Moyes So Far!

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We might well beat Fulham, the bottom team, then we'll lose to whoever we play next and in 8pts behind Liverpool, Liverpool dropping points in recent weeks has given us some false hope of catching 4th, but the fact of the matter is, with Moyes in charge, we WILL NOT.
Sadly, I think you're right. Saying that it really is make or break for him now, this game is massive and the worrying thing is I can see Fulham getting something from the game, our confidence must be shot after the defeat against Stoke and the less than convincing win against Cardiff.
I'm not sure even his most staunch supporters could back him after that.
 
Can we get some names on that 10?

I honestly can't name 10 managers that I feel are good enough for United. I can think of 8, 3 of which you mentioned and the other 5 won't be available any time soon.
I can name 1 manager who I KNOW is not good enough for United, 3 guesses... go
 
United shares in the stock market already falling this season. The amount of money that is going to take to sack Moyes is not going comparable to the amount of money the Glazers make in the stock market

The Glazers have already made their money in the stock market and considering they're not selling any more shares it doesn't effect them one bit.

If anything, seeing the secondary shares drop down to an all time low would benefit them as they could purchase them all back at the reduced rate and gain back full ownership of the club which would then have seen them "make a profit" from the IPO.
 
He won't destroy the club, but he will certainly hasten the 'Realification' of the club which I worried about previously and which I actually thought he would delay. When he goes at the end of next season we won't have a choice but to start spending like maniacs on world class players in their late 20s.
Oh yeah, thank you so much David Moyes for that. May you forever make us perform to the least of our abilities so that we cannot avoid above mentioned "Realification:.
 
The Glazers have already made their money in the stock market and considering they're not selling any more shares it doesn't effect them one bit.

If anything, seeing the secondary shares drop down to an all time low would benefit them as they could purchase them all back at the reduced rate and gain back full ownership of the club which would then have seen them "make a profit" from the IPO.
On the other hand, if they're in it for the profit as everyone thinks, the share prices going up means they can sell more at a higher price. Surely that is a more attractive proposition for them.
 
He's been starting a lot more games than the better player.
That doesn't mean he's a bad player. He's been shifted out of postion for so long. Do you remember what he was like in the reserves? He's actually very good when he's played correctly. In fact, we have a serious problem of playing players out of position, to simply play as many good players we can, rather than creating a squad that fits together well.
 
It's called making an informed prediction. No one knows for a fact that Mourinho will have Chelsea challenging for the title this season, we could have done a Moyes and dragged them down to 7th :lol: , but most reasonable people knew that Mourinho has what it takes and will be successful.
Nobody is saying this is how I think it'll turn out though. It's all "there's no way", "no chance", "definitely going to fail".

Whereas the Moyes in brigade haven't actually even said he'll definitely be successful. I'm listening to the side not forcing their idiotic predictions.

Yes, we may fail with Moyes, it's certainly a possibility. But it's in no way a certainty.
 
He's been starting a lot more games than the better player.

Which better player, Hernandez? I've seen very little evidence of that, especially this season. Danny's managed eight goals and two assists in ten starts up front. You can hardly compare it to Valencia keeping Nani out of the team and doing absolutely feck all. Welbeck deserves to start ahead of Chicharito on both form and ability, while Valencia wouldn't deserve to start ahead of Jonathan Greening at the moment.
 
It's not that big a deal. The results he's produced are pretty sack-worthy.
it's ridiculous. it's a thread made by an idiot/WUM and people are actually responding to it in a serious manner. People are actually saying they want our club to lose a game of football if it means getting rid of our manager. Where does the idiocy stop on this place? The idea that any supporter for any club would want their team to lose a game is mental!
 
Which better player, Hernandez? I've seen very little evidence of that, especially this season. Danny's managed eight goals and two assists in ten starts up front. You can hardly compare it to Valencia keeping Nani out of the team and doing absolutely fcuk all. Welbeck deserves to start ahead of Chicharito on both form and ability, while Valencia wouldn't deserve to start ahead of Jonathan Greening at the moment.
He really don't. And Chicha has also managed to score 7 goals despite being in even more limted gameplay. He's also far mroe consistent than Welbeck who can one game look like Henry and the other like Heskey.
 
it's ridiculous. it's a thread made by an idiot/WUM and people are actually responding to it in a serious manner. People are actually saying they want our club to lose a game of football if it means getting rid of our manager. Where does the idiocy stop on this place? The idea that any supporter for any club would want their team to lose a game is mental!
Exactly, I can't how people see the benefit in it. I'll support this club through thick and thin, but I never want them to lose, even if it has an advantage.
 
it's ridiculous. it's a thread made by an idiot/WUM and people are actually responding to it in a serious manner. People are actually saying they want our club to lose a game of football if it means getting rid of our manager. Where does the idiocy stop on this place? The idea that any supporter for any club would want their team to lose a game is mental!
What's wrong with discussing it seriously though?

