David Moyes — Manager of the Month

Everton boss David Moyes has been named Barclays Manager of the Month for March. The 49-year-old led the Toffees to three successive wins during the month to maintain their challenge for a top-four finish.

It is the 10th time Moyes has won the Manager of the Month award. Everton are currently 6th in the Premier League table, four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

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Gerry Quinn
1 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:22:21
Moysie, Manager of the Month again, eh? There's the Kiss of Death for the Spurs game now!!!
Gary Mortimer
2 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:37:50
Gerry @225

My thoughts exactly!!!!

Vince Furnier
3 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:44:28
Ho ho. That will get up the anti-Moyes brigade's noses!
Paul Hardcastle
4 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:45:45
Surely another ploy by the pliant media, under Kenwright's prompting. Weren't nearly all our games at home?
Tony Hanlon
5 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:47:22
So beating Man City, Reading and Stoke all at home gets you manager of the month?

Now remain unbeaten in April and earn Manager of the Month.

Carl Sanderson
6 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:49:04
Bloody hell, wait 'til Ross et al hear about that..
Patrick Murphy
7 Posted 05/04/2013 at 14:57:08
Congratulations to David Moyes and his staff are in order winning 3 home matches out of 4 and keeping our European hopes alive. I hadn't realised that all our games in March were at home has this happened before without postponements?
James Morgan
8 Posted 05/04/2013 at 15:13:05
I doubt it will 'get up the noses' of the MOB, doesn't suddenly make him a great manager does it?
Does this count as a trophy for some of you lot?
Eugene Ruane
9 Posted 05/04/2013 at 15:24:33
Vince 233 - "Ho ho. That will get up the anti-Moyes brigade's noses!"

You're absolutely right Vince and might I say this has more than 'got up my nose', it has completely and utterly devastated me.

It is not an exaggeration to suggest that for one fleeting moment I actually thought about ending it all (although on reflection, I don't think it's possible to make a lethal cocktail from a swig of Night Nurse, an Alka-Seltzer and three Junior Disprin)

The harsh truth is, as someone who long ago came to the conclusion that a change of manager would be good for Everton and for Moyes himself, this award means I will have to completely reassess how I make decisions.

It might not seem like a big thing to some, but it is NOT an easy thing to look in the mirror and admit "I was wrong and a panel of some fellers assembled by the PL sponsors were right".

I should add that it is also a blow to find not only am I in the MOB and the Moyes Haters but also it would (now) appear, in the AMB - I'll be run off my feet!

James Morgan
10 Posted 05/04/2013 at 15:52:57
Haha Eugene, quality riposte, as ever.
Denis Richardson
11 Posted 05/04/2013 at 15:55:17
Congrats to Moyes, although I am not sure how these things are decided given Man Utd also won all their league games in March (and one of the their three was away). In fact, Man Utd have won their last 7 league games on the trot. Does that make Moyes a better manager than SAF?

I guess he can add that to his three LMA awards whilst applying for the Real Madrid post!

(Also the award obviously does not include the FA Cup!)

Tony J Williams
12 Posted 05/04/2013 at 16:07:17
I am imagining somwhere Predictable Peter/Tedious Tim is having a melt down......there simply isn't enough alliteration for him to respond on this thread.

Stupid award, how can a manager who got tonked by a team fighting relegation get this award? The only "big" win there was the Citteh game.

As already said, Kiss of Death for the Spuds game now.

Andrew Laird
13 Posted 05/04/2013 at 16:13:13
Another trophy for Moyes himself, sadly not the club he manages.
Craig Bellew
14 Posted 05/04/2013 at 16:27:24
Moyes will only be remembered for one game in the month of March and it is not included in the 3 home wins.

WIGAN!!!

Still hurts now just thinking of the missed opportunity and the piss poor performance of the team and manager that day IN MARCH.

Tony McNulty
15 Posted 05/04/2013 at 17:28:20
Beating WIgan would presumably have got manager of the century.
Roman Sidey
16 Posted 05/04/2013 at 17:42:40
I'm happy with the award being for the league and not the cup inclusive, but this is a kick in the teeth. The club loses an opportunity for a trophy and Tactically Devoid Dour Defensive Dire Doubtful Dithering Davie picks one up.

Add that to his piss poor attitude toward the club regarding his future and it makes it extra sour.

But, I guess we should be lucky to have a manager with three LMAs and 10 Manager of the month awards.

MOB, AMB, etc etc etc.

