In 10 games David Moyes has transformed Everton. Here’s how he did …

It took a few days and only a game for David Moyes to understand the scope of the task he had inherited from Everton.

The rebounds of the new managers are quite common in football, in which a change in shelter and the new methods trigger an initial awakening.

Yet, after the positivity that accompanied the news of his return to the club where he spent over a decade between 2002 and 2013, the first game of Scot was a kind of wet absence. On that occasion, the rebirth of Everton expected did not materialize.

In the immediate consequence of the disappointing house defeat for the 1-0 against Aston Villa, Moyes’ previously optimistic tone had already been moved.

Speaking with the media, he noticed the “great challenge” in advance and said Everton “had a desperate need to add qualities in certain areas, mainly to” craft and end up objectives “. There was also the rather gloomy admission that was not” no magician “, a warning that could be incremental.

So, what he followed in the two months since he took everyone by surprise, not least Moyes.

Everton has come across the last nine games, albeit with four of the last five finals. The last time they participated in a longer series without losing was 2013, when they were competing for a place in the Champions League under Roberto Martinez.

Through his 10 games in the premier League in office, Moyes took 17 points from the 10 offered, which would work at about 65 points when extrapolated for an entire season.

Everton designed Manchester United last month (Paul Ellis/Afp/Getty Images)

The gap for the relegation area has now increased from a lonely point, as well as after the defeat at Villa, at 17, with Everton now closer to the places of the Champions League than the three lower.

Do not make mistakes: the fortunes of a team of Everton who had not managed to mark nine of the last 14 championship games before Moyes who replaces Sean Dyche, and had won only three out of 20, they were transformed.

Still, he speaks with players and staff and the meaning is that this has been evolution rather than a revolution in Goodison Park.

Moyes made changes, clearly, that contributed to triggering a awakening, but also tried to rely on the bases left by Dyche. At regular intervals, he praised his predecessor for the culture of hard work, defensive solidity and the strong locker room that he inherited.

Instead of dismantling Dyche’s entire framework, Moyes tried to add further levels.

And it is through these often thin changes, both in staff and in the tactics, which has shown that it has more ropes on its arch than the man he has replaced.

Revitalize an attack by Everton in bankruptcy

One of Moyes’ first priorities was to improve Everton’s fortunes in front of the goal. They had not been able to score in nine of their 11 games before Dyche’s departure and the Scottish found a cohort striker largely out of form and low in trust.

The decision was made to make training sessions, which are longer under Moyes than they were under the dams, more positive and optimistic.

The conversations took place in private with the players to evaluate what was wrong and what could be done to improve it, and has focused greater on catering for people during the sessions.

Beto scored goals for Moyes (James Gill/Danehouse/Getty Images)

Many players have noticed extra attention to Moyes’ details and his technical staff.

This extends in each area, also with the notes of the pre-match program for games in the house, which usually require three or four drafts after the changes. But there is also a greater level of analysis and a one-to-one coaching, which saw the players improve after remaining behind once the group sessions are over.

Those who are familiar with the first spell of Moyes in Goodison have noticed that it is less intense than before but is still guided.

It is clear that he has softened since those days in which he could be particularly fiery, and it is also said that his people’s skills have improved during his time. It is not the same manager as before and has learned from his experiences.

Stiker Beto and the Jack Harrison Ala are two players who were fighting under Dyche but have improved with Moyes.

He was treated what seemed to be a hard blow when the first choice striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin suffered a tension at the long-term knee tendon in the January victory in Brighton & Hove Albion, but since then he worked in favor of the team.

Where Calvert-Lewin was the largest team underperformer compared to the quality of the possibilities, scoring three goals from a total expected (XG) for six, Beto has so far exceeded expectations (six from an XG of 5.5).

Moyes made changes to the way Everton attacked. He commissioned his wings to get more crosses in the box. Before his knee injury, Iliman Ndiaye was said to dribble more. Those who have received more freedom to attack behind the attacker, support the Lone Forward and focus on areas where they excel.

The message was to play with their individual strengths.

As the maps show below, Everton started creating better quality opportunities and shooting from better areas under Moyes.

