“We messed up big time today”: Moyes rues Everton slump in damaging defeat to Sunderland

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
18:41:19

“we messed up big time today ” – been going on for quite some time David and YOU are responsible for a lot !

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
18:52:00

Tosser and that’s being polite. Bye

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
18:54:54

All down to you and your stubbornness, Mr Moyes.

We leak goals for fun yet will you fuck change the back 4. Your arrogance is astonishing.

Ndiaye should have been hooked after 30 minutes yet you keep him on all game. The tedious sub of Barry for Beto is insulting, yet you continue to do it.

Your treatment of Rohl, Alcaraz and Armstrong to name just 3 is shocking. We can all see what’s in front of us, so why can’t someone as experienced as you see that???

You’ve blown a great chance of us competing in Europe next season. I’ve defended you big time, but no more… I want you gone. There’s 2 very good managers up for grabs but there’s not a prayer our board will act because they absolutely love mediocrity.

Just as well Spurs are looking like they won’t need a positive result next week because they’d walk all over that defence.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
18:59:13

“Everton have not had the opportunity to get in the top end of the league table for a while. I’m more disappointed that they have missed that opportunity to keep pushing on. Today showed that we are probably not quite ready.”

Three weeks ago it was “Everton haven’t had the opportunity to get into Europe for a long time”
Then last week it was “Everton haven’t been in the top half of the table at this stage of the season for quite a while now”

Today?
Another lowering of our target for the season.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
19:01:40

He gets on my nerves, one depressing man

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
19:22:38

We can laugh at the r.s all we want…but their owners will sack Slott and hire the right Gaffer next time…as there fucking ruthless and demanding of success from top to bottom!

Whereas our owners will keep Moyes & be more than happy to finish mid table next season too,as they count their money from the new stadium whilst looking after their number one footballing project…ROMA.

Have a fucking wild guess which of the above clubs will be the first to win Silverware in our fair City?

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
19:34:12

What’s this ‘we’re not ready’, you pick the same team, same formation, and we haven’t won in the last 5 games? You make substitutions in the last 15mins, clueless.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
19:55:16

Not ready for the Premier League either!!!!

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
19:57:48

I think it is time to say thanks and goodbye. We need a dynamic manager who plays on the front foot and wants pace throughout the team. Moyes is a no risk little reward mid table manager and we’ll never move forwards with him at the helm.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
20:17:25

You beat me to that comment Gerry.

If we play like this next season we will be in the relegation zone.

The players in this squad do not have the mentality to be winners and sad to say neither does the manager.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
20:17:56

At the end of the day we have all been that busy waffling on about a potential European place but it’s slipper many folk attention that we have won just 5 games since December 29 when we won 2-0 at Nottingham Forest and the prospects for 2026 looked bright.

Since then it all went downhill starting with a home shelling by Brentford where we totally collapsed, a depressing draw at home to Wolves followed by the dismal FA Cup exit to Sunderland wearing that daft black kit.

A predictable home derby loss to the out of form RS and losses at home to Bournemouth were costly at the time, silly draws and poor home performances against the likes of Leeds who were struggling at that time.

We picked up a few decent away wins here and there like Villa, Newcastle, Fulham but in the main 2026 has been shockingly poor.

I still think the loss of Grealish hit more than many thought it would, his ability to take the pressure off and be intelligent on the ball has been sorely missed.

But that’s not the reason for performances like today, we have to put this on Moyes I’m sorry, he picked another starting eleven today that screamed negativity and caution.

I’ll say it again, I can’t get my head around this central defender at right back, I can’t get my head around why he won’t even consider Aznou ahead of that one paced shovel foot Mykolenko.

I can’t get my head around a 40 million pound prospect in Dibling getting snubbed in place of a fella that Moyes was selling in January, McNeil, another tried and tested failure with zero pace.

What was the point in bring George in on loan, he hardly gets game time, waste of a loan slot.

Fucking typical Everton season, promised much but delivered nowt, much like every season.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
20:40:30

Esteve – Burnley.
Mane – Wolves.
Harwood Bellis – Southampton.
Delap – Chelsea.

Plus two right-backs and two midfielders to replace Gana and McNeil.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
20:46:46

Moyes deserves another year yes but seeing as there’s a few managers this year available we have to bring forward his departure date nxt year will be too late ?
We have Ireola becoming available also Glasner then there’s Maresca, Frank and maybe one or two more who knows but without doubt now is the time before he gets his feet truly under the table as before !

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
20:53:14

Terry.
I’d give him 5 years.
In solitary

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
20:56:39

Trouble is, if they give Moyes money this summer it’s not worth giving him players he won’t choose himself, that’s the gripe I have here if he does get kept on.

I mean it’s obvious Dibling and Aznou were not David Moyes signings, I very much doubt Dibling will be here next season if Moyes is manager and I know for certain Aznou won’t be.

We will start the season with some big lurch at right back again, probably even O’Brien it wouldn’t surprise me, Mykolenko will sit comfortable again at left back, the slowest left back in the league and likely one of the worst going forward, knowing full well that nobody will challenge his place.

You’ll still be starting with a knackered Tarkowski or Keane, or both if Branthwaite’s fitness fails him again.

If you keep Moyes for another season, he’ll sign you a Soucek, maybe one or two others that may well get you 11th but there is no building blocks in place really to move the club forward with any real trajectory.

