Talk:David Moyes

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Why are people removing my edit? I've seen that info box on Arsene Wenger's and Alex Ferguson's profile why not let it be used for Moyes? It's better than what it was...82.46.86.157 18:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

irrelevant. those pages shouldn't have those infoboxes either... I will bring it up on wikiproject football suggesting a manager infobox is created. Also sign all comments with 4 ~ symbols SenorKristobbal 18:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

ahhhh ok. will do 82.46.86.157 18:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

"Certainly most commentators would agree that, as Moyes approaches his fifth anniversary at Everton, he has done a quite remarkable job" How can you say this when he's only won a meagre 38% of games in his time at Goodison?Statto74 12:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Edit 2 Bias 3 Removed Dubious Statements 4 re-write

[edit] Edit

Removed Tosspot Cup Winner 2006 as not appropriate for Wikipedia. Would the idiot who posted it refrain from adding such comments.Statto74 10:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

In the last para of the career section, it mentions Andy Johnson and Yakubu as examples of players that Moyes has bought on a tight budget? Both of these players cost about £8m didn't they? Everton's net spend was one of the highest in the Premiership this season, so perhaps that whole paragraph needs revising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.34.160.145 (talk) 15:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bias

Altered the passage about Everton's failure to qualify for the Champions League proper in 2005, because it originally said that there was a bad refereeing mistake to deny a late goal. It has been changed to controversial decision, which I believe is a more friendly way for any reader to view it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gunsnroses15 (talk • contribs) 11:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Dubious Statements

I've removed some highly over the top language from this article which was not only biased and POV, but stretching credibility. Previously the article stated that after Moyes said he wanted Everton to finish higher than fourth, he was 'ridiculed all over the world', even by Evertonians, and that he was 'scorned by Andy Gray'. The terms 'riduculed' and 'scorned' are far too melodramatic, and the claims sound dubious anyway. Moyes did recieve some criticism and drew some sarcastic remarks from pundits when he said Everton should aim to finish higher than fourth, and he did get criticised by some fans for being unrealistic, but he wasn't 'ridiculed' and certainly not 'all over the world' - did they stop what they were doing in Spain and Brazil for instance to ring in local football phone-ins to comment on David Moyes's statements? Did the New York Times write an editorial on Moyes's views? And as for Gray 'scorning' Moyes, I doubt it - he may have called Moyes unrealistic, but the idea of Gray pouring 'scorn' on an Everton manager for suggesting that the club should hope to finish higher than fourth is remarkable, this being Andy Gray who, when he joined Everton, was actually subjected to a great deal of ridicule and scorn for saying he had come to Everton to win trophies! He might well have said Moyes was being unrealistic, but the previous entry suggested Gray was laying into him for showing ambition for one of his former clubs. Forgive me if I am wrong, but I am 95% certain that all of those contributions to the article were subtle vandalism and some Liverpool supporter's idea of a joke (or his genuine, biased POV), and the fact that his vandalism went unnoticed for so long must have delighted him. Alternatively, it must have been written by a very anti-Moyes Evertonian, although I think a Liverpool supporter is much more likely! MarkB79 05:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re-write

This article is nowhere near as good as it should be for someone like David Moyes. I think it needs compltely re-writing with seperate sections for his the two clubs he's managed and much more in-depth and with refernces and footnotes etc., much like other managers have. I would like to start this assuming there's no objections.Cecil billfred (talk) 13:45, 15 May 2008 (UTC)