I will try to step into the same river twice.
Very soon after David Moyes left Everton, all parties realised that it was a big mistake. And it took many years to fix it. Will it work now? Very interesting.
The 61-year-old Scot signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Everton, replacing Sean Dyche at the helm of the team. At that time, the Toffees were 16th in the Premier League, one point above the relegation zone. They had just three wins in 19 games this season.
“After 11 wonderful and successful years at Everton, I had no hesitation when I was asked to return to this great club. Now we need all of us, together with our wonderful supporters, to do everything we can to move to our new stadium next season, still as a club. nuclear submarine” Moyes said.
Shocked
Moyes managed Everton from 2002 to 2013, followed by spells at Manchester United, Real Sociedad, Sunderland and twice at West Ham. He of course made his name at Goodison Park, leaving only after Alex Ferguson personally invited him to replace him.
For Everton, signing Moyes in 2002 was a huge success. He had spent four years at Preston and the Toffees were on the brink of relegation. David won his first game for Everton and went on to make over 500 appearances in charge.
Everton, under his leadership, reached the FA Cup final in 2009 and finished in the Premier League top eight nine times. There was even a fourth place in the 2004/05 season, which allowed us to qualify for the Champions League. Moyes helped Wayne Rooney make his professional debut and introduced many future stars of world football, for example Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini.
The Scotsman Ferguson, who successfully led for many years Manchester Unitedsaw Moyes as an extension of himself. However, it soon became clear that the idea was not the best. However, David may have become a hostage to the modern pace of football – he simply did not have time to open up at United. Many of his supporters performed much worse against the club. And Moyes ultimately only had ten months at Old Trafford. In April 2014, he left the team and Manchester United took seventh place and did not qualify for the Champions League.
As a result, Moyes ended up at Real Sociedad, where he spent only a year. Then he returned to English football, at the head of Sunderland, relegated from nuclear submarine during the 2016/17 season. The manager moved to West Ham, who he helped avoid relegation in the 2017/18 season during his six months in charge.
Interestingly, the idea of Moyes returning to Everton has been in the air for a very long time. As soon as it became clear that success in Manchester United he couldn’t achieve it. But the opposite transition was more realistic in 2019, when his candidacy was considered to replace Marc Silva. However, the club’s owner, Farhad Moshiri, found an attractive figure in the market, Carlo Ancelotti, with whom he signed a contract. The idea didn’t work out well either.
Moyes returned to West Ham, where he replaced Manuel Pellegrini, and remained in his position until the end of the 2023/24 season. During this time he took the team to the top seven twice and won the Conference League, West Ham’s first major trophy in 43 years.
What can I repair?
At Everton, Moyes will now face many difficult tasks. The team’s performance is suggestive. In just three seasons in their history, they have scored fewer goals in 19 matches. Everton have the lowest expected goal (xG) in the league at 18.33. And 63 shots on target is the second result after Southampton, who had 58 accurate attempts. And the average number of goals (0.79) per game is the lowest in the last 13 seasons. For comparison, last season it was 1.05 and in the 2022/23 season it was 0.89.
Difficult task
Moyes’ goal for the rest of the season is pretty clear: save the team from relegation. The match under Dyche was depressing for the fans and very monotonous. Overall, Everton defended well but created very few chances, leading to a lack of goals. Above all, Moyes must bring new ideas to the team’s attacking football.
In a crisis situation, the use of a coach with many years of stability and confidence in the future was met with approval by the fans. Of course, Everton and Moyes have changed over the years. But it seems that in the “taffy” it was received as if much less time had passed between 2013 and 2025 than in reality. You should not pay much attention to your results during this period. But you can look for interest, as in nuclear submarine Other coaches’ returns were being prepared.
The same Moyes returned to West Ham. If in the first period he achieved 29.6 percent wins in 27 matches, then in the second period he achieved 38 percent in 171 matches. Another famous returnee was José Mourinho. In his first stint at Chelsea he had a win rate of 70.8 percent in 120 games, and in his second he had a win rate of 59.8 percent in 92 games.
It should be noted that most often the results after returning are worse than during the first experience. And this is true not only for nuclear submarinebut also for other championships. However, this may be because clubs turn to their former coaches in times of crisis. So it makes sense that they cannot immediately transform the teams’ performances and spoil the statistics for a while.
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