Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
I suppose even I have to remember, that he wasn't sacked by us, he went to Manchester United. Had United not come in for him when Alex Ferguson retired, he may still have been here now.
I don't think there would ever be a return for Moyes, but the article I found was an eye opener, and perhaps exposes the current shortcomings to the fans. I knew he was big into Prozone, but that is just a tool, it's what's done with that data that matters.
His achievements relative to his peers (and successive Everton managers) show what a good manager he was for us. There was nothing special about us in comparison to other teams like Newcastle Villa etc. Yet every other team outside the top 6 has gone down at some point in the prem. We were the exception, and we didn’t just stay up we qualified for Europe finishing in and ahead of members of the top 6 on a regular occurrence. He raised standards to a point were people used it as a stick to beat him with ‘no trophies’ etc. etc. The stark reality is though that every other premier league manager has fought at the bottom end of the table for most of their tenure resulting in multiple sackings and us curcling the drain going nowhere except for about 1 season under Royle and one under Martinez. Look at the current mess we’ve made even with millions to chuck round. ‘Yeah but Per Kroldrup lad’.
The over the top criticism of him is honestly embarassing. If he’d have stayed i’m certain we’d be in a better position now than we are. Ross Barkley might still be here because rather than being ridiculously over indulged by Martinez and then over criticised by Koeman he might have been developed patiently like Coleman Baines Jags all were, we might have qualified for Europein 14/15 or 15/16 when instead with top players down the spine of the team we were in successive bottom half struggles. He wouldn’t have sprayed 200 Mill up the wall to end up in another relegation battle. We wouldn’t have spent a whole season without a left back. Lookman wouldn’t be out on loan at Leipzig. We wouldn’t be playing lucky dip with our centre back pairings, Vlasic would have a plan for his development, he wouldn’t be coming out saying ridiculous stuff like Koeman and Allardyce have like one minute two players can’t play together and next minute they’re integral to the team. He’s also the last manager to not only beat Liverpool in s derby but finish above them 3 time’s out of his 11 years. When the hell is that ever happening again?
As more and more managers and board members at Everton show what absolutely incompetent buffoons they are it is becoming clearer and clearer that Everton only exist in the premier league thanks to the talents of David Moyes and the legacy he left in terms of playing squad, academy, and training facilities has just about been good enough to ensure that the clowns who have followed haven’t managed to relegate us yet.