‘David Moyes has revealed he regrets saying Sunderland would be in a relegation battle, just two games into his tenure as Black Cats manager.’
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In his mind, given his failures at Man Utd and SociedadNo it bloody well wasn't!
Sorry, but just don’t get this not realising bit. It was clear to us as supporters what was happening and all over the message boards. If we knew it then it would certainly have been common knowledge in the football world. Moyes knew exactly what he was walking into.He took the job without doing hid due diligence. He didn't know we were in so much debt, nor did he know the owner had decided to stop bank-rolling the club and transfer funds were limited (doesn't explain the whole M'Vila/Ndong thing like) and by the time he'd realised, it was too late to make a dignified withdrawl
Sorry, but just don’t get this not realising bit. It was clear to us as supporters what was happening and all over the message boards. If we knew it then it would certainly have been common knowledge in the football world. Moyes knew exactly what he was walking into.
Exaxtly, Moyes may be slaughtered but the OP is just expressing his opinion.
I hear a few saying when he came in "It was a mess"...Not sure where that comes from. Big Sam inherited a mess and turned the whole thing around. The place was buzzing. He was given £27m to spend and he spent it on dross. Moyes is the worst manager EVER to have the job. even worse than Wilkinson and Mackemenemy
I remember reading a quote from Moyes at the time saying that he wanted to get value for money, so he refused to pay circa £7m for M'Villa because he had a few months left on his contract and paid £13.6m for N'dong and £8m for Djilobodji...is it any wonder we are in the mire with value for money deals like thatMoyes took a decent side and destroyed it both with bad decisions and a relentless refusal to try and have a positive influence on anything to do with the club. Wasn't he the twat who turned down a keen as mustard M'Vila in favour of paying at least twice as much (club record fee of 13.6 mil) for macaroni head Ndong?
I'd fall short of wanting him to burn in the fiery pits of hell but do I wish him well? Not in the slightest, why would I, why would any Sunderland fan.
We simply agree to disagree mate.There was hope under Allardyce, but all he did was what all the other managers did before him. Go on a run second half of the season. Who knows how next season would have went if Allardyce stayed. Better than it went probably. But there were 6 key people that we needed for next season.
Allardyce - Went to manage England
M'Vila - Still think there was a reason we didnt sign him permanently, because it was a no brainer otherwise. Something behind the scenes. Possibly out of Moye's hands. After all, he was a colourful character. If M'Vila was being handed to us on a plate, and Moyes declined, then he should have been shot.
Kaboul - Got homesick, wanted to leave.
Kone - Wanted to leave, decided to stay, wasnt the same player
Kirchoff - Injury prone
Kazri - Wasnt the same without the others.
All of these were more than the sum of their parts. I remember at the time before the new season after Allardyce left everything seem to collapse. Moyes had to try and pick up the pieces but managed to scatter them further. Even if Allardyce had stayed the club was always on a knifes edge, after all, I seem to remember that we were not convinced Allardyce was going to stay, England or no England. At some point, the way we were being run, our decline was always going to happen, Moyes just quickened up the process.
‘David Moyes has revealed he regrets saying Sunderland would be in a relegation battle, just two games into his tenure as Black Cats manager.’
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Didier Ddong .........£13.6 million
Papy Djilobodji.......£8 million
Paddy McNair........£5 million
Donald Love..........£1 million
Darron Gibson .....£2.5 million
Bryan Oviedo .......£2 million
Then all the loan fees on Januzaj, Denayer, the free transfers from Everton Old Peoples home, the prick spent easily 40 million quid and people said he wasnt backed by Short !
Short got a lot wrong but he backed his managers, I just think this dour prick tipped him over the edge.
It never gets mentioned in the media just how much of a mess he made here in 12 months, he inherited a team that was high in confidence, well organized and fitter than most teams we have ever had, he destroyed it all in a few short months. I cant stand the prick.