David Moyes takes two games to achieve something Sean Dyche never could at Everton
It took David Moyes just two games to achieve something predecessor Sean Dyche had failed to do in almost two years as Everton manager as the home fans at Goodison Park chanted his name. On what was a themed Retro Day, with supporters encouraged to wear their old shirts and scarves, the Blues rolled back the years with what was their first Premier League victory here over Tottenham Hotspur since the Scot was last in charge.
“Davy Moyes, Davy Moyes, Davy, Davy, Moyes, he’s got red hair, but we don’t care, Davy, Davy Moyes,” belted out Goodison’s loyal but long-suffering patrons.
Given the passing of time, in truth those once ginger locks have long since turned to grey for the 61-year-old but almost 23 years on from when he was first appointed, the sentiment remains the same for the man who has gone from being the Premier League’s youngest to oldest gaffer.
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This was the day that those fans, whose Herculean efforts have dragged their team over the line on several occasions in relegation battles of recent years, got their Everton back, an Everton team and atmosphere befitting of Goodison’s historic final season.
For all that he achieved in the most trying of circumstances over the previous two campaigns, including a first home win in the Merseyside Derby for 13-and-a-half years that had the ground rocking, Dyche was unable to produce a team who could play the kind of football that brought the best out of the Grand Old Lady on a regular basis, but that’s something Moyes was previously a master at for over a decade and it looks like he hasn’t lost his touch.
As well as a brace of points deductions, Farhad Moshiri’s chaotic tenure brought eight managers in as many years, yet only two of them had their praises sang by Everton’s supporters – Carlo Ancelotti and Frank Lampard.
Moyes has already achieved far more with the Blues than either of them, and while there is still plenty to do in the months ahead, the fruits of his labour in his second body of work started here.
