2025/26 David Moyes

[Zatara]

Imo was nothing on the bench yesterday to change that game, that is not to give moyes a pass becuase he was part of the recruitment. The team was loosing the midfield battle yesterday not one of them players fixes that.

Iroegbunam could have been subbed off very early on. That much is obvious.

With him off, you would pull back KDH to play LCM and bring Alcaraz on to play RCM and have Garner act as the DM.

This both improves the balance in the centre and adds a man offensively and defensively.

Another option was to move KDH back and bring Dibling on as the 10.

We could also have brought Aznou on to play LW. KDH goes deeper next to Garner and Grealish is given a free role.

Another option would be to take off Iroegbunam for Beto. Stick Beto up top and just pump balls into their box from all over.

Plenty of options. Could have even brought on Mark Travers with Pickford having an abomination. £4mil should get you a keeper who can deliver 1 game with a clean sheet a season surely?

That's my point: Frank would leave Brentford for Spurs because its obviously a very big step up. Swapping modern day Bournemouth or Palace or Brighton for modern day Everton (4 interchangeable mid table sides at best) really is not, no matter how much people want to believe modern day players and managers care who did what 40 years ago.

I'm not playing us down as a club, just living in reality and accepting that highly regarded managers (just like top players) aren't exactly queueing up to come to a club that has won nothing for three decades, spent years either circling the drain and has never really done anything or being anything of note in the Prem era beyond making up the numbers IF they have the opportunity to join a club that sits at the top table - not unless we throw a big bag of cash at them (which is exactly how we got the likes of Koeman and Carlo). I'd be delighted to be proved wrong in the summer.

Forget the name Everton.

If there was a club with a brand new and bigger stadium.

That had a larger fanbase and huge potential.

Who approached a manager from a smaller, historically less successful club.

They offered the manager 3x or 4x their salary over 3-5 seasons and offered him a huge warchest for transfers.

That manager jumps ship 9 times out of 10.

The question with someone like Iraola would be whether he signs the players and if not then what structure needs to change in the clubs management structure to account for this support he would or may need for example.

I expect James Smith would be given more responsibility.

Big managers have huge aspirations and weve seen with plenty of clubs they can attract those managers.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Yes. It was an opportunity lost. However we were also coming off a draining midweek away match and I think people care too much about something as irrelevant as post-match comments from a manager.

That is probably the difference, I don’t think post match comments are irrelevant - I think they are part and parcel of setting the tone of the club.

 

[Moomin]

Nope, I compared us last night to a team who were better than us on the night. If we play them 10 times, we probably win 4 of them. Let's not pretend they're not slightly better than us. It happens. Let's not pretend that Madrid can't regularly lose against teams who are competing with them. One off games have vagaries.

I feel so sad for then Madrid fans.

How do they cope? did they get some solace in our defeat last night?

When you got off your arse last night to get a pot noodle did you compare that to Ronnie O'Sullivan winning the World Snooker Championship?

 

[Toffeepot]

You compared us losing last night to a team who has won the Champions League the most times.

Can you not see how stupid it is?

You haven't grasped one thing anyone is trying to say to you all evening and you call what they say 'stupid'.
I don't mean you simply disagree with them(in case you're still confused), I mean you can't even understand what they are saying

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

That is probably the difference, I don’t think post match comments are irrelevant - I think they are part and parcel of setting the tone of the club.

Which gets back to the original point. I’m glad he gives a realistic opinion about where we are rather than trying to sugarcoat things, but everyone is entitled to feel differently.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

When you got off your arse last night to get a pot noodle did you compare that to Ronnie O'Sullivan winning the World Snooker Championship?

What’s Ding Junhui got to do with it?

 

[Zatara]

Liverpool and Brighton.

Not Weston Super Mare or Torquay United?

How peculiar...

