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Moyes wants to restore winning feeling Posted: Friday March 15, 2002 2:18 PMLIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- New Everton manager David Moyes wants players and fans to remember what it's like to win again -- and the board is willing to give him the funds to do it. Moyes, 38, was named as new Everton boss late Thursday, less than 48 hours after Walter Smith was sacked. Smith, who had been in charge for 3 1/2 years, was fired after Everton was defeated 3-0 in the FA Cup quarterfinals by Middlesbrough last Sunday. Moyes left Preston North End, whom he had taken from the third division to first division playoffs last season, to join Goodison Park. The Toffees are in danger of being relegated from the top flight for the first time since 1948. Moyes led training Friday, but coach Andy Holden picked the team for Saturday's game against Fulham. "It's been a difficult week, leaving Preston and I have been in a bit of a tizzy," Moyes said. "But I enjoyed being here this morning and seeing the players for the first time. The training session went fine. "To be honest Fridays at football clubs are notoriously easy days as you keep your energy for the game. Now the job is to get the three points. We know we have an enormous task ahead of us. "The players are desperate to put right the result against Middlesbrough and they have a great opportunity. We should have a full house and it will be a great atmosphere." Everton chairman Philip Carter said Moyes would be given some money to recruit players to keep the club in the Premier League. The club is 16th in the table, two places above the relegation zone but level on points with third-to-bottom Bolton. "We have the funds available, but they are not unlimited obviously as nobody would expect them to be," Carter told Everton's website. "But there will be funds and I'm sure David, having already spoken to him, will be anxious to examine the existing squad first before dashing out in the transfer market." Moyes was recommended by Smith for the job, Everton deputy chairman Bill Kenwright said. "He's a manager that everyone's been aware of for quite a long while, on of the managers that been mentioned with every top job going and he was also recommended by Walter Smith," Kenwright said. "He's got great credentials, he's done a fantastic job at Preston and the appeal of a young tracksuit manager was immense. Within five or ten minutes of meeting him there was an energy and a positivity and a desire to accomplish that was instant." Moyes said he was looking forward to the challenge of managing in the Premier League. He is the seventh manager of Everton since it won the championship in 1987. "I want the players to know what it is like to win again and I want the supporters to know what it is like to win," he said. "It's a massive job and I don't think anybody who took over this job would say any different. "It won't happen overnight, there is going to be a lot of change but I think Everton supporters deserve a good side. But the most important thing is that we start winning games quickly. It will make everyone feel good about themselves and put behind them the disappointment of last Sunday behind them." Moyes said he would talk with his squad as soon as possible. Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is out of contract in the summer while David Ginola's future is also unclear "I will have a chat with Paul over the next day or two," Moyes said. "I know he has been waiting to speak to me so I'll do that. "When you walk into a club on a Friday morning, you can't change the world. You just have to get on with what's there at present. We don't have a great deal of time to secure our position in the Premiership but I believe it is time to bring back a bit of stability to Everton."
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