David Moyes needs win to avoid Everton sack pressure from Friedkin Group after recent events
David Moyes may be starting to come under slight pressure at Everton.
Everton were eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Wolves in midweek as Moyes made seven changes to his starting line-up, a decision which has been called out.
That result saw Everton fail to win for the third successive match, and the positive way that they started the campaign is under threat.
Everton face West Ham at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on 29 September, with both sides needing a victory, as the Sofascore graphic highlights.
David Moyes under pressure ahead of West Ham game
Moyes has had a remarkable start to his second stint at Everton, but results have not gone their way recently.
Writing in the print edition of the Sunday Mirror (page 65), Andy Dunn claims that Moyes needs a victory against his former club to avoid sack pressure from the Friedkin Group down the line.
He said: "It would take a long, long run of poor results for Moyes to be under the same sort of pressure that has now done for Graham Potter, but the Friedkin Group, relatively new owners, will not want any feel-good factor to dissipate.
"Against a club that should not have let him go, Moyes needs a result and a performance."
Friedkin Group would be silly to sack David Moyes
The suggestion that the new ownership would sack Moyes anytime soon is ridiculous; he has overseen a brilliant turnaround in the last few months.
They were happy to back the manager to the tune of approximately £113million in the summer transfer window. Why would they throw in the towel on his reign now?
- Moyes has led Everton 27 times since he returned to the club
- He has won 11 of those matches, for a 40.74 win percentage
- He has only lost eight times in that stretch
The Blues may be linked with more ambitious names in the future, but at the moment, Moyes has them in a great position to kick on and end the season in the top half.
He may even get them into the European places, which would be a massive achievement, considering where the club was before the Friedkin's took over from Farhad Moshiri.
It would be ludicrous to sack Moyes after the first real spell of poor form, and there has been no suggestion that the ownership are looking to do so.
They may eventually move on if it becomes clear that Moyes is no longer the right man for the job, but right now, there is nobody better to take Everton forward.
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