Moyes said: "I tried freshening things up in the second half and I thought we were a poorer team. My decisions as a manager were poor today and I have to look at that.
"The worrying thing is we are not beating the teams at Goodison Park we have done in previous seasons. I?m looking to see if there is any reason for it beyond simply not taking our chances.
"Today, I couldn?t see any. You don?t get better chances in the Premier League than we did today. They were shared around among different players and nobody converted any of them."
The key for me is the fact that he couldn't find any reason other than that we couldn't it a cow's arse with a banjo (paraphrasing!).
I compiled this list in about 5 minutes.....
1. Stop picking the 'striker' who is woefully out of form. Fuck me, Distin looked more dangerous than Saha yesterday. Beckford MUST start.
2. If I see all 11 back defending corners again... I really am in serious danger of breaking something valuable. Put two on the halfway line and the opposition have to leave at least three there, and so it goes... or one on the halfway line, and someone a little deeper to link if we get the ball.
3. Because of 2. above, we can never attack on the break. If we clear it, it just comes straight back.
4. This apparent rule that only Baines and Neville are allowed to take throw-ins means we lose all momentum..... it's fucking stupid and allows the opposition to re-group every time we win a throw.
5. Don't put useless great big injury prone lumps at right wing!!!!!!
6. We have highly experienced and established Nigerian, Russian and Dutch international players playing ? at best ? cameo roles. Use them or bloody well sell them and get guys in that you want.
7. Give Magaye Gueye SOMETHING!!!!! He's a wide player and he hasn't had a single second on the pitch in the League yet... He absolutely cannot be worse than Vic out wide... it's not possible!
8. It might be an idea to NOT construct the entire team around Tim Cahill. Yes, he's the only player looking capable of scoring right now, but it is negating everyone else's strengths.
9. Stop trying to walk it in fer chrissakes!! If you don't shoot, you don't score (unless you're Liverpool and rely on pennos and own goals).
10. Play everyone in their correct position.
11. Allow the players to express themselves! We have some bloody good players, but there appears to be an obsession with shape, and some perceived 'game plan' (which is definitely not apparent to me).
As I said, that was knocked together in 5 minutes (and posted on a Facebook group).....
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I am generally speaking a fan of Moyes but I must admit I wasn't that surprised we didn't win yesterday. The man has baffled me many times but never more than the last few weeks when he has continued to play Saha. It's getting to the point where I am starting to think it must be me that is missing something.
Moyes wouldn't play him if he thought it wouldn't help the team win. I just wish I knew his reasons for thinking Saha is,currently, a better bet than the Yak. Or Beckford. Or even me! I just don't see it.
If Pienaar & Big Vic want to go ? then don't play them ? Simples.
I think Moyes is scared stiff of 4-4-2 or even 3-5-2; either way, at home we need two attackers upfront ? Yak and Beckford (Yak being the link man); drop Tim back to midfield and use him as a third sriker coming in from the back. We need a Big Dunc type player who can cause havoc in the penalty area during the last 20 mins... COYB
ps: Has Moyes done his time?
Beckford can't control the ball so until he learns I'd start the Yak. I don't expect Billy Liar to provide any funds to sign a striker who can score and Moyes has never shown any ability to wheel and deal. If it was up to me I'd be looking to offload Bily & Heitinga ASAP and if we did get offered Kranjcar and £1M ? as one paper suggested today ? I'd accept.
I love the Yak, hate the way he is managed.
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