David Moyes

[Gash]

Doesn't rate Patterson and doesn't trust Coleman to play more than 10 minutes without needing subbed off but I really don't see with everyone fit why he persists with JOB at RB. It's just history repeating itself, he has these blind spots and never does anything to change them, even this year when he's had to he still reverted back to his old, preferred line up once everyone was available again.

[blueforyou]

Where we are, suits him

Next level, does not

[TheRam]

Thought he managed that game terribly.

Should have brought obrien off, he was having a nightmare all game.

Should have pulled back the subs when they equalised. Put Armstrong in the middle and get Dibling on out wide if you want to change it. We had absolutely nothing out wide, or nothing running in behind and we haven’t all season at home.

Then, not to bring on Tim, Rohl, Dibling, or Patterson was really poor.

They fully sat off when they got the second. We needed runners in behind and energy and moyes just left it as it was and the only change he made was to put Keane upfront.

Fucking embarrassing. We’ve been terrible at home and he needs to sort it. It’s been miserable in there this season.

[sam of the south]

Doesn't rate Patterson and doesn't trust Coleman to play more than 10 minutes without needing subbed off but I really don't see with everyone fit why he persists with JOB at RB. It's just history repeating itself, he has these blind spots and never does anything to change them, even this year when he's had to he still reverted back to his old, preferred line up once everyone was available again.

I wonder what the Friedkin’s are thinking?

They have a modern transfer committee in place getting highly rated young players in, and yet with a fully fit squad barring the guy who was his get out of jail free card, he’s playing a good young cb at rb (and he’s rubbish there) he’s persisting with a really knackered and ageing Gana (I still think he’s class and hope that this rest does him good) even though Röhl, Iroegbunam, and Armstrong all did well whilst he was away at afcon, Aznou, who is one of the most highly rated lb’s in the world can’t even make the bench, and Dibling, their biggest summer signing, is being given tough love in the press rather than being nurtured and persisted with (yeah he’s had some stinkers, and he looks languid and unconfident, but with JOB at rb not doing any overlapping it’s a pretty thankless task, and when he had Patterson behind him at Forest he created quite a few chances)

[Kerryblueboy]

If ireloa had dibling he would make a player out of him same with Armstrong moyes and this doesn’t trust nonsense is so annoying Patterson played 3 games wins at forest and villa and the cup draw with Sunderland he will have to put him in now or move garner

[Jamokachi]

Just put Garner at RB when we're at home, if there's no trust in Patterson. We've got plenty of options to play alongside Gana. At least he has to try something different in the next three games.

Come the summer, RB has to be addressed, and LB soon after.

[sam of the south]

Just put Garner at RB when we're at home, if there's no trust in Patterson. We've got plenty of options to play alongside Gana. At least he has to try something different in the next three games.

Come the summer, RB has to be addressed, and LB soon after.

He thinks Garner is the best cm in the league I reckon, so he won’t ever want to move him now.

[Stumpy]

Doesn't rate Patterson and doesn't trust Coleman to play more than 10 minutes without needing subbed off but I really don't see with everyone fit why he persists with JOB at RB. It's just history repeating itself, he has these blind spots and never does anything to change them, even this year when he's had to he still reverted back to his old, preferred line up once everyone was available again.

This is where he frustrates the fuck out of me with these blind spots.
I honestly would be delighted to never see O'Brien at right back again, nothing against him, he's a decent centre back right back he aint
As you say, he doesn't trust Coleman or Patterson so the the only other option apart from O'Brien is garner.
We havn't won at home since the forest game over 2 months ago and frankly it's been mostly painful to watch.
Just shake it up give garner a go at right back and bring Rohl in, it's not as if we're losing Roy Kean in the middle of the park by moving him there.
Do something different because what he's doing now isn't working at home

[Gash]

I wonder what the Friedkin’s are thinking?

They have a modern transfer committee in place getting highly rated young players in, and yet with a fully fit squad barring the guy who was his get out of jail free card, he’s playing a good young cb at rb (and he’s rubbish there) he’s persisting with a really knackered and ageing Gana (I still think he’s class and hope that this rest does him good) even though Röhl, Iroegbunam, and Armstrong all did well whilst he was away at afcon, Aznou, who is one of the most highly rated lb’s in the world can’t even make the bench, and Dibling, their biggest summer signing, is being given tough love in the press rather than being nurtured and persisted with (yeah he’s had some stinkers, and he looks languid and unconfident, but with JOB at rb not doing any overlapping it’s a pretty thankless task, and when he had Patterson behind him at Forest he created quite a few chances)

I think they'll be fairly happy overall. We can't forget we would have been fifth tonight if we'd won but people still have a bit of a mentality that we're in a relegation battle and every poor result gets treated as such.

