2025/26 David Moyes

[davek]

Thats what football is about.
Not watching on a laptop and looking at spreadsheets and data
Try it sometime.

Paddy Boyland still trying to gradually ingratiate himself back in with Everton fans after his Headlockgate no-show.

 

[DuncanPatterson]

 

[davek]

How many of your family are on the payroll, Davie?

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

What a manager.

 

[hetion]

I think we’ve been on the right side of the model in some cases. Players like Lescott Rodwell Lukaku Gueye Stones Richarlison we got good service from them and sold at probably the top of their value for us after a good few years playing for us.

There’s been others like Rooney Gordon Onana we’ve had to sell earlier than we’d have liked to for financial reasons.

There’s been players like Baines Coleman Cahill Jagielka Pickford that we could have sold for huge profit but we kept hold of and they’ve become as close to modern Everton legends as you can get without winning anything.

The main issue has been buying the likes of Schneiderlin, Siggurdson, Bolasie, Tosun, Klaasen, Keane, Gomes, Mina etc. who arrived at the peak of their value then either got injured or couldn’t be shifted and stayed way too long.

What I rail against is when a player is bought with the express purpose of flipping in a year or two. You’re watching them knowing that they don’t see themselves at your club in 12 or 24 months and your club is absolutely fine with that. That for me is just becoming a finishing school or feeder club for someone else. Brighton and Bournemouth may as well effectively be Chelsea and Liverpool B team.

Imagine being a Strasbourg fan.

 

[Zatara]

I think we’ve been on the right side of the model in some cases. Players like Lescott Rodwell Lukaku Gueye Stones Richarlison we got good service from them and sold at probably the top of their value for us after a good few years playing for us.

There’s been others like Rooney Gordon Onana we’ve had to sell earlier than we’d have liked to for financial reasons.

There’s been players like Baines Coleman Cahill Jagielka Pickford that we could have sold for huge profit but we kept hold of and they’ve become as close to modern Everton legends as you can get without winning anything.

The main issue has been buying the likes of Schneiderlin, Siggurdson, Bolasie, Tosun, Klaasen, Keane, Gomes, Mina etc. who arrived at the peak of their value then either got injured or couldn’t be shifted and stayed way too long.

What I rail against is when a player is bought with the express purpose of flipping in a year or two. You’re watching them knowing that they don’t see themselves at your club in 12 or 24 months and your club is absolutely fine with that. That for me is just becoming a finishing school or feeder club for someone else. Brighton and Bournemouth may as well effectively be Chelsea and Liverpool B team.

Of course the target shouldnt be to sign players purely to sell after a year or two.

Neither should it be to become a feeder club and make this part of the business plan.

However, if you get things right its a fast way to build a squad.

 

[Eggs]

….if I remember Moyes first stint, he was a firm believer in not worrying about suspensions and injuries. Just part of the game so get on with it but we have a busy period coming up.

 

[Bluepablo]

Looks like the Red Shte are eyeing up Glasner & Iraola if they need to make a change. I recommend Steveie G.