2025/26 David Moyes

[Fonzy]

Golden handshake, that’s been my theory for months, get through the season as high up as possible, leave a solid baseline for a fresh start in the summer

Lets hope so

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

I posted in the match thread. We're not in danger of relegation. We're not trying to hold on to a European spot. What was the point in setting up that way? What is the purpose of playing so many out of position, having 3 centerbacks and 5 center midfielders on the pitch? Why wouldn't we have a go? There's just no good logic to it.

Agreed. Would rather lose 4-3 with Dibling on one wing and Aznou flying round on the other than these insipid capitulations. These games we nearly win then blame the ref, stadium, VAR, Monday night games, silent crowd, Barry, Gary Neville when we lose.

He’s not attacking and being more open at home and coming unstuck, it’s a myth. We had 3 centre backs in a back four!! We concede soft goals through lack of focus and players abandoning their position (Gana).

It’s boring and inevitable

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

All so predictable. Moyes could suck the air from a vacuum chamber, the miserable, negative get. 9th though lads, so all is good.

Well it’s not “good” but it’s a vast improvement on recent seasons

I’d rather be in ninth than where West Ham, Forest and Spurs are right now

This was always going to be a season of consolidation after Moshiri left us a burnt out husk

Moyes won’t be here for the long term

He’s got this season and maybe one more, tops

He’ll lay the mid table foundation and then someone else can come in to kick us on

There was never going to be an immediate from being one of the worst sides in the league to suddenly being one of the best

We’re a middling side in the middle of the table

 

[maccavennie]

We were playing a more attacking game and they caught us on the counter

That’s the risk you take

People complain about “cowardly” tactics, but there’s a reason we do better away and that’s because playing as an away team suits us more

I think we need to accept that playing a less expansive game works better for us and we should lean into it

If you dont think that was as a less expansive performance as you can get, I've got some magic beans to sell you.

That counter comes from an abysmal ball in by Gueye and everyone is as a slow as a tug boat. We get caught time after time like this due to his insistence of playing Tarkwoski and Keane.

We were literally camped on the edge of our own box and Barry was isolated for about 80% of the game

 

[ToffeeTim]

We were playing a more attacking game and they caught us on the counter

That’s the risk you take

People complain about “cowardly” tactics, but there’s a reason we do better away and that’s because playing as an away team suits us more

I think we need to accept that playing a less expansive game works better for us and we should lean into it

Playing without actual full backs and wingers to try and cover defensive issues, but also expecting them to get forward like normal full backs and wingers is cowardly football. And it doesn't work either. It's just neither here nor there. It's not parking the bus or going for it. Its anti football

 

[Mozza1987]

We were playing a more attacking game and they caught us on the counter

That’s the risk you take

People complain about “cowardly” tactics, but there’s a reason we do better away and that’s because playing as an away team suits us more

I think we need to accept that playing a less expansive game works better for us and we should lean into it

We played a more attacking game? Our best chance was a shot from Keane from miles out.

 

[Sadken]

I'm pretty sure a decent last 10 games or so of this season will get us top 10. The league is just so poor that winning another 4 or winning 3 and drawing a handful more will get us over that dotted line between 10th and 11th - which is a psychological improvement if nothing else.

But no one can want this feller to manage here next season. He's not a coach he's an anachronism. He cant do much else than get the wagons into a circle...and that'll be enough with our quality to get mid table, btw. It's just not enough.

I expect TFG to dismiss him - top half finish or not.

I Would go for glasner, did a great job at palace.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I'm not sure the people complaining about cowardly tactics at home would be doing so if we were winning at BMD with any kind of realistic regularity mate

I mean, they absolutely would

 

[davek]

I really hope you’re right. There’s no way anyone can defend the dross Moyes has served up in home games this season.

Hels a drag on the whole organisation.

It shouldn't be this way. We just went into a fantastic stadium and this feller has turned it into a torture chamber.

Get him down the road ASAP.

 

[BlueStevie35]

If Dyche was serving up this crap at home everyone would be demanding him out!!

Yet you can’t have ago at Moyes can you!!!!

Please there were people defending Dyche to the bitter end

Moyes isn’t immune to criticism, it was a poor selection no one is defending that

 

[TalkingEverton]

Doing press conferences saying hes aiming for Europe but playing Sunday League football isn't going to cut it. Get him gone.

 

[COYBL25]

Glad you admit you gave been wrong - DM has to go at the end of the season!
Those wasted corners tonight? We were blocking the goal up even if a shot had come in from a knock down?
Ideally a jan at the back to head it back across fgs ....

I’m not saying that Joey, what I’m saying is that he got it completely wrong tonight with the team selection and that the result is on him.

 

[Grfirestorm]

What is amazing is despite no full backs, no proper striker and playing Keane despite knowing we concede every game with him, somehow we’re only 3 points off Europe. How were we so bad to have been in so many relegation fights.

I know he doesn’t trust Patterson but has Keane actually been in a game where we kept a clean sheet?

 

[Bedfordblue]

I'm pretty sure a decent last 10 games or so of this season will get us top 10. The league is just so poor that winning another 4 or winning 3 and drawing a handful more will get us over that dotted line between 10th and 11th - which is a psychological improvement if nothing else.

But no one can want this feller to manage here next season. He's not a coach he's an anachronism. He cant do much else than get the wagons into a circle...and that'll be enough with our quality to get mid table, btw. It's just not enough.

I expect TFG to dismiss him - top half finish or not.

12 left and the at least 4 of the next 7 are going to be extremely difficult to get anything out of.

 

[FrannyJeffersLeftEar]

They won't get rid of him. Mid-table safety and not having to watch the drivel is a dream for these owners.