Moyes laughs off mistaken Anichebe report

Someone who I would drive to sell is Magaye Gueye he does nothing to show me he is any sort of Premier League standard.

The key is staying fit and If he does can be a very, very handy squad player for us, providing much needed depth wide and up top.

To be fair to him, since he dropped the attitude he has looked like the Big Vic from the UEFA all those years ago...

(me included of course)

His biggest obstacle is his lack of self belief and it looks like he may finally be realising that's his problem.

After all the time and money we've invested in him it would be madness to let him go now, at a time when he just might be starting to repay the faith. This may be his make or break season but we surely must give him the opportunity.

Moyesy clearly rates him; over to you, Victor!

Watching tonight's game again. Anichebe has been one of our stand-out players in the first half, and from what I remember of the second-half, he must have been close to MotM. Okay the opposition is limited, but he is working hard and showing a lot more desire and quality. Stupid to be turfing players like this out now, unless better replacements are assured.

Osman spoke well after the match. In summary, he said it's the best Everton side he's played in, avoiding injuries could be key whilst adding that the team are looking to push on after a decent start.

I'd rather he stayed. Fact is, if we could get double figures from him this season, he is a success.

Go on Big Vic - prove the doubters wrong!

It's not like we all disliked him. Unfortunately he had his critics and wasn't doing much to help his fans come out and defend him. Harking back to 2007/08 was becoming tenuous.

That said, the abuse he has been getting and now Naismith is not on.

I am astounded that some people have nothing good to say about certain players and seem to delight when they 'don't live up to the hype'. We have far too little resources to accommodate failures and I will continue to be happy when someone performs at the level we require, no matter how long it has taken them to get there.

Why are people obsessed with getting shut of players when our squad is paper thin? The two ways we will survive financially (without a benefactor) is by selling our superstars and getting enough money for 2-3 decent players, and / or by developing young talent to the level were they are properly useful squad players.

He's not a Marcus Bent - a player with limited talent who gives 100% every week.

He's a player with a good deal of talent who gives 10% each week. The abuse he gets is 'Try harder' and 'stop falling over'. The lad is a powerhouse on the training field and now, FINALLY, on a match day. You can see already how a few good games has the fans back on his side. Good on you, Vic, keep working hard.

For me I am afraid I am not yet won over that will take consistent performance and improved commitment. Just maybe?

It was his passes for the Coleman and Fellaini goals last night that impressed me. One off either foot and very precise. He's scoring and making goals at the moment. Can't really ask for more than that.

He may be destined to be an impact sub for the duration of his career at Everton.

Vic's been unlucky with injuries throughout his career so far (something he has in common with a lot of our academy players!). We'd be mad to sell him now he's beginning to realise his potential.

I agree he looks more determined lately and this has improved his performances but that must be him making a special effort and will soon revert to his natural lazy ways.

Anichebe hasn't enough quality on the ball to play in the top flight, the only attribute I can see is he is big and strong but he only has the desire to use his strength every now and then.

I'm not saying we should just get rid, but if we were to get £3mil (for example), I'm sure Moyes could find a more natural footballer to take his place.

Now, he's had a good run of games, and now we're hearing claims that he's worth £7 million, even £12 million!! After what, 5 or 6 good games? How long is it going to be before he's back to square one again?

He needs to have a good run of games all season then he will see how good he is. But the praise he is getting now is ridiculous, just like the criticism of Naismith, its all too over-hyped all the time.

Hope this clears up your state so confusion.

If people cannot be objective and give credit when it is due it shows great immaturity. It is kids who have fixed views, adults who bring perspective to things.

Anichebe was instrumental in three goals, put himself about winning tackles and headers, and still all some people can do is point out that he apparently 'sulked' at the 85-minute mark, or doesn't immediately spring to his feet after some challenges (I certainly saw him go to ground in tackles and get up to play the ball on).

Sure the opposition were limited, but Anichebe was one of our better players and has shown marked improvement in Premier League games as well.

Moyes has gone on record many times and hinted that Victor's biggest problems at times has been 'Victor', and if he can get his psyche right that he has many attributes that he can bring to the game. At 24 he is starting to show what his early promise hinted at, with injuries hopefully behind him, renewed vigour and confidence then hopefully Victor will benefit from increasing game time and Everton are the winner.

Let's have a poll: Anichebe or Sturridge? £7 million!! £2M or £3M if lucky and I would push the button to sell.

He was hopeless and legless in the 1st half yesterday; I remember posting around 38:00 and asking if anyone had seem him touch the ball. Yeah made a couple of goals in the 2nd half, fair dos, nice one. But although I love a nice blue lens, putting VA on a level par with DS... sides splitting.

When Vic and Vaughan both were new prospects, I thought I liked Vic better, as he was a presence, showed some work rate, and just seemed like a better fit. In contrast, Vaughan always seemed a show pony who was more focussed on reducing his jersey number than on actually playing good football. Vaughan was also injured all the time and Vic kept fit while they were still teenagers. Now though, at nearly 25 years of age, I think Vic has done all the developing he is going to do, and if what we saw against Cheltenham is the result, then £3m would be a reasonable return, albeit disappointing that almost a decade of investment and quite a few million in wages hasn't worked out how we might have wanted.

To the calls that we are paper thin and shouldn't get rid of players: he has been a "young" player for so long that we could bring through another of our youth strikers and push Vellios up to Vic's apparent position of first reserve striker.