Warm Blues send-off for David Moyes

Best of luck, Davey boy.

Good luck Mr Moyes (except against us!) and at least you left us better than you found us.
COYB!

I thought Moyes's going would distract them; far from it. The lads were bang at it from the first whistle, could and should have been 6 apart from Collins and the keeper.

I thought Moyes handled the occasion perfectly to give him his due.

Onward and upwards for the Blues. Let's get Martinez in and play that style of football in every game next season.

Also so glad Tim Cahill got his send-off. I'm probably a bit younger than most of you lot and Cahill epitomized our club more than any other I've seen (with the possible exception of Duncan Ferguson) in my life so far.

Good win today. Got the sneakiest of feelings that Moyes might get his first Stamford Bridge win next week.

Disappointed by the Moyesfest at the end: You'd think he'd won 38 trophies from all the adulation he was getting. And, the "Manchester is full of shit" and the "who the fuck are Man United" chants" were irrelevant as about two minutes later it was back to Moyes adulation.

"In Moyes We Trust"? Not for me. I didn't want to moan but I thought that the fans slating Manchester then fawning to DM was ridiculous.

Good luck Phil Neville in your next stage in your career, whatever it may be.

As for Moyes... he can stuff it.

Two things that most fans (and Moyes) have shown today and what you, seemingly, are void of.

Great applause for the team at the end, and, individually and in turn for Neville, Timmy and Moyes. I thought Moyes might get a mixed reaction today but it was pretty well unanimous applause. Good to see Timmy again.

Great appreciation by the crowd for Moyes. Now let's get Mr Right, whoever that may. be

The last game of the season means nothing for us at all now so our season is now officially over. Let's move and on look forward to whoever the next manager may be....

Will be an interesting summer.

See you in June!

Great football today to cap off a remarkable run of form at home. If the new manager leaves this club to an ovation like that then he'll have done well for himself.

Now let's move on. New manager, new season, new hopes, new signings (?), new debates.

It was a return of the classic Gwladys Street sucking the ball into the net!

I don't think he liked David that much. :-)

He may well have been crying though

No trophies, but when he took over we were on our knees just waiting for relegation. The football played up until that point had been unimaginably poor - think Bucharest away in UEFA, Wigan QF, Arsenal 7-0.... but EVERY WEEK

A quick reminder of the way things was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBzlGtAyDlU

Thought we played really well today. Coulda/shoulda been 5 or 6.

Thanks DM for sterling work under BK's shackles. Will be keen to see how you work with more resources available, and some quarters of the press already predicting your downfall. (As well as telling us who you're signing even though you have 1 more game with us before your paid holiday).

PS - in case you missed it, I hate the media coverage here. I respect our soon-to-be-former manager. Don't get me started on BK.

The team's performance was a fine tribute to what Moyes has built and leaves behind for the next incumbent of this wonderful football club.

Thanks Davey and good luck. :-(

Instead we witnessed a packed Goodison Park giving DM a well deserved send off. We saw our team play well and sweep West ham aside and, on the touchline, we saw DM as focussed as ever and the players clearly performing for him.

Yet again EFC showed its true class today.

That said, he totally had to take that job. If he'd have turned it down, and it was made public (and nothing is private in football anymore it seems), he'd have got slagged for that!

Some delightful footy at times, a great atmosphere and a tremendous send off for a great manager - truly proud to be a blue today. Fingers crossed for the name of the new boss.

Lovely finishing above the shite twice in a row too.

Unless everyone stands together like the shitbag redshites did against Gillette and Hicks we will never be able to compete at the top level and win anything. Now is the time to show Kenwright and the Board that this is Everton and Everton belongs to the supporters – not them – and for them to keep milking our club.

If you want to compare the two of them for their achievements and send offs go for it but its pointless.

He got a reception to rival Sir Alex, as you say, because people wanted to - for whatever their individual reasons. I understand that you might not like it but it happened.

Loved the first goal.

Whoever we get next, I'd show them that goal and say..

"Look, they can play this way, that's what we want every game, get on with it"

(although to be fair, West Ham were already on hols by the look of them)

(327) I showed my appreciation for him

(255) As for Moyes... he can stuff it.

Brilliant!

Class came from every part of the ground as well as on the pitch, made me very proud to be part of "The People's Club" for well over 60 yrs now

I'm as frustrated as anyone else at the lack of silverware, but by your logic it doesn't matter that he never had us fighting relegation on the final day.

And I suppose it doesn't matter that he's actually the reason we're bemoaning 6th and missing out on Champs League footy, rather than releasing a DVD called "6th of the best". (please don't EFC, that is so 2003!)