I don’t really have much faith in TFG however to make the right move here.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:01:33

If this spanner is still manager come August- I’m out. Expect Soucek and some other old twats in before August- Stones? You could give this bloke Man Citys squad- and he’d bugger it up. Yes, he’s that ordinary. Just go please and stop blaming players because you are shit yourself. Wouldn’t want you next to me in the trenches pal.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:05:31

It’s not the managers fault that the squad is wafer thin and once you get past the players he his prepared to use, then the rest of them are fucking shite.

We dared to dream, we had a real chance of qualifying for European football, up until the second half today, which makes a change from fighting against relegation, which has been the norm for the last few years until David, came in and steadied the ship.

Talking of ships…. Dip, dip, dip, my blue ship, settling for stability, has got nothing to do with ability, it just shows a complete lack of ambition.

I’m gonna buy a couple of season tickets this week but, if things don’t change, I don’t think the people on the waiting list are going to have to wait as long as they have previously thought, because it’s clear that the natives are getting very restless.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:13:06

You shouldn’t have been able to give a press conference Davey, because you should have been hoarse from screaming at those one paced, lacklustre, pedestrian clowns that you sent out for the most important game of the season.

We were actually lucky to go in at half time with a lead, courtesy of the only player worthy of an appearance bonus today. That should of been a wake up call, but no.

I understand having a good rapport with your players but you need to stop blowing smoke up some of their arses and start reading the riot act a bit more.

Start with this: “Ndiaye, that was one of the worst performances by any Everton player at home this season! On a par with ‘pre-January transfer window’ McNeil efforts, and he at least has the excuse of not having a fraction of your ability. You are dropped for the Spurs match!”.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:19:55

Everyone is at fault but him! He is not fit for the job. No wonder Freaking West Ham fired him, twice!!!

If this club had an ounce of ambition, they would sack him after the game.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:30:25

Do not use the royal “We” you mediocre chancer.
Use “I” as in my fault and hold your hands up for once in your average managerial career.

Your piss poor game management and tactics have seen you sacked by every other team you’ve managed barr us, we deserve better than the shit “you” serve up.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:32:26

Can we have a Moyes IN or Moyes OUT post and reasons why people think he shouod stay or go and then I can try and fathom what some people see in this failed manager because I just do not get it. People talk about stability. Yes he has kept us where Dyche kept us. What is good about that. Yes he knocked us out the cups early and that always happens, Yes, that’s stable but I don’t want that sort of stability

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:38:28

I’ve got a sneaky feeling The Friedkin Group might just be ruthless enough to replace him. None of us know how they think, but successful Americans rarely accept the kind of defeatist talk he comes out with on a regular basis.

Of course we’re ready for Europe, and if not, that’s your fault Moyes. The team selections and substitutions (or lack thereof) have been a hindrance all season. He clearly does a lot of good things day-to-day, behind the scenes and in training, but he’s got assembled ‘yes-men’ on his coaching staff rather than anyone willing to challenge him, so ends up picking the same players (often out of position) over and over again.

Have we won a game where Tarkowski and Keane have played together? We look so much better with O’Brien and/or Branthwaite at CB. Patterson didn’t lose a game he started all season and the team looked properly balanced with him in. Aznou, Dibling, Alcaraz, and Röhl have barely played, while N’Diaye looks shattered and has needed resting and rotating.

Moyes is a manager with a 90s mindset who only seems to trust about 12/13 players. Perhaps it’s him who’s not ready for Europe, the rest of the club absolutely is.

A core of Pickford, Branthwaite and O’Brien at the back, with a midfield three of Garner and Dewsbury-Hall behind N’Diaye as a ‘10’ would be an outstanding foundation. We all know that Moyes will never do this. Perhaps we need to get in a coach who will, or who will at least try it.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:38:29

Good old Jaded Moyes – spreads the blame to all comers as fairly as possible.

Can’t ask for much more than 1 point better than last season. Progress & stability.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:56:46

You lot actually realise that Moyes won’t be reading this right? Can you afford your emotions a little reality guys FFS.
We have an average squad with a few players with above average talent that have got us mid table. If I was Moyes I’d probably walk anyway.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
21:58:18

Well, first it was as bad a performance by Moyes as it was by the team. He should be sacked for putting Coleman on. We are not a charity, we are Everton.

At 2-1 down, we still could’ve maybe got a draw and this player at 38 comes on like we had given up on the game.

Remember, we scored 2 goals in 5 minutes against Man City, so why does he bring him on anyway? We won’t ever see him again… and hopefully Moyes will be gone. No Everton fan wants him now.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
22:12:29

I’ve read Dyche described on these pages as thecworse manager in our recent history.
He achieved one point less than Moyes has this season.
With a lot less money than Moyes has spent.
Baffling how people can’t see this.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
22:19:08

It may be that David Moyes is the second worst manager we have had but Dyche is defo top of that particular pile.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
22:36:15

Mick @ 24 can you give him a call please

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
23:04:01

What Moyes did not say is that one of the major reasons “we are probably not quite ready” for European football is because we are managed by a guy who, like a lot of the players, would also be totally out of his depth. The mans’ ego knows no limits. Sick to death of listening to his drivel.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
23:25:55

Break the bank for the Bournemouth manager, I can’t deal with another ten years of obscurity under this fool.

 Posted
17/05/2026 at
23:27:28

We Moyesy?
We? more like a load of piss.
Oui Moyesy – you Moyesy.

Taxi!