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Baines confident Blues can build on Moyes era
Though Moyes's contract at Manchester United doesn't officially start until 1st July, he is splitting his time between Goodison Park and Old Trafford and, having let go of Mike Phelan and United goalkeeping coach, Eric Steele, there may yet be more departures from Everton's coaching staff in the coming days. There is speculation that Moyes will bring Chris Woods and Jimmy Lumsden with him to Manchester.
Baines feels confident, though, that Everton can push on despite the disruption.
“It's a massive loss to lose the manager,” the England left back said. “It will be so strange the day we walk through the door and he's not there. But football clubs live on and we'll live on, we'll move on.
Like Marouane Fellaini, Baines has been linked with a move to United himself but his comments suggest his focus remains on Everton's future.
“We'll always remember what [Moyes] did for the club and where he's put us, but it's up to the rest of us, the people who remain and the people who come in, to take it forward now and build on the foundations he's worked hard to put in.”
Meanwhile, assistant manager, Steve Round, who is also a potential candidate to join Moyes at Old Trafford, says that the squad assembled by Moyes and the self-belief he has instilled over time in the team he built will stand the Blues in good stead.
“I think over the last two to three years that belief has steadily come through at Everton," Round said.
“It's not necessarily a case of defending for your lives, hanging in there and nicking the odd result by fortune and great defending, We're actually going in there and taking the game to the opposition and playing as well as the opposition are playing against us. It's great for the team moving forward into next season.”
Quotes or other material sourced from North Wales Daily Post
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2 Posted 24/05/2013 at 21:40:53
3 Posted 24/05/2013 at 23:20:52
Bye bye Stevie. Let's have a frst team coach who positvely expects it and more!
4 Posted 24/05/2013 at 23:29:35
Try reading what the man actually says...
5 Posted 25/05/2013 at 08:56:52
7 Posted 25/05/2013 at 11:33:55
"It's not necessarily a case of defending for your lives, hanging in there and nicking the odd result by fortune and great defending"?
Every time I hear a comment come out of Everton it's always laced with a tinge of negativity, or a reference to how bad we once were, and how lucky we are to be we are now.
The most important thing the new manager should do, is ban any hint of negativity what so ever. i.e that part of Rounds comment could easily have been left out. His comment could have said;
"This is a fantastic club with great history and big managers have left before. I know with the players we've got here we can challenge for trophies next season. We have a side capable of beating anyone. We always look to go out and win every game. That's the Everton way and it will remain so!!"
If we heared comments like that everyday for 11 years then fans, players and opposition might have more belief and respect for Everton. Results might get better, and our profile and image may improve. It's something we really need to work on as a club.
PR is massive in football now, we seem to overlook that
8 Posted 25/05/2013 at 12:59:47
I don't know how Brend #592 or Colin #664 read it but a statement like "We're actually going in there and taking the game to the opposition and playing as well as the opposition are playing against us." from someone who is employed to inspire our team to win is inexcusable. or is that not what the man actually said?
9 Posted 25/05/2013 at 13:09:13
But this is from the North Wales Daily Post so maybe they've mistranslated Round's statement in Welsh into English.
10 Posted 25/05/2013 at 13:22:52
Too bloody right. Like re-tweeting Man U news about changes in the backroom line up. Although Everton were quick to delete that tweet, plenty had time to do screen grabs.
BK has been dumbing down expectations ever since he took control. Whoever our next manager is, I'm sure it'll be more of the same.
11 Posted 25/05/2013 at 14:17:09
Has any motivatioanl speaker ever said that to an audience and got whoops and cheers and fists punched in the air before going out and doing their best?
It is mediocrity personified and I just hope whoever comes in to the back room has a better line in pre-match team talk than that.
12 Posted 25/05/2013 at 16:37:30
13 Posted 25/05/2013 at 18:16:59
14 Posted 26/05/2013 at 12:12:13
Martin O'Neill used to be that man; not sure what happened to him recently though. Laudrup, my favourite, is a gamble. Pereira is a gamble, Martinez well the danger signs are already there, relegation will probably follow in a few years. The rest are just been there and one that type not really worth considering.
Moyes was a gamble; I never really thought much when he was appointed. So, if history is to repeat itself, it has to be a gamble with similar attributes to Moyes, I would probably go for Pereira but, then again, I have not met the bloke. From what I have read, he has similar attributes to Moyes with differences, he likes to attack a lot; this is easier said than done when you have the likes of Jelavic in your side.
Laudrup is my other favorite because the gamble would be good if we can get the likes of Michu, maybe Routledge, Williams etc. It's really difficult to judge what the chairman is going to do because no ideal candidate stands out.
15 Posted 26/05/2013 at 13:24:47
16 Posted 26/05/2013 at 14:11:29
17 Posted 26/05/2013 at 23:38:40
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1 Posted 24/05/2013 at 20:43:12