More incredulously though, essentially what you are saying is the only "embarrassing" results in our recent history have been under Moyes and his reign has been a catastrophe.

Had he not been appointed 11 years ago, I am sure our future would now be as non-existent as the FA Cup sitting that sits proudly in our trophy room. We'd probably be where Wolves are!

It seems half of us (including myself admittedly) consider Royle the better manager by virtue of trophies/derby record. But you can't tell me that Royle didn't have his bad moments. Such as:

Losing 3-2 to Bradford in 97 FAC,
Going from 2-0 up to losing 4-2 against Millwall in the 95 tin cup.
York City in the 96 tin cup (BOTH LEGS).
Six straight league defeats between 26 December 1996 and 29 January 1997.

And of course there's Walter, too many bad results to list AND trophyless, but he won at Anfield. So he MUST be better than Moyes!

Have some respect and kindly jog on!

There are not many football clubs who could mess up in choosing between the two.
Unfortunately we are one who could

Assuming this was meant at me... I think, and will stand corrected if not, even if we lose at Stamford Bridge, we'll have done as well, if not better by a decimal point or so, in terms of points per game in the second half.

I have said previously and will state again, BK's inability to fund the purchase of Fer (never thought Negredo was even a remote possibility) in January didn't give the squad the injection needed for the final push.

If BK did know at that stage that DM was on his way, then trust his judgement for the longer term (or put him on gardening leave and claim tapping up against MU). If BK didn't know, then he didn't exactly put out the right vibes for DM to sign on again (even though he was never going to).

So, I don't think any uncertainty over DM did affect our performances. Tired legs / unavailability probably more-so. Last Jan we got Jela and Gibbo, however the first part of last season was less-than-stellar. I still maintain our failure to trouble Europe this season was caused by our form October-December. Too many lost points - not defeats, but lost points all the same.

Great send-off for a great manager, he deserved that for what he has done for our club. Remember where we were before he took over, fighting relegation every year.

Well let's hope Billy Liar gets the right man in to carry on Moyes's good work and he gives the new man some Money spend. COYB

Exactly...... We have been lied to and fed bullshit by this man for 12 months. He shouldn't be there, he should have been asked to leave on Wednesday..... Thank you Moyes, I believe that you did a good job and I wish you well.....But stop the disrespectful bullshit!!!!!

The Moyes era is over for good or bad. The king is deadlong live the king (whoever that may be)

Nice for Tony Hibbert, Timmy, and Pip, thanks to you all.

Lastly, BB on the screen, no sign of happy clappers, some booing, I sense trouble ahead....

Utd will have Moyes, City will have Pellegrini and Liverpool will have Rodgers, who between them have won the grand sum of sod all........ You have to love the Irony in that!!!!!!

That was very droll. I no longer respond to Ross's posts as they are so full of shite and bile, but yours was funny.

Brian 300:

No, not at all. Manchester United is the biggest, but Everton is the best, always and forever.

Yes, we've vastly improved from Walter's days; yes' we've got a good side now and tend to look up rather than down but Moyes has screwed us big time. At least we got a massive fee for Rooney, all of Moyes's hard work was undone when he refused to sign a new deal knowing that, if Man Utd regained the title, his buddy Alex would be off.

The only truth out of his mouth was he did wait and see what happens at the end of the season and it all fell nicely into place.

Bye, Dave... close the door on your way out.

Our players just cannot convert their chances. And I don't think it is down to coaching, or tactics. I just don't think that Anichebe, Jelavic, Osman or Pienaar are any good at shooting. Mirallas seems to be the only one capable of finding the Onion Bag. I seriously think Mirallas could play up top next season, he has earned his chance up there. But he looks like he will need someone to play off, as he is still very lightweight. Do we invest money in a right winger, or trust Super Kev to play up front? Tough one.

Coleman was outstanding again today, as was Felli in a deeper position. I fully expect Baines to move on to United this summer, and hope Oviedo is ready to step into his shoes. This is why we need a new manager sooner rather than later. There are a few big decisions that need making over the next couple of seasons, and they have to be called right if we are going to progress.

We were singing Manchester is full shit because we are scousers and don't like mancs.

We were singing oh Davey Moyes because he has been a good manager for us and took us from regular relegation shite to regular top half europe spot contenders.

Is that simple enough for you?

Football aside, I'll say this:

David Moyes is a decent bloke. Though I think his time here had come to an end and he'd taken us as far as he could, he did a good job given the state of the club he walked into 11 years ago. I wish him the best other than when he plays EFC. I was uncomfortable about the way things unfolded this week but, as a club, today's tribute was the right and fitting thing to do. I genuinely believe it is a wrench for him leaving us.

