I do think that's a little unfair. He produces effective and efficient teams which play to their strengths. We're yet to find out if this is pure pragmatism borne from constraint or if Moyes is a true exponent of anti-football in the Pulis / Allardyce mode.
He has flirted with flair down the years, but his teams look more at home with a big lad up front and game based around winning the second ball, stoppers at the back and quarterback style CM. That's where the value is though. No expensive forwards required, no tricky No.10. No ball playing defenders. No rangy, pacy full backs. All fine and dandy, but it has a ceiling. And doesn't work at all in Europe.
Baines was a great signing for him as it allowed his teams to mix it up a bit with an over/underlapping full back, who also has the bonus of decent set piece delivery. Baines has made Everton look a lot less agricultural.
Anyway, I started off thinking you were being unfair, but actually I've talking myself round to it. You're right, it's long ball. A lot of the time, it's not even direct long ball.
