David Moyes

[The Doc]

I know we didn't win, but it was a real feel-good last gasp equaliser against those tits, and we played really well especially in the second half.

And it just adds to the momentum we've been building. The cup was shite, but the three wins and last night have put a real buzz around the club.

Some players coming back from injury in a few weeks, almost safe, a proper farewell to Goodison can happen now, with a new stadium coming up, new owners and eased financial burdens.

It's starting to feel good being blue again.

[Paddockoldie]

Moyes has come back and given me my hope back. What a night, what a place and how fucking great are our fans eh? Born not bred... always blue, never red

[74Blue]

Moyes has come back and given me my hope back. What a night, what a place and how fucking great are our fans eh? Born not INbred... always blue, never red

Fixed it for you

[Deano Blue Boy]

Is anyone going to thank Charlie Adam for the brilliant set piece goal?

[Audrey Horne]

Is anyone going to thank Charlie Adam for the brilliant set piece goal?

I thanked him in the match thread

[superpull]

Big fan of being the recipient of a new manager bounce for a change

[Sirblue57]

MR MOYES, THANK YOU.
For giving me.my passion for football back.
For giving me pride in my team again.
For giving me a smile when I think of Everton
For shutting those soulless heathens up for a while
THANK YOU

[Cozzie]

Genuinely looking forward to seeing what he can do over the next 2 seaaons, 4 windows, with actual proper financial backing this time.

[MayorFarnham]

I think Everton and ourselves have given Moyes a new lease of life. I'm sure he was dedicated and working hard at West Ham but he was missing that edge in his demeanor that seemed to drive him.
Good fit all round.

[superpull]

I don't really believe in the "Great Man of History" theory.

Doubly so for football managers. Clough at a different team. Or at the same team at a different time doesn't do what he does.

Moyes came in instead of Smith and he gets bounced out.

I think the "truly great" managers are at the right club at the right time. It's a coming together of lots of things. A footballing equivalent of a zeitgeist almost. (I'll listen to an argument that the money in the modern game has altered that concept somewhat).

For a while there I genuinely thought Martinez "letting the shackles off" and keeping the defensive discipline of his predecessor was a convergence that boded well.

James and a pattern of play that had DCL on fire similarly had me thinking Ancelotti may also be about to create a wave.

The Bournemouth cup game has made me check that early with Moyes - there's still a sense that in cup games or when it really, really matters for points/qualification to something that he will bottle it with his "just don't lose" mentality. But there's no doubt in my mind we will be in an astronomically better place after he leaves us than we were when he came in

[Goaljira]

I don't really believe in the "Great Man of History" theory.

Doubly so for football managers. Clough at a different team. Or at the same team at a different time doesn't do what he does.

Moyes came in instead of Smith and he gets bounced out.

I think the "truly great" managers are at the right club at the right time. It's a coming together of lots of things. A footballing equivalent of a zeitgeist almost. (I'll listen to an argument that the money in the modern game has altered that concept somewhat).

For a while there I genuinely thought Martinez "letting the shackles off" and keeping the defensive discipline of his predecessor was a convergence that boded well.

James and a pattern of play that had DCL on fire similarly had me thinking Ancelotti may also be about to create a wave.

The Bournemouth cup game has made me check that early with Moyes - there's still a sense that in cup games or when it really, really matters for points/qualification to something that he will bottle it with his "just don't lose" mentality. But there's no doubt in my mind we will be in an astronomically better place after he leaves us than we were when he came in

Imagine how good that first season of Martinez II will be.

[superpull]

Imagine how good that first season of Martinez II will be.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at that

[Robioto]

It must be nice to manage in home stadium where the crowd are not sat in the neighbouring district.

[MayorFarnham]

I don't really believe in the "Great Man of History" theory.

Doubly so for football managers. Clough at a different team. Or at the same team at a different time doesn't do what he does.

Moyes came in instead of Smith and he gets bounced out.

I think the "truly great" managers are at the right club at the right time. It's a coming together of lots of things. A footballing equivalent of a zeitgeist almost. (I'll listen to an argument that the money in the modern game has altered that concept somewhat).

For a while there I genuinely thought Martinez "letting the shackles off" and keeping the defensive discipline of his predecessor was a convergence that boded well.

James and a pattern of play that had DCL on fire similarly had me thinking Ancelotti may also be about to create a wave.

The Bournemouth cup game has made me check that early with Moyes - there's still a sense that in cup games or when it really, really matters for points/qualification to something that he will bottle it with his "just don't lose" mentality. But there's no doubt in my mind we will be in an astronomically better place after he leaves us than we were when he came in

I don't think we could ever claim the tag of big game specialists in the fifty odd years I've been watching us. We bottled pretty much everything before he turned up as well as in the ten years between him leaving and coming back.
You could even make a case the Kendall MK1 lost his share of pivotal games.

[superpull]

I don't think we could ever claim the tag of big game specialists in the fifty odd years I've been watching us. We bottled pretty much everything before he turned up as well as in the ten years between him leaving and coming back.
You could even make a case the Kendall MK1 lost his share of pivotal games.

Up until recently, the stat that nobody had been in more semi finals than Everton, combined with the fact we hadn't won the most cups painted a perfect picture of who we were as a club.

Nearly-men who, from time to time, got over the line. But less often than we failed at the last hurdle