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Moyes Was Sacked One Year Ago
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Sounds harsh but I cheered the news of his sacking louder than a goal. I remember he was all over Europe around this time, scouting away. The poor bloke actually thought he was going to be given another season.
Changed my vote from D to E.
Only took you nearly 22k posts to do something worthwhile on here Revan, I'm so proud.
He didn't have the guts for the role. Didn't have the bottle to use Fellani like Van Gaal has.
Remember the time when he accidentally admitted that he didn't sub Van Persie off because he was afraid that the press would lambaste him?
The players didn't respect his weak leadership.
Remember the time when he accidentally admitted that he didn't sub Van Persie off because he was afraid that the press would lambaste him?
The players didn't respect his weak leadership.
What the hell are you all on about?
David Moyes manager of United? Are you all high?
On a side note, it was brilliant of the English FA to suspend all football for a year in respect of SAF resigning, I'm glad we appointed LVG to replace him.
David Moyes manager of United? Are you all high?
On a side note, it was brilliant of the English FA to suspend all football for a year in respect of SAF resigning, I'm glad we appointed LVG to replace him.
Moyes was sacked a day after losing 2-0 to Everton at Goodison Park, and a year on, oddly enough, our next opponent is Everton away.
Here's what the BBC reported:
You could have swapped us for any mid-table team and the news report would have made sense - a mid-table side going up against a European football-chasing side in good form and losing 2-0. Because - that's what we really were at the time - a mid-table side in theory and in practice.
All teams have bad days, but even then, all good teams will have their moments to scrape a point, even if they're not taken. I remember that game - other than the first few minutes, there were none. We were insipid.
In hindsight, it was always a poisoned chalice - the real job would be the manager after the manager after Sir Alex.
Here's what the BBC reported:
You could have swapped us for any mid-table team and the news report would have made sense - a mid-table side going up against a European football-chasing side in good form and losing 2-0. Because - that's what we really were at the time - a mid-table side in theory and in practice.
All teams have bad days, but even then, all good teams will have their moments to scrape a point, even if they're not taken. I remember that game - other than the first few minutes, there were none. We were insipid.
In hindsight, it was always a poisoned chalice - the real job would be the manager after the manager after Sir Alex.
I'm not fully subscribed to this poison chalice/ impossible to replace Fergie straight away / first manager was failed to do stuff... I mean Mourinho for one would have done an infinitely better job then Moyes... because Moyes, quite simply, isn't a very good manager (for someone on our level).
I'm probably more delighted we got rid of the clowns he brought with him. Bunch of John Carvers
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It's a figment of their imagination. It never happened.
What happened to the iPads, anyway?
I literally cannot cannot of a single moment in history where a leader was appointed who had as many catastrophic impacts on humanity than appointing David Moyes did.
Wasted year, most people knew he wasn't good enough from the start. Of course nobody expected things to go as badly as they did but had we gotten a better manager we wouldn't have had our Worst season in the PL ever.
Wait a minute, what about that bloke who tried to rule the world only to end in disgrace and defeat?
That's him - Hodgson.
If Fergie was the sumptuous buffet, Moyes was the fart... and LVG is the air freshner.
Worst memory: appointment of Moyes.
Best memory: sacking of Moyes.
Best memory: sacking of Moyes.
Moyes was a joke and last season a mare, but a year on can't say I'm too bothered. In fact, Moyes was a necessary reminder/warning of how things could be. Sorta like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come meets the Watchmen. Things are looking up, and I'm incredibly optimistic for not only next season but the following seasons to come.
As for those that blame the appointment more than Moyes himself, I 100% agree. You wouldn't blame a puppy for peeing in the house, would you? Moyes was clueless as feck, but those who appointed him should have known better. As more time passes (and hopefully a few titles won), I'll probably look back on last season with bemusement rather than disappointment.
As for those that blame the appointment more than Moyes himself, I 100% agree. You wouldn't blame a puppy for peeing in the house, would you? Moyes was clueless as feck, but those who appointed him should have known better. As more time passes (and hopefully a few titles won), I'll probably look back on last season with bemusement rather than disappointment.
Best : Reaching the Champions League QF and giving Bayern a scare
Worst : Getting humiliated at home by Liverpool, City and countless more
Worst : Getting humiliated at home by Liverpool, City and countless more
He was clearly the wrong man for the job and should never have been appointed.
That said, some people at the time were unwilling to see that our struggles weren't solely down to Moyes I think. The fact that we had to jettison as many players as we did just to get back to this point under LVG gives a fair indication of the true strength of the squad Moyes took over. The "we just won the title, how could the squad be poor?" narrative was unbelievably simplistic.
Plus even the Fellaini + Mata signings look somewhat more understandable atm.
Still though, it was very grim thinking we were going to be stuck with a manager who clearly wasn't up to the job and I'm glad he was sacked.
That said, some people at the time were unwilling to see that our struggles weren't solely down to Moyes I think. The fact that we had to jettison as many players as we did just to get back to this point under LVG gives a fair indication of the true strength of the squad Moyes took over. The "we just won the title, how could the squad be poor?" narrative was unbelievably simplistic.
Plus even the Fellaini + Mata signings look somewhat more understandable atm.
