On average over the 11 years, and versus other premiership teams, we're 7 places higher than our finances dictate, and that is down mostly to David Moyes' transfer activity and subsequent use of those players.
Every team who finishes above us in the league spends way more than we do, and there are 6 or 7 teams below us who also spend more. We're a financial anomaly.
Brennan that's such a simplistic analysis it is untrue.
Moyes has had 11 unbroken years. I wonder how many other managers in the league have spent more than him (gross)?
Just loooking at net spend completely ignores the windfall money from selling Rooney (nothing to do with Moyes) and the sell-on profits from the likes of Lescott (everything to do with Moyes).
It ignores the obvious reality that any club that sticks with its manager is always going to spend less due to no huge overhaul required every 12 to 18 months
Moyes must be delighted how the world only focuses on one dimension of spending.
As an individual manager he's had £millions to spend and the time to build under no pressure
If he played more exciting football. - and dropped the likes of Neville and Naismith - we'd be on the tele more so would earn more
If he played the youngsters more instead of old crocs we might have some half-decent assets instead of letting most of them go for free
Moyes came from a ****ty club like Preston and will quite probably end back there.
I hate the way he's taken then piss out of the club with this contract saga
I. Hate the way he plays up to this little old Everton media cliche. Of course it suits him but we're so much better. Than that.
**** off Moyes and let someone genuine come in.
1. Duncan
2. Lennon
3. Sheedy