I was trying to be sarcastic, hehe
Moyes Was Sacked One Year Ago
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I was trying to be sarcastic, hehe
Ahh and here I was thinking parenthood was getting to you.
I think Moyes would still be here if he was arrogant, if he had basically said "we're shit right now, but i have a 3 year plan to conquer England and the world" he is the perfect example of "Nice guys finish last".
There is always the oppurtunity of supporting Sociedad. You might even find streams that show them at times.
Relatively plain sailing so far. Ping me your gmail address, I'll share pics with you
Thanks for the advice but not into Spanish football.
The biggest difference is that Moyes tolerated, even welcomed mediocrity, whilst LVG clearly does not. Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra of last year were poor yet he continued to play them to the bitter end, LVG wouldn't have! When you show your players that you don't take shit the not so hopless ones will whip themselves into line and players like Young are testament to that.
Moyes didn't make any player fight for their United careers.
I can understand why you were pissed mate and fair enough he could have kept quiet about where he was gong until june but it's not as if Inter are a direct rival so he probably didn't think it would be a big deal.
But at the end of the day, Vidic had no idea in december/january that the season would go as bad as it did. Around that time we were not too far off 4th as you say for all he knew we would still have finished 2nd/3rd.
As i said had last season been successful no one would have cared in hindsight that Vidic announced he was joining Inter in January.
Ah fair enough then mate it's hard to tell sometimes on here.
The funny thing is I actually think Mata was more a 'club' signing than a Moyes one....
Would endless speculations for months had been better?
I don't think we should be this precious.
Where is happy moyes getting sacked day or what was it called exactly? 
Holy Shit.
Just realised.
Jimmy Lumsden was a senior figure at United.
Think about that.
He was paid to help United play football better.
The mind absolutely boggles
Just realised.
Jimmy Lumsden was a senior figure at United.
Think about that.
He was paid to help United play football better.
The mind absolutely boggles
I honestly thought it was a wind up when the press touted Moyes as the next United manager after Fergie announced that he would be retiring, I just couldn't understand it.
He did nothing to justify such an appointment succeeding one of the greatest managers of all time.
He did nothing to justify such an appointment succeeding one of the greatest managers of all time.
Best moment. The second half of the cup? game against Swansea, when Januzaj and Kagawa looked like a really good combo down the right/centre. I thought he'd hit on something there.
Next game, they're both dropped. Idiot
Next game, they're both dropped. Idiot
He means the league game against Swansea at home, finished 2-0 I think.We also lost that game
Holy Shit.
Just realised.
Jimmy Lumsden was a senior figure at United.
Think about that.
He was paid to help United play football better.
The mind absolutely boggles
Who?
Seriously though i didn't know what this guy even looked like until after he was sacked. Never once seen him on the bench during a game.
Still don't know what his role was. Probably just an arse licker that Davey gave a job to.
Remember Phil Neville used to wear a head set on the bench?
Well, wee Jimmy used to sit in the stands and Moyes used to communicate to him, via Phil Neville and the headset, to see if he thought if a sub should be made
Would the squad or the fans have been as a patient with Van Gaal had we not have had to put up with the Moyes era? I think he was a necessery punching bag, we cleared the bad out of the dressing room, shipped out the old and brought in the young and new signings in their place.
Jesus really? Where did you hear this mate?Moyes was more of a crack pot than i thought then, Jimmy must have rarely thought we needed a sub then as i don't know how many games we were losing and Moyesy didn't even use all his subs or if he did took an age to make them.
So Phil Neville's main job was to relay messages from Jimmy, he rarely listened to Giggs opinions and Steve Round was Steve Round. What a coaching set up Moyes put in place.
Moyes was more of a crack pot than i thought then, Jimmy must have rarely thought we needed a sub then as i don't know how many games we were losing and Moyesy didn't even use all his subs or if he did took an age to make them.
So Phil Neville's main job was to relay messages from Jimmy, he rarely listened to Giggs opinions and Steve Round was Steve Round. What a coaching set up Moyes put in place.
Everywhere and anywhere.....Everton fans, United fanzines, club insiders
Dithering Dave he really was
I don't associate with such people or read the fanzines these days so that would explain why i hadn't heard it before.
