Praised when he’s doing okay, but when he’s not, please don’t blame David, because he just doesn’t have the players. My view is that the loss of N’Diaye, has been completely underestimated, and there are definitely things Moyes, could do to plug the other deficiencies, except maybe at centre forward, because it doesn’t look like anyone else can play there but Brennan Johnson, who hasn’t looked right since he signed.

Same with me with barely missing a game. Unfortunately or fortunately, I missed the Chelsea game, so I’d better watch this one…. Oh dear!

Love it.

I was upset to read today about “Moyes being left to work with a squad of just 18 outfield players, including solitary options in the striker, right-back and left-back positions.” But then I remembered that he only ever picks 10 of them anyway.

James, he has definitely delivered on the “nothing more”.

Oh Brian…how i wish that would come true, but we all know what is going to be his team choices and tactics, and it won’t be pretty.

100 % Jimmy. Hes off the pace in midfield mate at the moment. I agree he is the best option at right back at the minute. Just had a look the Greek kid is out injured thankfully,dont know if you have watched him Jimmy,hes a handfull mate

To preserve their PL status! Middle & lower table clubs see it as a way they stop teams coming up being competitive and taking their place. All just shit scared of relegation.

Yeah we need someone else on direct free kicks, KDH? Grealish? It’s not like Garner scores many.

No Paul, it’s Moyes who’s stopping there progress, he keep picking Johnson or Rohl on the right even though everyone apart from him can see it’s not working.

Yes Ndiayes absence is clear to see, his workrate getting back and winning the ball too, then carrying it, to get us back up the pitch. In fairness he wanted out Mark, but Johnson isn’t offering anything, so play George or Dibbling, If your players offering nothing, what are you losing changing him ?

I’ve been championing Garner at right back for a while, John. Not that I’m a fan of players playing out of position, but I am a fan of putting the best team out.

I’m with you, James. I’ve got a bit of decorating needs doing. I’ll check the scores at 5pm but won’t be expecting anything. Let’s hope we’re both surprised, eh!

No surprise to me, it was obvious he sees us a laughing stock who he can take the piss out of and booze all he wants and Moyes will say what a good lad he is with no repercussions.

Moyes league record v Arsenal away. P13 W0 D3 L10 F10 A29, absolutely embarrassing. We’ve scored the same amount of goals as games lost as well.

I see him just trying to get out with minimal damage. Usual, selection, Usual tactics, nothing unexpected, nothing new. We know what we’re going to get, Arsenal know what we’re going to do, see it going alot like last week, we probably won’t get anywhere near them. So why not spring a surprise? Try something different, take a chance on changes, nothing to lose everything to gain !

It doesn’t matter if Moyes reports any injuries; he just plays them anyway !

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James, Do you think Moyes football is better than Dyche football? I cant see any difference tbh

While I agree with your post, Andy, it’s worth pointing out Moyes was only brought in to ‘steady the ship’ and nothing more. People have short memories because football repeats year on year, but it wasn’t long ago we were battling relegation every season, were in masses of debt/points deductions etc so we have improved from that perspective. We no longer have Dyche/Allardyce football bearing down on us. Moyes will be gone at the end of the season but he won’t get fired and will have performed his brief.

I think it was in something like the “Site Introduction” page which had a link saying contact us but I can’t be sure. Nightime here. I will have another look tomorrow. Cheers.

He wins us plenty of free kicks for James Garner to overhit/underhit numerous times per game.

We won’t get anything tomorrow. I’m probably not going to bother wasting my time watching it, which is rare for me as I barely ever miss a game. Arsenal are way better than us and both us & them know it. It’ll be knives to a gunfight as usual.

From my small representation of Blue mates its 100 % Andy.

United get beat this weekend and Howe will be their next manager and a big opportunity lost imo.

He’s getting swamped when he gets the ball which should leave spaces for other players to exploit but the players who do that invariably just turn back and play keep ball. Jacks on another level and doesn’t need pace. We just don’t have the quality players around him to exploit his skills. And losing Illyman N’Diaye was a big blow in my opinion. Bigger than losing Armstrong would’ve been (and I like Armstrong) yet we accepted N’Diayes sale with barely a murmur. We threatened a riot over the wrong player. I suspect we were distracted.

To start him would be absolute lunacy. Nowhere near match fit. Then again mr im right will probably start him, stunting the development of Dibling Hackney and Alcaraz, if I was either of them id be looking for a move in January, because their not getting any game time soon under him.

Not even expecting us to create a chance, or have a shot at goal. He’ll set us up not to lose, shock horror and Arsenal wont have an easier game all season. Yes he was shafted in the last window but that doesn’t excuse his lack of how to use players or his negative style of play. Id say 85% of Evertonians are sick of the man now, and want him gone. He actually thinks he’s doing us a favour managing us, er he’s not.

If the little Greek left winger plays ,whoever is at right back had better be on top of his game. James Garner for me at right back tomorrow.

Should never have come back. He’s stopping the progress of George and Dibbling. Plus he slows the play down.

Good post Brian. Spot on as usual. TFG will want to spend as little as possible ,as shown in the last 2 transfer windows. They have to balance that by the threat of going down and losing a lot of money. My own opinion is this squad will be in the bottom 6 come December. Over to you Dan

Think he’s still getting to full match fitness myself When we had Ndiaye on the other side too, teams had an extra threat to think about, he’s getting swamped as soon as he’s on the ball because teams know he’s so dangerous, he’s not getting the time & space. That’s why we need to be starting George or Dibbling on the other side for balance, jack would benefit.

