Emotional Moyes hails Everton fans

Sadly there are people who still stick to the MOB label like glue, but criticizing DM for a range of reasons never made someone MOB except in the eye of the beholder. It was time for us to part for both of us to move on.

Davey Moyes I wanted you to walk and think this minute that that was right. But, my God, today taught me why I admire you - today, it's 11:47 in Chicago.

You are the epitome in the SKY 4 age of decency and dignity, Fond hope, perhaps you going to Man Utd might change things.

You were fantastic today. I welled up and I wanted you to go and I' m glad you have.

Can someone somewhere understand that unlike Ian Campbell and Co with their reckless binary polarity MOB ID that someone like me who preferred the gaffer to go still felt for him and us today and respects DM and his 11 years and was VERY MOVED by the heartfelt display of class by everyone in the crowd and on the pitch and on the coach staff today.

Another day when I feel blessed to be blue, but hey Ian Campbell and Co, let's rant and rave about MOB shall we?

Sad

Deal with it

Get over it

In Martinez WeTrust.

Great stuff; thanks David.

He said "The club and players have helped me move onto better things"
Now there will be those who will point to the fact that he has moved onto better things, but I think it was something he didn't need to say.

Until the very last second, I believed that Moyes would stay and turn down ManU (yes I know I'm dreaming here). But I felt an Evertonian would never leave Everton. Do or die, we remain at Everton; it's a religion.

Interesting on MotD that Laudrup ruled himself out but Mackay hedged his bets.

Money can't buy you class...and sometimes not even the FA Cup eh city

When the shit hits the fan at the new place (as it surely will) and plastic fans without an inkling berate him for not winning every game 6 nil he'll get us even more.

Well he gone soon - I only hope you get the new guy - because that'll mean he is winning every game 6-0.

Moyes press conference on Friday and again post match yesterday will live with me. The line about Evertonians standing up for the club was exactly right and really struck a chord.

Farewell Moyes. Onwards Evertonians.

But he's gone now so I'm declaring an amnesty on Moyes boys on the basis of least said soonest mended .....

(but I will be watching!!!)

Whoever it is let's all get behind him. He'll need it.

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He has never belittled a club (Rafa), he has never tapped up players in (Hughes/Ferguson), he has ever been out of order with refs (Ferguson), he has never turned a blind eye to his own players bad behaviour on the pitch (Kenny/Brenda), he has never singled out opposition players for unfair cat calling (Wegner), he has praised the opposition when they win rather than try and deflect with the predictable long ball, physical jibe et al. He tells his players to win it fair rather the moan and surround the ref.

For all his criticism he never broke a contract, he never made promises he couldn't keep, he was always realistic. He leaves the bull shit to the bull shitters. He's old skool.

Cheers Davy.

I think Moyes, stopped the rot at our club. Turned this around as much as he (as anyone) could.
I feel he truly loves Everton, and that he will always be an evertonian at heart.
I felt so pound from how he would never accept any diving or cheating, how our transfer polities was always above board – no shit like Madrid pull, or worse like Redknapp, or Sam the Bung.
How (unlike Wenger for example) he was never one to ‘selectively’” not see an incident that was not to our favour. No childish antics like Manchini when he snatched the ball from DM at that city game

When we played shit, he owned up – no daft excuses.

How he marched the players down do pay tribute to Rhyr Jones (RIP), after that tragedy befell the city.

………… all these shorts of actions, these are the actions of man of great character.

Everything about David Moyes made me proud that he was the manager of Everton, I am truly grateful for how he turned things around for our club, I am left with the opinion that he is a man of honor, and great role mode in a modern game in which integrity appears to grow ever scarce.
I hope the next guy will embody many of the qualities of David Moyes

Well said. Lets hope the board has these things in mind when they select the new manager. I'm proud to be an Evertonian, in no small part due to David Moyes' management over the last decade. Good luck and thankyou.

I've got a tenet on poyet at 25-1. I wouldn't mind him over most of the other candidates.

What do we think of him? Won a hell of a lot of silverware to be fair to him

And then you go and spoil the party......

What will you do next season Ross. I cannot imagine how you will cope without DM....

