So Bainsey, here it is mate, the verbatim quote from Moyes on EvertonTV that you keep harping on about:
"No I didn't think we deserved to lose the game but we didn't create enough good forward. But we always find it difficult when we come to America. We're finding it difficult because we don't have enough players and we can't get to the standards. So we can't hide the fact we're needing new players at Everton; everybody knows it: I know it, our players know it as well, so we have to get five or six players in before the season starts."
"No it wasn't really because at the end of the day we had the players out, our players are getting fit, but it's OK getting fit, you've got to be able to play better. At the moment there's not enough competition for them to realise that if they play poorly then they won't be selected. Until we get that competition then maybe players will think that they can have sub-standard performances. I've got to make sure I've got people around who are not allowing that to happen."
"No we never played forward enough, we never got forward, we never in truth made any chances but let's not kid ourselves, we're playing sort of Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell, Jose Baxter who are going to be real talented players but at the moment they're young and they're only making their way and we're asking them to come in. We're bringing back Mikel Arteta, Steven Pienaar, and Yak, who really have had no football hardly ever, er yet, so far, so in the forward areas we're really lacking sort of players who are ready to play. And really lacking those players who can make a difference at the present time."
Unless I've missed something? AFAIK Moyes was asked a broad question about any imminent movement in the transfer market - nobody specifically was mentioned - to which he replied: "No, not at the moment. We are in a poor, poor situation regarding going forward." Quite how that translates as "No, not at the moment, although we are desperately in need of more attacking options", I don't know.