Everton FC is a class act. We knew this of course but, financial issues aside, we do things the right way on and off the pitch. We did the right thing regarding Hillsborough; we pay respects when a member of the EFC family passes away; we have the EFC Former Players Foundation - and the way our fans behave is exemplary.

We don't advocate cheating / diving or defend racism. We don't do "Everton Time" at the end of 90 mins. We don't do "Being Everton" or have a local rag full of bigoted, moronic bluenoses.

Why else does (almost) every former player associated with us always speak in glowing terms? Why else would a former player travel thousands of miles to watch us and also pay tribute?

I'm always proud to be a Blue - my house is called Goodison, the front room is the Blue Room, my dog is called Dixie, my business logo is royal blue, white and amber - but especially proud today.

Onwards and upwards. Personally I can't wait for next season.

for me that is one of the proudest elements of our club, and I hope who replaces Moyes upholds that value.

I thought that was the case, I was being picky hehe. The media never said that, which I think they should have done. No wonder the Shites don't know their history.

IF YA KNOW YA HISTORY!!!!

Exactly right lads we can nip this no doubt Kopite myth spouted about that Everton have not finished above them since the days of Neville Chamberlain right in the bud.

I have just had a look at the 1962 league table and I don't see them there... and we all know that everybody finished below us in 1963.

Interesting to see Mirallas up front off Anichebe, I thought that worked well and definitely something to think about for next season. Gibson controlled the midfield and looks a class act to me. Coleman was again excellent as was the whole of the back four. Fellaini back in his proper position was also excellent.

All round very good performance, although I have to say that West Ham were very poor. I don't see why we can't go to Chelsea, be positive and win. They have already qualified for the Champions League and Benitez will be concentrating on the Europa League final. Don't think we'll have a better chance to beat them than this.

Wonderful post; hats off to you! Class and dignity indeed; I think 40,000 people at Goodison today would have agreed with you.

As an admirer of Moyes I wish him well for the future, but not to the extent of explicitly wanting success for Man United.

Your snide comments are, therefore, incorrect as well as unnecessary.

There is only one outcome Evertonians should be wishing for: modest achievement but NO trophies.

Hmmm.... in fact, exactly what he has achieved for us.

I don't care whether Man United win one trophy or twenty; I simply wish Moyes well. I don't want them to win everything, as Tommy alleges, and certainly not for reasons or pride.

I don't think it's specifically Moyes leaving, but more a fear of what's next in terms of where we are going and who will be in charge, as well as the inevitable player outgoings.

Today was the start of massive changes and I'm not altogether sure they'll be for the positive.

Moyes has been a massive part of all our lives in terms of our unwavering support for the beloved football club that is Everton.

Say what you like about his achievements, the man has been a class act since day one and we all have something positive to remember him by, whether it be some of the great signings, a particular win or the fact that we are now playing the best football since the 80's.

Lets just hope that the foundations and ethos he has instilled remain intact.

If Utd pick up the CL under Moyes, good for them. Its not a level of competition we're allowed into and completely unrelated to us. The money will be made by them anyway, and trophies or not, we'll be blocked from entering the elite competition because... well, because.

And there you have it: classic Moyesian defeatism from Mr Entwistle.

He puts many managers to shame.

That's that dead then.

If that's not the problem, then what matter if we never get taken over?

Its a shut-out, what happens behind those closed doors doesn't effect us... until we break the door down.

Anichebe poor. Osman? Once again brushed of the ball too often and easily, weak in the tackle, slow and lethargic. Did get into some good scoring positions but as usual powder-puff shots.

I'd love it, as would all Blues I'd imagine, but there'll be clubs from all over Europe queing up for his signature, all with far higher wage ceilings than us.

Chelsea and City would top the list.

A loan deal, however.......over to you, Mr Moyes.

"The second I even consider Everton as in any way challenging United for anything then I would wish nothing but ill on Moyes' team - the same way that I do now on Arsenal and Spurs (and always the RS of course)."

Six points next season?

It was all ManU overe here today. But did see the highlights from Goodison and, wiping tears from my eyes and thinking how classy the Faithful is aside, had many negative thoughts about our owners when watching Moyes take his farewell bow.

So, while I wouldn't have expressed my feelings the way Stephen did at (546), I understand his sentiment exactly.

Moyes does my head in. I want to be angry with him but he is so decent and dignified. I want to curse him but like the club he was class today. Sorry, call me naive, misguided, twisted, but as someone who has wanted him to walk for a while now I was MOVED by today and DM's post-match interview. MOVED. The Old Lady was quality today. The team was quality today. The gaffer was quality today.

