The Moyes legacy: reflections.

[BlueStevie35]

Imagine Moyes with half a billion.

He’d have spent it better

 

[JLW]

I dislike David Moyes always have always will. ( don’t know why I just do) Never get the arse licking for him ‘done well on a budget’ yes he did, sorry but that doesn’t excite me enough to make me worship him.

 

[malfosse]

This is a good answer mate.

Liked him here.
When he let us play we were a match for anyone.
Unfortunately too inflexible, too dour, stayed too long, in a nutshell.

 

[ToffeeScot]

He was excellent for stability and I never felt like we would be near relegation in his final years with us. We always felt dependable and you knew that we would be in and around the European spots. It would have been interesting to see what he would have done with the money when he got it. The last year or so with us we actually started playing some really nice football that helped the Martinez transition be much smoother but I never felt the same buzz or excitment with a Moyes team as I did with the Lukaku/Del/Barkley side. His signings at WH have been pretty good so far but he still has the odd dud in there.

 

[Death]

Imagine Moyes with half a billion.

He would have turned it into a couple of billion. Never mind spending it.

 

[chicoazul]

The poll suggests there are many fine Evertonians who feel resentment towards how a sizeable amount of their fellow blues treated Moyes. I hope this thread can help them heal.

 

[malfosse]

Probably in our top 5 managers.
Slightly scary.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Blue Geordies, huh? Cmon, fess up.

 

[Death]

How can anyone to this day still claim he stayed too long after what happened since.

 

[Houghty19]

He did a half decent job but imho had reached the level of his skills. He had ten years admittedly with little funds but the club and him needed to move on. Unfortunately we didn't move forward with the correct manager, quite simple really.

 

[Houghty19]

How can anyone to this day still claim he stayed too long after what happened since.

He did leave of his own free will and then tried to skin us for our two best players at the time for a pittance. I think these are the main reasons why people didn't want him back. What has happened since has no bearing on his tenure other than nobody half competent has been put in charge since (i reserve judgement on lampard until we've seen more evidence)

 

[Oddball]

Couldn't stand his negativity but hes certainly got an eye for a good player, ask yourself how many players out of this squad would moyes of signed, I would be amazed if it's one.

`cept Rooney. he hardly played him even though the kid was a monster. Rooneys first game for Man U and he goes and scores a hat-trick yet our Moe Syzlak lookalike didnt think he was ready for regular game time.

 

[brieverton]

Been done to death this Moyes debate.

 

[Neiler]

Still hope he comes back.

Said we would be relegated within a decade.....one year to go and we are teetering on the cliff edge.

 

[MACCA75]

He did leave of his own free will and then tried to skin us for our two best players at the time for a pittance. I think these are the main reasons why people didn't want him back. What has happened since has no bearing on his tenure other than nobody half competent has been put in charge since (i reserve judgement on lampard until we've seen more evidence)

I don’t hold it against him that he tried to sign Fellaini and Baines - let’s be honest, it was unlikely to be Moyes deciding on the size of the bids. Woodward made a mess of that whole summer for United.

We got Martinez who had relegated Wigan and promptly took 4 of their players. It’s a bit rich for us to complain about Moyes trying the same.