Happy for him? I guess, no more so than other managers who have performed above the level they were expected to this season. That said I felt at the time and still feel now that he got a rough deal only getting 1 season at United and not getting the players in he wanted. I think any manager who came in and their big signing was Fellaini would have struggled
One note I will make though is everyone was looking forward to the attacking Leeds side this season and they did well scoring 62 goals which is more than Chelsea and Arsenal. West Ham also scored 62 goals. So plenty of attacking play and goals for them too, not least with Soucek starting in central midfield and getting into the box to be joint top scorer with 10 premier league goals. In many ways he's a better Fellaini who can actually play the holding role as well as getting forward and being dominant in the air
I used to absolutely hate Moyes. Everything around him stunk of mediocrity whether it was his tactics, his coaching staff, the way he talked to players and of course Fellaini. However as time went by I felt sorry for him. He was pushed in a job were it was almost impossible to succeed in (a big name club who was used to trophies, an ageing side that required incredible micromanagement to succeed, Woodward, the Glazers etc). The guy was not ready for it and being at Manchester United meant that every mistake will be scrutinised and discussed to the ridiculous.
Moyes didn't deserve the job but United shouldn't have ruined his career either. I am glad that he has been able to move on. The same can't be said about LVG and Mourinho who never really recovered from their own United's mess.
Give Jose the best part of a decade and he might manage West Ham to a 6th place finish too.
He started it and LVG finished the job. This by far was the biggest crime the upper management have ever got away withNo. He decimated the staff and squad.
Maybe but I doubt so. Moyes is a solid mid table club manager. He lacks the vision, the charisma and the ability to manage top players or win important trophies. However if Moyes is given a team with a decent group but hardly spectacular type of players who have as much ambition as a typical government clerk then he'll do well with them.
Mou is more of a Sacchi ie a cnut who reached top tier management solely based on a system that was once successful. Once that system became obsolete then he's finished. Jose is too stubborn to change, he's got no man management skills and because of such lack he expects clubs to constantly go full FM management mode to replace the players he burnt bridges with. There is no way that a West Ham type of club can provide him with that. They'll expect him to work with what he's got and do the unthinkable ie develop players.
I always respected him at Everton. Was the wrong man to take over for Fergie (not sure who was...other than Klopp) but he always talked about the club with the utmost respect and seemed honored to manage United.
I wish him well. Unlike the Toxic One.
Well he's changed his tune in the years since his sacking. Didn't cover himself in glory during his time at the club either, making ludicrous claims and throwing everyone under the bus in an attempt to save face while failing at his job.
PS you signed up on the day United sacked Moyes. Happy belated Moyes day.
I haven't seen him criticise United much in the media, maybe I just missed it.
To be honest he probably has a right to feel a bit bitter. Nobody forced the club to give him a 6 year contract and I imagine Woodward promised him rather more than Fellaini. The modern version of Sir Ed isn't ideal, I can't imagine it was fun working with the work experience era Woodward.
He wanted Fellaini though. His other targets were unrealistic, Woodward also has to shoulder some of the blame for indulging Moyes dithering for so long in that window to be fair.
Also not sure you could describe Moyes tenure at United as simply struggling. Struggling would have been coming 5th and missing out on CL football by a few points. Not dropping from 1st to 7th, finishing 15 points off the CL spots while breaking multiple records and only registering 3 wins against the other top 10 sides all season.
I have no ill will towards him, he did a very good job with Everton for many years, was clearly out of his depth here, and has now gone on to do a very good job with West Ham.
Fair play to him, one of the success stories of the season.
He had a bumpy period even after leaving us, guess I am glad he has found some stability.
I am to be fair. He’s like that little brother in the family. Take the piss out of him for his feck ups but are pleased when they do well.
The board bumbled the Herrera transfer that window. SAF and Gill supposedly had Alcantara wrapped up for that summer only for the player to follow Pep to Bayern. They missed out on Strootman who was sublime before he crocked his knee.
I believe he panicked into Fellaini, and his only reason for pursuing the transfer was his prior relationship having coached the player. Fellaini was never United material. And this was after other targets had failed - Alcantara, Fabregas, Marchisio, Modric, Verratti, all basically indicating they had zero desire to play for Moyes. The Mata winter transfer was also a panic buy.
Moyes wasted half the summer dallying around before realizing just how big the United job was. He came off as a novice not possessing a top class mentality required for the job, his tactics were shit as well, and his ego saw him sack Ferguson's remaining coaching staff so he could bring in a world class pedigree in Steve Round.
He has methods that work well for midtable clubs, but the Hammers fans may grow tired of his methods in a year or two.
Getting rid of Mike Phelan from his backroom team, is a mistake he will never recover from.
True, but Moyes had a brilliant transfer window a year ago, whether that's down to the West Ham scouts, or Moyes, I don't know. But a year from now, Rice and Soucek will more than likely move on, and West Ham will struggle to replace that quality, and that's probably when results will start to go south.Think they did already wasn't that why he was sacked the first time he managed them?
Any manager offered such job would accept it even if he wasn't good enough for it. It's no bariner really.
From the start we shouldn't have even moved for him, but ultimately it seems like we didn't prepare well for SAF's retirement and started moving for a new manager pretty late.