He did need to go for our sake and his, and I would rather have Martinez or Laudrup in next season's hot seat than DM, but yoy
can criticize Moyes, want him to go, but still have, like I do, deep
respect for him. Perhaps I.m wrong and the Man-U deal was not
in his ear before last week. Whatever, that's over now, and today
Moyes convinced me that he leaves EFC with a heavy heart and a
backwards glance.

Won't wish him good luck for 2013-14, but I will urge him to
keep his innate decency and dignity.

A sad and odd day, but EFC yet again showed its class.

EFC

Moyes has done what he could, I've been frustrated as much as the next man by his approach most of the time but when you look at our opener today it was magic. Just shows what this team is capable of, a pertaining feeling of dreams unfulfilled. Which I think Moyes feels as much as anyone today.

I wasn't at the game today but watching the highlights on MOTD was immensely proud of our club, and also the way David Moyes handled it.

I want our next manager to be a winner, but not at the cost of good football and decency. The top job here is a privilege, David Moyes walks away knowing it,the next man should walk in knowing it too.

COYB.

"I am gobsmacked and thankful and humbled for what the people of Everton have shown me today. But what I will miss most of all is was what you saw in the middle of the second half. The supporters weren't cheering David Moyes, they were cheering their football club. That was the toughest part for me today. The crowd showed how big Everton are and what it means to them. That was a difficult time and they were great. The team were terrific in that part of the game as well, but the fans made it easy for them.

"I'm sure the team would have got a great reception no matter what after their performances this season but there was a part today where I thought the Everton fans were standing up for their club. For me, that was a big thrill. This club has had difficult times. I don't want to labour the point, but we don't have what a lot of people have got, but we don't half make up for it in other ways. The crowd showed what it is really like."

Of course the "if only" against Newcastle, Norwich,Spurs, etc etc.... Didn't help either.

I must admit I didn't think it was a good idea that he was at the Club after having agreed to go to United, but having seen his reaction it was the right thing to do and I think it reminded him what Everton FC means to him.

On the first goal I'm struggling to remember an Everton team goal that involved so many different players where the opposition never touched the ball. I counted eight starting with Coleman's throw-in and ending with Mirallas's shot. The only players that didn't touch the ball in the move were Anichebe, Distin and Howard.

Michael Kenrick, I have a question for you:

Many fans have been in the MOB for a while. You've been the same so who do you actually want in his place and how much of our limited transfer budget should go towards this?

Fans like you have never really been prompted on the contingency plan before so I'm quite intrigued as to how you see us being better off with Moyes gone. I see us following one of these 2 scenarios.

a) We spend money on releasing a manager from their contract and have very little money to spend on players.
b) We don't spend any money on releasing a manager and therefore get someone in that no-one else wanted.

What's your take?

Firstly, I don't recall saying we'd be either better off or worse off with Moyes gone. That all depends on who Kenwright appoints as Moyes's replacement and how he performs in that role.

My take is that no-one has been appointed yet... at least not publicly. Kenwright may pay out something for him; he may not. I don't see that as particularly significant, to be honest. Neither of your two scenarios really cut much ice with me, I'm afraid... Sorry!

Worst kept secret 1 - Moyes is going to Man-U
Worst kept secret 2 - Martinez is going to EFC

Question - what on earth do you mean by
the 'contingency plan'?

Unnecesarilly silly and narky post Ian

Your challenge to MK was sorely thought through Ian, get a
grip lad

If I were to be forced to back a winner it'd have to be Benitez.

But I'd still want Moyes team to win.

Brin Williams, if you don't like a particular person's posts, don't read them.

Are we all just supposed to have the same opinion. A great site that'd make.

Of this we should be proud, but now is the time to improve and move forward.

What is has also shown is that no matter how much we debate on ToffeeWeb it means that the detractors of Moyes achievements (in at least giving us a level playing field to compete, if not win trophies) are a very small minority of the match paying public.

So next time I read about how the dissatisfied know better than the professionals I shall take it with a big pinch of salt, safe in the knowledge that they are probably the same people who always seem to sit near you at the game no matter where you sit in the ground and moan constantly.

I couldn't agree more, if anyone was to blame it was James Gandolfini, star of the hit HBO, The Sopranos.

It just so happens most believe "effective" football involves more attack and creativity than we've seen the past 11 years.

