Roberto Martinez backs David Moyes to make 'very successful' return to management



RDavid Moyes will make a successful return to management soon, according to the man who replaced him at Everton.

Roberto Martinez was brought in when Moyes left for Manchester United and has led Everton to the brink of Champions League qualification with three games of the season remaining.

Moyes, meanwhile, was sacked this week after 10 months at Old Trafford - and just two days after a comprehensive defeat at his old club.

Some Everton supporters have turned on their former manager, who spent 11 years on Merseyside and delivered a top-four finish in 2005.

But Martinez said: "We wish him the best of luck. He will always be well thought of and we will always be thankful of the job he did at our football club.

"It is not a nice situation when a manager loses his job, especially someone who has such strong links with our club.

"It has been a difficult experience but any experience is a good experience in this game unfortunately. We know David Moyes will look forward to the next footballing chapter.

"We all know he is a very successful man and has a real strong winning mentality and he will get ready to bounce back straight away.

"It is very difficult to get that experience, the amount of years he has been working at the highest level, and the know-how he has is a real strength.

"I am sure he will be ready to get into another job as quick as he can and I am sure he won't have a lack of offers or opportunities when you have someone who is so hard-working, focused and dedicated in his job.

"We all know he is going to be very successful in the future."

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has also had his say on Moyes' departure, claiming it does not reflect well on Manchester United.

"For me, not knowing all the facts...the leaking didn't look very good," he said.

"For Manchester United, as an institution, as a football club of that size, the process looked like it was flawed."

"It looks as though David Moyes knew his fate before he was told - that's how it looks from the outside - if that's the case then it's a great shame for David and a great shame that Manchester United chose that process."

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Mark Robins rues Huddersfield form after defeat at Doncaster



Huddersfield manager Mark Robins bemoaned his side's lack of consistency after last week's high scoring victory was followed by another disappointing defeat in the Sky Bet Championship.

After the elation of a 5-0 home defeat of Barnsley came the dejection of a 2-0 setback at Doncaster and Robins said: "We just seem to go from the sublime to the ridiculous.

"We did have a spell at the start of the game but it didn't last and in all honesty we didn't look like scoring.

"We just didn't have any teeth and it pains me to say it but they have caught us and seem to want it more.

"We had well over 2,000 supporters here today and we had to do better for them than that.

"Fortunately we've got a game midweek where we can put it right. The players are capable but we have to do better if we are going to move forwards.

"I don't know whether it's a feeling of safety being mid table but we can't keep winning one week and losing the next.

"I thought Doncaster were physically stronger and more up for the game and it's embarrassing for me to sit here and say that."

Huddersfield began at a cracking pace but had no response when Billy Sharp fired the home side in front after Gabriel Tamas had headed down a 28th minute corner.

Town again started well in the second half but faded after Rovers had scored a splendid second goal with David Cotterill slotting home following good work by Chris Brown and Mark Duffy in the 55th minute.

It was a big win for Doncaster following last week's 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth and manager Paul Dickov said: "I expected a response after that and I knew I was going to get one.

"We owed the fans after Bournemouth where we let ourselves and them down and we played like we can do today.

"I said to the players before the game not to leave anything out there and when you have a team willing to run and put their bodies on the line then you are difficult to beat.

"We just need to keep our standards high because we know we are capable of beating most teams when we play like that.

"Nahki Wells can be a handful but I thought our back four was outstanding.

"We had winners all over the pitch and Chris Brown chased everything down and was unplayable up front.

"It was a great team performance but when you have players like that it rubs off on everyone else.

"Billy Sharp scored a great opener for us and that's why we signed him. There wasn't another player on the pitch today who could have snatched a goal like that."

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