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• John (38): That's not really a long list over eleven years of giving youth a chance. I'm sure that there might be more but it's getting late and a couple of wines is not helping me think. I do know that Stones joined us on the last day of January 2013 and he was an unused substitute on three occasions before Moyes left for OT six months later. That's it. ...
  Paul Griffiths in David Moyes: Manager for the future or Temporary Placeholder?
• Ian (22), thanks for a well-reasoned and balanced article.Was Moyes responsible for buying or, in the case of Armstrong, nurturing, any of the following: Armstrong, Ndiaye, Garner, O'Brien etc? Who is/are the “etc.” by the way?...
  Paul Griffiths in David Moyes: Manager for the future or Temporary Placeholder?
• Woah John (30)! “I pay more to watch Everton than ex-managers, ex-players. That entitles me to my opinion … As it does you to your opinion... if you pay to watch Everton”. Hang on there John. So, an opinion matters more “if you pay to watch Everton’? Seriously? Would you include pay-for-view in your “pay-to-watch?” Someone say in Bulgaria, who pays his provider to watch us play(or anyone else anywhere in the world or Britain who for completely viable and understandable reasons cannot get to the match)? Or is he/she consigned to the fourth-tier of opinion? I thought that we had done with the "superiority" of the match-goer on here years ago. ...
  Paul Griffiths in David Moyes: Manager for the future or Temporary Placeholder?
• Steve #17, we overpaid for Dibbling, my Saints supporting mate thought he was only worth £12 million. Ironically the other player we were rumoured to be in for, Fellows, replaced Dibbling at Saints and has been scoring and playing well. We should have got Fellows to sit on our bench at £12 million rather than overpaying for Dibbling....
  Eric Myles in David Moyes: Manager for the future or Temporary Placeholder?
• MG (37): Let's not forget, full disclosure, that you float in the rapture of the Road to Damascus moment, for instance, or in my experience - not me - the late-in-life new-born Catholic who extol their new destination. You were absolutely hostile to Moyes coming back MG. Only MK matched the toxicity of your vitriol. I was actually taken by surprise. The happy warm glow of the new convert is a well-documented phenomenon. ...
  Paul Griffiths in David Moyes: Manager for the future or Temporary Placeholder?
• I was all for Moyes as a temporary appointment but not a full time appointment for this season but if I was a new owner who has had problems at their other clubs rather than a lifetime supporter, I would have to say that he is fulfilling expectations and the improvement is not just in the League position but that the last few games have shown an improvement also in the standard of football. On that basis, rather than his previous record, I'd be leaning to giving him another season or at least part of it to see if the improvement continues and more so if I had to pay out a contract or compensation. The interesting part might be if the decision is taken by the new owner or the Executives who were hired for their performance at another club only recently promoted and not doing quite as well as at their new found level....
  Alan J Thompson in David Moyes: Manager for the future or Temporary Placeholder?