Sorry if it's been posted already, but I'm living and working in Ukraine and can speak Russian so was interested to find out more as to what Bily's dad said in an interview around the time of his move to Spartak.
In general, media round here are saying he wasn't quite suited to level of the Premier League, drawing paralells with Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko and Progrebniak (at Stuttgart, but rumoured to be heading to Fulham today).
Also, Bily himself doesn't have a bad word for the club, nor any tinge of regret for at least giving it a go. He loves Everton, and will cherish the time he had with us. The Russian media are in no way ****ging us as a club off, and the fans in no way at all, but they do question Moyes' tactics and training methods.
This is pretty much a summary:
Headline: The situation in Everton left no choice for Diniyar
He (Bily's dad) says that Bily had an offer from Wolfsburg but it fell apart. He also said that the Everton coaching staff never had any complaints about his son and the guys who signed him are still working there.
He says that Bily very much improved his defensive skills while playing for us, but there was clear stagnation in his attacking abilities and the same is true for most of other creative playes at Everton - he mentioned Arteta, who, he thinks, was also stagnating during his final few years at Everton, and Brazilian attacker Jo. He then went on to say that he didn't want to raise doubts about the professional qualifications of David Moyes, but it looks like he still was good when working with defensive players (both defenders and midfielders), but had obvious problems with creative players.
On the other side, Bilyaletdinov didn't have any personal issues with the coaching staff - he was comfortable at Everton, speaks fluent English and had no problem with team rotation (i.e. spending some time on the bench). According to his words, even the team management were surprised how well he fitted into the team.
Then he was asked why Everton were not buying players at all in the last few years. He answered that the financial factor plays a role but even with that it's difficult to explain why Everton had systemic problems in recent years at the start of the season (obviously again hinting to Moyes failure).
Then he was asked whether he analyzed the reasons for Everton's problems including large amount of injuries. He answered that when Diniyar got there he followed the team very closely - looking at the games, training, talking to his son. He was surprised by the dominance of power exercises in the training process of Moyes, but then said that he cannot really judge whether it's good or bad since for assessment you need to know all the small details about the training process.
As I say, apologies if it's been done already but I thought I'd put my current exile to some use and try to give you a flavour of how we're commented on out here. Put it this way, the image of Everton has been enhanced as Bily (and his dad) positively glow when the word Everton is mentioned, but they're not too sure about Moyes and his tactics. Nothing new there, then!!
In general, media round here are saying he wasn't quite suited to level of the Premier League, drawing paralells with Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko and Progrebniak (at Stuttgart, but rumoured to be heading to Fulham today).
Also, Bily himself doesn't have a bad word for the club, nor any tinge of regret for at least giving it a go. He loves Everton, and will cherish the time he had with us. The Russian media are in no way ****ging us as a club off, and the fans in no way at all, but they do question Moyes' tactics and training methods.
This is pretty much a summary:
Headline: The situation in Everton left no choice for Diniyar
He (Bily's dad) says that Bily had an offer from Wolfsburg but it fell apart. He also said that the Everton coaching staff never had any complaints about his son and the guys who signed him are still working there.
He says that Bily very much improved his defensive skills while playing for us, but there was clear stagnation in his attacking abilities and the same is true for most of other creative playes at Everton - he mentioned Arteta, who, he thinks, was also stagnating during his final few years at Everton, and Brazilian attacker Jo. He then went on to say that he didn't want to raise doubts about the professional qualifications of David Moyes, but it looks like he still was good when working with defensive players (both defenders and midfielders), but had obvious problems with creative players.
On the other side, Bilyaletdinov didn't have any personal issues with the coaching staff - he was comfortable at Everton, speaks fluent English and had no problem with team rotation (i.e. spending some time on the bench). According to his words, even the team management were surprised how well he fitted into the team.
Then he was asked why Everton were not buying players at all in the last few years. He answered that the financial factor plays a role but even with that it's difficult to explain why Everton had systemic problems in recent years at the start of the season (obviously again hinting to Moyes failure).
Then he was asked whether he analyzed the reasons for Everton's problems including large amount of injuries. He answered that when Diniyar got there he followed the team very closely - looking at the games, training, talking to his son. He was surprised by the dominance of power exercises in the training process of Moyes, but then said that he cannot really judge whether it's good or bad since for assessment you need to know all the small details about the training process.
As I say, apologies if it's been done already but I thought I'd put my current exile to some use and try to give you a flavour of how we're commented on out here. Put it this way, the image of Everton has been enhanced as Bily (and his dad) positively glow when the word Everton is mentioned, but they're not too sure about Moyes and his tactics. Nothing new there, then!!
