It’s not Moyes we want to get rid of
March 22, 2011 
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Comments on Match of the Day seem to suggest that Evertonians want David Moyes to step down as manager of Everton Football Club, when in fact, the majority of fans voicing concerns about the way the club is going want him to stay.
Alan Hansen commented that Everton fans should be careful what we wish for, but here at NSNO we would suggest that first of all he gets his facts straight on what it is we want.
The majority of fans disillusioned with the club want Moyes to stay. It’s his bosses we want out.
When David Moyes took over in 2002, Everton were languishing behind their rivals and heading for a continued downward spiral, under the ownership of Bill Kenwright.
Kenwright took over at Everton in 1999, and made very little difference to the way things were going on the pitch. He stuck with manager Walter Smith, before embarking on a series of disastrous off-the-pitch initiatives. He failed to complete the paperwork – which was sitting in his “in” tray for several days – for a lucrative NTL deal before the TV company went bust, he failed to deliver the King’s Dock Stadium due to a lack of faith in a deal Paul Gregg was offering – a deal similar to that he touted for the also-failed Kirkby stadium move. He sold potential stars Francis Jeffers and Michael Ball, and he mortgaged Everton’s future season ticket sales in order to give Smith £20m to spend just months before sacking him.
Then David Moyes arrived. On the recommendation of Smith, and after Kenwright had consulted fans over whether or not he should employ then young Scottish manager.
Despite being consistently hamstrung by his chairman’s shallow pockets, Moyes has turned Everton from near-relegation candidates to often European contenders. Like his midfield Evertonian Leon Osman, Moyes has played through the financial pain barrier and proved Everton can once again beat the “top four” sides on our day. Gone are the days of Walter Smith playing Steve Watson up front and signing mentally fragile former England stars.
In the last two years, however, it has seemed that working these miracles is even beyond Moyes, and Everton’s form has dipped, some might say to the pre-Moyes lows. Is that his doing? Or is that there is simply a limit to what a manager can do without money in modern football? Most Evertonians realise that is the case, that his chairman’s continued lack of ability to invest in his club has taken it’s toll on what Moyes can put on the pitch.
Moyes has seen one of his most creative outlets leave for pennies this year, while he admits that he will have to sell to buy in the summer. That isn’t his doing, it’s his chairman’s. Evertonians know this, even those firmly stuck between Mr Kenwright’s arse-cheeks.
So, BBC, be careful what wishes you thrust upon us. Evertonians are among the most knowledgeable in the game, and we know our club better than most other fans know theirs. We know what our wish is, it’s about time you caught up.
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I hope you sent this to the lovely people at MOTD and the BBC
As someone whose owner was a crook who used my club as a cash cow, I’d say be careful what you wish for as well. There are very, very few people out there willing to put money into a football club, but an army of villains wanting to take money out. Fans are dreamers, thinking it can only get better when the opposite is the case. Lets see what happens at LFC…
quite right Katie
let’s sit on our hands hoping there are more bad new owners than good ones out there, so that we don’t fall down the pecking order as aim for stagnation
some new owners are bad, some are very, very good
City’s has helped them leapfrog us while Villa’s has seen them settle to our level again
so at least that’s only one club that’s jumped over us since being taken over, could be worse eh?
if you aim to stand still, you drift backwards
I think Moyes and Kenwright are an item now. When we got 4th place, he should have threatened to resign if there wasnt sufficient investment, he would have had every fan behind him and it would have been BK or DM. Now he thinks Hibbert and Osman are crucial to the club’s future but couldnt be bothered to tie Gosling, McFadden and Pienaar up to similar long term deals. He is a defender by trade and sets his teams up accordingly. His inexperienced coach (Stubbs) is a defender and now he wants David Weir on the coaching staff. . yet another centre half. yawwwnnn
Hansen’s comment was that some Evertonians want to get rid of Moyes, not the majority of them, which is true.
But why let the facts get in the way of a bit of board bashing eh?
Cheers Doc
If you could point me in the direction of where I said Hansen said “the majority of Everton fans” in that article, then that would be great
What the article actually says is “the majority of Everton fans who are concerned about the direction of the club” – which is different to “the majority of Everton fans”
But why let the facts get in the way when you want to blurt bile at another Everton fan?
“It’s not Moyes ….2
It is for me. His negative mindset has affected everybody at the club. His tactics (hahaha) are all wrong. He’s crap and always has been. He should go because of this – he should have been sacked at least 3 times this season – others have beeen sacked for less – get rid of him he’s overrated crap