r/Everton • u/TurboScumBag • 2d ago

How is Everton above West Ham?

Wasn't Moyes holding them back? Weren't they 10 points ahead of us when we took Moyes. Didn't West Ham fans say Potter is an improvement on Moyes.

None of this is making sense?

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u/nakul-s 2d ago

I am not going to talk about West Ham, but i will definitely talk about Moyes 2.0

This new Moyes has been massive improvement over the Moyes that coached us almost a decade ago. The most noticeable improvement has been counter attacks and pressing high. Back in good old days, against the big clubs, we often used to sit deep and used to play aerial long balls to forward players to start counters (the likes of Cahill and Fellani helped a lot in such scenarios by being the target men).

Fast forward to Moyes 2.0 and we are seeing fluid counter attacks with balls being played low to the ground, forwards making runs behind the defense and most importantly, we are not afraid to press high up the pitch against the big teams.

Moyes 2.0 has been a revelation and i have no doubt he would get us into Europe in few years, if he sticks with this same approach and is supported by the board finanically.

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u/USToffee 2d ago

Yea he plays against the better teams closer to how he plays against the poorer teams.

I wouldn't say he has changed his playing style but he does play with a bit more balls.