Whihc is sort of the point im making. Some are writing him off way too early based upon a few very difficult league fixtures. As you say SAF could have gotten away with being attacking in those fixtures, but i can't understand why people would expect Moyes to be as gung ho when he obviously realises he would be slated for it far more than SAF. So caution was a perfectly understandable approach.
Not in the big games, against WBA. He went attacking and the defence let him down really badly. So after 2 bad results, he goes cautious in Donetsk, get's a credible point, and was then accused by some on here of being overly cautious, even scared. Had we attacked and got bummed again, would he have been praised for a positive approach? I doubt it.
No-one is delighted we were bummed by City, but City are capable of that against us. It should'nt come as too much of a surprise that we were outcalssed by Toure, Aguero and Kompany. The only time in the past couple of years we have done well against City was with RVP in the side, and he was out for that game. Had he approached the game like Donetsk, and gotten a draw, i am quite certain there would have been little praise, and yet more focus on his negativity. 6 games Cheesy. We haven't done it so far, but it's 6 games. I think there is an agenda by some, not all, but definitely some. They have already made their mind up about both Moyes and Fellaini, and every negative aspect is being used as confirmation of their view.
Even the Donetsk game which for me was a huge positive to go to a place where most English clubs have been beaten, and get a comfortable draw and produce a disciplined defensive display. I certainly haven't heard him get much praise for our CL results, some still relish looking at the negatives to reaffirm their premature view.
So i am not really looking at poster's with reasoned considered views, i am cautioning against bandwagon jumping prematurely. We need to take into account that Moyes is going to have to change a team that has played the same way, under the same manager for years. The start of this transition has been undertaken with obvious longstanding weaknesses in our team, and having to face some of our most difficult annual fixtures. If by March we have not improved then people will be perfectly entitled to criticise, but it's just way too soon yet for some of the comments in my view.
