Confirmed: Moyes sacked.
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This day was always going to come, better sooner rather than later.
Is this a WUM ?
Yep. Moyes is still a very good manager, but he couldn't stamp his authority on a side that a legend had built over the previous 26 years. It was always gonna be a big possibility.
I'm looking at Moyes's tenure as a palate cleanser before the proper successor to SAF.
Ban worthy surely?
Great. Although we've already got one dinosaur in charge. I dont think we need another.
He can rebuild. McClaren managed it.
hes celebrating a draw... Out out now!
You need shot!!! I got scared for a minute there!!!
How does the club backing the manager in his transfer targets mean they make horrible decisions?
The only decision they have made thus far is to sack this dreadful manager. That they backed him in his decisions is cause for optimism. They had next to nothing to do with his appointment.
Well yeah, it was a masochistic move from the club which was destined to end only on this way.
We need two midfielders, a left back and a central defender but that's all we need. We also need to get rid of a few underperform players and give Fellaini and his coaches as a souvenir to Moyes.
Where's Jim White and his unnecessarily loud voice when you need him?
@DamienDoes anyone have a copy of Ducker's article from The Times - I don't think they're any more reliable than The Guardian or The Telegraph... I've just read all the other papers, need more to pass the time until we hear more.
It is. I've banned him from thread.
I don't think so. I can even see spurs taking a punt on him.
Is there a presser today?
Imagine if you'd said at the start of the season that we'd have the best away record in the League, we'd give Bayern a real run for their money in the CL and would sign Juan Mata and Moyes would still be sacked before the end of the season. What a crazy year it's been.
He had possibly the easiest chance at managing a big club anyone will ever have and he blew it spectacularly.
He will never get a big club again, and rightly so.
He will never get a big club again, and rightly so.
Yes there is no blue tick that should be there for the actual club account.
Yes. A shit one too considering the genuine ManUtd twitter account will have the blue 'verified' tick next to the name.
He will be fine. Hodgson got the West Brom job the very season he was sacked from Liverpool.
He managed to rebuild his reputation and got the England job.
Moyes will be alright. Have a feeling he will end up going abroad somewhere.
Is he gone yet?
lol good one.
He's been thread banned for wumming. WUM's aren't tolerated in the Manchester United forum.
Wrong dinosaur.
Does anyone have a copy of Ducker's article from The Times - I don't think they're any more reliable than The Guardian or The Telegraph... I've just read all the other papers, need more to pass the time until we hear more.
Manchester United are preparing to sack David Moyes. The Glazer family have been horrified by the extent of United’s dramatic decline and are ready to cut their losses less than ten months after Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson as manager.
With Moyes having lost the backing of large numbers of his squad and United preparing to spend up to £200 million this summer, the Glazers believe that their and the club’s interests will be best served by a change.
Moyes’s disastrous reign hit a low yesterday when United lost 2-0 away to Everton, his former club, in the Barclays Premier League champions’ eleventh defeat in 22 matches since the turn of the year.
Seventh in the table - 23 points adrift of Liverpool, the league leaders - United will be without Champions League football next season for the first time in 18 years and could even face the humiliation of failing to qualify for the Europa League after the worst defence of an English top flight title since Blackburn Rovers in 1995-96.
If Moyes departs this week, Ryan Giggs, the player-coach, would probably be installed on an interim basis for the club’s final four matches of the season, although it is unclear if the Welshman would be in the running to get the job permanently.
Louis van Gaal, the Holland and former Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Ajax coach, has been linked with the post.
Jurgen Klopp is also likely to be a contender, even if Barcelona may turn to the Borussia Dortmund coach as a potential replacement for Gerardo Martino, who is expected to be sacked at the end of the season.
Laurent Blanc, the former France coach and United defender who is in charge of Paris Saint-Germain, may have his admirers and Diego Simeone’s star has risen sharply during his 2½ years as Atletico Madrid coach.
The Spanish club lead La Liga by four points with four matches of the season remaining and face Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tomorrow.
Moyes’s failure is a huge embarrassment for Ferguson, who was allowed to pick his fellow Scot as his replacement. Ferguson had been a regular presence in the directors’ box this season but has been less seen in recent weeks.
Moyes - who will be 51 on Friday - was handed a six-year contract in the belief that he could build on Ferguson’s legacy but his debut campaign has lurched from one crisis to another and left the Glazers in a state of shock.
