Moyes dampens Naismith boost

You've never got this club, Moyes, and you never will.

• After Baines has an outstanding season, Moyes says he is the 'second best' left back in the country.
• Barkley plays a few good games... "he needs to learn to defend"
• Jelly scores a bagfull of goals... "he needs time to settle".
• Hibbert scores his first goal — "the fans ruined it"....

Mr Motivator...

Over to you Mungo...

And after a few mediocre games, all the crowd starts getting on his back because of his lack of match fitness and the lack of goals he has scored.

The fact he says "I am playing it down", is a statement that he realises he could be a goodun but doesn't want to heap a load of pressure on a twice fucked cruciate player making a massive step up from the Scottish League.

However, his fucking miserable attitude to the Hibbert 'riot', imo, stunk.

Be honest, if he was your P.E teacher, you'd hate him and you know he'd be a twat.

Phrases such as 'I won't tell you again lad!', 'Don't make me come down there boy' and 'Your feet will not touch, am I making myself clear!?" exist for such men.

Alarmingly this fatal cosiness with Kenwright will ensure those of us not happy with present day EFC endure more of this; another payrise in the offing will cement their symbiosis and then they'll go on the SKY sofa proclaiming the swashbuckling adventure of circa 8th.

I can't wait for the movie "Moyes FC" a tale of one man's cure for insomnia – wonder if Spielberg knows?

Look at some of the comments Moyes has made about people like Coleman, saying that he looks like a 60k player and you have to wonder whether giving players confidence and self-belief is anathema to the guy.

I actually really like what I've seen from Naismith so far. He looks sharp, works hard, knows where the net is and seems to have a knack of popping up in the right places. Not to mention his understanding with Jelavic, I think its a very good bit of business by Moyes to get him in.

I only do so because you bullies come on here shouting and frightening the rest of us about how great Moyes is every 5 mins.

"I am but a man"
(rests forehead on back of hand and looks to the heavens in angst)

I'm just trying to add some balance in my own little way!

How can anyone criticise the sense behind the words? It will be tougher to score when the season kicks off, and the lad isn't likely to be rushed into things if it jeopardises his recovery.

All Moyes is doing is preparing the player and the fans for the reality. Based on these words I would expect Naismith to feel like the manager is bothered about his overall well-being and is simultaneously setting him a challenge - to make a similar impact to Jelavic.

This was part of a longer piece in the Echo in which Moyes also said that the team was strong but the squad was small so we will need everyone to keep fit, and he would like to add a pacy right winger and striking cover if possible.

Keep forgetting that some people think being a 'genuine' supporter means manic cheer-leading or clenched jaw, eye-bulging jingoism.

As an aside, how many times did Kenwright want an applause for himself on Wednesday. Surely it wasn't his testimonial!

He's talking to the media, not the players. I can't ever remember any manager, SAF, Mancini, Wenger and the rest going on record as saying 'got a great set of players, just watch us win stuff this season' - its called setting yourself up for a fall, or becoming a 'hostage to fortune' as some still say.

And while Moyes hardly possesses the 'famous scouse sense of humour' he has his own style, drier than sandpaper. If I gambled, I'd put money on him in a wind-up contest.

The Prem didn't know how to handle Jelavic when he got going in February(?) but he will be a very marked man in the next few weeks. Moyes, I'm sure, will be annoyed that Naismith has drawn attention to himself with the hatrick. The last thing he wants to do is to say to the rest of the league - 'mark this guy'.

Meanwhile:–

"Brendan Rodgers is considering moves for Adam Johnson, Nuri Sahin and Clint Dempsey in the wake of Joe Allen's arrival at Liverpool from Swansea City."

And many many other Prem teams are making million pound signings almost on a daily basis even those who like us don't have BILLIONAIRE owners.

But hey look on the bright side: we have Daft Davey the 'Best' Manager in the Prem – according to the sycophants and the Media – but a man that strangely 'no one else wants' and of course Billy Liar as an owner.

I could well believe he will not start with Naismith but bring him on maybe for 20-odd minutes at the end. After all, think of the risks: yes, we could go out and try to outscore moneybags Man Utd... but at the risk of losing that precious point we start with.

Best not risk it.

But after reading that, that's negative even for Moyes! Especially after he scored a hattrick from the right wing position.

Should have gone to....

I wasn`t