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Moyes chasing top four
DAVID Moyes faces Kevin Keegan
tomorrow insisting that the
Barclays Premier League is anything
but boring - and he refuses
to accept that Everton cannot
break into the top four.
Newcastle boss Keegan has
run into trouble with his employers
this week by suggesting
the league is tiresome and that
the Geordies are a million miles
from Champions League qualification.
The Everton manager would
make no such claim, however,
and knows his team must take a
point from their Goodison Park
clash with Newcastle to ensure a
ticket into the UEFA Cup and
their third European qualification
in four seasons.
One of those was three seasons
ago, when Everton and Moyes did
break the top-four monopoly.
Moyes said: I feel Kevin said
what he did this week to dampen
down expectation at Newcastle.
A lot of what he said is spot on.
But I will never accept that it
cannot be done again, because
we have done it.''
Keegan pointed his Newcastle
bosses in the direction of Moyes'
achievements with the Toffees to
show how to mix it with Manchester
United, Chelsea, Arsenal
and Liverpool.
Moyes said: We came very
close (to the top four) this season
before falling away. I need to find
out how I can keep our challenge
going a bit longer - it is probably
needing a few more players and
better quality.
I need to make sure we get
that. We have the foundations,
we have built a good model without
spending fortunes.
There are a lot of clubs who
would like to be in the situation
we are in. But I want to be in the
position that the four teams
above us are in.
We know we can make it, we
can do it. We must now make
sure we finish fifth, we want to be
back in Europe because that is
key to our progress.''
Whatever happens, however,
Moyes has few reasons to grumble
about the current campaign.
He added: Considering the
money that was spent by some
clubs last summer, I am more
than satisfied with where we are
at the moment.
We aim to be fifth because
that means one better than we
were last season.
We may have expected the
likes of Newcastle and Spurs to
be where we are, but it is not always
about spending money.
It does not guarantee you a
higher position, you need a good
team and spirit plus a good balance
of players.''
Moyes' side have been praised
not only by Keegan this week but
also Arsene Wenger at Arsenal,
who claims the Merseysiders are
upwardly mobile''.
Moyes said: It is nice to hear
people like Kevin and Arsene saying
nice things about us.
It's an exciting league because
on the last day there are
teams still fighting for the title
and others still fighting to avoid
relegation, while others are battling
to get into Europe.
That is why it an exciting
league."
9:06am Saturday 10th May 2008
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