Whoever comes in no one on here will give one what the football looks like as long as he's winning at a rate that satisfies what at times are ridiculously high expectations. If Martinez comes in and starts losing then suddenly his football will be dire and turgid as well, taking too many passes at the back. If Rafa cam ein and we hoofed our way to a cup then suddenly he's Guardiola incarnate. Anyone who has watched Moyes' games will know that at times under him we've played incredible football and not just this season. At times we've also played bad football. If people expect a new manager to suddenly just do away with the disease of inconsistency that has dogged all football teams from the dawn of time then they will be in for a shock. Laudrup came to Goodison, parked the bus, played for a 0-0 and his players hoofed it to Dyer whenever they got a chance. I've seen Martinez's Wigan do it countless times as well (probably why they're getting relegated).

I don't read them and its not about the content - it's about the volume

Too muckingfuch!!!

Pants, fire, etc.

Barry, is that the same 'effective' football that's going see Wigan relegated? Imagine Goodison park if we playing in the championship.

The end of the Sopranos was genius.

11 years of nervous dithering.

God love ya

I think it shows by the reaction of the crowd that the Moyes dissenters on this site are in a miniscule number. Well the Moyes period is sadly over and its now time to back our new manager.

As were those (constantly shouted down) throughout the 1930s who declared Germany was preparing for war.

Fact: There are thousands of episodes throughout history that have shown the majority to have been a group of easily-duped herd followers (religion for example)

Nb: I am NOT suggesting that is what none Moyes dissenters are, I'm simply illustrating that a majority, just because it's a majority, doesn't equal right.

By the way, ACTUAL 'Moyes dissenters' may well be a miniscule number, but I doubt that's the case (as you say) 'on this site'.

you have only got 3 posts left.
Make them count.

He got a great reception before the match. During the match, and after the match.
I don't know why anyone thought the "MOB" would boo? Surely they're glad he's going. Also, I don't know any "MOB" who've been against him for his 11 years - but a few who've grown weary in recent years and want something different.

Myself, on the fence about him. Wanted to see how he would operate with better funding, knew it would never happen with BK in charge, so I guess over the next couple of years we'll find out, as he begins to change the Utd team.

Of course some media outlets are suggesting he could be gone by Christmas, so maybe BK will appoint an interim coach until DM finally signs that contract! Know of any interim coaches available?

I also think that the official site and Blue Kipper are for those that see all things blue (including Bill) as golden. The reason I like ToffeeWeb is because apart from a few dissenting contributors who rant it is mainly well thought out .

In terms of Moyes as just a manager, not as manager of Everton, let's see how he does at Utd. A very different club in terms of available resources, but then a very different set of pressures also.

A different set of pressures indeed for David Moyes. But the logic in it is that he has to win 39 trophies in 26 years to beat Sir Alex, It's not going to happen. but what could happen is this

An average of 1.5 trophies per season for Fergie.

If in Moye's first three seasons he wins five then his average is better. Expect number one on the board in August by beating Wigan in the Charity Shield.

Also with his squad the domestic cups will be higher up his agenda. Maybe not Champions League or Premiership titles at first but to keep the record books ticking he doesn't need to.

To be fair Man Utd, Chelsea and City are probably all going to new managers next year, Chelsea and City probably have the most talent, Man Utd the most stability. Then with Arsenal and Spurs behind I'd imagine the top 5 will be very tight next year, and I hate to say it but LFC increasingly look like their getting their shit together.

So where will that leave us?

If we get the right man we can really kick on from here. Of course that's down to blue bill so don't hold your breath.

Stability is a great thing if you're a boring twat who likes being safe and cautious but if you like a bit of Gung Ho, let's have a go type, then stability isn't all that of a big deal...

Stability is for bank clerks and accountants..

Finding a good manager is the primary route to success, we have had a poor one for 11 years, hence no trophies. At least now we have an opportunity to find a good one - unlike poor old Manure!

On the send off, if I said I wasn't moved a little I'd be lying, but one question has been irking me since I left the pub at lunch-time Sunday: had he been leaving us for a club on the level of Tottenham or Newcastle, or perhaps a continental side, and not Manchester United, the biggest job in world sport, would the send off have been the same?

My point is, were we celebrating 11 years of Moyes' lifting us up, or the fact that one of ours is deemed good enough to take on such a position?

Not a loaded question, but just an honest meditation.

Is that more satire ?

City and Chelsea must be despairing that Utd got in first. I know the Special One is destined for Chelsea but it will not be easy with what he would want to spend and who Roman says he must play.

David Moyes did not win trophies at Everton, but at what cost relegation? So he is not a legend but by God boring or not we needed him.

If the new manager comes in and plays attacking football and we get hammered don't expect the Moyes bashers to back him up they will go for his throat to.

Glad you got it off your chest.