Gerry Morrison
17 Posted 05/04/2013 at 17:45:08
The Wigan game was not in the Premier League.
Steven Telford
18 Posted 05/04/2013 at 17:54:39
Roman, regarding what you call his "piss poor attitude to the club" will you take that back if he ends up signing for us and it materialises that he has at his disposal a pretty fair summer transfer kitty?
Because, that’s what I think he is trying to do. And if that scenario emerges then it will be pretty clear (implicitly, as it can probably cannot be openly be confessed) that he delay tactic was in actual fact to put the Squeeze the board to commit to summer transfer funds – and for it to be successful the treat of leaving had to be perceived as real. If that does emerge as the case, will you humbly concede that you (and others) owe him an apology?
Ben Jones
19 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:15:51
It shows how bad the managers had done then this month.

3 home wins, only 1 of them exceptional performances, and we still had our horrible loss of Wigan in that month. Saying that, winning whilst not playing well is a good thing, Utd have been doing it for years.

Saying that if it gives us confidence for our tough run in next month, then I'm all for it.

But yeah, we are obviously going to get the conspiracy theorists in, "Kenshite rigged the awards" etc

Eric Myles
20 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:24:03
Don't be daft Ben, we all know that Kenwright hasn't got enough money to rig the awards, unless you know he has a friend that does?
Ben Jones
21 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:29:50
Haha nice response Eric

Maybe he gives the judges tickets to west end plays? Heard that Mormen was sold out for two years, maybe gave them tickets for that.

Colin Glassar
22 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:27:47
Hope Moyesie can buck the trend as the MOTM award is usually followed by a dip in form. If the unexpected happens on Sunday then we just might pull off an epic, earth shattering comeback in the fight for that coveted 4th place.
I won't be holding my breath though.
Al Reddish
23 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:36:18
Tactically Devoid Dour Defensive Dire Doubtful Dithering Davie picks one up.

Obviously all of the above. Just look at the Man. City game. 1 - 0 up with 10 men and his shit, piss poo,r defensive, non attacking tactics mean we beat the Champions 2 - 0. Some fucking people!

Jimmy Rowell
24 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:50:49
I hate...yes hate the short sighted anti Moyes brigade. He's got an incredible amount out of very little resource. I really fail to even sense their argument.

I've no doubt that there are few managers in the game who could have achieved more. The stadium is the problem...end of.

I also look at recent recent club acquisitions and thank god that we have an owner in place who just hasn't handed over the keys to the next Carson yung or the like. BK is not perfect but he's genuinely got the clubs interests at heart.

Eugene Ruane
25 Posted 05/04/2013 at 18:59:16
Jimmy Rowell (310) - "I hate...yes hate the short sighted anti Moyes brigade. He's got an incredible amount out of very little resource. I really fail to even sense their argument.
I've no doubt that there are few managers in the game who could have achieved more. The stadium is the problem...end of. I also look at recent recent club acquisitions and thank god that we have an owner in place who just hasn't handed over the keys to the next Carson yung or the like. BK is not perfect but he's genuinely got the clubs interests at heart"

Regard to Jenny.

Dennis Stevens
26 Posted 05/04/2013 at 19:05:07
What's the weather like on your planet, Jimmy?
Dave White
27 Posted 05/04/2013 at 19:41:19
@ 290 Steven Telford - Nice point.

We'll probably never know if it IS his tactic but I think that may get a few (at least of the more open minded) people on here thinking.

Joe Bibb
28 Posted 05/04/2013 at 19:56:44
Apart from Kenwright, who else voted?
James Flynn
29 Posted 05/04/2013 at 21:02:56
Jimmy - You had me at the first sentence, then lost me on the last one.

Moyes - Yes.

Kenright and them - NO!

Ross Edwards
30 Posted 05/04/2013 at 21:11:23
Well done to Moyes, I personally think that the City game deserved it alone, but Reading and Stoke were expected to be easy wins.

But the MOTM awards don't really pointer to anything as McDermott won in January but got sacked afterwards didn't he?

This doesn't change my views about him but I'll let him off this time.

Nick Entwistle
31 Posted 05/04/2013 at 21:19:25
Ooooh, Ross. I'd hate to be David Moyes right now.
Steve Pugh
32 Posted 05/04/2013 at 21:37:58
Out of curiosity how many times has Fergie won manager of the month this year. If the award had any meaning it would surely be at least 5.
Carl Sanderson
33 Posted 05/04/2013 at 23:24:26
Ross:

"This doesn't change my views about him but I'll let him off this time."

