2024/25 David Moyes

[Simon Buttle]

You are dealing with the jedi master that taught boris johnson how to chat crud. Good luck.

As for Moyes, are they back in the UK yet? When are Roma due to fly in?

I think proper training starts again tomorrow, saw it mentioned the other day.

 

[davek]

Hmm, I stand to be corrected here Dave, but I don't think that's what he said. What's your source for those words? I've just googled the words you attributed to him and the only relevant search result is your post. Like i say though; happy to be corrected.

Having read bits of the interview myself just now he say's "confident we'll get quite a few in"

“I’m confident we will have quite a few new players in. The bedding in period that we alluded to last week is worrying me because time is shortening down, but I’m really positive that we’ll get quite a few new players in before the window shuts.”

He stated them post either west ham or united match.

Started off saying we needed plenty and then amended that to several.

 

[MikeH72]

Club is a basket case. I hope he outlasts the Leeds losers at least as we will need the stability he provides.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

He stated them post either west ham or united match.

Started off saying we needed plenty and then amended that to several.

Dave, let me help you out a bit here chief..

What he actually said was 'there's plenty to do', which was in reference to getting the squad prepared for the new season.

 

[Bryan+]

Hmm, I stand to be corrected here Dave, but I don't think that's what he said. What's your source for those words? I've just googled the words you attributed to him and the only relevant search result is your post. Like i say though; happy to be corrected.

Having read bits of the interview myself just now he say's "confident we'll get quite a few in"

“I’m confident we will have quite a few new players in. The bedding in period that we alluded to last week is worrying me because time is shortening down, but I’m really positive that we’ll get quite a few new players in before the window shuts.”

Dave misconstruing comments? No way.

 

[davek]

Hmm, I stand to be corrected here Dave, but I don't think that's what he said. What's your source for those words? I've just googled the words you attributed to him and the only relevant search result is your post. Like i say though; happy to be corrected.

Having read bits of the interview myself just now he say's "confident we'll get quite a few in"

“I’m confident we will have quite a few new players in. The bedding in period that we alluded to last week is worrying me because time is shortening down, but I’m really positive that we’ll get quite a few new players in before the window shuts.”

Here it is mate (about 3.30 in).

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Dave misconstruing comments? No way.

Unusual for him

 

[davek]

Dave, let me help you out a bit here chief..

What he actually said was 'there's plenty to do', which was in reference to getting the squad prepared for the new season.

*sigh*

Here you go (3.30):

 

[John from Bootle]

Here it is mate (about 3.30 in).

"Several" is ambiguous. You originally had him saying "a couple" though Dave. He also says shortly after he says "several " that hopefully we'll see a "few things done this week."

It's just the vagaries of language and he's clearly speaking off the bat, so I have no doubrt that he's expecting more than a "couple" in.

 

[PeregrineT]

Here it is mate (about 3.30 in).

Since you are very pedantic about exact words here:

“Few” vs. “Couple” vs. “Several”: How Much Do They Really Mean? | Dictionary.com

Every day, without thinking about it, we all refer to quantities without specifying a number. Most commonly, we do this by using terms like a few, a couple, and several. A lot of people have strong opinions about what each of these terms means—and what it doesn’t. In this article, we’ll discuss...

www.dictionary.com

Since several is mostly used to refer to 3-5(see source), Moyes has changed absolutely nothing about his stance and hes saying the same thing he did weeks ago. After Travers signing he said we need 4-6 players. A math wiz might notice this is only 1 more than "several". A transfer guru might have noticed we signed a player, Aznou.

If the math wiz and the transfer guru have a chat they will discover that if Moyes is being consistent from a month ago, we now need several signings, which is what he said.

 

[Bally1989]

Club have killed off any excitement and enthusiasm for the new season in typical Everton fashion. How can they be so stupid not getting the manager a fully functioning squad with just under 2 weeks to go!?

That’s it we don’t even get the chance to say “it’s the hope that kills you” as we don’t get any hope anymore or it lasts all of about a month.

 

[davek]

Since you are very pedantic about exact words here:

“Few” vs. “Couple” vs. “Several”: How Much Do They Really Mean? | Dictionary.com

Every day, without thinking about it, we all refer to quantities without specifying a number. Most commonly, we do this by using terms like a few, a couple, and several. A lot of people have strong opinions about what each of these terms means—and what it doesn’t. In this article, we’ll discuss...

www.dictionary.com

Since several is mostly used to refer to 3-5(see source), Moyes has changed absolutely nothing about his stance and hes saying the same thing he did weeks ago. After Travers signing he said we need 4-6 players. A math wiz might notice this is only 1 more than "several". A transfer guru might have noticed we signed a player, Aznou.

If the math wiz and the transfer guru have a chat they will discover that if Moyes is being consistent from a month ago, we now need several signings, which is what he said.

Definitions...

Plenty = a large or sufficient amount or quantity; more than enough.

Several = more than two but not many.

 

[PeregrineT]

Definitions...

Plenty = a large or sufficient amount or quantity; more than enough.

Several = more than two but not many.

My post was not long enough for you to not read it.

 

[davek]

"Several" is ambiguous. You originally had him saying "a couple" though Dave. He also says shortly after he says "several " that hopefully we'll see a "few things done this week."

It's just the vagaries of language and he's clearly speaking off the bat, so I have no doubrt that he's expecting more than a "couple" in.

He says plenty mate. Plenty is 'more than enough'. Several or a couple is way less than that...which is why he pivoted very quickly toward using that word.

Moyes is a company man at the end of the day.He might grumble a bit but he'll kow tow to the owner and CEO in the end. He just needs it 'out there' that he's been hard done to on transfers so he doesn't get any stick if this goes wrong.

It's just what he does: expectation limitation.

 

[davek]

My post was not long enough for you to not read it.

Make all the excuses you want for Moyes: it's still amounts to the same thing: he's looking to make clear his job is nigh on 'impossible'.

That's his objective in all his moaning. It certainly isn't an ultimatum to his bosses.