Five more years of Hoofball!!! Maybe I'll learn to love it by then...

Personnally, I am glad Moyes has signed on for anther 5 years. There is nobody I can think of who would (A) be willing to come to Everton & (B) do better with the current squad. I am now expecting a big performance and result against Arsenal (who have been shaky) at the weekend.

Another year of steady progress ? say top eight ? might have justified a three-year deal but five bloody years on £70k a week is plainly ridiculous.

I know Blue Bill will have been anxious to secure his 'blood brother's future but his first responsibility is to Everton ? not just to one of its employees. Now whoever comes in is stuck with an iffey manager and a massive pay-off if he wants rid. So whilst they are all downing pints in the Winslow to the good fortune of David Moyes, I hope they will just spare a thought for the long-term future of our club and realise it`s us who will have to pay the price for his elevation to multi-millionaire.

I really can?t understand how any Evertonian can be overjoyed by the news. A year ago I never would have believed that I would feel like this. Never mind European shenanigans, Joeynkoo, I?ll settle right now for Premier League football next season..

On the takeover, this Keith Harris says he?s very optimistic on finding a buyer and there?s usually no smoke without fire.

Sorry but 5 years is madness for a manager who has led us into a season as ill-equipped as we have been then fucking sulked and said were not ready to win Premier League games. I?ve had enough of it personally and I know I?m not alone. Everton?s set up needs dismantling from top to bottom and starting again ? manager and chairman included. Come on Keith Harris, find someone quick to save us from this fucking misery.

What David has to do now is revert back to realising that his team is not as good as they think they are and not as bad as some fans believe them to be. Even Howard Kendall?s first target of any season, including the halycon days, was to achieve top-flight football for the following season. So Moyes must do the same get those 40 points asap, then see where the rest of the season takes us.

I?m so looking forward to watching Tony Hibbert, under the watchful eye of David Moyes, develop into one of the country's finest attacking defenders. I won't be able to sleep tonight for excitement. For 70 grand a week, it seems like a bargain. I hope to high heaven it doesn?t turn into a nightmare.

Michael, like me, you like watching football ? sorry but you will never get to accept hoofball on a football pitch. I know because I've tried. At times, I've felt embarrassed for some of our players.

OK, so we?ve won no trophies ? but don?t most of them go to the ?Big Borrow 4?, anyway? How can you possibly expect a club run on a comparitive shoestring as Everton is to compete? And as someone has pointed out on another thread only 3 ? yes 3 ? managers in our post-war history have managed to win a single trophy!

As for the serial hoof-ball allegations, I?m sure Moyes doesn?t send his players out to kick the skin off the ball as a specific tactic. But when you are having to make do with players not quite of top quality, it clearly makes sense to make sure ?they clear their lines?. Just remember how many goals we?ve conceded when the likes of Yobo, Jagielka and Neville have time to think and ?try and play it pretty?!

Needs must, I?m afraid, and with a net spend of less than Mrs Rooney?s shopping bill, Moyes has established a consistency of results which, in turn, have become a millstone around his neck. Given money for the very best players, I am sure he would choose to play differently.

It is, perhaps, unfortunate that we are unable to properly celebrate his re-signing because the team is currently in the dumps but in my view the blame for that lies in the Boardroom rather than on the training ground. Soon, I am sure, he will steady the ship and have Everton once more competing for a place in Europe.

Of course we are gonna play hoofball when the crowd shits themselves every time the opposition attack. If in doubt .... etc... When we knock it about among the back four at nil-nil, everyone screams to go forward immediately and the players react. Capello is just about knocking that out of England.

Moyes has us play good footy when the opportunity arises but when the defence are shitting it, as they are now, it is safety first and if that means a big lump up the pitch then you have to get rid. Even Arsenal do this when in danger. We have the players, they just need to hit the form of last year and I'm sure Davey is the man to help them back. NSNO.

1. Lumber the club with a manager?s contract the beneficiary is neither worthy of nor the club can afford.
2. Finalise arrangements for the club to leave the City of Liverpool.
3. See the team back in the bottom third of the Prem.

Thanks a lot, Bill!