Thank goodness for that, mate, otherwise how would David have slept tonight?

Seriously, there are clearly people beyond the Moyes fans on here who rate the guy.

Ian Smitham
34 Posted 05/04/2013 at 23:25:55
Barclays Manager of the Month, an industry standard, in a results based business as the folks like to call it.

Well done, Mr Moyes, I would hope that this recognition affords him a bit of respect on here.

Trevor Lynes
35 Posted 05/04/2013 at 23:38:30
How can anyone compare Money Bags Fergie manager of one of the richest clubs in the World with DM who manages POUNDLAND !!

If no one is going to write sensible articles then our editor should edit them out because they are infantile and unfit to be submitted by a real evertonian.

Cheers Ian # 438 at least you can spell and do not have to use four letter expletives in place of adjectives.

Pound for pound Moyes is manager of the season never mind the month.

Ed Fitzgerald
36 Posted 05/04/2013 at 23:44:42
Eugene

I am quite fed up of your sarcasm that you direct towards those fans that are loyal to a great Everton manager. During his time at Everton, Davie has transformed the fortunes of the club and we regularly finish 6th and sometimes 7th, we even finished 4th on one occasion. The fact that he has won numerous Manager of the Month awards and is held in high regard by MotD pundits should fill us with confidence for the future. I think the £3M he is paid a year is peanuts as Davie and only Davie can keep us in the Premier League; to think anyone else can do this is madness.

He is a man of great principle and to me it seems perfectly reasonable to expect fans to pay for next year's season ticket in April whilst the great man ponders whether he can take us any further or whether it might take another million pounds a year to give him the vision to help us win a trophy, I don’t know what people expect of him. I am sick of these MOB posters on here and I am calling on all right thinking people such as Richard Dodd and Nick Entwistle to form a Davie Is Magic Society or DIMS for short to counter this negativity which is the real reason why we haven’t won anything during his wonderful 11 years.

Tony J Williams
37 Posted 06/04/2013 at 00:17:31
Watch out Ed sometimes sarcasm doesn't come across well here....
Eugene Ruane
38 Posted 06/04/2013 at 00:16:54
Ed (446) - if sorry helps, I'm sorry.

And please beware of me not allowing you to post your opinion and drowning your voice out with a very loud white noise (or something).

Eugene Ruane
39 Posted 06/04/2013 at 00:22:11
Tony (448) - You're right though.
Robbie Shields
40 Posted 06/04/2013 at 00:11:34
Ed, what a great post, very funny, cheered me up no end.
Ed Fitzgerald
41 Posted 06/04/2013 at 00:28:37
Eugene/Tony

Spent a good part of the day in Freshfield I think it might have affected me. I am beginning to think that to be a GOOD Evertonian these days you must show not show any dissent from the party line. I await my dressing down from Mr.Entwistle.

Carl Sanderson
42 Posted 06/04/2013 at 09:05:26
Ed 453:

"I am beginning to think that to be a GOOD Evertonian these days you must show not show any dissent from the party line.."

Quite an irony, that, considering the amount of semi-literate, ill-considered criticism, complete with little funnies, that emanates from the usual cabal of like-minds whenever anybody stands up for Mr Moyes.

Some people are so deranged with hatred for him that they are not prepared to consider the constraints under which he has had to work during his entire period with us.

The other lot spent £20 million in one transfer window; in five years Moyes has had £0.00 to spend that he hasn't found for himself. And we're still above them in the league. THAT is his achievement.

If you can't appreciate that, then there's no hope for you.

Barry Rathbone
43 Posted 06/04/2013 at 09:49:24
Carl it's all thankful for small mercies stuff.

The price is no ambition and protection of Kenwright if you can't appreciate that ....

Patrick Murphy
44 Posted 06/04/2013 at 09:37:17

I'm pretty sure that even those that find David Moyes methods and achievements not quite up to scratch still admire the man for having done what he has for the club and many of his critics also respect his qualities as a human being,

Whatever side of the fence people are on they must admit that nobody can know whether another manager would have done better or worse than David Moyes and that nobody can know how a future manager will do.

I really don't see how someone can think that people who criticise David Moyes are fueled by hatred, because that is an extreme view of those who question some areas of David Moyes management.

Being semi-literate myself I am not sure what is meant by the term did you mean it in a social science setting i.e. hardly able to read or write or able to read but not to write or did you mean it as 1. Having achieved an elementary level of ability in reading and writing. or 2. Having limited knowledge or understanding, especially of a technical subject.

