He was what we needed at the right time but stayed four years more than he should have, and belittled us during that period then him his new position trying to buy our players.
He will be afforded a sound reception when he returns from time to time but great Everton managers win stuff and believe that Everton should be winning stuff, neither of which applied to him.
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moyes was completely poo is chatting out of their arse. we needed his freshness and enthusiasm when he joined. he really shook things up, got shut of gazza and ginola and the like, made big dunc captain, played more than one attacking player on the pitch ... jeez smith was dour. remember
moyes in his tracksuit first game warming up the players? that was a real sign he was up for it.
he really did save us and performed wonders turning us into relegation fodder to a team challenging for europe each year (bar the 11th/17th)
then around 2010 onwards he went on the decline, our season was done by november and we had to get out of trouble before rolling to a top 8 finish latter half, 12/13 was his best start for a long, long time.
gave us our belief back, brought quality players to the club on a regular basis and instilled a strong, hardworking team spirit in the club.
but he wasnt without his faults,which a lot of his disciples can't see past. his tactical inedpitude at times, a lot of dross football, negativity both on the pitch and in the media, lack of trust in flair players, too many favourites (every manager has their favourites, but rarely are they as [Poor language removed] as osman, hibbert and neville) and a lack of plan B on the pitch. though from how we played a large chunk of 2010-12 im not sure there was much a plan A besides lump it to the forward (who was usually not a target man, like Saha), or give it to Baines and hope he creates goalscoring chances from left back ...