He has his faults though and isn't willing to try anything different but we knew that anyway. I do agree with him on Dibling but maybe needs to give him a run of games to try and play into some form and confidence, same with Patterson, Rohl, Alcaraz and Iroegbunam but his subs are all too precitable and as about as rigid as his starting 11 so they're not even get on much and I think he's running the risk of having a few disgruntled players. Armstrong for me should be back at Preston if he's not starting rather than getting 20-30 minutes off the bench and out of position, not sure about Aznou being the most highly rated young LB in world, I think his cup game against Sunderland has maybe clouded a few opinions but like Armstrong he probably should have gone on loan if Moyes isn't going to play him.

[sam of the south]

I think they'll be fairly happy overall. We can't forget we would have been fifth tonight if we'd won but people still have a bit of a mentality that we're in a relegation battle and every poor result gets treated as such.

He has his faults though and isn't willing to try anything different but we knew that anyway. I do agree with him on Dibling but maybe needs to give him a run of games to try and play into some form and confidence, same with Patterson, Rohl, Alcaraz and Iroegbunam but his subs are all too precitable and as about as rigid as his starting 11 so they're not even get on much and I think he's running the risk of having a few disgruntled players. Armstrong for me should be back at Preston if he's not starting rather than getting 20-30 minutes off the bench and out of position, not sure about Aznou being the most highly rated young LB in world, I think his cup game against Sunderland has maybe clouded a few opinions but like Armstrong he probably should have gone on loan if Moyes isn't going to play him.

Yeah mainly agree, but 5th would’ve been masking how generally poor our performances have been lately, particularly at home.

I didn’t say Aznou was the most highly rated young lb in the world, but he was on that graphic the other day of under 23 fb’s, and he was really high up there for both successful take-ons and defensive duels won (but yeah, I feel he might not be suited to this league as a defender, so I maybe should’ve left him out of my post)

[Gash]

Yeah mainly agree, but 5th would’ve been masking how generally poor our performances have been lately, particularly at home.

I didn’t say Aznou was the most highly rated young lb in the world, but he was on that graphic the other day of under 23 fb’s, and he was really high up there for both successful take-ons and defensive duels won (but yeah, I feel he might not be suited to this league as a defender, so I maybe should’ve left him out of my post)

Yeah, 5th would mask a lot and perhaps even our current position does but overall we're still in a decent position and even if we don't finish top 10 it can be seen as a decent season given where we've been the last few years. Think I said it the other day though, for all Moyes deserves credit for our away form, he can be criticised for out home form, it's something he was known for during Moyes MK1 but it's pretty poor at the moment and it needs sorted.

[Audrey Horne]

Yous know I don't think he is the man.

Tonight was awful from him. Pathetic starting 11 but the subs my god.

The tactics shocking too.

It's absolutely fucking obvious how to set this team up. But he wants O'Brien in a position he can't play. He wants fucking James garner centre mid. He won't take Gana off. He adores his little Barry off Beto on sub.

Why on earth does he think Armstrong can play on the wing? Especially when you have Mykolenko behind him who won a competition to play for Everton FC.

It's absolutely madness.

They were there for the taking but once again we play like were 4 nill up. Garner slows the fuck out of everything but runs a lot so the crowd chant one Jimmy garner...... Absolutely crazy.

[toffee_scot]

He's stubborn and loyal to certain players isn't he?

Still I have look at where we are currently, 8th in the table with 37pts. If you told me back in the summer that we would be in this position by early February, I'd have been over the moon after the last few years of relegation battles.

We could say that our position masks how poor performances have been, but then there are a lot of clubs underneath us like Bournemouth, Brighton, Newcastle and Spurs wondering why they are not doing well enough to be sitting above us. While against other decent clubs we've managed to get some good away wins so they must wonder also why their home form at times hasn't been good enough.

I do think we overall we deserve to be where we are by merit, there will always be an element of luck and misfortune.

[TheRam]

He has a fetish for centre mids out wide.

He had Carsley playing there when he first came in.

Osman, Arteta, Rodwell played there for a bit as well and I’m sure there’s more. Feel like graveson played there, he probably put li tie out wide for a bit as well.

Since he’s came here we’ve had garner, Alcaraz, KDH and Armstrong out wide.

Oh fucking Rohl as well.

And the centre halves at full at full back. The lack of pace and width is such an issue.

Armstrong actually did well when he came on which makes you wonder how good he could have looked in his actual position with an actual winger to play off.

[Gash]

Lescott at LB rather than Baines............