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Original Title: Moyes on qualifying for Europe: “We’ve been kicked in the bollocks too much and let down here in the last few years.” “I told the lads at the start of this season that when I went to West Ham and avoided relegation, I looked at the players and saw no reason why they could not qualify for Europe.”
“We’ve been kicked in the b------s too much and let down here in the last few years,” Moyes says. “I told the lads at the start of this season that when I went to West Ham and avoided relegation, I looked at the players and saw no reason why they could not qualify for Europe. I told our lads they could do the same this season.
“You could say that was just a bit of motivation to try to generate the fight we needed. I was challenging the players, saying: ‘Can we really do this?’
“We have seven games left – tough games – but we’ve given ourselves a chance. If we don’t do it, we’ll all be disappointed, although I know I will be able to say this season has not been bad, given where we have come from and what was expected coming into this one.
“Now we’ve come this far, we look at it and think we could have spent £200m last summer and not been in such a strong position. You want to take the chance when you get it. I want some of the players to think they may never get a better chance to play for Everton in Europe.”