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As I said, Tom Fellows is nailed on… almost!

This for me 100%

So you’ll have seen us qualify for Europe consistently finishing 5th-8th without the budget of those around us. You’ll have seen what a stable ship was handed over to Martinez when Moyes took arguably the biggest job in world football at the time - I’m not judging him on his time there as that was more than just him and irrelevant to his time at Everton. I will focus on the sound squad/state of the club which Martinez inherited and, in the short-term, took to another level - ultimately, Martinez couldn’t build on it over a long period but this is what we need now; Moyes to get us back on track and our long term manager, whoever it may be, to apply a proper long-term strategy but on solid foundations - which they certainly aren’t currently!

Look at Brighton’s transfer activity and managerial changes over the past few years. Very good model, in my opinion. Prior to that, he managed their loans.

Add to that, he’s probably in the discussion for West Ham’s greatest manager of all-time.

Yep - Dyche is great at setting up a team not to concede and nicks wins usually with a set-piece goal. Moyes is a big upgrade on this tactically.

This thread is about to get very busy… personally, I’m fine with Moyes returning. I, like probably every other Evertonian want fresh ideas and a new direction but actually, this ship needs steadying first. The budget will still be tight next season - it’ll be 18 months at least before we reap the rewards of Bramley Moore so a bit more patience needed. In Moyes, we’ve got a pretty safe pair of hands - not the most exciting but a big upgrade on Dyche in my opinion.

Explains a lot!

Yep, looks a quality player but he just can’t catch a break. Obviously, wish him well but we may have to be ruthless and cancel the loan if the injury is as bad as it looked and use that domestic loan spot elsewhere.

In a summer window maybe but no chance whatsoever now.

I may be adding 2+2=5 but I see WBA have bid for Jones from Boro - possibly a Fellows replacement, who I think is our main right wing target.

Take note Sean…

To be fair to Fat Sam, and I despised him as much as anyone, we were always a threat. Under Dyche, we just defend with no threat - last season, we at least had the set-pieces but even that seems to have disappeared now!

Many will moan about this but… Only 25 and had a decent season last season - however poor he’s been this year, he’s still someone we could sell and, dare I say it, still a useful squad player. He has zero competition currently - we all know we need a new left back but with all the change upcoming, it’d be handy to keep hold of one or two players.