Could Moyes be finished at Goodison?

On any normal day, Everton’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal would’ve been cause for David Moyes to relax before bed with a nice glass of red wine. At this particular business end of the season however, the Scot will see it as another opportunity missed.

The dominance exerted by his side through long portions of the match is not a huge surprise – Everton have always matched up well to teams with greater technical ability to theirs. What would be a massive surprise now would be to see Everton in that fourth and final Champions League spot.

For Moyes never to manage a team in the Champions League group stages would be a crying shame. Were the Toffees unable to maintain their challenge even for the league’s Europa League spot, it may finally be time for the 49-year-old to hand in his undoubtedly heart-breaking resignation, rather than agree to another year in charge.

I have long believed that Manchester United could do a lot worse than swapping the best Scottish manager in the game for the second best, when the time for succession comes. If anyone knows how to keep the noisy neighbours of Man City at bay it is Moyes, a man who is closing in on another league finish above the red-shirted folk across the Mersy.

I would not wish the departure of such a highly-regarded manager on any club, and for Everton the loss would be particularly keenly felt, with Moyes obviously keeping them punching above their weight for years now. But perhaps to truly punch his own weight as a manager, Moyes must find out whether the grass is greener on the other side.

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Comments

[mick]

So when were these "long portions of dominance" then. Apart from the opening 10 minutes or so when Everton were enjoying a good spell Arsenal were equal or better for the remainder of the match, especially during the second half. If either team "dominated" it was Arsenal during the last 20 minutes.

[Gerard Walton]

The main battle was in the midfield and Everton were much better in the tackle, and actually played the more pleasing football for most of the match. Very unlucky to only draw I thought - I never saw Arsenal scoring.