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Mark Lawrenson: It’s the end of an era for Everton FC – in more ways than one
"EVERTON stand very much at a crossroads. And I get the feeling we may now be seeing the end of an era at Goodison. The reverberations from the FA Cup defeat to Wigan Athletic will be felt for a long time to come.
David Moyes will be beating himself up over the result. He’s normally bad when Everton lose, so we can only guess what state he was in on Saturday evening.
It will be interesting to see what happens now, with the players, the manager and, yes, the board of directors.
Every time Everton bring in good players, you know the board will ultimately end up selling them at a profit.
Great for the bank balance, but look where that philosophy has got Arsenal; no trophies in eight years and this is for a club that has about £50million in the bank rather than being nearly £50m in debt. The big thing for Moyes is what direction the club is heading. That’s why he has delayed contract talks until the end of the season, and I honestly believe he will now be seeing if there are other options available.
And if Moyes thinks it’s time to go after 11 years, what about Roberto Martinez becoming the new Everton manager?"
Overheard a conversation in Ormskirk today that DM has been approached by Hanover 96? Speaker was ex manager.
He's just saying there what the dogs in the street know - Moyes' time at Everton is up at the end of the season. It's as obvious as night follows day.
I think he'll stay. But right now it's true to say he doesn't want the job badly. That's not going down too well and I'd prepare for a meltdown if this team dont respond tomorrow by giving City a game and getting a point.
I think he'll stay. But right now it's true to say he doesn't want the job badly. That's not going down too well and I'd prepare for a meltdown if this team dont respond tomorrow by giving City a game and getting a point.
It really has gone past the point of no return, IMO and at any self respecting football club the owner and board would act with dignity and either withdraw the contract or fire him and commence the search for a new manager.
At the very least, he should be told to commit by a certain time in the following few days or else seek employment elsewhere.
But none of this will happen.
He will only stay because no better offer comes along.
I very much doubt it will.
When he signs the contract the fans will feel he is only here on sufferance.
Which he will be.
This cannot end well.
Gentlemen, we are screwed.
Moyes added: “The image of this club being in crisis is completely wrong. If you are an Everton supporter then what you saw last Saturday, you simply haven’t seen very often all season, or in fact for several years.
“But maybe it has something to do with the hope we’ve given to the fans. Everton during the 1980s had great teams and great hope, but there wasn’t too much since then.
“Now, I think there is great hope. This season, we have provided the hope that we can maybe get back to those days, and so after a performance like that the fans are going to be disappointed.
Moyes making out he's doing us a favour again.
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