It's on a lot of people's minds because he's way past the place where all other clubs would have fired him.

As for the bolded bit above, I wouldn't want that to happen but who cares, really? As long as those people want it in the interest of the club it's not really a big deal.
 
Nobody is saying this is how I think it'll turn out though. It's all "there's no way", "no chance", "definitely going to fail".

Whereas the Moyes in brigade haven't actually even said he'll definitely be successful. I'm listening to the side not forcing their idiotic predictions.

Yes, we may fail with Moyes, it's certainly a possibility. But it's in no way a certainty.
Nothing is certain in life, but in this case the likelihood is so high that it's almost impossible to see any alternative outcome.

Moyes turning it round is about as likely as I pick up tennis and win Wimbledon.
 
it's ridiculous. it's a thread made by an idiot/WUM and people are actually responding to it in a serious manner. People are actually saying they want our club to lose a game of football if it means getting rid of our manager. Where does the idiocy stop on this place? The idea that any supporter for any club would want their team to lose a game is mental!

It's not in the slightest, they view it as the lesser of two evils, which in their head is a good reason for wanting their club to loose 3 points rather than keep a manager blindly and loose more in the long run, I don't agree but I can't dismiss it.
 
it's ridiculous. it's a thread made by an idiot/WUM and people are actually responding to it in a serious manner. People are actually saying they want our club to lose a game of football if it means getting rid of our manager. Where does the idiocy stop on this place? The idea that any supporter for any club would want their team to lose a game is mental!

I can think of plenty of examples of fans wanting clubs to lose games, do you think Liverpool fans were upset when Gerrard passed the ball to Drogba to deny us the title?
 
Nothing is certain in life, but in this case the likelihood is so high that it's almost impossible to see any alternative outcome.

Moyes turning it round is about as likely as I pick up tennis and win Wimbledon.
Well feel free to believe that but try to ram that idea down my throat and we'll have a problem. Fair?
 
Well feel free to believe that but try to ram that idea down my throat and we'll have a problem. Fair?
I've never tried to ram my opinion down anyone's throat, unlike Messi fanbois who have a problem with other people thinking Ronaldo is better.
 
I've never tried to ram my opinion down anyone's throat, unlike Messi fanbois who have a problem with other people thinking Ronaldo is better.
Admittedly you're not so bad, if you were I'd have said "again".

You know what I mean though, it has been a bit "drink the fecking koolaid".
 
It's not in the slightest, they view it as the lesser of two evils, which in their head is a good reason for wanting their club to loose 3 points rather than keep a manager blindly and loose more in the long run, I don't agree but I can't dismiss it.
it is. They want their club to lose a game of football, actually get beaten, how is that not absurd? Think about it seriously now, wanting your team to be defeated just so your little dream of getting your own manager sacked can come to fruition.
What's wrong with discussing it seriously though?

It's on a lot of people's minds because he's way past the place where all other clubs would have fired him.

As for the bolded bit above, I wouldn't want that to happen but who cares, really? As long as those people want it in the interest of the club it's not really a big deal.
Because it's clearly not going to happen? Because even despite the fact that he may not be the right man for the job, we should at least try and be positive and at least hope he can turn things around instead of actually outright wanting him to fail and wanting us to be beaten, maybe? And not wank over other potential managers and then go "see, I told you, I told you he would've been better for us and Moyes was right, suck it!"

I didn't really want Moyes here but I'm not going to actively seek the main to fail at his job.
I can think of plenty of examples of fans wanting clubs to lose games, do you think Liverpool fans were upset when Gerrard passed the ball to Drogba to deny us the title?
Yes because that's entirely comparable to wanting to lose so your manager gets sacked, isn't it? Just because other clubs do these sort of things doesn't make it idiotic, especially considering we as Utd fans supposedly pride ourselves as not being as erratic and OTT as opposition supporters when it comes to this sort of thing.
 
I made a list the other day. Anyway some of them are Simeone, Prandelli, Klopp (unlikely), Capello, the three guys I mentioned (Bielsa, Heynckess and Hiddink), Van Gaal, Laudrup, Martinez, Pochetino, Ole (while all of the last 4 are unproven, I never understood and agreed with that part of the argument and are countless examples of unproven managers being instant hits, more recently Pep and Conte). That Roma guy (Rudy Garcia) may be a good choice too, he's playing very attractive football and getting insane results. Ancelotti may be a shot if Madrid doesn't win the league and/or Champions and get the sack.