Personally I think the majority of postings on this particular site are of a pretty high-standard and any shortcomings in grammar are compensated for by the diligence of the editorial team.

Carl Sanderson
45 Posted 06/04/2013 at 09:57:48
Barry:

Nobody is keener than I am to see the back of Kenwright, who has been an unalloyed disaster for the club. He struck gold when he appointed Moyes.

Your second sentence encapsulates the confused thinking amongst the Moyes-haters. One the one hand, he's rubbish. On the other hand, he's doing well enough to "protect Kenwright". Which is it?

I like to think that we're all Evertonians on here, people who want the best for the club. Some of the negative posts regarding Moyes seriously worry me: are Evertonians as clued-up about football as they think? I don't know, anymore.

As regards "small mercies", well, in a way you are right. As long as Kenwright is in that boardroom there will be a wide gap between aspiration and expectation.

Carl Sanderson
46 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:06:49
Patrick:

I disagree profoundly with almost everything in your post. In particular, I take issue with your line on posters' respect for David Moyes as a man. His integrity has been repeatedly called into question in respect of his relationship with Bill Kenwright.

But, hey, it's all about opinions.

Barry Rathbone
47 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:07:18
Carl the "well enough to protect Kenwright" is easily answered there are those of us who want to win something not surrender at the sky4 grounds and stop the bended knee philosophy against the RS.

Then there is Kenwright's aim - keep us in the prem till he gets his payday - Moyes is simply doing the latter alluding that the former is aspirational rather than an expectation is the top and bottom of the divide.

I'll never believe Kenwright and Moyes way is the right way for EFC.

Richard Dodd
48 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:11:37
Ed, good to see you`ve been spending your time in all the right places and emerged from the Freshy with the warm glow of optimism their excellent brew of Abbot engenders.

Perhaps I should organise an open house for all malcontents to make their watching of Everton seem a much more enjoyable experience. Or I could get the Club to sponsor Free Abbot for all Evertonians!

Denis Richardson
49 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:07:59
Carl - would you be happy to finish 7th in each of the next 5 seasons and know with almost 100% certainty that Everton will not come close to winning a trophy?

Whilst probably being knocked out of the cups by smaller teams than ourselves.

Whilst BK and his chums continue just as they have done for the last few years.

I.e. pretty much no chance from the current situation - apart from you'll be another 5 years older and our fan base will continue to decline as we pick up fewer new fans.

Or is it that I'm deluded somehow and should thank the lord above every day for delivering BK and Davey to us?

Carl Sanderson
50 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:25:34
Barry:

I agree completely that Moyes has gone into the away games versus the likes of Liverpool too negatively. You are spot on there.

Your second paragraph made no sense whatsoever, sorry. Presumably the fault is mine.

Gary Poole
51 Posted 06/04/2013 at 09:58:42
Ignoring all the sarcastic jibes, the stats (league positions, matches won, goals conceded, money spent, points accumulated etc) clearly demonstrate that Everton has been managed by one of the Premier League's top managers over the past 11 years.

I have no idea what will happen if Moyes leaves but the one certainty is that nothing will change regarding the ownership of the club and how it is run. I'm afraid that the bottom line regarding performance and achievement in the Premier League is that money counts and as we all keep saying we haven't got any.

Similarly, to those who argue that Moyes protects and is a buffer for Kenwright, and who suggest that the removal of Moyes will expose Kenwright, I"m unclear about what this would actually achieve. Kenwright would still be chairman and I have seen nothing to indicate that he intends to walk away from the club any time soon. The change of manager in such circumstances then would change nothing in the way of Finances, Club Strategy, marketing etc – all the things we berate and all the areas that could help to propel the club forward.

I really would like to see EFC challenging for league titles again but there are some realities here that simply mean it isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Ultimately it comes down to your point of view. Personally, I believe that Moyes has been an excellent manager for us. (Let's just think about the 90s and the late 70s/early 80s for a second.) I hope that he continues with us.

Carl Sanderson
52 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:29:16
Denis:

"Carl - would you be happy to finish 7th..."

No, I would not be happy with that. I ASPIRE to the Premier League title. I EXPECT to finish seventh or thereabouts.

Until there is a change in the boardroom, nothing is going to improve.

