David Moyes refuses to take “foot off the pedal” heading into the final phase of the campaign

As drab, dour, woeful and dismal as many of his team selections, performances and game management has been, he has pulled these players from the relegation zone comfort to a higher plain.

I’m not convinced they have the ability to snatch a European place from the dream of mid-table mediocrity. Everton always let you down and choke when its easier to win.

Who knows? It’s possible. If it happens, and thats a 'kin BIG ‘if’, then TFG will have to rethink their strategic previous pathetic summer bummer spend, and invest in actual quality. COYB

Give him some credit please.

It would get very interesting if we did make Europa and AS Roma did too. I hope TFG have completed the admin for such a possibility.

What a surprise. After all, this potentially exciting young lad has just mostly sat out games with his arse on the bench.

But all hail the great Moyesiah, our Supreme Leader, who has taken us, plucky little Everton, to the heady heights of 8th in the fantastic Premier League!!! That is just incredible!

But yeah keep thinking we are this all-dominant club that's been winning titles and cups every year. Or like me realise we're just a club making up the numbers.

Don't know why you're having a go at Moyes for not mentioning George, who is on loan. If you're going to get upset over him not mentioning George, why aren't you moaning about him not mentioning Armstrong who to me looks a terrific player?

And not to mention our £40M summer buy Tyler Dibling. Would love to know how many games you have watched George as for most of his Chelsea career he hasnt hardly figured.

Maybe he is just another prodigious young talent who will need time either here or at Chelsea, but I fancy it will be back at Chelsea to carry on his education.

Why did Moyes bring George to the club, Brian?

Maybe if any of the press guys had some bottle, they could ask that question at the next press conference.

I said when he came he would not start for us. I can't see him being used much in the remaining games tbh.

After all that talk of a title bid, to find ourselves fighting for 5th spot feels like such a let down.

"But yeah keep thinking we are this all-dominant club that's been winning titles and cups every year."

That's certainly nothing I ever said, never mind thought. What I did say was "plucky little Everton", which surely fits exactly with your expressed perception that all we can reasonably expect is to "make up the numbers".

I was trying to give unalloyed praise and adulation to our Supreme Leader... but perhaps I didn't quite phrase it to your satisfaction?

if we were mid March, and five points off the top, would we be fighting for the title?

I'll buy you two season tickets if we finish 5th

I'm confident we will finish above Brentford, and if we beat either of Liverpool or Chelsea at home we'll finish above them too.

We will not get 5th position.

Get yer self down to the bookies. 66/1 for a top 5 finish.

Obviously on the wind up.

Of course big improvement on the dire expectations of previous seasons but... but... oh you understand.

Talk is cheap, I always prefer to see my team do their talking on the football pitch anyway. You can sometimes tell a lot by listening to how a man speaks, so hopefully David Moyes makes a fool out of me and tells everyone that Everton are scared of no team, and his players are determined to get the club back into Europe.

3 trophies in 6 seasons under Kendall

3 trophies in 12 seasons under Catterick (with 6 years between trophies)

And some time in the 1920's which nobody on here can remember and I can't be bothered to look up.
The rest have been intermittent wins.

Yet there are some on here who think we have been regularly playing at Wembley and expect more of the same.

Losing FA Cup finalist 7 times - 1893, 1897, 1907, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2009.

Losing League Cup Finalists - 1977, 1984.

Losing Full Members Cup Finalists - 1989, 1991.

Bloody hell the period 1889-1912 was a tough period to be a blue, although we did win the First Division in 1890-91 and the FA Cup in 1906.

Is it better to be a runner-up so many times and suffer the heartache, or be in no-man’s land for 30 years?

Maybe he's not one of the 3 Amigos..."What's that, Coach? You don't rate him? Pipe down, stick to coaching, the grown ups are talking here."

It is definitely in my book 100% about trying to win though, and not making excuses when you don't.

I can't see the point of bringing the kid here but not giving him a chance.

Can any of his fans shed any light on this?