Thanks for sharing that anecdote mate, all these little bits of info add another piece to the puzzle that was Moyes United reign. And help you better understand what an immense Clusterfeck it actually was.
You must mean looking past the trees made of shit and seeing a forest of roses?
To me there's no defense of him and his reign as our manager. It was a terrible mistake and thankfully we didn't do the "right thing" and stand by him.
He had money to spend. Many people have claimed we outbid Madrid for Bale but he chose Madrid. I believe Moyes was referring to Herrera when he said "I like to think of the clubs money as my own". Not having money is different from not spending money or not being able to land targets. Yet and still he spent over 60 million which most managers can only dream of.
You can belittle the squad all you want, but a good manager gets the most out of his players. Sir Alex did it, LvG did it with the Dutch at the World Cup and is doing it now. Moyes didn't have that ability. Go look at the starting XI that dismantled City and Liverpool. With the exception of Blind (Herrera could've been his easily) all those players were available to Moyes. Shows the gulf in class between our last 2 managers.
He had money to spend. Many people have claimed we outbid Madrid for Bale but he chose Madrid. I believe Moyes was referring to Herrera when he said "I like to think of the clubs money as my own". Not having money is different from not spending money or not being able to land targets. Yet and still he spent over 60 million which most managers can only dream of.
You can belittle the squad all you want, but a good manager gets the most out of his players. Sir Alex did it, LvG did it with the Dutch at the World Cup and is doing it now. Moyes didn't have that ability. Go look at the starting XI that dismantled City and Liverpool. With the exception of Blind (Herrera could've been his easily) all those players were available to Moyes. Shows the gulf in class between our last 2 managers.
I die a little every time i remind Moyes' words before Newcastle game at OT.
"We will try to make it hard for Newcastle"...says the manger if Manchester United.
"We will try to make it hard for Newcastle"...says the manger if Manchester United.
How can you say he isn't arrogant?
It's one of the main problems with him, he certainly isn't a nice guy, we learned that much for certain during his time here.
Holy Shit.
Just realised.
Jimmy Lumsden was a senior figure at United.
Think about that.
He was paid to help United play football better.
The mind absolutely boggles
feck off, I have actually just pissed myself.
I can't stop looking at it, it's like corporal Jones from Dads army.
But it would have been absurd to allow him to spend significant amount of money on replacing half of the team with whoever he might have liked. It would be rewarding him for finishing 7th and being utterly terrible in his first season.
Exactly! He was very arrogant during his time here, constantly blaming the players and even praising himself ('I got us into CL quarterfinal'). The first thing he said when he came was that he needed 5-6 world class players to conquer Europe and he didn't think he had that. He's even gone on the record saying Ferguson would have struggled too and that he had left him an ageing squad suggesting it wasn't good enough for the Big Dave.
I was talking about what might have happened if he'd spent the money in his first summer. Agree to much bad had happened for him to be given the money after his first season in charge.
Doesn't help the argument when a couple are fans of opposition clubs.
The 12 saying he should have had more time are not as bad as the fecking 9 that said there are a lot of positives to take from his management
Everything I have said about Moyes, I still stand by my points to this day. We wasted a full year because of his shithouse appointment.
When he said that we should aspire to "City standard", that was the worst insult I ever felt as a fan listening to our manager's comments.
When he said that we should aspire to "City standard", that was the worst insult I ever felt as a fan listening to our manager's comments.
Best be first in for training or else, wee Jimmy will give you a clip round the ear......
Whoever supported this regime needs to log off FIFA for a few months
Had a weird dream this morning. I was walking by a building where the apartments had big windows so you could see in from the street. There were lots of people in all the rooms and in one of them was Moyes with his Real Sociedad team and he was smiling smug. I was gonna shout Moyes Out when I woke up scared
That gifHoly Shit.
Just realised.
Jimmy Lumsden was a senior figure at United.
Think about that.
He was paid to help United play football better.
The mind absolutely boggles
Is that guy meant to be Rene Muelensteens replacement?!its ok the evil Moyes monster will not get you.Had a weird dream this morning. I was walking by a building where the apartments had big windows so you could see in from the street. There were lots of people in all the rooms and in one of them was Moyes with his Real Sociedad team and he was smiling smug. I was gonna shout Moyes Out when I woke up scared