2025/26 David Moyes

[JLW]

Lol fan unrest for finishing very comfortable this season will not see him sacked ffs.

And that right there is exactly the problem with this club from owners to manager to fans!!

Jesus Christ!!!

 

[Nymzee]

And that right there is exactly the problem with this club from owners to manager to fans!!

Jesus Christ!!!

Have you got amnesia or something for our past 5-6 years? You can go to the game and boo him all you want but if we finish 10-14th this season he will NOT be sacked. Not a chance.

At 3.45pm on our 37th game of the season we were in position for a European finish.

The end of the season has been crap, no one is denying that, but if you think the club would sack him you need to go for a long walk and calm down.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Look, does he play good football? No. Does he develop young players? No. But when it really, really matters, does he get you results? Also no.

 

[Blue Smoke]

Whole issue i have with moyes is he is no tactician when it comes to forward play. He just puts attacking players A,B and C on and hopes they will conjure something up. If the likes of n'diaye and kdh are off their game (as they have been lately), there's a big problem. Our strikers cannot fashion anything themselves. They solely rely on midfield to feed them. He has no faith in other players, especially the young ones, to change the game. He figures if ndiaye is having a bad game then what possible chance does Dibling have to do any better?
I just cannot see how we progress.

 

[COYBL25]

I think this season has exposed a fundamental uncertainty about what Everton wants to be.

For all the talk of progression, there still appears to be no clear alignment between the leadership, manager and supporter expectations.

A month ago there were genuine conversations about whether Everton could push towards the Champions League places; now there is a realistic chance the season ends in 14th.

All the internal narrative has been about pushing onwards and a Moyes has talked up (somewhat reluctantly) the possibility of Europe and it's been within reach for a good portion of the year (it still was yesterday despite a month of poor results). The manager has voiced his frustration about recent results. So european football must have been be the expectation at some stage this year and certainly should be for next year, even if it wasn't at the beginning of this season.

The media narrative around the club has been that Moyes has done a great job moving us from relegation candidates to mid table. Ultimately though, this season should be looked on as a series of wasted opportunities in results and squad management.

Players we spent months courting for high fees have been poorly integrated, publicly talked down and pushed down the pecking order in favour of players playing out of their natural positions and in McNeills case, a player we were actively trying to sell.

Understandable if the plan is to use a year of development to mould youngersters into 1st team ready players - but the emphasis appears to be that the skills and attributes that made the club spend heavily on them last summer, are now considered liabilities to a manager with a tactical system that requires discipline and collective effort over individual skill and attacking intent.

Dibling, Aznou, George, Rohl, all bought with exciting profiles, have barely featured in a team that, despite being within touching distance of European football for months, may well finish 14th. Some may look at midtable as progress, but 14th where we have underutilised younger players feels like underwhelming stability at the expense of long term planning.

That reflects poorly against the manager and, if that is unaddressed, is a failure of the club leadership, because we are approaching a summer where we must get recruitment right, we cannot afford expensive signings recruited without a clear plan for how they fit the manager’s system.

If, as is reported, Moyes has final say and signs off on all these players, then he should shoulder responsibility for poor recruitment last summer and if he's allowed more money this summer, the club needs stronger recruitment oversight and clearer alignment between recruitment and manager.

Because among fans, ambitious rhetoric will not tolerate conservative execution.

There is little point in the club recruiting exciting young talent if the manager neither trusts their profiles or plays a style that suits them and if the club wants to talk like an ambitious project, it cannot have a manager who manages like survival is still the primary objective.

One of the best and most balanced posts I`ve read out of some 2700 posts in this thread.

You should send that to the club

 

[JLW]

Have you got amnesia or something for our past 5-6 years? You can go to the game and boo him all you want but if we finish 10-14th this season he will NOT be sacked. Not a chance.

Do you know that Everton existed prior to 5 years ago??

Just a little reminder we are the 5-6th biggest club in the country! Dont ever let Moyes, Kenwright or the media let you forget that.

 

[Dyo1878]

Have you got amnesia or something for our past 5-6 years? You can go to the game and boo him all you want but if we finish 10-14th this season he will NOT be sacked. Not a chance.

At 3.45pm on our 37th game of the season we were in position for a European finish.

The end of the season has been crap, no one is denying that, but if you think the club would sack him you need to go for a long walk and calm down.

Because of the league table and how its ran this season.

Nothing to do with Moyes doing anything other than a very very boring, average - below average job.

 

[Nymzee]

Do you know that Everton existed prior to 5 years ago??

Just a little reminder we are the 5-6th biggest club in the country! Dont ever let Moyes, Kenwright or the media let you forget that.

Oh give over, we haven't been good for 40 years, let it go.

 

[Swartzy]

I want a DOF back in the building and there is only one way that can happen.

 

[Nymzee]

Because of the league table and how its ran this season.

Nothing to do with Moyes doing anything other than a very very boring, average - below average job.

I never said it's because we were amazing, but we were still there.

 

[COYBL25]

CEO literally said in the week:

"Whilst the media and other fanbases clamour for frequent managerial change, we value the stability that David brings and the ability this gives the whole Club to plan for the long term."

To me, that translates, as " he`s here whilst we`re still balancing the books, as we know where we are with him ".

Maybe it`s just me, but I always thought that would be the case for at least two seasons and then they`d push on.

 

[JLW]

To me, that translates, as " he`s here whilst we`re still balancing the books, as we know where we are with him ".

Maybe it`s just me, but I always thought that would be the case for at least two seasons and then they`d push on.

That's exactly how i see it!

Then freeze the ticket prices until they decide to 'push on' and give us this information before season ticket renewals.

Maybe not so many would renew.

 

[bluenorthwarrior]

The concept of experienced players absolutely does my head in (and it's not just moyes that is fixated tbf, loads of managers seem to swear by it).

Experienced players that know how to grind in a percentage football set-up will always fail to do anything beyond mediocre safety.

Yes you need 2/3 leaders in the team, but not a whole philosophy based on it. Look at our most recent opponents for an example.

 

[Curtis]

Lol fan unrest for finishing very comfortable this season will not see him sacked ffs.

Comfortably? so is the aim to just avoid relegation? Or do we have actual ambitions? If so Moyes isn't the guy

 

[Nymzee]

Comfortably? so is the aim to just avoid relegation? Or do we have actual ambitions? If so Moyes isn't the guy

This season? Well from what the club have said this season was about being comfortable with an eye on Europe, which until the last 5 games was going to plan. I have no idea about going forwards, none of us do.