Roberto Martinez 3/1 - Neil Lennon 4/1 - Alan Stubbs 9/2 - Malky Mackay 8/1 - Gus Poyet 12/1 - Rafael Benitez 14/1 - Phil Neville 16/1 - Vitor Pereira 20/1

Alan Stubbs, God help us one and all! Let's spice it up get a central defender as next gaffer and just ooze flair.

And there's good old Raffa creeping up the pecking order, sly little fox.

Please God let it be one of Martinez, Poyet, or Pereria.

Bawling now and shaking and quaking with fear. 'I want Moyes back', it's not fair, bahhhhh, boo hoo hoo

But with Man U he has even more reason to go. They have been the most successful English team for twenty years. They ARE the medias darlings. Whether you like it or not, the balance of unfair decisions WILL be in their favor. They, the club, are very well organised. Attn Bill.

The only downside is Fergusons shadow but I bet Moyes already has a selection of soundbites to cover that. Oh also they play in shitty red Yuch!.

Ferguson decided to go in December. IMHO he tipped Moyes that he was in the frame, no more. Also Moyes would have known Ferguson was getting a hip replacement I've had two and they basically make you useless for six weeks and not on best form for a year).

Moyes would always have delayed the negotiations for his contract, vacancies being probable at Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool (Kidding). Wenger was being vilified for most of the season, hansom Harry had gone. What might Moyes's budget at Villa/Newcastle be ? It was all to play for.

Now he has a fantasy budget all I hope is he leaves his hot cheap prospects file behind for the next manager who will be ARRRGH !

I actually fancy Martin ONeil. He'd take us down but media coverage would make us feel as though we had a good season.

To be honest I don't think your examples are anything like his peers. Take his stance with Ferguson or Fellaini, and compare it with Wenger, Kenny or Rodgers. He never talks about other people's players. Compare and contrast with Harry Redknapp, and Mark Hughes who were more than happy to unsettle a player in the press, before putting in a bid.

So all you can throw at him is he went after a couple of Leeds kids who hadn't even signed pro tems. Mancini was the tit , not Moyes (see below). Has he ever questioned a referees/clubs integrity like Ferguson has, regardless of the terrible decisions we have had?

Afterwards Mancini apologised for losing his cool in the heat of the moment. "I have spoken with David and if I made a mistake I'm sorry," said Mancini.

"I am sorry to him and to the referee. I only wanted to get the ball because we had another five minutes at the end. I was frustrated but this is football sometimes."

Moyes said he did not deserve to be sent off and accused Mancini of being unsporting by waving imaginary cards at the ref to get Everton players booked.

"I caught the ball because I was making a substitution," said Moyes. "I thought I was helping. I didn't know what I was doing wrong. I shouldn't have been sent off.

"But I wasn't the doing that [waving imaginary cards] at all the tackles. It's lovely we’ve won but I want to come here with a bit of dignity and class.

"I'm still going to go into his office for a glass of wine - I hope he's still there."

City's defeat, their first at home all season, was a major setback to their hopes of finishing fourth this season.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/11/secret-footballer-alex-ferguson-legend

I have no doubt in my mind that we would have gone up a level if Moyes had the same backing as Howard and Catterick. Can you imagine Catterick and Howard having the same success with Kenright?

He was the right manager at the wrong time, handicapped by a club that had to sell to survive. We were two steps forward, one step back. Whilst our rivals went out and spent £20m every season, we were selling £20m every couple of years to fend off the banks.

He infuriated the hell out of me with some players past it/not up to it, and at times his tactics were very negative. He would always leave us for United, but I know he was gutted not to have won something at our club.

I look at a man with a bit of class whilst others have none. Others like to repeat the knives to a gun fight quote, when deep down that was the truth.

Cups come with an element of luck, we had some bad luck, it regrettable we did not take and FA cup this year or last years. asst years Wembley semi still hurts like hell.
Leagues measure consistency. As spots 1, 2 and 3 of the EPL are essentially bought and paid for nobody could reasonably have expected him to achieve higher than 4 ever, he made that once, and had us having around it for most of the time. He did what he in with the added pressure of a post bosman environment that regularly striped of our price assets.
Even Kenny Dalglish could not cut it in today’s EPL, even fergi was under presser since Chelsea n adman city acquired their wealth
Moyes IS a top class manager.