United have managed just one win against the league’s present top six and taken only ten points from a possible 45 against sides in the top nine, statistics which are thought to have been a particular cause of concern for the Glazers.
Moyes’s one-dimensional tactics and poor squad management have invited a torrent of criticism while neither of his two signings, Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata - who arrived for a combined total of £65 million - have made much of an impact and failed to inspire confidence before another anticipated splurge in the transfer market.
Nor has Moyes looked comfortable under such an intense spotlight, with his press conferences and interviews doing little to project an image of strength or unity.
Although he managed to persuade Wayne Rooney to stay at Old Trafford, eyebrows were raised at the decision to award a 5½ year contract worth £300,000 a week to a player who will be 29 in October.
As well as being beaten by Swansea City at Old Trafford in the FA Cup third round, United lost on penalties to Sunderland in the Capital One Cup semi-finals and were eliminated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.
With Moyes having lost the backing of large numbers of his squad and United preparing to spend up to £200 million this summer, the Glazers believe that their and the club’s interests will be best served by a change.
Moyes’s disastrous reign hit a low yesterday when United lost 2-0 away to Everton, his former club, in the Barclays Premier League champions’ eleventh defeat in 22 matches since the turn of the year.
Seventh in the table - 23 points adrift of Liverpool, the league leaders - United will be without Champions League football next season for the first time in 18 years and could even face the humiliation of failing to qualify for the Europa League after the worst defence of an English top flight title since Blackburn Rovers in 1995-96.
If Moyes departs this week, Ryan Giggs, the player-coach, would probably be installed on an interim basis for the club’s final four matches of the season, although it is unclear if the Welshman would be in the running to get the job permanently.
Louis van Gaal, the Holland and former Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Ajax coach, has been linked with the post.
Jurgen Klopp is also likely to be a contender, even if Barcelona may turn to the Borussia Dortmund coach as a potential replacement for Gerardo Martino, who is expected to be sacked at the end of the season.
Laurent Blanc, the former France coach and United defender who is in charge of Paris Saint-Germain, may have his admirers and Diego Simeone’s star has risen sharply during his 2½ years as Atletico Madrid coach.
The Spanish club lead La Liga by four points with four matches of the season remaining and face Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tomorrow.
Moyes’s failure is a huge embarrassment for Ferguson, who was allowed to pick his fellow Scot as his replacement. Ferguson had been a regular presence in the directors’ box this season but has been less seen in recent weeks.
Moyes - who will be 51 on Friday - was handed a six-year contract in the belief that he could build on Ferguson’s legacy but his debut campaign has lurched from one crisis to another and left the Glazers in a state of shock.
United have managed just one win against the league’s present top six and taken only ten points from a possible 45 against sides in the top nine, statistics which are thought to have been a particular cause of concern for the Glazers.
Moyes’s one-dimensional tactics and poor squad management have invited a torrent of criticism while neither of his two signings, Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata - who arrived for a combined total of £65 million - have made much of an impact and failed to inspire confidence before another anticipated splurge in the transfer market.
Nor has Moyes looked comfortable under such an intense spotlight, with his press conferences and interviews doing little to project an image of strength or unity.
Although he managed to persuade Wayne Rooney to stay at Old Trafford, eyebrows were raised at the decision to award a 5½ year contract worth £300,000 a week to a player who will be 29 in October.
As well as being beaten by Swansea City at Old Trafford in the FA Cup third round, United lost on penalties to Sunderland in the Capital One Cup semi-finals and were eliminated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.
My legs are all giddy.
agreed. Moyes will be fine. He did a great job at Everton and will do again for a mid-table club. He'll probably come back to haunt us a few times as well. He'll be fine
Agreed. It was the hardest job anyone will ever have also though, which is why he shouldn't have been given it in the first place.
Probably loving it somewhere. He's as big a muppet as everyone here.
yeah
It's sad that the high point of this season for me will likely be the sacking of our manager. Sums up how weird/different/miserable it's been.
The best part about this is that it is so big now that the club can't even postpone the sack till the end of the season. It will be extremely distracting. It has to happen before our next game.
I hope not.
I knew I masturbated two hours too early.
Come on man, just announce it!
Come on man, just announce it!
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