off. Doesn't this just seem that he's back on planet earth and ready to continue the job of making silk purses out of sows' ears? If that's the case, then fair play to him.

 

[Duncan9]

Where is my bloody Vallium ?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

About time to be honest. Do your job and use whatever resources (no matter how small) available to improve the side.

If the money isnt available or you simply can not attract the likes of Moutinho then look elsewere and bring in players who will at least replace the ones who have left such as Carsley...

 

[Dom1878]

Yea clearly he should work for free, i mean imagine wanting a wage that reflected your abillity, stupid idea.

I dont see what the problem is, there are lots of talented footballers in the Championship, if u take away all the overseas players, these are the players that would be premiership players.

After getting in Lescott, Jags and Cahill i find it silly that ppl are judging his eye for talent.

Not saying work for free obviously, so dont be stupid. but over 60,000 a week, for an average manager - who has gotten us knocked out of the carling and uefa cup, well...if i was the board i would be reconsidering right now...

 

[davek]

I've been pretty down on Moyes this summer. In fact, he's pissed me off with his haughty, high and mighty attitude. But this doesn't bother me so much. Isn't he just putting his feet back on earth again and coming to terms with the fact that he cannot sign a bunch of £20m players? A few months ago he was acting like if he couldn't, he'd bugger off. Doesn't this just seem that he's back on planet earth and ready to continue the job of making silk purses out of sows' ears? If that's the case, then fair play to him.

"Settling".

That's what we have now - a man shorn of ambition and letting us know exactly why we wont be going anywhere fast. I'd prefer it if he retained his credibilty by walking, to be honest.

 

[Goat]

Is this the same average manager that got us 4th,5th,6th in the League? Briefly the ChampsLeague? Semi-final League cup? A long run in the Uefa? All for a net spend of less than 5m a year? How fickle some ppl are.

 

[Goat]

"Settling".

That's what we have now - a man shorn of ambition and letting us know exactly why we wont be going anywhere fast. I'd prefer it if he retained his credibilty by walking, to be honest.

A man who has woken up to the fact that unless some rich arab comes holding bundles of money, he wont be able to compete in the transfer window. A man who realises that maybe his old way of getting bargain buys, is better than spend,spend,spend.

I honestly dont know how any1 would like to see him walk, who we gonna get in? King Kev, Big Sam, Curbs? Cant wait............

 

[Nebbiolo]

Not saying work for free obviously, so dont be stupid. but over 60,000 a week, for an average manager - who has gotten us knocked out of the carling and uefa cup, well...if i was the board i would be reconsidering right now...

I'm pretty sure that there'll be "talk" at board level. See what happens tomorrow. If we get stuffed, I expect the contract stuff to mysteriously drag on just that bit longer. My guess is that Moyes played hardball all summer and now Bill is is the one dragging things out. But that's just a theory and I have bugger all evidence for it.