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Moyes So Far!
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Makes sense that Moyes would know how to counter Sam Allardyce type of football 
. I did not fully grasp what he meant when he said Fellaini and Carrick will be playing defense, but it has becomes apparant when I first saw Fellaini acting as the third man in defensive; man marking Caroll and thwarting his aerial prowness. Forcing West Ham to play football and cutting of their direct longball route shows progression in Moyes tactical acumen.
. I did not fully grasp what he meant when he said Fellaini and Carrick will be playing defense, but it has becomes apparant when I first saw Fellaini acting as the third man in defensive; man marking Caroll and thwarting his aerial prowness. Forcing West Ham to play football and cutting of their direct longball route shows progression in Moyes tactical acumen.He's right actually.....but there you go.
My first moan of the day
Make a change FFS. The game needs one now. Bring off Young
Make a change FFS. The game needs one now. Bring off Young
This has been great today. Stick with this please. The Kagawa mata Rooney trio is lovely.
Turned out nice again.
Well played Dave. Got the team right today, only complaint was not using the subs sooner, other than that, far better.
If only he plays Januzaj/Welbeck/Nani instead of Young it would be brilliant.
Anyway, today he was good. More like this please.
Well in, Moyes. Attractive football today, I'm a happy man. More of Shinji, Juan, and Wayne, please!
And the pressure cooker eases down another notch...
Well played Moyes. Good on him.
I do love the way he always wants to the players to go applaud the fans. I'm sure the majority of the managers do it, but he puts a lot of emphasis on it in my eyes.
I can only admire him for the way he's kept his chin up.
I do love the way he always wants to the players to go applaud the fans. I'm sure the majority of the managers do it, but he puts a lot of emphasis on it in my eyes.
I can only admire him for the way he's kept his chin up.
Don't know what inspired Moyes to play Kagawa, Mata and Rooney together but it was a fine decision. For the first time in 2013/14 we really saw Manchester United today: Quick, short passing, interchanging attackers, fast counters. Also, returning Fletch to the starting line up was a very good decision. Fletch definitely played better today than he has for awhile but today his short and long passing was good and together with Fellaini he helped us not get bullied. When Moyes gets it wrong I slate him so I'll praise him for getting it right today.
Thought that was pretty good actually. Well played.
He's alright this Moyesiola.
Absolutely agree, it was great. I'm beaming right now to be honest.
To be fair there is nothing left to play for anyways. Most people expect us to get demolished by bayern, especially now RVP is out.
Glad we got the result but it still seems like we won't be in the CL next year barring a minor miracle!
Play in a way that partially hides or weaknesses but takes advantage of our strengths. That's the sort of thing that's been missing this season but we've done that quite well today.
Nothing to complain about today. I don't whether the short passing and emphasis on counter was by his instruction or the players' natural instinct, but it worked out well.
Nice win. Liked seeing Mata at 10 with Kagawa and Rooney. We're a mid-table team this year-so yeah-we beat West Ham. But, recently we haven't been close to competitive against Chelsea, Liverpool, and Tuesday, I expect City.
I expect three losses down the stretch-City, Everton and S'hampton. This was nice-and no surprise.
I expect three losses down the stretch-City, Everton and S'hampton. This was nice-and no surprise.
RVP's injury, as bad as it is, is actually a blessing in disguise for Moyes. Now he can play with one striker and Mata behind him.
It was obvious he was afraid to drop one of Rooney and RVP.
It was obvious he was afraid to drop one of Rooney and RVP.
Great job today. Full credit for the line up and the tactics.
Well played today!
Hope he sticks with Mata and Kagawa in the same team...Has potential to be mind blowing!
Hope he sticks with Mata and Kagawa in the same team...Has potential to be mind blowing!
I think City would be a real acid test for us. If we manage to beat City, I think we'll have come a long way. Hurts just to type that!
I think it was encouraged by the fact that Mata, Rooney and Kagawa are all comfortable in tight areas. The counter attacking was obviously an instruction to focus on West Hams lack of pace.
Mainly it was because one of the two players that he hasn't had the balls to upset by playing them out of position or by benching them is injured. Secondly, only a guess mind, I think that he was using the squad with Tuesday's game in mind. Welbeck was rested for that game and I think that he will start against City. I am not sure if Moyes had in mind to start evolving our style. Lets see if what happens from here on out.
Agreed
Shuffled the pack but it all worked out
A positive result on Tuesday will mean so much
Has Moyes seen the light? Are Fergie and Giggs influencing him? Has he thrown his natural instincts to the wind?
Whatever it is , we want more of this. We've got our mojo back.
Whatever it is , we want more of this. We've got our mojo back.
Could've gone for Young and Valencia again thought couldn't he? This was a real change. A change of emphasis towards the magic midgets. You gotta give him credit for that. I know the change was forced but even so, Shinji and Mata haven't started together til now and still could with Van Persie and Rooney available with Rooney going wide right. Moyes seems to have learned how flat the way he's setting us up makes us and he showed the nous to change it. Glad too.
Another good night's sleep in the bag for David. Well in.
Nice to see Hernandez and Kagawa in a game. Looks like they got their release papers from Guantanamo last night. Maybe Nani will get his soon.
Good to see we are finally making the progress we have all been waiting for. If he keeps up the good work until the end of the season I'm much happier with him getting a second year.
And the tide has seemingly turned for a few people, again. I'm far, far from convinced. We've had much better displays earlier in the season, and then the eyebrowless one took us to new depths. Doesn't change a thing.
Agreed. For me it's just prolonging the inevitable.
Nah, nothing's changed for me. Pointless raining on the parade while we win a couple, though.
He's such a nice man, I really want him to succeed, but it just feels like another false turning point.
With all due respect and in the intention of remaining collected, please be fecked sir.
Ryan Giggs is an inspiration to any footballer, not only youth. I have never denied that. I adore giggs as a footballer! You saying we do not need to replace him but instead, purchase a creative midfielder is the same bloody thing. Giggs is one of our creative midfielders and he will not last much longer (as much as you seem to think he will). I wish he was 17 years old again, I really do. I am not arguing the fact that he is still capable of producing breathtaking football but with all due respect, it was the Greek champions we were playing at home (lets not forget that!). While I am not a medium, I would like to think that he will call time on his glittering career sooner, rather than later. Bearing this in mind, any purchase of a creative midfielder may well be assessed as a direct replacement for Giggsy in the squad in the near future.
My use of the word rely was directed at the fact that in a time of need for creativity in the middle of the park, we turned to Ryan Giggs. That night, we heavily relied on Ryan Giggs. Yes, Giggs is a squad member and I am aware of that. We rely on all of the members of our squad throughout a season and as it stands, we are RELYING on a 40 year old Ryan Giggs to play a key part in a Champions League KO stage. Is that complicated? Would you care to further draw out a needless argument for the sake of what?!
We chased a creative midfielder...Fabregas? Who continuously denies any interest and continuously stated his love for Barcelona. That the chasing you are on about?
It's getting the job done against good and very good sides that remains the problem. We've been doing somewhat better recently but I don't see it as being much different to the run of wins we've had in December. The football is better this time around, but it's not good enough if the moment you play a good side you fall apart, like we did against Liverpool.
City, Bayern and also Everton, Southampton and Newcastle - that'll be the test. Not West Ham (who we comfortably beat at Old Trafford with good football) or Villa or West Brom.
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