2025/26 David Moyes

[kev]

A very good manager/coach who will be on the radar of far bigger and better clubs than us. I doubt his dream or masterplan is to work wonders at Palace just to swap one "plucky little club who typically finish bottom half" for another when there will surely be an opportunity to sit at the big boys table.

A very good manager/coach is surely one who takes a club from being a "plucky little club who typically finish bottom half" and turns them into a club that sits at "the big boys table"

 

[Saint Domingo]

People jump on Dyche in his when he lies or when he comically uses his go-to tropes "hard yards" etc.

Moyes saying the oppo are a good side shouldn't be jumped on when they are a good side. Be worse if he called them crap and they smashed us.

They’re both saying very similar things. It was ridiculous then for people to jump on comments, it’s ridiculous now.

 

[Toffeepot]

He's got a lot of thinking to do today because that set up won't be good enough away at Bournemouth. I think the last time a striker scored for us was in August, so maybe its time to put Ndiaye through the middle and bring in Dibling on the right, bring Alcaraz back in to give us a bigger goal threat and drop KDH back to help out Garner.

Something needs to change, he was painfully slow at sorting it out on Saturday which was such poor management when it was clear to see how we were getting overrun.

I dont think we should drop Barry when he's working hard and but for two unfortunate disallowed goals dropping him wouldn't be a consideration. If Ndiaye had got himself back onside Barry would be off the mark.

Besides, losing Ndiaye on the RW with his ability to run at defenders and his tracking back would weaken us further. Dibling, even when fresh on doesn't appear to track back much at all and might currently be a bit of a luxury not worth risking away to a high pressing strong at home team like Bournemouth.

I do agree with Alcaraz back in though, he works hard and as you say has goal threat

 

[davek]

Are they a good side or aren't they?

They have good players who are way off form.

Getting snotted by them at home is laughable and inexcusable. Maybe you think it's acceptable?

 

[bicycleheader]

Leave Moyes alone. Our fan base are never happy.

If you want a happy fanbase you don’t hire Moyes. Too much baggage for a lot of the fans, and would always be given way less patience than a new name

 

[Nymzee]

They have good players who are way off form.

Getting snotted by them at home is laughable and inexcusable. Maybe you think it's acceptable?

They're off form away from home, and we're on form at home, no one expected a 4-1 defeat, but to not think that game was going to be rough is mental. Their XI is far superior to ours.

I wrote this immediately after the United game and no one disagreed with me:

 

[Toffeepot]

So only O'Connor and Bould asked any questions?

WTF is going on there?

Moyes looked to his side when he got a tough question obviously indicating he wanted out of there.

No doubt he'll be grandstanding for half an hour at the Forest press conference if we get a result at Bournemouth though.

Would you prefer if Dyche was still our manager because you defended him to his last snot laden gravelly snort at GP?

 

[GoldenToffee]

Never heard as pathetic as excuse as "they're a big strong team" as to why we were battered at home by a relatively crap team. Everton had three huge centre halves on the field and a six foot five striker - almost half our outfield players averaging about six foot four or something. Iroegbunam is six foot, as well.

What's big and strong about being dominated all game by far superior full backs who not only easily subdued our two best players in Grealish and Ndiaye, but caused absolute havoc for Mykolenko and O'Brien?

 

[davek]

Are they a good side or aren't they?

Ha Ha Ha.

You're utterly 'kin clueless.

 

[davek]

Would you prefer if Dyche was still our manager because you defended him to his last snot laden gravelly snort at GP?

Dyche managed a different club than Moyes is managing now.

Irrelevant.

 

[Toffeepot]

Dyche managed a different club than Moyes is managing now.

Irrelevant.

I must've stumbled into the wrong fan forum then

 

[davek]

I must've stumbled into the wrong fan forum then

No, still an Everton one.

It's just that you're comparing apples and pears.

 

[davek]

Moyes:

remember last season people were remarking on the 'changed, more considered and less excitable manager'?

Lol.

He's just tried to lop off the head of a woman journalist because she asked him a reasonable question.

The old Moyes never went away. Still a graceless thin skinned dinosaur who should be walking his dog round the banks of Loch Lomond rather than managing this club.

 

[Toffeepot]

No, still an Everton one.

It's just that you're comparing apples and pears.

I'm not
I'm comparing how you judge one manager versus another.
Was Moyes managing a 'different pear/apple' when he took over from Dyche? Because you were treating them very differently from the get go.

 

[davek]

I'm not
I'm comparing how you judge one manager versus another.
Was Moyes managing a 'different pear/apple' when he took over from Dyche? Because you were treating them very differently from the get go.

You have to take it in the round: Dyche fulfilled his duty here: his duty being to take a broken club and steer it away from relegation; Moyes' task is different: it's to get a club rejuvenated with cash and a new fantastic stadium to the top half of the table initially at least...currently he's failing to meet that task.