The Everton Forum • Re: David Moyes

I think ill never understand why we as fans, can see things happening, not working etc (like the corner madness) yet a professional management team cant - or more likely, wont change it. ?

same as positions, tactics etc

Like what is going on? What did he say after the game?

I’ve tried to sometimes see it from the perspective of - “if I was the manager, why would I make these decisions” and quite often I don’t know and I could try and hazard some guesses.

Factors could include:

Man management:

- Starting certain players regardless of form, because they are more experienced and better equipped to get through poor spells better than younger pros who are still developing particularly on the psychological side of their game.

- Risk upsetting some of the more influential players if you don’t play them or sub them off and make for a bad atmosphere at Finch Farm for the whole of the next week.

Tactics not working:

- Could be stubbornness and the hope that after more practice in the training ground on some routines then it will pay off, even if it takes half a season to click.

- Moyes will feel he needs to stick to a long term system he thinks will work now that he’s been here over a year and he slowly gets the players he needs and push higher up the table. When he first came in it was all about trying to get the best out of the players he had to win games.


I don’t know what goes on in a manager’s mind especially Moyes, but maybe some of the above is true.

Statistics: Posted by toffee_scot — Wed Feb 25, 2026 1:08 pm

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