When he came back to the club last month, the returning Blues boss admitted it was a different David Moyes and a different Everton but just how has he changed? The last time the Scot was in charge for an Everton versus Manchester United fixture at Goodison Park, he was in the away dugout with a spectator dressed as the Grim Reaper wielding an inflatable scythe in his direction.

From a football point of view it proved prophetic as it was indeed Moyes’ final game as Red Devils boss and he was sacked two days later, less than one full season into his six-year contract at Old Trafford.

Since then, there have been the varied experiences of posts at Real Sociedad, Sunderland and West Ham United (twice) in a time period even longer than his lengthy tenure at Everton.

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Explaining how he has become a different kind of manager, the 61-year-old, who has gone from being the Premier League’s youngest boss when first joining the Blues aged 38 in 2002 to now being the division’s elder statesman, said: “Maybe I’m a bit calmer. Maybe a bit of that comes as you get older – you can't be quite as full on.

“It's very hard for me to go to every under-21 game and under-18 game now, which I have done in the past. But I've got to say, the job of being a manager means there is much more work than there was even 15, 20 years ago.

“That's another story, but it's much more regarding debriefing and dealing with more players. There's more media too, for example.

“So those things change and I think you've got to try and change with it. Sometimes a bit more experience helps. Sometimes you can calm yourself down, but don't take my calmness as meaning I'm not passionate with that.”

Moyes has brought back Alan Irvine, who was his original assistant manager at Everton between 2002-07, later returning as the head of the academy, plus Billy McKinlay who was his number two in his previous position at West Ham United.

In addition to them, Leighton Baines, who Moyes first brought to the Blues as their most-expensive defender at the time when he signed him from Wigan Athletic in 2007, has been promoted from coaching the Under-18s to the first team while Charlie Adam has joined as a specialist set-piece coach.

Moyes said: “I'm also using more people to help me as well, so it's not all left just to the manager. I think most of the teams have that now – like the American football teams have all got in defence line coaches or offensive line coach, whatever you want to call them.

“We've not quite got that here, but we've got a lot of coaches and we can take some bits of information from each other and help.

“So have I changed maybe a bit. Maybe I’m not having to fight the world all the time now, which when you first come in you feel as if you need to.”