Louis Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 http://www.mirrorfoo...icle710577.html As the final whistle confirmed Reading's FA Cup victory at Goodison the Evertonians around me gave off resigned sighs. By the next morning it turned to anger. Towards gutless players, a skint and directionless board, and a manager who, to an increasing minority of fans, has lost it. A well-known supporter (even your mum has heard of him) rang me to ask when I was going to call for David Moyes's head. He's had his time, he's had the money, but he's taking us nowhere, was the gist of his complaint. That's not how I see it. Critics can question some of Moyes' tactics (starting with the Reading disgrace) and buys (starting with Bilyaletdinov) but they have to compare the dire state of the football played before he arrived to what they've witnessed since, and admit there's been a quantum leap in quality. They cannot overlook how he's been forced to work under unacceptable financial constraints for a club of Everton's size, and need to ask who would replace him? And before anyone answers Owen Coyle, ask why you think he'd jump on to the Good Ship Kenwright. That said, after nine trophy-less years, fans of the country's fourth most successful club have every the right to call for Moyes's head, and risk charges of treason. Because those who define such calls as treachery merely confirm Everton's status as the most patronised team in the land. Evertonians are constantly told they've got a proper old-school manager in Moyes and a proper old-school chairman in Bill Kenwright, and should be grateful for both. So shut it. And it's that total, unquestioning support for the Kenwright/Moyes axis outside of Goodison which has Evertonians butting the walls in frustration. Because they know their debt-ridden club is heading in the wrong direction and they know it deserves more than the perpetuation of the myth that Bill and Dave are the best a man can get. Kenwright says if the right buyers were out there he'd sell tomorrow. Opponents question if he's asking the right price and how hard he's looking for it, and demand a serious, independent head-hunter be put in charge of the sale. They also demand answers from a reclusive board which refuses to tell them why they are in so much debt they have to loan players to Championship sides, and what plan they have, if any, for the future. As the sharks circle around Jack Rodwell the silence may about to be punctured. If their latest home-grown, future England star is shipped out to Old Trafford on the cheap (how far off Andy Carroll's £35 million price tag will he be allowed to leave for?) and Moyes is told part of the fee has to follow Steven Pienaar's to the banks, breaking-point may have been reached. It won't just be season-ticket holders voting with their feet it could well be Moyes. Then the Goodison roof, which Kenwright has long declared unfit for purpose, may prove him correct. By falling in. And the men purporting to run this club to the best of their abilities will have no-one to blame but themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Brilliant article that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Way hey!!! Is this the trinity groups reaction to the clubs stance against the Liverpool echo that I predicted weeks ago??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Interesting theory Hafnia, I don't think it's true though. Having said that, in the space of two days we've had Moyes called "disillusioned" over lack of transfer budget, Rodwell linked with other clubs so we can sign a forward and Brian Reade shining a light on the inadequacy of Kenwright (although he's done it before). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Being a red journo, he possibly thought he would be rubbing our noses in it, when in fact what we need is this publicity. Forums and half arsed protests is one thing, article space usually reserved by manc loving Oliver holt is another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead1 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Being a red journo, he possibly thought he would be rubbing our noses in it, when in fact what we need is this publicity. Forums and half arsed protests is one thing, article space usually reserved by manc loving Oliver holt is another. Lets hope it works then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Is the echo ban still ongoing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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