The uncertainty over David Moyes's future is intensifying and it is down to him to sort it out and do this immediately. Why?
He is in danger of derailing the push for Europe by unsettling the squad. This happened last time be delayed renewing his contract; team performance dropped and we finished poorly.
Any view that says this is about David Moyes playing a canny game on funds is wide of the mark. The Club cannot conjure money out of thin air. Why would anyone (especially Moyes) think this will fundamentally change in the near future? Why would you make a decision about the next 5 years of your career based on such a short-term issue? He knows it's more of the same from Bill Kenwright so I don't see this as a reason not to sign now.
Negotiating his contract should be easy. His pay is already amongst the best in the world for a manager. He knows the score in terms of team building per comments above. What's left to discuss?
Finally, he owes it to the Club to sign. Even if he does move in the summer, at least Everton will get compensation. At the moment, we will get diddly squat. If he doesn't want to stay now he should say so and allow Everton maximum time to find his successor; not be pushed into a rushed decision in June.
A new manager will need the maximum time possible to bed in as Moyes has influenced every level in the Club over the years and it is now moulded in his image. I'd like to think the Board are already succession planning but, given their track record, I doubt it: if he isn't going to sign, he needs to say, so that they are motivated to act.Moyes's declaration of intent in the negative would derail this season, but allowing the current situation to persist will do that anyway, in my opinion; players need certainty and the Club and its supporters deserve it too. In the same way, declaring he will stay could give the lift that gets us into the Champions League
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Right or wrong? To be honest, this is one of the things that REALLY boils my urine at times with our fans. WHY DOES HE OWE EVERTON? Everything he has had to put up with, the players he's managed to attract, the stick he's had to put up with. Every other club has been invested in, or been able to attract players of quality. We've had to rely on loan signings, free transfers, and the occaissional big signing. Or we've, sorry David, has been able to convince players, top quality players, like Fellaini, Pienaar, Arteta to join the club and take us forward when we, as a club didn't have much to offer, but he brought them in because of his ambition of the club. And ambition that we couldn't match financially, but was wrongfully promised by the board. Bring in Championship players like Cahill and turn them into feared Premier League quality players. Basically, get the best out of any player and spot quality an absolute mile off for a next to nothing pricetag-a lesson other big clubs could learn from. There's very few managers who can pull that off-it's the fans who should be owing David, not vice versa. He's given us our best spell for as long as I can remember-as far back as Howard Kendall in the 80's. And not many managers would've put up with what he's had to put up with.
Yes he loves the club, but how many broken promises has been made to him? There's an investor on the verge of coming, yes there will be money to spend...yeah okay. Promise to find an investor as soon as possible. Yeah okay good one. All fine and well getting an investor. But you'll only get one when you don't vastly overprice the club by a stupid amount. Wish to god some of these so called fans looked at the bigger picture and stop being so incredibly naive.
Rant over.