Everton FC manager David Moyes sticking by misfiring striker Louis Saha

Louis Saha 300DAVID MOYES is standing by misfiring striker Louis Saha, after the French forward racked up a remarkable 22nd Premier League appearance without a goal at Goodison Park on Saturday.Saha's last league goals came 10 months ago against Chelsea, and after Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi prevented him from breaking that duck, Moyes explained that it was the player's attitude in training which was earning him selection ahead of Yakubu and Jermaine Beckford.'I think Louis is working hard to try and get back to the level he was at. I see him every day and he is working hard,' explained the Blues boss.'Maybe people will wonder why (I pick him), but I get to see him working and have a little bit of an idea that he can offer other things to the team. 'He had a really good chance just before we took him off.'I thought 'here's an opportunity for you to get your goal' but it never went in.'Everyone knows he needs a goal.'The atmosphere at Goodison during a frustrating afternoon was increasingly tense and anxious, but Moyes added that only the players could change that.'I said to the players today we need to be the ones to get the supporters clapping because we don't expect them to come in at this time of year and clap us after our results,' he explained.'But I thought the players really did try to do that, they went out with that intention and you could see it from the first few minutes, but it started to drain away from us and the crowd when we didn't get the goal.

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