So aside from all the obvious ones, all of whom are unobtainable, your answers are 4 unproven ones who for all we know could do a worse job at United than Moyes. Or is your argument based on the fact they haven't taken over from Sir Alex and struggled so they must be better?


The fact is we haven't got a clue how anyone would have got on with this squad. We don't have a clue what the real issues are. If you listen to Andy Mitten he suggests that senior United players effectively retired with Ferguson. If that's the case Moyes wasn't just missing a some players he was missing some experienced heads that should have been helping him guide the squad. He's been missing the leadership this squad requires. It's blindingly obvious that Vidic hasn't give two fecks about anything this season. His level has dropped off so much and that red against Chelsea was just the cherry on the cake. That's the club captain we are talking about, the one Ferguson had the benefit of marshalling his troops with 100% focus.


So while we might disagree, I've come to the decision that I'm going to be supporting him until I get a good idea of how things are going next year after he's stripped the squad of all the bad influences and rebuilt it with players that will play for him. I can hear you thinking "a team of Fellaini's". I'm thinking "a team of Mata's".
 
Yes, we may fail with Moyes, it's certainly a possibility. But it's in no way a certainty.
I agree with you that he could become a success, however all signs are saying he won’t be. Like most fans all I want to see is a bit of direction, something different, even a bit of passion would help but we have nothing to go on.

This season has been a disaster from the start, I always gave him the benefit of the doubt, I even defended him to the death when I was in the newbies, and believe me that wasn’t an easy task, but I felt that he deserved his chance and deserved the backing.
Now, however I have completely changed my mind, 4th was the minimum requirement from a lot of fans, and if we’re honest that now seems like it’s not going to happen, 7th seems more realistic with Everton and Spurs finishing above us. Even Newcastle have a chance of finishing above us, Southampton have an outside chance.

The squad was good enough to win the league last year at a walk, we added Fellaini, Zaha and Januzaj to the squad and most recently Mata. Something’s gone terribly wrong the manager has to take the blame, all I’m hearing is excuses.

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it is. They want their club to lose a game of football, actually get beaten, how is that not absurd? Think about it seriously now, wanting your team to be defeated just so your little dream of getting your own manager sacked can come to fruition.

As said earlier, it's not an opinion I share, but also not one that I would regard as "bad" necessarily, FWIW, if I felt so strongly about Moyes being out, of course I'd rather loose 3 points now than risk letting him loose plenty more later. For me, what's silly, is that people are at that stage, if he sold Rooney for a £20 and played Giggs at CB, I'd understand...
 
Because it's clearly not going to happen? Because even despite the fact that he may not be the right man for the job, we should at least try and be positive and at least hope he can turn things around instead of actually outright wanting him to fail and wanting us to be beaten, maybe? And not wank over other potential managers and then go "see, I told you, I told you he would've been better for us and Moyes was right, suck it!"

That's the crux of it. I didn't want Moyes, I think he is doing beyond a horrible job, and I think he will fail miserably.

I really hope he doesn't though, and will go into every game with the hope that we turn a corner, play really well and go on a run - even if I can't see it happening, doesn't mean I won't hope for it.
 
I agree with you that he could become a success, however all signs are saying he won’t be. Like most fans all I want to see is a bit of direction, something different, even a bit of passion would help but we have nothing to go on.

This season has been a disaster from the start, I always gave him the benefit of the doubt, I even defended him to the death when I was in the newbies, and believe me that wasn’t an easy task, but I felt that he deserved his chance and deserved the backing.
Now, however I have completely changed my mind, 4th was the minimum requirement from a lot of fans, and if we’re honest that now seems like it’s not going to happen, 7th seems more realistic with Everton and Spurs finishing above us. Even Newcastle have a chance of finishing above us, Southampton have an outside chance.

The squad was good enough to win the league last year at a walk, we added Fellaini, Zaha and Januzaj to the squad and most recently Mata. Something’s gone terribly wrong the manager has to take the blame, all I’m hearing is excuses.

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

Truth is; if we kick him out now we'll never know. He could turn it around and be quite successful with us, or he could not. I want to find out first and if he isn't for the job we'd know next season, there'd be no complaints from me if we actually gave the man a chance. Half a season is not a chance.
 
