2025/26 David Moyes

[st.domingo]

First unequivocal mis-step, that, you'd have to say, no?

 

[TraffordBlue]

Literally every Premier League team plays their squad players in the league cup. Otherwise they would never get a game. If you look at the team sheets you'll see players you didn't know existed. It's pretty much the only point in the competition. I think Moyes learnt quite a bit last night about how paper thin our squad is, and how limited we are in forward areas and midfield.

The issue wasn't playing some squad players. It was the amount of them he played.

We've made great progress under him but we haven't got the squad depth or quality to be able to just rest nearly all of our best players, and in key positions.

He's rested Pickford, Mykolenko, Gana, Ndiaye, Dewsbury Hall, Grealish (and i'd personally add Beto to that as I see him as the better option than Barry). 6-7 of our best players whilst we also have Branthwaite out. A team like us simply can't do that and expect to win.

That defeat was almost entirely on Moyes last night and his attitude before, during and after has been a disgrace. And I am one who is happy he is our manager. First massive frustration for me since he's come back.

 

[Ragnar]

Literally every Premier League team plays their squad players in the league cup. Otherwise they would never get a game. If you look at the team sheets you'll see players you didn't know existed. It's pretty much the only point in the competition. I think Moyes learnt quite a bit last night about how paper thin our squad is, and how limited we are in forward areas and midfield.

A few changes is fine. But resting everyone of your best players when they don’t play for nearly a week is a joke.

 

[neil999]

First unequivocal mis-step, that, you'd have to say, no?

And too passive in thr derby, moyes at is worst this week, I obviously wouldn't sack him and he is currently the right person for thr rebuild/reset

It's very frustrating that his worst traits are still.v obvious and he hasn't changed

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

First unequivocal mis-step, that, you'd have to say, no?

Apart from Leeds and the 1st half v the shabite...yes.

 

[Thomasc]

Not even the end of September and we are all done in already

Jokes aside, I just don’t see where goals are going to come again.

We will be one of the lowest scoring teams in the league again this season.

 

[judge]

You know what you get with Moyes, a safety first approach. That may have worked once with Mourinho/Chelsea but that was a long time ago (and with a club with a lot more money/better players). To win games now you need to have an attacking mentalilty and Moyes will never have that. I know he doesn't have the players but regardless of that he will always be acautious manager. He's ok in the short term, but we will never win anything with him in charge. Hopefully the owners realise that.

 

[Harryflashman]

Im not particularly angry im just really really disappointed, it felt inevitable once that team sheet came out I think the majority of us expected it and it delivered in true Everton fashion .

Someone rightly said our attitude towards these trophies is as much why we’ve failed to win one as the abject nature of our football .

30 years , THIRTY, since a trophy and we treat the best chance we’ve got of winning one like a pre season friendly .

Like I say disappointed and sad , although actually maybe I am a bit angry after all

 

[chicoazul]

I’m getting the sense that the second honeymoon is over on here, guys.

 

[ToffeeScot]

Literally every Premier League team plays their squad players in the league cup. Otherwise they would never get a game. If you look at the team sheets you'll see players you didn't know existed. It's pretty much the only point in the competition. I think Moyes learnt quite a bit last night about how paper thin our squad is, and how limited we are in forward areas and midfield.

Yeah, Moyes deserves a bit of flack because Coleman at LB was a strange move but the team put out last night had players who were starters last season and winning games (Alcaraz and McNeil) with highly rated young players like Dibling involved. It was a good enough side to win the game and the players just didn't turn up. I'm very disappointed in players like McNeil who had the opportunity to show that they deserve to be part of this squad and to repay the faith the manager showed in them to start last night and they embarrassed themselves and him.

 

[roy vernon]

That team selection was horrible, when I saw it I had an idea what was to come and didn't bother watching. I checked bbc football on my phone at 10 pm and realised I'd made the correct decision. Now...that's fine for me, I was sat at home and intending to watch on my moody fire stick, what about the thousands of blues who had already traveled to Wolverhampton when the team was announced?

 

[GoldenToffee]

Moyes 0/10 last night and 0/10 for his post game interview. Should be apologising to the fans. No "we'll try and put it right" before West Ham will make up for that. Slap in the face of fans desperate for any kind of success.

 

[anton66]

"No real reasons" to completely upturn the team that won 3 weeks ago. ffs.

More or less saying he can’t be bothered with a cup competition.
We’re not playing in Europe, challenging for the top spots, probably won’t be in a relegation fight but he makes so many bad changes in a team finding its feet in a competition we desperately needed to challenge for. Very poor from the manager.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I’m getting the sense that the second honeymoon is over on here, guys.

You a Moyette or a Moyles-out Chico?

 

[leslad]

you'd have to say, he'd be in big trouble if we hadn't have signed an extremely determined, a lot to prove to the world Jack Grealish.