He came closer than anyone else has in recent times.....i mean you cant look at Moyes days and think its been better? Maybe the first few months with Martinez when he 'unshackled' the players which was quite nice for a while and then we started getting massively found out each week!!What, ginger and defensive? Without even Moyes' track-record of finding and developing some decent players.
Also, Moyes was still a failure. 11 years at a club the size of Everton, being allowed to run everything the way you want should result in a trophy or two. Even in this era. Look at some of the teams that won some during the last 20 years.
Low standards FC.