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Was selling Yakubu the worst call of David Moyes' Everton career? Agree or Not?
  • Knoxy2001e
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    D.Mirror : "I would never dispute David Moyes' man management skills, given everything he has achieved with his players, but I can't help but wonder if he has any regrets over Yakubu.


    Moyes' decision to offload Yakubu on transfer deadline day to Blackburn does not look like the best call of his Everton career, given the striker's form for Rovers.


    Yakubu is sixth in the list of Premier League marksmen with nine in 10, including all four against Swansea the other week.


    He has 10 from his 13 games for Blackburn and goodness knows how much deeper in the mire Steve Kean's side would be without him.


    But Yakubu's form at Blackburn begs the question of why Kean could get him motivated and scoring again when Moyes couldn't?"

  • TKD
    Posts: 1,331
    no. as you can see below, once he gets his contract from his new club, he can't be arr,sed afterwards.
    just the same as kevin campbell, marcus bent and mikel arteta etc
    EDIT: just go to wikipedia and yaks goals. he scores them when he first gets there, gets his new and improved wage in his new contract and doesn't even look like he's trying to be interested afterwards.
    face it he had one good season at everton he was flying like now at blackburn. once tht new contract is sorted, forget it blackburn hes as much use as hibbert up front

  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,216
    no i dont agree.
  • jj1878
    Posts: 187
    Although theres been a few, I would say yes...everytime Yakubu scores I dislike Moyes a little bit more
  • Pearse
    Posts: 558
    He will be back to his dog **** self next season, you'll see. Always has a good first season at his new club.
  • cjohno
    Posts: 5,170
    he will be looking for a move next summer for another pay day, hes done it throughout his career, he wont be interested next season.
  • jj1878
    Posts: 187
    That may happen, but he is a proven goalscorer and maybe it just needs the right manager to get the best out of him.  I dont think he was given a fair go when he came back from injury, its Moyes way, he just doesnt give forwards a proper go.
  • cjohno
    Posts: 5,170
    jj1878 said:

    That may happen, but he is a proven goalscorer and maybe it just needs the right manager to get the best out of him.  I dont think he was given a fair go when he came back from injury, its Moyes way, he just doesnt give forwards a proper go.


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    yakubus had more managers than chelski are they all bad

  • jj1878
    Posts: 187
    I take your ppoint and m not sayin hes blameless, just that hes a proper goalscorer and imo Moyes let him go too early. We are desperate for a goalscorer and we let one go for buttons
    cjohno said:

    jj1878 said:

    That may happen, but he is a proven goalscorer and maybe it just needs the right manager to get the best out of him.  I dont think he was given a fair go when he came back from injury, its Moyes way, he just doesnt give forwards a proper go.


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    yakubus had more managers than chelski are they all bad


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    I see your point and m not sayin hes blameless, just that hes a proper
    goalscorer and imo Moyes let him go too early. We are desperate for a
    goalscorer and we let one go for buttons
  • jwollnick
    Posts: 172
    machabi haifa           02-03        7 goals
    portsmouth               02-03       7 goals
                                   03-04       16 goals
                                   04-05       12 goals
    Boro                        05-06       13 goals
                                   06-07       12 goals
    Everton                    07-08       15 goals
                                   08-09        4 goals
                                   09-10        5 goals     
    Everton/Leicester     10-11        12 goals
    Blackburn                11-12       12 goals (so far)


    The Yak has always scored. Bad move by Moyes. Moyes do not grasp attack. End of.
  • tickets11
    Posts: 1,002
    cjohno said:

    he will be looking for a move next summer for another pay day, hes done it throughout his career, he wont be interested next season.


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    yakubu only scoring goals in his first season is a myth.


    the only 2 seasons he hasnt scored goals when when he was injured, and needed another season to get fully fit,  apart from that he has scored goals wherever he has been.


    he is making moyes look like a right **** for selling him and rightly so, he was tread like sh** at times when he was here.

  • beardblue boy
    Posts: 384
    tickets11 said:

    cjohno said:

    he will be looking for a move next summer for another pay day, hes done it throughout his career, he wont be interested next season.


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    yakubu only scoring goals in his first season is a myth.


    the only 2 seasons he hasnt scored goals when when he was injured, and needed another season to get fully fit,  apart from that he has scored goals wherever he has been.


    he is making moyes look like a right **** for selling him and rightly so, he was tread like sh** at times when he was here.


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    Couldnt agree more with this....Beckford also got around 10-11 in his first season in prem but hey on you trot Becks?????
  • 11blue
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    tickets11 said:

    cjohno said:

    he will be looking for a move next summer for another pay day, hes done it throughout his career, he wont be interested next season.


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    yakubu only scoring goals in his first season is a myth.


    the only 2 seasons he hasnt scored goals when when he was injured, and needed another season to get fully fit,  apart from that he has scored goals wherever he has been.


    he is making moyes look like a right **** for selling him and rightly so, he was tread like sh** at times when he was here.


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    I agree with this, the Yak has always scored goals and his goal scoring record proves this.
  • moysyboy1943
    Posts: 130
    lets face it..the yak needs a partner....moyes tactics makes him a loner...does'nt work with the yak or every striker we have bought.......moyes plays one up front crap.....he will ruin any striker whether he costs 1  ..10...or 20 million if he can get one to join us which i doubt...
  • beardblue boy
    Posts: 384
    moysyboy1943 said:

    lets face it..the yak needs a partner....moyes tactics makes him a loner...does'nt work with the yak or every striker we have bought.......moyes plays one up front crap.....he will ruin any striker whether he costs 1  ..10...or 20 million if he can get one to join us which i doubt...


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    This is what iv been trying to say all along.....even if we had 20 mill to spend on a player,which we dont could you as a striker be temted by Moyes seing the way he plays/treats strikers>
  • georgenapoleon
    Posts: 2
    yes...the yaks had a good start in his second season then he had a bad injuries....since then he got loan loan loan and never got a place..

    Moyes didn't give him time/chance to recover or back to fit

  • Warrington Dan
    Posts: 8,859
    He wouldn't of scored many for us anyway. Blackburn play two up top so Yakubu has always service where at Everton he'd be all by himself chasing hopeless long balls 
  • AllAroundMyHat
    Posts: 776
    agreed with most if this. no it wasnt a mistake coz DM cant handle strikers. even the most diehard DM fabs on here know he is awful with strikers. he can make defenders and midfielders into great players but the complete opposite to strikers. what does that tell you about his tactics
  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    "even the most diehard DM fabs on here know he is awful with strikers. "

    thats one of those  phrases thats tossed around regularly but really doesnt mean anything.

    the team is set out and either the striker is good enough or he isnt. 

    no striker works alone, even in a 4-5-1 setup. he has the support and the supply of the other nine players. if he gets himself into a good position, and can beat a defender or two he can get a shot on goal.

    its the skill of the individual that matters when it comes to striker.


  • AllAroundMyHat
    Posts: 776
    that has to go down as one of the most naive things ever said. So whats the point in having a manager then.
    By your rationale that makes DM poor at buying `good enough` players then, as we havent had a decent scorer since Yak. and we all know whats happened there.


  • Heyesie
    Posts: 61
    He wasnt doing it for US anymore

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