James Martin
53 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:50:31
The thing about the Sky 4 away stat is that they will only be the sky 4 until he wins one of them and then magically they won't be the sky 4 anymore in the eyes of the critics, it will suddenly be 'well it doesn't count because they're not the established 4 they once were'. The reality is the sky 4 doesn't exist anymore there's perhaps a sky 6 or maybe even a sky 7 with us in it. Look at City's record at Goodison, Arsenal's at Old Trafford, Liverpool's at WHL. An away game for any of these teams against any of the rest of this 7 is a tough game. Spurs hadn't beaten Man U for god knows how long before they finally won there this year.

We haven't surrendered at every away game against these four teams. The disallowed goal that was onside against Chelsea in the last minute would have been a winner. If Vaughan had scored or Rosicky not got the world's luckiest deflection off Lucas Neill then we would have won at the Emirates as well. If Kuyt had not dived under Howard's admittedly stupid tackle then we would have won at Anfield, and they're just the examples off te top of my head. I don't like that the stat exists but its not irrefutable proof of Moyes bottling big away games because he's won in good style at the Etihad and WHL. For loads of teams in this league we'll make up some sort of uncomfortable away stat (Sunderland, Fulham). After a while if you look hard enough you can spin whatever stat you want in premier league history.

We've lost once at home this year (that even then we didn't deserve), that's the sort of home form that top teams have. Some seasons Man U and Chelsea have gone unbeaten at home, one year Arsenal went unbeaten against everyone! It's annoying when you look around and see a team like SUnderland win 3-0 at the Bridge but Steve Bruce isn't suddenly Guardiola, he was an abdolutely rubbish defensive manager, it was just a freak result. If we'd had one in the past it wouldn't make these games every year any easier, most of the time you will lose. Moyes has done ok to get a large number of draws out of these top sides some of which have been excellent results and as listed above he's been unlucky on a few occassions, other times we've just been pummelled by largely superior teams. Yes a few times At Anfield in recent seasons he may have bottled it but just because this quirky stat exists does not mean we surrender every time we play a top 4 side away. Did Old Trafford last year look like a surrender?

Barry Rathbone
54 Posted 06/04/2013 at 11:20:44
Carl in your previous post you referred to aspiration and expectation of the board those things I listed should not be aspirational for EFC.

If you agree then why support a decade of Moyes who contributes to making it so?

His persistent pronouncements downplaying expectation has become the acceptable face of Kenwright and the board he is part of the problem people have invested so much in his myth they can't bring themselves to admit it.

Leeds, Wigan and a huge opportunity missed at Goodison against a completely cocked up Liverpool side represent a typical Moyes season - does it justify the 6th/7th? .... depends on your view of Everton as a club.

Barry Rathbone
55 Posted 06/04/2013 at 11:34:13
James what will happen if Moyes wins at the sky4 is what Prenno says ie a decade of previous will vanish into the ether and an open top bus will be required - sheer delusion.

Get 4th and we're talking, otherwise it's just an every dog has it's day event (and after 11 years I should bloody thing so)

Carl Sanderson
56 Posted 06/04/2013 at 11:40:04
Barry:

"If you agree then why support a decade of Moyes who contributes to making it so?"

For the 758th time - he has had no transfer budget worth the name.


Liverpool recently spent £20 million in one transfer window; in five years Moyes has had nothing to spend that he hasn't found for himself. Apart from a few measly shekels from the Sky money and gate receipts that the board have "generated", Moyes has been shamefully starved of funds.

James Martin
57 Posted 06/04/2013 at 11:47:24
Barry for once I agree with you (not the open top bus thing) but I too genuinely think that these games are pointless unless there is somehting at the end of it like top 4. I would rather win all the so called easy games left and draw at all the top teams and get fourth than go on some glorious away day ramapage at Anfiel dthe Emirates and the Birdge but slip up at home with a few draws and miss out. Its the point accumulation that I care most about.

On another note I'm sorry but it wasn't a huge opportunity to beat a cocked up Liverpool side at Goodison. They had their full team out we had a midfield of Gueye, Osman, Neville, Naismith behind a half fit Fellaini for most of the game. We sitll gave them the run around and had it not been for our stupid CBs having thei rbrain farts at the beginning and end of every match we owuld have comfortably won. We destroyed them in the first half and then they parked th ebus for the second. It was a decent performance with half a team missing and if Rodger shadn't of played for a draw form half itme we would have won. Imagine the opposite, Moyes goes to Anfield with a full team against a Liverpool missing most of their big stars, we then go 2 up and injure their remianing best player, only to throw the two goal lead away, Moyes then throws on five defenders and we defend for forty five minutes. He'd be getting ripped fo rhtat and rightly so. there's been many bad derby perofrmances of late but Distin and Jagielka aside that was not one of them.

