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It was all about the money. What a surprise! The Everton manager can't wait to sign a new contract now his Buddy-Buddy Bill has seen the light and given him the extra £10k a week he was hanging out for!
Just a few weeks ago, he managed to get the deal up to £3M a year and we all wondered why he didn't sign the papers... "He's worried about the transfer kitty," we said. "No, he's waiting to see if Bill sells up," said a few. "It's all about DK," was another view.
In truth, we were all wrong. Really, we should have known. It was all about the money. It always is in this game which is slowly going bankrupt as it struggles to meet the ever increasing demands of players and their managers.
However much Premier League clubs get from their TV masters, these central characters will ensure they spend twice as much... and the Great God Moyes is just like the rest of them.
People's Club, my arse! Mine, mine, mine... The Ginger one says now. For the first time in my life, I'm actually sorry for Blue Bill. But we should have known all along ? I ask you: who gets out of bed for less than £70 grand a week these days???
Brian Noble, Posted 19/09/2008 at 09:17:36
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Shock, Horror!! Employee holds out for the best possible deal he can.
Next Week: The World is Round stunner!!!!!
The same David Moyes who donated every penny of the money he was awarded after suing Wayne Rooney to the Everton former players foundation??
If David Moyes does sign this new contract then I will be mightily relieved and frankly whatever he is getting paid he is worth every penny.
So does this mean an end to the hysterical whining about Moyes going ?
It was blindingly obvious all along that he was never going to walk away from 3.5 million quid a year to be in a cozy little no lose situation, especially when he had no other offers
I think he is worth every penny ? a more conscientious honest person you couldn?t have as Manager.
Who would you prefer ? Sam Allardyce & Co.
I just wonder how much he would have demanded if he’d actually won anything.
Now he’s in the comfort zone expect things to go South!
I shall certainly be less understanding when he signs more wankers like VdM, Gravs and Cough Drop and gets the tactics all wrong!
He was definitely NOT offered the Newcastle job
He wasn't offered the West Ham job either, they might not be as big a club but their fans demand entertainment, they?ve hounded Curbishley out, they wouldn't have settled for Moyes
Moyes, O'Neil, Curbishley, Allardyce... They're all from the same crash bang wallop school of "We?ll keep you in the prem
I hear the guys who say he?s entitled to hold out for the best deal, I agree
But while he?s contributing to the situation, I certainly don't want to hear him whinning again "we?re skint"!
A combination of Bill & the board showing they had funds for players and then to pay him what he thinks he is worth. Incidentally all the rumours say he wanted 4.5 a year & has settled on 3.5 a year. A big jump but for my money well worth it.
Moyes has denied the contract is agreed.
He said words to the effect "it’s with the board" and showing no signs of agreement.
IMO he is not holding out for more money in fact some of you have short memories as he donated the Rooney money to the player’s foundation.
That’s how much of a "greedy bugger" he is.
Instead of worrying about Billy liar you should be worrying about keeping the best and most honourable manager we’ve had since Howard Kendall.
Football is going skint because all the players and managers are greedy bastards-moyes is no exception!
If reports are to be believed I reckon he’s holding out until the eve of the derby to announce the signing of his contract, thereby giving the squad and the fans (the vast majority of them anyway) a great boost just when it’s most needed. IMWT
Absolute Giberish.
Harry - although I didnt mention him - has won more with a tiny club than Moyes.
O'Niell has a better European record. Although he too takes the ugly route.
Allardyce consistently finished high with a tiny club
McClaren - yes McClaren - had a far better record in Europe than Moyes with another tiny club.
Even Denis Wise has got a better cup record with Milwall - not to mention Davey Jones.
Year on year we play ugly, ugly football.
The reason we have fallen so far from the top table of football is that finishing 5-6th playing the ugly game now constitutes success to people like you.
One more point, if Moyes settled for the same sort of wages as some of the above, we may well have been able to afford better players.
I am in no doubt that Fergie, Wenger, Scolari and Benitez all earn more than him, which is fair enough because those managers? teams are regularly in the top 4 and are disputing the Champions League pretty much every year. It is only fair though, judging by FACTS and RESULTS over the past few years for Moyes to be among the best paid of the next batch of managers in the Premier League. He deserves the pay rise, we have had him cheap the past few years...
They sit there singing songs about Arteta (who I think is great by the way) however our best little spaniard continually threatens to leave us and has even used the shite to get £50 grand a week contract!! They all do it and it is the most ridiculous industry where the boss is paid less that the employees!!
Stop fucking moaning about Moyes and get on Kenwright?s back as its that prick that is threatening the clubs stature in my opinion.
The final point about money going out of the game well that?s SKY and UEFA?s fault with their prostitution of the game. Our FA should get a wage and transfer cap in place and you should only be able to spend the income you generate!! However, that aint gonna happen so its back to Billionaire hunting?? Anil Ambani anyone .....
However concerned Noble may be about our finances he must know that such as an astute Chairman as Blue Bill would never part with more than the going rate as has, therefore, done what was necessary to keep Davey away from an ever-growing list of suitors.
Good to see that just for once the vast majority of Evertonians are of the same mind as me!
I didn't say I didn't like Moyes, for every failing - unattractive football, over cautious approach - there's at least one virtue - Loyalty, determination, integrity.
I honestly believe he has done a decent job and is a good ambassador for our club, but I can't have this over-the-top hero worship some people post on these pages.
I can't, for example, understand how you can claim he?s the fifth best manager in the Prem: Redknap went back to Pompey - tiny Pompey - pulled them away from the drop zone and won a cup in the next season playing much more exciting football than we did.
Ramos turned up at Spurs ? 5th from bottom - bought a couple of defenders and won a cup.
Millwall, Cardiff, West Ham, Boro etc have all been to cup finals... we on the other hand, have been humiliated by teams like Shrewsbury, Tranmere and Oldham
Yes, he got us into the CL ? an incredible achievement ? but please don't ignore the fearful hidings we took at places like the Hawthorns just weeks after having our limitations exposed in Europe ? hoofball gets you nowhere
I love this club and although I?m a moaning fucker on here, I give the team - and the manager - 100% support come match day.
I believe Moyes to be a decent man, he?s a decent manager, but he gets paid a lot of dosh and I think we are entitled to be entertained at the very least. I just don't get why so many blues accept what the West Ham supporters consider unacceptable.
Decent manager though he is, he?s a boring sod and his teams reflect that. I am sure that is the light in which he is viewed by all but the strugglers in the Prem. Perhaps when he?s actually won something, he might attract a more glamourous employer ? for the meantime he now runs the risk of becoming an over-paid also-ran!
I really hope the best manager in the premier league doesnt read ToffeeWeb.
Regardless of what he earns he?s done a brilliant job for us and I can't think of a manager I?d swap him for.
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