Match Thread Everton 1-1 West Ham United 29th September 20:00

Your Everton MOTM

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Charles Hawtrey said:

Moyes could act as Potter’s executioner​


The irony will not be lost on West Ham or David Moyes should Everton consign the Hammers to a sixth defeat in seven matches and signal the end of Graham Potter’s uninspiring managerial reign. Many at West Ham were desperate to see the back of the Scot despite him winning the club’s first trophy in 43 years but they could soon be on to their third manager of 2025 with results nosediving under his successors. Potter, meanwhile, was considered a potential replacement for Sean Dyche by Everton’s owners, although never offered the job. Potter has failed to rectify his team’s inability to defend set pieces, with seven goals conceded from corners already this season. If there is any consolation for Potter, Everton have not scored from one this term. Having talked up the importance of the Carabao Cup to Everton after 30 years without a trophy, Moyes duly made seven unnecessary changes for the dismal exit at Wolves in midweek. West Ham managers past and present require a reaction at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Andy Hunter
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What a horrible headline.
The press are awful, can't stand them.
 

Seathestars said:
I agree, he would have answered a man in exactly the same way, he was being sarcastic and people know it.
His haters are looking for anything.
I mean one started a poll on how long he should last, FFS
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Tbh there is evidence that may not be entirely true, after all the only reporter that I am aware of that he threatened to slap when he thought they overstepped the bounds was female.

But I don’t personally see it the same classically sexist way as say a Keys or Gray. I believe Moyes really hates doing press conferences, he can get quite tetchy doing it with any journalist and overall can be a tad erratic in how he responds. He grew up in an era where there wasn’t media training and there weren’t many female footie journalists (unlike modern coaches) and it could be he still feels even more uncomfortable than usual when being critically questioned by one. I believe that sometimes that discomfort is reflected in a sharper than usual response that is more a reflection of his own unease than it is an attack on the journo themselves.

But perhaps I’m being overly sensitive based on my own experiences.

www.bbc.com

David Moyes: Ex-Sunderland manager's slap remark 'entirely inappropriate'

Ex-Sunderland boss David Moyes behaved "entirely inappropriately" when he told reporter Vicki Sparks she might "get a slap", an independent panel rules
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
The report said: "It is no answer for Mr Moyes to say that his comments were intended as mere banter, or a joke, and were not to be taken seriously. "We are satisfied from his oral evidence to us that he was at least irritated by what he considered to be a 'rude' question and that he wanted to convey the sense to Ms Sparks that, in asking it, she had crossed what he regarded as an acceptable boundary.

"When Ms Sparks asked him whether he felt under any additional pressure due to the presence of the club owner at the match, it was a reasonable question for a journalist to ask and one that he might have anticipated. It did not merit any censure. "We find that the threat of physical violence was not one that a reasonable person viewing the video footage would seriously consider Mr Moyes would carry through with. Instead, the implication of his comments was that Ms Sparks had had her 'card marked'. "We accept that Mr Moyes attempted humour, but it was still his intention to convey a point to Ms Sparks, which he succeeded in doing, and in an entirely inappropriate way.
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Ok. Game under the lights live on the box. Stadium has been open a while now, so if the crests that were to supposedly to light up, don’t on Monday evening, are we to
Assume that they actually don’t light up at all? If they did, they’d be working by now surely..

3 points please Moyles.
 
Hate playing first and hate playing last. Back to back weekends where we are doing one or the other!

Really nervous about Monday now. We really need a win to get some much needed positivity back into the club and fanbase.
 


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