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I sometimes wonder what would have happened to Colin Harvey if Moyes had been the manager in 1963.

Annika (162) you are right that one of Moyes\'s weaknesses is his lack of in-game tactical nous. But you then extrapolate that idea into him needing the boot at the end of the campaign! That\'s quite the leap considering we all knew this would be a transitional period after fighting relegation for three seasons on the bounce. I\'m not a Moyes apologist, I actually didn\'t want him back, but based purely on his performance so far, i.e. points per game and a limited spend, he has done significantly better than average in my view. Everton needed stability after the car crash of Moshiri hiring and firing managers every week. Moyes provides that and I think the owners got it right with his appointment, whether by luck or judgement I don\'t know. We are unaware of how savvy TFG will be when it comes to making their next big footballing decision, which will be replacing Moyes. You\'re quick to get on his case but you really don\'t know who might be a better fit for us. I saw lots of fashionable names bandied about on here after Dyche went, Thomas Frank and Graham Potter being two who were regularly championed. They\'ve both been great since then, haven\'t they? It\'s an old trope, but we really need to be careful of what we wish for when the time comes to appoint a new manager. Have you already forgotten how many times Moshiri got it wrong and what that resulted in? This doesn\'t mean that Moyes shouldn\'t be criticised when he gets things wrong, and he definitely didn\'t help the cause with his team selection yesterday.

When was the last time we had a pacey central defender.? I can recall Kevin Ratcliffe. Not many got past him

For all the shit the formation etc is getting the game really turned on a couple of stupid moments where we insisted on playing it out from the back when there was no opportunity to do so. Up until the first goal I thought we looked pretty decent.

I expected an entertaining game, but we just didn’t turn up. We were disjointed and some players who have been good on recent games, had their worse games. Garner was anonymous and Keane and Tarkowski made mistakes. It’s happened and we move on and with any luck, Moyes will have rethink and pick a team and formation to get back on track against Wolves.