Yeh right? Walter Smith took over A **** **** **** **** SQUAD and with no money and loads of abuse turned it around so we at least could be called 'under achievers'. He brought in loads of international players, was forced to bring in free transfers like Ginola, Gazza, fantastic signings like Weir for £250k. Walter Smith (and BK knows it) is the man who started to run things around, not Moyes. Moyes had Rooney and still ****ed it up and finished 17th.
Moyes is a P.E. teacher and that's all he is. If you think Beattie was worth replacing Rooney because of 'stats' then I can't help you. Sorry. But I can't. A manager with any creativity or ambiution would have gone for an Aguero for £14m at the time, or something along those lines.
This is the man who started Beattie ahead of Bent against the crucial home leg against Villareal. Moyes is nothing. I don't rate him. I never will. And he will never win a trophy in his career (unless he jammmies it with Everton) which he won't.
He's average and I am entitled to my opinion. He is a stats man and I believe a lot of his signings have been down to Everton's superb scouting network which have hurried, forced or pushed him into signings. I don't rate Moyes and I shouldn't be abused for not rating him. Everton are a scrappy, uninspiring team and I believe Jelavic's goals will dry up fast in this boring formation and predictable set-up inspired by Moyes.
Keep the abuse coming, it's not like I'm the only one who doesn't rate Moyes as a manager. A lot of things people are saying now about Moyes I was saying in 2003/4/5 so all this abuse is like water off a duck's back take it easy