How on earth was anybody going to follow SAF at Old Trafford? Every move both on and off the pitch was clearly going to be under microscopic surveillance and even more when the old guard was sitting up in the stands giving his respected overview. I always admired Moyes for the job he did on a limited, if non-existent budget, at Everton and now his major claim to fame will be the failure of Man Utd this season, and his sacking. That is an indictment of the state of football today when failure is never an option, especially at the hallowed turf of Old Trafford. This season for them was always going be transitional due to aging players and many other reasons beyond the obvious, and eventually enough was enough for the Glazers and they decided to make the managerial move. I gather they only have to pay out a years salary as compensation due to the fact that Utd failed to qualify for Europe next season which will hit them in the bank balance. David Moyes deserves respect for his years at Goodison Park and not remembered for the disaster that was his tenure at Man Utd and I wish him a speedy return to football management and maybe he would consider moving to a division where he could regain his composure, perhaps Ashton Gate?
Any man who buys Fellaini for £27m deserves the sack.! Martinez has shown what Everton can be with Moyes defensive minded shackles removed, Moyes actually managed to Evertonify Man utd, watching them became boring. He spent another £30m on Mata and left himself with four no 10s when he desperately needed high quality central defenders. All this nonsense about being left a poor squad, they won the Prem by 11 points last year, he hasn't been lucky with injuries granted but the job was too big for him.
Got to say I agree with Banksy on this. As much as I admired him for giving it a go, but he wasn't up to that job. Van Percie didn't look like he wanted to play for him, Videc thought **** this I'm off. They needed someone strong and proven in that job. Someone who can say to the players we do it like this here. Just out of interest, why are you lining up our next manager?
Tongue in cheek lads! Fellaini was one of many mistakes but I still feel he was hung out to dry. By the way please don't tell me our purchases and signings are exemplary, but I get all of your points.
I dare say that the rumoured £10m pay off will help him sleep easy tonight I wish I could fail so spectacularly at my job and instead of being shown the door with nothing, get a cheque to set you and your kids, your grand kids, your great grandkids and your great great grandkids and beyond up for life.
Moyes league record in his 31 games was far better than Fergusons first 31 results- Truth is, that the Share price of Man U's shares has been plummeting-. Sadly, this was more to do with money than footballing reasons. Understandable, but that is the direction of travel these days
Agree 100% with the above,David Moyes was the wrong man for the job,far to big a task. Utd remind me of a team of individuals,they are not playing as a team.
"Moyes league record in his 31 games was far better than Fergusons first 31 results" Moyes took over the reigning champions with a massive financial backing available to him, Ferguson took over a club living in the shadow of a great Liverpool side whos greatest era was decades behind them and no real draw to Europes top players.
Whilst I admire him for what for what he did - up to a point - at Everton, his record against the other top teams in the Premier League speaks for itself. He's good, but not THAT good! Be interesting to see how another City 'old boy' - Sean Dyche - does next season. I wish him all the best in the world.
Good point. It was always a difficult act to follow. Time will tell if they made the right move. I just question that if they are unsure now, why appoint him in the first place? I did wonder if his lack of silverware may be a factor or no- Either way, and what ever his level of compensation is, it cant be pleasant being on both the front and back pages of the papers. The stress must be horrendeous
I suppose it comes with the territory... He'll get another job in no time and probably do a good job with the 'right fit' club.
Manchester United are not Everton, and they need a different type of manager to Moyes. Mourinho would have fitted in, and now I reckon it will be VG. Simeone looks too mean - can't see him sitting with Charlton and the boys somehow
I always thought Moyes was always going to fail at Man U, no disrespect to him but Fergie was surprised how his team last year won the Premiership, and thought to himself he needs to rebuild. At his age and doing it three times thought enough is enough. But what Moyes done was let them drop like a stone, could you really see him having 150 million trying to entice players to them? No I can't they need someone that players will believe they can raise again and raise quickly as self centred players might play for them to say they played for Man U, but to go a minimum of a year without Champions league is going to be difficult to get them to sign now. Giggs even though untried at least has Man U running though his veins and possibly could do well, but I can only see them going for a high profile manager.
"I always thought Moyes was always going to fail at Man U", well Red, Fergie didn't, he was the one that so called picked DM, and now its rumoured he's having an input into the next appointment, now seeing that cost Man U a rumoured £10 million for Moyes, would you let Fergie anywhere near the next appoinment, i'm sure i wouldn't.
Would you choose your successor to be better than you were? Or would you choose one who is going to fail in the first attempt prompting the powers to be to think you was even better than they first thought?
Wasn't he the one that Beckham got sent off kicking in the world cup?-Be interesting to see how that goes down.
Well who would he have picked to be better than him, no one, because there isn't one, but he certainly didn't think he would fail like he did, saying that, we all knew whoever was picked had a almighty act to follow, the same will apply to the next appointment.