The shooting attempts for 90 actually decreased compared to Dyche’s mandate (falling from 11.4 to 10.7) but Everton is now more selective in terms of where they risk. Their XG per hit has increased and the average distance from the goal by blow is reduced.

Significantly, the accuracy of the shot improved from 29 % to 43 %. Great possibilities have almost doubled (1.5 per game at 3), as well as the conversion rate of great case of Everton (from 21 % to 41 %).

Eliminating more from Beto helped, but this recovery of the fortunes in front of the goal seems to be due to a mixture of use of different staff and adaptation of the approach to adapt to those individuals.

Moyes has not been treated an easy hand. Unlike Dyche, she had to treat Ndiaye, Calvert-Lewin and the key creator Dwight McNeil for most of her time so far. It remains to be seen if this current group of players affected by accident can continue to perform at such high levels.

Moyes spoke of having found a way to maximize the resources at his disposal and did it largely. The return of Ndiaye and McNeil will almost certainly help the team, but Everton’s manager still knows that the general quality of the group has to improve and a great summer reconstruction is coming.

Get away from Dycheball … and more effective meters

Under Dyche, Everton was the most direct team of the championship with Nottingham Forest. The defenders often completely avoided the midfield and played the initial ball in the main attacker.

From the beginning, Moyes tried to give Everton more control in games.

There was an emphasis on the construction of attacks and on the back from the back. Their share of possession has slightly increased from 40 to 42 %, while Everton now has an average of nine sequences with nine or more steps under Moyes, compared to just seven per game under Dyche.

Moyes with Dyche in 2021 (Adam Davy/Afp/Getty Images)

Everton’s “direct speed” for attacks dropped from 1.6 meters to the second under Dyche at 1.3 with Moyes, showing that they are taking more time to advance the ball and trying to hold back possession longer.

A remarkable change saw Jake O’Brien brought to the side like a hybrid right back/third central defender.

Moyes was struck by the performance of Irishman in the victory of the Everton cup on Peterborough United, and had played with the idea of ​​playing him immediately against Villa. That game proved to be a first catalyst for the change and introduction of O’Brien he helped Everton to enter and get out of possession, bringing them a particular calm on the ball.

The teething problems have been obvious sometimes, certainly in the defeat for the loss of villa and cup at home in Bournemouth, where they tapped opportunities close to the lens. But overall, he gave Everton plus a point of support in the games and allowed them greater control.

Everton is now contracted less than they were under Dyche, but so far it has been more effective in making the most of these opportunities. They already have four goals from direct attacks compared to just two with Dyche.

Window Window singing Carlos Alcaraz, on loan from Flamengo, and Beto gave them a more powerful advantage during the break.

Trending in the right direction, finally

It was clear for a long time that Everton detached under Dyche and had to make a change.

The following graph, which details their XG roll, shows how Moyes has already started correcting the malaise. The bigger the blue block, the better a team is.

In the case of Everton, they are now moving again in the right direction.

Dyche fought towards the end to find the balance between attack and defense. In the end he compromised the positive intent for the defensive solidity, but Moyes has so far been able to reduce the amount of possibilities at the same time improving the attack. The results followed.

Everton was slightly more proactive by the ball from Moyes’ arrival.

The steps for defense action (PPDA) are a metric that measures how many touches of opposition are allowed before one side tries to regain possession. The lower the number, the more proactive is one side out of the ball.

Everton’s PPDA went from 15.6 with Dyche to 14.4 under Moyes. He contributed to stronger defensive performance, with Moyes reducing the number of blows on the target they face per game (below from 4.7 to 3.6).

These are positive signs, but there is still a sense that Everton will have to improve if they want to climb the table. The last time they had a clean sheet was at the beginning of February against the Leicester struggles. Goal Sciutti are still admitting and drawing games that should win.

But overall, Moyes has already built the bases left by Dyche.

He helped Everton to avoid trouble long earlier than expected and allowed supporters to start dreaming of better days in advance.

(Warren Little’s top photo via Getty Images)

Graphics of Anantajith Raghuraman.