 

[Moomin]

You haven't grasped one thing anyone is trying to say to you all evening and you call what they say 'stupid'.
I don't mean you simply disagree with them(in case you're still confused), I mean you can't even understand what they are saying

YES, I've had a minute to think about it now.

Last nights defeat reminds me of Real Madrid winning the Champions League 13 times.

 

[Davideeyore]

Alright Captain Grammarly! Did auto-correct hurt your feelings?

Yeah.

 

[Moomin]

What’s Ding Junhui got to do with it?

I've no idea. I'm watching Redzone and all I'm thinking about is how our defeat last night reminds of Tom Bradys time at the Patriots.

 

[jceverton]

Iroegbunam could have been subbed off very early on. That much is obvious.

With him off, you would pull back KDH to play LCM and bring Alcaraz on to play RCB and have Garner act as the DM.

This both improves the balance in the centre and adds a man offensively and defensively.

Another option was to move KDH back and bring Dibling on as the 10.

We could also have brought Aznou on to play LW. KDH goes deeper next to Garner and Grealish is given a free role.

Another option would be to take off Iroegbunam for Beto. Stick Beto up top and just pump balls into their box from all over.

Plenty of options. Could have even brought on Mark Travers with Pickford having an abomination. £4mil should get you a keeper who can deliver 1 game with a clean sheet a season surely?



Forget the name Everton.

If there was a club with a brand new and bigger stadium.

That had a larger fanbase and huge potential.

Who approached a manager from a smaller, historically less successful club.

They offered the manager 3x or 4x their salary over 3-5 seasons and offered him a huge warchest for transfers.

That manager jumps ship 9 times out of 10.

The question with someone like Iraola would be whether he signs the players and if not then what structure needs to change in the clubs management structure to account for this support he would or may need for exampl
I expect James Smith would be given more responsibility.

Big managers have huge aspirations and weve seen with plenty of clubs they can attract those managers.

A lot of this (recruiting managers) is about timing. We had perfect timing in recruiting Ancelotti then broke our promises to the guy. We'll have to see what our timing is like if we ever ditch Moyes. Personally I would 100% be trying to get Glasner in the summer, and hope our timing doesn't suck, like it did with Emery.

I would have hauled Iroegbunam off in the first half. Certainly at half time I would have considered going to a back 3 and putting someone up top with Barry.

 

[Swartzy]

ya could swap knife for 'big purple dildo'?!? (hopefully that bloke from sky has given it a rinse since...)

Its got a ring to it !

 

[Toffeepot]

That is probably the difference, I don’t think post match comments are irrelevant - I think they are part and parcel of setting the tone of the club.

Do you think it's possible that we as Evertonians can get ahead of ourselves because we expect more than the likes of Sunderland(who were mentioned last night as getting on with it)
Maybe Moyes and other managers too of late have all felt the need to reality check us when answering questions. We are definitely more demanding than fans of other mid table clubs. Not saying that's bad, but it doesn't marry well with a team that just isn't a top team at the moment. We've been flirting with relegation the last few years and I'm at least grateful that Moyes gives us none of that chatter like the last fella.

I know I got ahead of myself this week and I find it so easy to do after a couple of wins. Just a thought, I could be wrong

 

[jceverton]

Which gets back to the original point. I’m glad he gives a realistic opinion about where we are rather than trying to sugarcoat things, but everyone is entitled to feel differently.

Mate he's not giving a realistic opinion, he's covering his arse so he doesn't get blamed for the bad defeat. Classic Moyes.

 

[Zatara]

A lot of this (recruiting managers) is about timing. We had perfect timing in recruiting Ancelotti then broke our promises to the guy. We'll have to see what our timing is like if we ever ditch Moyes. Personally I would 100% be trying to get Glasner in the summer, and hope our timing doesn't suck, like it did with Emery.

I would have hauled Iroegbunam off in the first half. Certainly at half time I would have considered going to a back 3 and putting someone up top with Barry.

Fabregas for me.