As said earlier, it's not an opinion I share, but also not one that I would regard as "bad" necessarily, FWIW, if I felt so strongly about Moyes being out, of course I'd rather loose 3 points now than risk letting him loose plenty more later. For me, what's silly, is that people are at that stage, if he sold Rooney for a £20 and played Giggs at CB, I'd understand...
That's just a crazy argument to make though, especially as if we won the game it'd be an extremely positive thing for us. To actually reach the stage where you're so adamant on getting rid of our player that you want to see him fail is just sad really.
 
So aside from all the obvious ones, all of whom are unobtainable, your answers are 4 unproven ones who for all we know could do a worse job at United than Moyes. Or is your argument based on the fact they haven't taken over from Sir Alex and struggled so they must be better?


The fact is we haven't got a clue how anyone would have got on with this squad. We don't have a clue what the real issues are. If you listen to Andy Mitten he suggests that senior United players effectively retired with Ferguson. If that's the case Moyes wasn't just missing a some players he was missing some experienced heads that should have been helping him guide the squad. He's been missing the leadership this squad requires. It's blindingly obvious that Vidic hasn't give two fcuks about anything this season. His level has dropped off so much and that red against Chelsea was just the cherry on the cake. That's the club captain we are talking about, the one Ferguson had the benefit of marshalling his troops with 100% focus.


So while we might disagree, I've come to the decision that I'm going to be supporting him until I get a good idea of how things are going next year after he's stripped the squad of all the bad influences and rebuilt it with players that will play for him. I can hear you thinking "a team of Fellaini's". I'm thinking "a team of Mata's".
Actually I have given a few other names of proven managers (Van Gaal, Bielsa, Heynckess, Simeone, Prandelli, Hiddink, Capello).

If only Barcelona would have gone with the proven Unai Emery instead of the unproven Pep Guardiola, we likely would have had 5 European Cups by now. And interestingly the proven Zacheroni and Del Neri were big failures while the unproven Conte was such a big success.

I think and always thought that it is better to be unproven (but high potential) rather than being proven mediocre.
 
it is. They want their club to lose a game of football, actually get beaten, how is that not absurd? Think about it seriously now, wanting your team to be defeated just so your little dream of getting your own manager sacked can come to fruition.

Like I said earlier, I don't WANT us to lose to Fulham because Moyes won't get sacked even if that happened, so I'd prefer we win.

Because it's clearly not going to happen? Because even despite the fact that he may not be the right man for the job, we should at least try and be positive and at least hope he can turn things around instead of actually outright wanting him to fail and wanting us to be beaten, maybe? And not wank over other potential managers and then go "see, I told you, I told you he would've been better for us and Moyes was right, suck it!"

I didn't really want Moyes here but I'm not going to actively seek the main to fail at his job.

Yes because that's entirely comparable to wanting to lose so your manager gets sacked, isn't it? Just because other clubs do these sort of things doesn't make it idiotic, especially considering we as Utd fans supposedly pride ourselves as not being as erratic and OTT as opposition supporters when it comes to this sort of thing.
Are you serious telling me you'd not want United to lose if we were playing Chelsea/Arsenal in the last game of the season and they're 1pt ahead of Liverpool on the verge of their 20th/21st title, whilst we have nothing to play for in that game?
 
The ironic thing is that we probably paid for Matic with giving them money for Mata. He gets rid of Mata and strengthens his team. Clever. Mata is great, but unless used properly adds to our problems.

By saying it is 'ironic' suggests that there is an element of luck or fate involved. There isn't. Mourinho plays a system, he doesn't play stars.

The Mata situation worked for him on multiple levels. He swanned back into Chelsea and told their best player for the past couple of seasons that he was out because he doesn't work in his system. He had legitimate tactical reasons for doing so but it was also a significant power play.

It said to the rest of the squad that Mourinho is boss, you either get in line with what he is doing or you are out, he doesn't care for what the fans want or who got the most assists last year, he cares about putting together a team that will win, when your team wins you can do whatever you like.

Now he has sold Mata and used the funds to further shape his team in his own image. He has also sold Mata to a team that is still to play his two title rivals. Moyes will probably negate and advantage that Mata might give us, but can you imagine if Mata proves decisive against City or Arsenal, all will hail the genius of Mourinho yet again. If City and Arsenal beat us then Chelsea will still probably win the title because Mourinho just gets the job done whatever happens.

How does this relate to Moyes at United? Well it just emphasises the gulf in managerial prowess between the two. One manager is full of confidence, daring and direction whilst the other flails, fumbles and makes excuses.

Mourinho takes fate by the hand and dances with it whilst Moyes gets to the byline and manages to hit it with one out of eight pull backs.
 
