David Moyes insists that Everton should dream that one day they can compete again with Liverpool for European places.
The toffees wave goodbye to Goodison Park this season and Wednesday evening is the last Merseyside Derby ever to take place on the ground. There will be a new era for the club while they are preparing to move to Bramley Moore Dock and Moyes hopes that he can start to rebuild the club to where he left him in 2013.
In the last two seasons of the Scot of his first Stint to be in charge, Everton over Liverpool finished in the Premier League table. In 2005 they also qualified for the Champions League. When he had taken it over in 2002, there was a huge gap between the two clubs.
Since he lags out that Gulf has returned when Everton fights back against relegation, while the Reds win big trophies. In anticipation of tonight's game, there are 30 points and 15 places that separate the Tafelkanteling Liverpool and 16th Everton placed.
But Moyes has hope that the gap can close again. It will just take time. “I hope we can start building again,” said Moyes. “Every time you want to happen to that first bit.
“When I came for the first time, I remember that I thought:” My God we will stay up “, who beat Fulham and Derby and Newcastle early.
“We stayed up then and then had a very good year. I have to hope we can try to plan the same thing. We had to stay up with West Ham and in the first year I asked: “How am I going to do this?” Then we came to Europe the following year.
“I don't know if it dreams, but the idea is to try that as my goal. How can I do it? If we are lucky to get ourselves from this position and stay in the Premier League, we must try to focus in a European position if we can. If we pick up briefly, it is so, but we will try. '
For the time being, Evertonians will take a blow in the hope of Liverpool's Premier League title and the final will ever win in Goodison Park in a Merseyside Derby. In the game, Liverpool clearly goes at the top of the table, so even the defeat will not be crucial for their challenge for a 20th league title.
But for Everton it will be an emotional opportunity in the 120th derby that takes place at the Grand Old Lady with both sides locked up on 41 victories on the ground. Moyes is wary that the blues focus on the task instead of the emotion of the evening under the lights in a fixture that was rearranged from December because of a storm.
“The task is a big task, let's not fool ourselves, but it is a one -time game, especially this one,” said Moyes. “There is currently a gap between the teams in quality and that is of course also shown in the competition position.
“That is where you should find a way to bridge the Golf at night and bring it much closer. It's just a game, another game, but I will tell the players what it means for the supporters.
“But if I had to tell them, you would wonder where they are in their football world. Especially now and what we have about the last at Goodison. It's a big thing. Everyone here is aware of trying to end up in a great place on Goodison. All employees around the place try to make the last few games special here. “
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