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David Moyes..... My Clouded Opinion
Comments (6) : Being beat by pompey 0-3 really hurt, but what made me more angry was David Moyes in his press call the day before the game! I might be the only person who feels this way, but his manner and attitude in answering the questions from the media was awful in my opinion. Closed answers, one word replies and basically antagonising the national media.
The press at the end of the day write lies and ruin people, but to get on the wrong side of them is what Moyes seemed hell bent on doing. He was doing this is a different way to let's say Alex Ferguson, who is a knob at the best of times, but he is a very powerful man. I know he blanks the BBC, but he seems to have found the balance with the media; Moyes seems to be way off the mark.
Would I have been bothered if Everton had won all three games and signed 10 players? I doubt it, but when you find yourself in times of trouble I have found it?s easier to panic without knowing your doing it?
I was so mad at him though, and I even found myself wondering after Saturday if he is the right man for the job (for the first time, I have never bemoaned Moyes ever!). Tactically on Saturday he got it wrong, but even the morons who sit in front of me were making the right calls for Baines to be pushed forward, dropping Lescott into left back, leaving Osman in the centre and Jags slotting into the centre of defence. I have calmed down now, since Saturday I have mellowed.
I have thought loads about what we have achieved in the last 5 years. I asked myself if it was enough? Would we have settled for this when Moyes arrived? I think so; we have become more solid and looked like the new model on how to run a football club. So how did a summer of madness cloud my judgement on our manager? Maybe the money over at Man City just makes you feel ?Why not us??
I'm sure a few decent wins will relax us all; on whatever issues that caused us all to feel the wolrld is against us! i.e. Kirkby, BK, Bully Beef, No New player and even my rant about Moyes being rude in a press conference.
But if the results don?t come, I wonder how long it will take for all our judgments to become clouded and we demand change. I hope we don?t have to, I truly hope we pull together now and push forward.
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Yes - in recent weeks his edginess has been more evident (not surprising, given the state of play...), but Friday’s offering was pretty much par for the course from Moyes, but people - as you are doing - try to read more into it.
In just about every pre-match press conference I’ve seen of him on Evertontv, he frequently turns (stupid) questions back on the journalists and gives deadpan, curt answers which reveal little or nothing.
Personally, I find it hugely entertaining how he deals with the maverick press.
COYB
a) exhausted.
b) not focused on the task at hand given he still hadn’t spent any money at that time and his mind was probably thinking about signing a strong midfielder, which he ultimately did with Fellaini.
I wouldn’t judge him on one press conference in the middle of the transfer window chaos.
Ok, we don’t have bags of cash but that’s the challenge. He’s got a bloody good job - what does he want, a decent tenure at Everton or 3 months at a club owned by a a dodgy Thai PM, Mike Ashley (enough said), be my play thing Abromovich or lucky charms at Man U....
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