Similar setup to last week. I expect no different. They’ll probably rotate four or five players and still have enough quality to beat us comfortably. Keep it tight for as long as possible and look to get out with an ‘expected’ 2-0 defeat is probably the game plan.

He has created 3 big chances in 3 & a bit games. It isnt his fault the fellas on the end arent taking them. If they did, his performances would be looked at differently. Our most productive player in Dewesbury Hall has 4 in a central position, playing twice the minutes. The highest in the Premier league is 7 big chances, and that’s in 7 games. There is a misunderstanding of just how productive players are now a days. He isnt a player that just chucks crosses in. He looks to create real quality. He isnt going to be suddenly rapid. We need to get more ball to him, and give him runners off it. I disagree on him playing central, or the notion he slows it down. He rarely gives the ball away, and needs more movement around him. The lack of movement is the most noticeable thing I see. And its been like it for years.

Not convinced he’s 100% fit just yet.

Michael I listened to the podcast by Henry Winter and Christian Purslow about what happens next at Everton, and it was really interesting and I have to agree with a lot of what they had to say. They said what a magnificent stadium and a great fan base we have but later in the podcast they quite rightly said what will concern potential buyers the most is how the season will pan out and where will we finish. As they pointed out apart from the top few clubs there isn’t a great points gap between 17th and 7th. so if we went on a run of say losing 3 on the trot then all of a sudden you may end up buying a team fighting relegation rather than a mid table team. So the results over the next few months are critical also how much do the friedkin’s want.

Imo, much better played central. Tricky little bastard who will draw fouls in dangerous areas and can play a decisive pass through a crowd of players.

I dont think many of our fans are expecting anything other than a defeat as its a very long time since we tasted victory away to Arsenal. But I hope that after last weeks poor performance from manager and players that Moyes for once just goes for it, what have we got to lose,, how are we going to find out if we can play an attacking game if we never play it. I would love Moyes to say to Dibbling, George and Hackney you all start and I am going to give you a run of games. Maybe go really radical and play Alcaraz as a falso 9 at least he will hold the ball up. Grealish only comes into his own if he has runners off him otherwise he becomes virtually redundant. Just for once no sitting back with 10 men behind the ball and hoping they don’t score.

Good player in the wrong team. We sit in and defend deep for long periods in a game. Imo,we need a fast player in the position as most of our threat , 🙂 , comes on the counter. Moyes likes him because he can keep the ball,whilst not progressing the attack,therefore giving the team some respite.

I responded to a post on the recent comments Just looked at the date of the article . Told you . I need to keep a diary of what ive posted 🙂

My memory not what it was,especially after a few Jamesons . Wasn`t Harrison and Lindstrom the season before last?

Thanks for the feeedback, Laurie. Can you remember which Contact link you clicked? Which page were you on? The ones I’ve tested all go to the right place: https://www.toffeeweb.com/contact-us/ Maybe you put ‘Contact’ into the Search facility?

I guess it’s an accounting thing Michael, once you have an asset it’s value only goes down due to depreciation. Like buying a new car. Factor in the debt and finance charges and a purchaser will want a discount. It’s not like you can say ‘well it will cost 1.5 billion to build a new one so we value this at 1.2 billion and you’re saving money’

We already have the stability Mark, although a lot of luck will be needed to maintain it after the summer transfer debacle. The next step is to consolidate and maintain that stability and slowly grow over the next 2 to 3 years. New owners may want to take a risk and appoint a new manager to shortcut that consolidation, or be happy to keep a safe pair of hands at the wheel. But if TFG haven’t got a buyer lined up by Christmas I can see them giving Moyes an extension as they can’t sell a rudderless ship. The Donald will be unemployed soon, maybe he’d like the prestige of being the Chairman of a football club as his next gig?

Considering that we seem to be Arena’s ONLY customer then their excuse doesn’t wash, they should be actively listening to us to help them fix their bugs.

I wouldn’t play him against Arsenal Patric – they will run rings round him because he won’t have gained match fitness since last week. We will need to run a lot in this match. I was going to suggest playing KDH deeper in midfield but that would be like whistling in the wind.

Oh no, not the poor players wages – will nobody think of their children It’s like a 4 Yorkshiremen Sketch in reverse *No 1 says smugly* Aye we ‘ad it reet tough, when I wert lad I only ‘ad hundred grand a week AND I ‘ad t’play 2 games a week No.2; Luxury! etc, etc.

Hi Tony. But ambition is an abstract. TFG would have been ambitious had they seen reason to be. They have spotted the structural barriers, which include PSR (which it seems to be could not be better tailored to protect an oligopoly). And also the reality of stadia competition and our lack of obvious strength in that market. Meanwhile the debt servicing takes away the margin – not all that different to the UK right now. If it even can be done with a new owner, it will need time, lots of it. hence the trophy hunter reference. Personally I think a cold wind is blowing and they’ll do well to get their money back, if it really is £800m ( I have a hunch it’s a little less than that, net).

Micheal – when I clicked the contact link it brought me to this page. My question is for the people in charge of the site maintenance- Have they fixed the PHP vulnerability. I think this is particularly important for the Betting options on Toffeeweb

Apparently 94% of the English league clubs are loss making and on the edge of going under