David Moyes admits his return to Goodison Park is a “sticking plaster” solution to Everton’s relegation issues but is confident they can escape the drop and return to the heights he led them to for 11 years in his first spell.
Moyes, who left for Manchester United in 2013, is back at the club after Sean Dyche’s sacking last week with the club in 17th, a point above the bottom three, after just one win in 11 Premier League matches.
The 61-year-old Scot may not be the ideal man new owners The Freidkin Group envisaged would lead them in their new era at Bramley-Moore Dock next season but he is the man best-suited to getting them there after struggling for a number of years.
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“At the moment you never can tell how managers are going to do but managers can’t really tell what owners are going to do, so it works both ways,” said Moyes at his first press conference.
“They want to get us back on track and we all know we need a bit of a sticking plaster at the moment and we have to try to make that work.
“A couple of weeks (ago) I didn’t think there was any chance Everton could be in a relegation fight, I thought they would be strong enough to get out of it.
“I’ve come into the seat and I’m going to back that and say I believe we will be strong enough to stay away from it.
“But I’m not kidding myself or anyone else, we need everyone behind us, we need the players playing better, scoring more goals, if we are going to make that happen.”
