Achievements--------------Mourinho-----Moyes
Won the PL-----------------Yes----------No
Won the FA Cup------------Yes----------No
Won the Community Shield---Yes---------No
Won the CL-----------------Yes---------No
Won the Serie A------------Yes----------No
Won La liga-----------------Yes----------No
Managed top sides----------Yes----------No
CL experience---------------Yes----------No
Managed a team of stars----Yes----------No
Attracts players-------------Yes---------Meh
Attracts media--------------Yes---------Meh
Attracts sponsors-----------Yes---------Meh
Can handle pressure---------Yes---------NK
This is what Fergie has to consider, he has surely not arrived to Moyes!
Were you around then? If not, shut it mate!
Take a look at the table and you will see that what I said pretty much rings true. Change the name from Moyes to Sir Alex Ferguson circa 1986, and you will find that he doesn't tick all the boxes either. As for the "being around then", of course I was, being born in 1973.
He won trophies with Aberdeen and I respect that, against all odds, he did the impossible and broke the Glasgow monopoly. Look at us now, 26 years later and he has won a bucketload of trophies. So, for arguments sake, I will not shut up.
Edit:
I started well back in the good old days of Ron Atkinson when he first signed Robbo from the Baggies. I lived through those average times, and I remembered the day Moran was sent off in the final, where Whiteside scored a marvellous goal that day. I still remember Robbo when he scored against France in the 1982 world cup, the fastest goal at that time, when he scored inside of 27 seconds. I didn't have much confidence in Sir Alex at the time, in fact, I never even heard of him since I was only interested in English football and not Scottish. As a fan, I remembered the hard times, the doubts were slowly seeping through, but when you are a football fan, you stick with your team through thick and thin, and if Sir Bobby could show that he has confidence then, show should we.
In the end, it paid off and we are all happy for that. We all knew that Sir Alex was going to retire at some point, so, be prepared for it. I was, and to be honest, the fact that Moyes is our new manager doesn't disappoint me one little bit. We have had so much joy and success that we have become a little bit spoilt. The next 12 months will be interesting to see how many of us will still be behind Moyes. I know I will be.