That's just a crazy argument to make though, especially as if we won the game it'd be an extremely positive thing for us. To actually reach the stage where you're so adamant on getting rid of our player that you want to see him fail is just sad really.
Would you be more happy to see Young play like shit next game and then us signing Ronaldo (or someone worse, let say Reus) or to see Young playing good the next game and then continuing with him for another few years?
 
That's the crux of it. I didn't want Moyes, I think he is doing beyond a horrible job, and I think he will fail miserably.

I really hope he doesn't though, and will go into every game with the hope that we turn a corner, play really well and go on a run - even if I can't see it happening, doesn't mean I won't hope for it.
Indeed. I find the idea of wanting your manager to fail just utterly miserable really, it baffles my mind in every way. It seems the main people who are doing it are also those who have a love-in for people like Mourinho and are constantly trying to remind us how much better he is and how they wanted him here and not Moyes.

I think the real reason they're actively seeking this is so they personally can tell other posters that they were right and the other poster was wrong and shove the whole thing in their face, it's just sad.
 
This describes in a nutshell why comparisons of Moyes and SAF are utter tripe. SAF was already European class when he arrived - he had pedigree.
Yeah.

Another thing to consider though was Fergie came when United at its lowest. No title for more than a decade, their rival was winning trophies right left center. Fergie came with his pedigree and self confidence, and he made players believe in him. I think even if Fergie won less trophy in Scotland, the situation at United would helped him a great deal to achieve control. They were not winners, and when a new manager came to put his stamp they'll listen.

It's very different with the current United side. Here was a team that has won everything in sight. A title winning team that crushed it's closest competition by 11 points. It doesn't fit any logic that they choose someone with no winning pedigree at all to take over the team. I mean, the United board went for someone who has won national titles and European Cup when United was bad, why on earth they took on someone who hasn't won anything at any level when United was good?

Bayern Munich is the best example of how to solve a managerial transition for a team at the top. They got a manager who has won everything. Someone who could say to their title winning, European Cup winners squad, "I can make you play better".
 
That's just a crazy argument to make though, especially as if we won the game it'd be an extremely positive thing for us. To actually reach the stage where you're so adamant on getting rid of our player that you want to see him fail is just sad really.

I'd agree, but once again I repeat, that's not how I feel, it seems to be how a lot here feel.
 
Because it's clearly not going to happen?
Well, you never know. I'm the sure the owners are daft enough to just keep him hanging around despite him running the footballing side of the club into the ground. This is a business and a football club, not a playground for Sir Alex's favorite hard working Brits to try their luck and do their summer internship.

Because even despite the fact that he may not be the right man for the job, we should at least try and be positive and at least hope he can turn things around instead of actually outright wanting him to fail and wanting us to be beaten, maybe?
Like I said, I don't agree with it and I'll be very surprised if it's more than a handful who see it that way. But if they want what's best for the club, I understand their (extreme) emotions and opinions. I'm sure some Liverpool fans felt this way about Hodgson.

My take is that I'll support us when we play as always and hope we win every game 5-0, but at the same time I can have my opinions on Moyes. I personally think he should be on the verge of sack, going by the logic of running a football club. So discussing it is only natural.

And not wank over other potential managers and then go "see, I told you, I told you he would've been better for us and Moyes was right, suck it!"
Doubt anyone talks or even thinks like that. They most likely just don't rate Moyes and think other managers would be better for us than Moyes, which he seems to proving conclusively this season.
 
On the other hand, if they're in it for the profit as everyone thinks, the share prices going up means they can sell more at a higher price. Surely that is a more attractive proposition for them.

The profit everyone thinks they are in for isn't from selling the club though. Nobody is going to spend £2bn+ on a club. Those looking for a new plaything will go for a cheap club and buy good players like all the sugar daddies, those looking to turn a profit will follow a similar model to the Glazers, taking on a club with potential and maximising profits.


The Glazers will get their money through dividends once the debt is serviced and they work out the maintenance costs of keeping the club at the top.

It'll be a balancing act of keeping the club as one of if not the biggest in the world by keeping success on the field and making us attractive to sponsors and then pulling out their salaries.
 
It seems from various reports that he doesn't have the whole dressing room onside. This will improve as he gets more of 'his own' players in.

There was always going to be a knock on effect from Fergie leaving. Most of that title winning squad had been here for some time and they had only ever known Fergie in charge. So the feeling when he left would likely have been akin to losing a father and your mum turning up at the funeral with a new fella. a ginger one at that.
 
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