Moyes offered up in mitigation the fact that in a pay-to-win league* the Glazers' had stuck him with a 35 token budget.



*It's true actually. In the Premier League if you know all the team's squad budgets you can predict end-of-season points totals with 90% accuracy. The other 10% comes down to managerial ability and other intangibles - Moyes generally performed above the curve with Everton, but nowhere near as far above it as Fergie last season.