David Moyes gave his squad players a chance, it cost him

Moyes like most managers are self serving. The platitudes he gets the club and knows what the supporters want are just that. The reality is that if he finishes 12th and gets to the semi final of the cup then he most likely won't be here next season. He will know the last manager who really gives a shit about what the fans wanted was Martinez. He got to 2 semis, was robbed by a decision which changed the game in one and an unfortunate slip at a crucial time in the other when we were in the ascendency. His medicine for prioritising the cups was mayhem in the stands which Moshiris admitted why he lost his job. Had he finished 9th and went out of both cups he probably would have benefitted from Moshiris millions.

Moyes has done an excellent job since he's been here but since preseason I have been very unimpressed by him with his antics during tough transfer negotiations which I believe were self serving and not for the good of the club. At Leeds his decision making was poor by not playing Ndiaye right instead using Alcaraz there was incomprehensible. In addition it was his tweak to drop Dewsbury Hall deep that ultimately cost us the game with Stach suddenly turning into Frank Lampard at will. We were hanging on for dear life so it was not the time to gamble.

It seems strange however that since that game when we needed a goal against Villa and Wolves that he didn't make the same change when circumstances were a lot more conducive.

The selection last night was also self serving I feel. Players like Dibbling, Alcaraz and McNeill have largely been frozen out and Barry having more new players to understand last night won't have aided his cause. Considering Beto's success last season when being fed by Garner and Alcaraz with those sliding threw balls it's bizarre that the service he is getting now would be perfect for Calvert Lewin.

Moyes summary of the game told me about his mindset. 'The new boys I threw in were crap (their fault, even though only Barry was match fit). I had to bring on my players to save the day' (but they didn't). Indeed Dewsbury Hall who was exceptional for 2 games has been worse than any other player for the last 3 games yet played the entire two previous games and considered the first choice to resurrect this one. I'm sure Beto would have preferred to come on with Alcaraz in the hole rather than KDH.

Moyes has had a chance to turn things around and had a little success late last season with a couple of wins this season albeit a little dodgy at times.

The performance at Leeds was poor after leaving Grealish out from the start gave you an indication of Moye's failings.

Now however after three games without a goal the bosses have to start seriously looking at the managerial position again.

Granted they weren't expected to beat RS but against a struggling Villa and even last night with the team that started they should have taken care of a struggling Wolves outfit.

After commanding the first twenty minutes they allowed Wolves to score first and once again it became unlikely for them to equalize with the impotent offense once Wolves started to defend en-masse.

We have seen this all too often before and it needs a stronger man at the helm.

This doesn't excuse the 7 who were given the opportunity, rightly or wrongly, to impress, what happened was quite the opposite, they are nearer the last chance saloon than ever before.

These are highly paid dullards and lummoxes, as for that goalie, no wonder no-one else wanted the prick. Felt a tad sorry for the Dibbler, having them round him, and then ignominiously subbed for Ndiaye.

After this defeatest cup run, itll be interesting to See how the board reacts if he keeps not playing dibling after “yelling”at the need of him all summer. Because its clear the message for the fringe players is he doesnt trust them. Or does he really think that by only using them in a tuesday night cup run theyll feel important? Moyes said a short time ago about Grealish, “he is better than I thought he was” or something very similar. So is now Jack gonna save Dave?

As for Travers (starting to look like that should be Travers-T!), McNeil, Iroegbunam and Alcaraz, you've done yourselves and your Gaffer no favours.

My second thought was that even after all these years, he still doesn’t truly get Everton (maybe I’m wrong, because he got clapped out of Goodison, when he left for United, like he had helped to put Everton, on the map) and my third thought was that, if Sean Dyche, had said some of the things Moyes, said about last night’s game, there would have been a queue of people waiting to slaughter him.

I didn’t go to Anfield on Saturday, but I think I was right about the first song, being the one that laughs at our disgraceful record of having not won a trophy for 30 FUCKING YEARS, and even the team captain, was talking about this, and then low and behold, our manager made seven changes, and we limped out of another cup.

I honestly feel like we are stuck in a time warp, but like someone has said, if Moyes, can get us in the conference league, he’s been around the block, in that competition🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

One of the key reasons we lost against Leeds was the 'missing Alcaraz' and it happened again last night. Just before their first goal last night Alcaraz suddenly realised he was the right wing attacker and suddenly ran forward from the left edge of the goal area to intercept the quickly arriving Wolves player but it was too late and less than 1 minute later they scored. Before that he played correctly in his assigned area challenging the opposition and making it difficult for them to advance into our half.

The two other factors were the nonsensical aimless heading forward from midfield and defence to no one causing our players to chase for the ball. The third factor was Tim trying to show how cool and talented he was by inaccurately flicking and heading the ball confusing our players who were expecting his passes.

His terrible shot said it all.

I really think Alcaraz is good but his heart only wants to attack bearable if he scores often but he is not.

The clock on his Everton career has started ticking.

In terms of Moyes' future I think it will only have a real impact if it interrupts our decent form in the league. I read something saying that since Moyes arrived we are 5th in terms of points won in the league. That's an impressive feat for this squad though of course last season's form won't count for much if we start dropping down the table. The best way to move on is so to beat West Ham and Palace. Beto and Barry have been disappointing, one of them needs to grab hold of that strikers shirt and make start making some impact.

Alcaraz is a decent player, one of the few in our team who looks like he wants to score a goal.

His off the ball work needs improving. I can see Moyes not using him now that he bought kdh. There is room for both in the team.

Last night Tim was awful from start to finish. It looked like Garner was a one man midfield.

Just so disappointed with the performance and lack of tactical nous.