When the great Sir Alex Ferguson was replaced by the man dubbed The Chosen One in 2013, there was a song often chanted at Old Trafford. ‘Come on David Moyes, play like Fergie’s boys,’ the terraces urged – until things turned sour at least.
As Moyes came full-circle and returned to his old stomping ground of Goodison Park more than a decade later, the mantra would have been more like: ‘Come on David Moyes, do anything but play like Dychey’s boys.’
The man he replaced, Sean Dyche, got his marching orders last week after a run where they failed to score in eight of his final 10 league games.