Richard Dodd
58 Posted 06/04/2013 at 10:44:31
I suspect it will take more than just a change in the boardroom for things to improve.The vast majority of new owners seem to take their clubs backwards.
We can only hope that whoever takes over has the business acumen so lacking in the present owners.
But will it happen in the foreseeable future? I think not.
Trevor Lynes
59 Posted 06/04/2013 at 12:32:22
Ive noticed already that the Bale absence is really important but the Felli and Pienaar absences are not even mentioned.
Spurs have players who would be regular starters here sitting on their bench.
They have a massive squad and absences of players does not have the same impact upon them as it does on us.

If we had Bale we would be definitely top four challengers...all things considered our meagre squad more than punch their weight and are a match for anyone when at full strength.

Eugene Ruane
60 Posted 06/04/2013 at 12:32:59
Richard Dodd (524) - "We can only hope that whoever takes over has the business acumen so lacking in the present owners".

Says the man who spent years defending the present owners (who are lacking in 'business acumen') and berating others because of their 'negativity'.

Carl Sanderson
62 Posted 06/04/2013 at 13:10:39
James 523:

And not forgetting that Mirallas, who had fucking roasted their full-back, was kicked out of the game by that twat, Suarez.

Eugene Ruane
63 Posted 06/04/2013 at 13:04:44
Richard (536) - "Henceforth,only the utterances of Ruane are to be regarded as worthy of publication. Happy now,Eugene?

Um..Not quite sure how you get that from me pointing out you spent years (loudly and often sanctimoniously) admonishing those who criticised the present regime, yet now have a go at them.

Completely legitimate to point this out and tbh, your response looks like a desperate attempt to deflect.

As to WHY it is legitimate to point out your flip-flop?

Because you argue with the same gusto and self-righteousness NOW and expect to be taken seriously.

Can you see the flaw in this?

Will you be posting in a couple of years informing us Moyes is hopeless?

Derek Thomas
64 Posted 06/04/2013 at 13:32:16
Carl 3491...Q) which is he? A) both! and that's the trouble, good enough to be boyspen billy's heat shield, but not good enough for regular top 3 and trophies.

The reason we have no trouble with City and do with the old sky 4 is all mental.

City; deepdown they know City are nomarks who got lucky cashwise, hence we sort them out more often than not, same up to a point for Spurs.

The other 4; they have a history of being successful hence the bottling

QED

Carl Sanderson
65 Posted 06/04/2013 at 14:55:18
Derek 541:

Your post contains an element of truth, no question. But it does not rebut my basic contention that Moyes has never really been backed consistently in the transfer market.

The likes of the Sky 6 can afford to make expensive mistakes; we cannot. It also explains why Moyes often (sic) recruits players who can play different positions. (Incidentally, I would say that Chelsea is another nothing club who dropped the lottery.)

Richard Reeves
66 Posted 06/04/2013 at 17:34:08
Eugene (#533). I completely agree, and what was the mind-blowing information that Richard received that was not already out there to change his mind?
Dennis Shaw
67 Posted 06/04/2013 at 19:25:01
I am gob-smacked and still reeling from the Wigan game — How on earth can they award this to Moyes? A good win against City but, let's face it, they owed it to us. Reading and Stoke were hardly emphatic wins by any stretch.

What about Southampton's manager? They beat the RS and Chelski in March — something Moyes could never emulate... just wait and see.

Peter Warren
68 Posted 06/04/2013 at 19:43:36
Doddy – I must say I'm thankful for Eugene. I thought you used to say how lucky we were to have Bill and that the sun shone out his arse. Then I noticed since you've come back on ToffeeWeb you say how everything is owner's fault. I assumed my recollection was wrong and I was going mad.

Thanks very much, Eugene.

Kevin Tully
69 Posted 06/04/2013 at 20:08:00
Leave Doddy alone, he's Toffeeweb's very own VI.
Paul Ferry
70 Posted 06/04/2013 at 23:32:55
To be fair Doddy was off the boards for a fair while and he did have to go through the trauma of the Freshy refurbishing, couldn't have been easy.

Psychological fact: trauma can induce intense and longish bouts of self-questioning. This newer softer Dodd is more palatable than last year's model – thanks Elvis – but remains capable of spouting status quo gibberish.

Spice of life and all that, I prefer Freshfield's finest to be on rather than off the boards.


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