2025/26 David Moyes

[hallamblue]

The table suggests we have found solutions, even if it ideal ones.

We've managed around the problems rather than solving them

 

[Brisan123]

You’re insane.

It’s taken you 3 and a half years to figure that out

 

[fandjango]

I did say he did a great job steadying the ship and getting us where we are. I also never said that the next step should be taken tomorrow. I just said that I don't think Moyes is the right man to do that since his gameplan is to negative for the topteams. I hope tk be proven wrong though.

If his gameplay against top teams gets us 3-0 against Chelsea as an example I’m not really sure what more he needs to do

 

[Marius57]

I think we need to see where we are at the end of the season.
Why can't we go into next season with him in his final year?
I don't see their being a stream of clubs trying to take him away us and he is very well paid at Everton why would he walk away.
If we finish top six give him a years extension
If we make top 8 keep him for another year
If we end up 10th or lower look for someone who can take us to the next level.
Believe it or not their is a glass ceiling with Moyes he will always be grade 2 manager.

Because as far as I can recall, it rarely works out when a managers contract is running down.

 

[bobbylatch]

If you gave Iraola Aznou, George and Armstrong they'd all be in the first team every week, O'Brien and Branthwaite would be our centre backs and we'd play 10 yards further up the pitch. Not sure we've currently got the rest of the squad to do that yet though.

And probably be fighting relegation

 

[hallamblue]

And probably be fighting relegation

That's the risk you take appointing a progressive manager, and I totally understand people just wanting a couple of years of stability, but if that does happen you have to accept that Branthwaite and N'diaye will leave because they only have a finite amount of time to win trophies and if we're not moving forward they will go to a club that is.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

That's the risk you take appointing a progressive manager, and I totally understand people just wanting a couple of years of stability, but if that does happen you have to accept that Branthwaite and N'diaye will leave because they only have a finite amount of time to win trophies and if we're not moving forward they will go to a club that is.

We are moving forward.

 

[hallamblue]

Ll

We are moving forward.

Not necessarily, we could still finish 14th it's that tight, we didn't win a cup game this season, and I'd hardly say we're playing scintillating football.

 

[bobbylatch]

That's the risk you take appointing a progressive manager, and I totally understand people just wanting a couple of years of stability, but if that does happen you have to accept that Branthwaite and N'diaye will leave because they only have a finite amount of time to win trophies and if we're not moving forward they will go to a club that is.

I would suggest that from fighting relegation, for years, to fighting for a European place is moving forward.

 

[Eggs]

That's the risk you take appointing a progressive manager, and I totally understand people just wanting a couple of years of stability, but if that does happen you have to accept that Branthwaite and N'diaye will leave because they only have a finite amount of time to win trophies and if we're not moving forward they will go to a club that is.

….if you want progressive, this is progress.

 

[b-rad]

Ll

Not necessarily, we could still finish 14th it's that tight, we didn't win a cup game this season, and I'd hardly say we're playing scintillating football.

We beat Mansfield in the Carabao cup (not that it makes our cup 'runs' anything to shout about)

 

[Bedfordblue]

Now show this table over five years...

Where do we sit then?

Who is disputing we’ve not spend much over the last 5 years?

Maybe let’s make it 10 or 12 so we can add Moshiri’s wastefulness.

We can all manipulate figures to suit an agenda, but lets not pretend our owners didn’t put the 7th most money into any EPL team last summer, just so Glorious Leader’s case can be made to look better.

Maybe we should just ignore the tens of millions of ‘talent’ he signed off on but leaves on the bench if the sole purpose is further his pauper narrative, after all he’s only really using £45m of what he spent.

It’s like that other sham ‘fact’ a few pages back about squad value that conveniently ignored Grealish because he was on loan and listed Branthwaite at £1m just so we could be shown to have the 15th most valuable squad or whatever.

It’s desperate stuff.

 

[hallamblue]

….if you want progressive, this is progress.

I'll judge that at the end of the season, but even if we finish 14th it will be because of bad form at the end which is less stressful than an upturn away from possible relegation.

 

[hallamblue]

We beat Mansfield in the Carabao cup (not that it makes our cup 'runs' anything to shout about)

Ah yes sorry I forgot about that

 

[Brisan123]

And I am honest enough to say he absolutely wasnt my first choice to come back. But the job he has done is remarkable. He has given us our club back after years of absolute misery. I was wrong and hope now he deserves a contract extension.

Do you really want to go down the vault route though ! Please David. Have some self respect.