Still though, it was very grim thinking we were going to be stuck with a manager who clearly wasn't up to the job and I'm glad he was sacked.
Agree. It was a very tough job but we appointed the worst person we could have (within the limits of what seemed reasonable at the time, at least).
Best day of 2014 was the man getting the sack. Went to beach and celebrated, fantastic day.
..and 2014 had plenty of other exciting times for me but Moyes getting the boot was like winning the lottery.
..and 2014 had plenty of other exciting times for me but Moyes getting the boot was like winning the lottery.
He didn't – that's a facht.
But can you imagine the outrage if he had – I mean, the absolute, unbridled outrage? Forget about planes with banners – he might've been killed.
So, I can sort of sympathize with his reluctance. But, yeah, part of Moyes' problem was that he was too timid – which is not in line with how he naturally operates as a manager. He was overwhelmed in that sense – not ready for the enormity of the task. And questions have to be asked regarding the relationship between Moyes and Woody/the owners too. I've a feeling Moyes believed – truly – that he had more time than he actually had to turn things around. There was a lack of urgency to his stint – on top of everything else. He should've kicked out players that first summer, brought in replacements – gone about his business far more brutally.
We should've probably realized this. In hindsight it seems only a seasoned veteran of top club management, someone with absolutely impeccable credentials, should've been hired. Maureen or Ancelotti, I guess. Easier said than done, though.
The way it played out, the “necessary fall guy” option is probably closest to the truth. I'm not 100% sure that even Maureen would've been a grand hit in that role. Many people on here keep underestimating the enormity of replacing SAF.
This was his face, after Everton had bitch slapped us....
Just look at him!
Out of the CL, never in the title race, out of the cups, out of the top 4, Liverpool were going to win the league and we were rotten away in 7th place.....And the man has the gawl to smirk and laugh.
F'ck him!
Just look at him!
Out of the CL, never in the title race, out of the cups, out of the top 4, Liverpool were going to win the league and we were rotten away in 7th place.....And the man has the gawl to smirk and laugh.
F'ck him!
He was disastrous, and painfully out of his depth. Hearing that he'd been sacked was the happiest I'd felt about football since we won the league the year before.
Its kind of funny when you think back and realize how badly Fergie underestimated his own job when he gave it to Moyes without a thought of concern.
We lost 3-0 to Liverpool and Man City at OT in a row. I can forgive him for missing CL, I can never forgive him for the absolute shit that we played in the second half of the season.
Actually the run we were on towards the end of season would have put his job in jeopardy at Newcastle and Crystal Palace, let alone Manchester United. They wouldn't have accepted 3-0 defeats to Liverpool and City at their own turf, much less surrendering to Stoke and Everton away from home while playing utterly terrible football and not even trying to hide it.
At least it showed which players were playing for the badge.
I'm not sure there's been a worse Premier League appointment than Moyes to Manchester United.
There quite clearly hasn't. I don't think it's possible to do worse than finish 7th with reigning champions strengthened by two £30m+ players you'd purchased yourself, both of them key players of two teams that finish well above you in the end. When you put it that way it's actually even more shocking.
Dunno, looking back at some of my Moyes criticism it appears I was very angry that he continued to play Young and Valencia even though they were shite, but a year on and they've both enjoyed relatively fantastic seasons.
The mere utterance of the word Moyes sends me into depression, and that's before I think about last year.
Moyes is like the last sandwich at a buffet that no one wants.
Exactly. 'These fecking players are letting him down' was uttered a lot last season, fast forward a year and the same players have been playing excellent football for the last couple of months and enjoying very good results - with some of the most criticised players from last season playing vital parts. The disrespect towards our players, all of them title winners, last season was quite sad actually. A lot of people actually had more faith in Moyes than our squad.
The best thing for me about Moyes was that me defending him got me 10 likes and promoted from the Newbs.
I do sometimes wonder if the club hired him KNOWING that whoever suceeded SAF would fail. its as if the thought process was;
''Right so SAF is gone, whoever replaces him is on a hiding to nowehere, doesnt matter who it is. Lets write off 2014-15 and use it to lower expectations and begin the real re-build the year after with a proper manager. So.... we cant exactly bring in Phil Brown or Ian Holloway as everyone will no what were up to, who is the shittest manager we can hire whilst people will believe its a genuine appointment. Moyes is our man. Lets bring him in and pop a tidy little cluase in his contract where is he doesn't make top 4, we can feck him off at a fraction of the cost.''
Probably a load of bollocks but it is plausible!
I do sometimes wonder if the club hired him KNOWING that whoever suceeded SAF would fail. its as if the thought process was;
''Right so SAF is gone, whoever replaces him is on a hiding to nowehere, doesnt matter who it is. Lets write off 2014-15 and use it to lower expectations and begin the real re-build the year after with a proper manager. So.... we cant exactly bring in Phil Brown or Ian Holloway as everyone will no what were up to, who is the shittest manager we can hire whilst people will believe its a genuine appointment. Moyes is our man. Lets bring him in and pop a tidy little cluase in his contract where is he doesn't make top 4, we can feck him off at a fraction of the cost.''
Probably a load of bollocks but it is plausible!