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Thing is though, if you don't tinker, your team will be found out pretty quickly. Every single move of every single player is analysed to the death by all the other teams, so as a manager you've got no option than to keep tweaking your team all the time.
Fantastic postAllyBlue14 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:03 pm I just want him to stay forever. Obviously not if we start plummeting but, for me, he embodies 'Everton manager'.
Moyesy being in charge takes me back to his first stint when I was still at school/uni. Dad and I would watch the games at Goodison, listen on the radio or even check Ceefax back in the day. We'd celebrate together and he'd talk me down when we lost. Everton weren't perfect at the time, we had our shortcomings and glass ceilings but we were perennial European candidates and knocking on the door.
Well, my Dad's not here any more, we've left Goodison and the players don't have that same aura. Despite this, I feel more engaged than I have for a long while - and it's largely down to David Moyes being our manager again. He's redoubled my emotional connection with Everton, at a time when supporting them hasn't been easy - and when a lot of what made my Everton experience special is no longer here.
Oh yeah, it's undoubtedly sentimental. But I do believe he's the best fit for us. We're frustrating almost every week, but it does feel like we're on the verge of something great. He'll get it wrong sometimes but he genuinely cares about the club and wants to get it right.
I feel safe with him. I trust him to build us up. I trust him to have us back as a regular top-half/European team again. I trust him to navigate stormy waters and turn things round, as he did last year. We're 9th in the league - that would've been absolutely unimaginable at any point in the last however many seasons. He's given us resolve and identity. 10 away wins in a year - have we even had 10 wins in the last 10 years?!
Sorry for the ramble, gone down a bit of a rabbit hole there! It's just nice to have a bit of stability for the first time in years and I, for one, wouldn't be in a hurry to jack it all in.
