Everton boss David Moyes expects deals to be done “next week”

He also looked quite exasperated and frustrated with the players at times during the game as well.

The pressure is on him to prepare them and get the tactics right, but the team on the pitch also have to take responsibility to execute.

Unfortunately there isn’t enough depth in the squad to have healthy competition for places which is showing through in the performances.

It’s blatantly clear why he’s calling management out. Moyes has literally talked about the importance of early business every season he’s been Everton manager. It only makes sense he’s even more peeved this year as we need a tonne of players to bed in and seemingly have the funds for it. I’m not saying the business is easy to do but he’s reasons are very clear.

Football hasn't changed that much.

Good age
Moyes always wanted him at West Ham
Good premier league experience

Hopefully the kitty stretches to that - and we’ve got our loan spots too.

It wouldn’t be a huge surprise to get someone like Richarlison on deadline day.

Loans to come in for squad depth in the last week of the window ?

Grealish for example

It depends on a number of contributing circumstances. Walking into a good team or shit show. Cultural challenges or family issues.

On Moyes, just like his pre-match comments, he's getting his message across, but in much more measured manner.

On one hand, an undisputed talent that would improve the squad without doubt, if he can recapture his earlier form.

On the other, does he fit. By that, I point to what many perceive as Moyes' historical deliberations over not just a player's ability, but their suitability to fit in with the team and squad.

I could see it happening if the club decide it's within budget, but would it be the CEO overriding the manager to clinch a marquee signing?

That's all guess work by the way.

I cannnot see Moyes having any player foisted on him.

Grealish just had a kid so maybe he’s settled down?!?!

Like I say, Moyes probably doesn't doubt his ability, but I wonder if he would consider him a good fit?

Next summer, we can probs buy more talented development players to improve the squad longer term.

Moyes wants up to six more signings, including a No 6 and a No 8 midfielder and two wide players but, even for a man who has seen most things during a 27-year career in management, this summer has tested his patience like few others. Indeed, the number of players Everton have missed out on is heading towards double figures. It is not just Newcastle manager Eddie Howe who is encountering repeat frustration.

Everton had a medical lined up for Kenny Tete only for the Netherlands defender to decide to stay with Fulham. The exciting young Portugal winger Francisco Conceicao opted to join Juventus permanently after a loan from Porto rather than move to Merseyside and another wide target, Lyon’s Malick Fofana, has his sights set on a switch to a Champions League club.
There have been other disappointments, too. The Colombia midfielder Richard Rios chose Benfica and the Belgium winger Johan Bakayoko swapped PSV Eindhoven for RB Leipzig in Germany. Real Sociedad were asking for too much for the Japan winger Takefusa Kubo and then there is Joao Palhinha, whom Moyes would have loved to bring in only for the Portugal midfielder to join Tottenham on loan from Bayern. Tomas Soucek was a favourite of Moyes at West Ham and he wants to add a midfielder of similar profile to the Czech

There may be some light at the end of the tunnel before this week is out, though. Everton had a £27m bid for Dibling knocked back by Southampton last week but there is hope of soon reaching an agreement for the 19-year-old England Under-21 midfielder, who was one of the few success stories at St Mary’s last season. There is also dialogue with Chelsea over Dewsbury-Hall with a bid expected. The Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz, formerly of Aston Villa and Manchester City, has Premier League experience and is surplus to requirements in Turin. Leicester’s James Justin and Ben Doak, the teenage Liverpool winger, are other potential options. And then there is Jack Grealish.

While it is clear Moyes has other players he wants in first, it is also easy to see why a loan deal for the Manchester City and England attacking midfielder could hold such appeal to Everton’s American ownership. He is the kind of name and maverick talent fans could really get behind and, with the World Cup finals at the end of the season, Grealish has added motivation to get back playing regularly after being omitted from City’s Club World Cup squad in June. Everton also have the benefit of being North West based although with Grealish earning around £300,000 a week at City, any deal would be costly and there is likely to be stiff competition for the 29-year-old. Napoli and West Ham are among the other clubs who have been linked with the player.
Moyes has a long-standing reputation for developing young domestic and overseas talent. But he wants Everton to be looking towards the top half of the table, not getting sucked towards another relegation battle and, as such, he has been keen to find the right blend between potential and Premier League experience. He needs players, yes, but he will not sign them for the sake of it. The value of experience has certainly been clear to see on Everton’s tour of the US, with the team instantly looking more assured at the back once centre-back James Tarkowski returned from a three month injury lay-off.

Everton’s data analytics operations are being led by Chris Howarth, who sold his company Insight Sport to the Friedkin Group. Moyes is heavily involved in the recruitment process and, for a manager who has always had an eye and a nose for a player, there is a fine balance between trusting the data and his own instincts. Everton, though, need a breakthrough. The clock is ticking and Moyes knows it.