He was fine
He wasn't amazing
He left us in a stronger position than when he got here
It was probably time for a change though
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He was fine
He wasn't amazing
He left us in a stronger position than when he got here
It was probably time for a change though
mythbuster
Player Valuation: £35m
Just a shame Moyes never got a decent net spend. If there's one area he excelled in, then it was the transfer market.
In other words he failed to win more games than he actually won.
In short, he never made it easy for us to win.....which is exactly what I said.
This one season where he COULD spend big though, he's made a bit of a hash of it
I mean, Mata is a cracking player like, but not the player they needed
I can understand why he would have gone for Felli, but that hasn't worked out either
Maybe buying "name" players is something he'll need time to adapt to?
Ihaters
Player Valuation: £35m
I'd increase fine to quality, we were hanging on by our finger nails in recent years before he came, but agree entirely with the point.
It was time to move on, and we have to a manager who has acheived an almost identical season to Moyes against a backdrop of change. Suggests to me we have another quality manager.
BoysInBlue
Player Valuation: £50m
He's certainly no worse.
He has us playing better football than Moyes.
We currently have 6 more points after 27 games than we did at the same stage last season under Moyes.
If we win our next 2 home games, we will have more points at that stage of the season, 29 games played, than Moyes ever amassed after the same period of games in his 11 years at the club.
There's actually plenty of evidence that he is a better manager. He's won a trophy in his managerial career for a start.
Ihaters
Player Valuation: £35m
In other words he failed to win more games than he actually won.
In short, he never made it easy for us to win.....which is exactly what I said.
Of the three possible results, win, lose or draw, he won more than either option. What do expect from a near negative spend on a team fighting relegation, 90% wins?
He never really proved himself with big money signings though. A genius at picking up a deal, but if you look at the more expensive buys the picture is a bit more grim.
Fellaini turned into good business though. I do hope Roberto is half as good at the bargains (and better at the big buys).
mythbuster
Player Valuation: £35m
Think it's early days yet. If given time, Moyes will put a great squad together at United.
Nice try at deflection but you still can't refute the point that if your hero made Everton hard to beat (most of the time) he could never make it easy for us to win.
How much time?
mythbuster
Player Valuation: £35m
Note sure about that like. Top 4 signings Yak, Fellaini, Bily and Johnson.
Apart from Bily, they all put in big performances for us at some point.
Total cost: £43.5m
Total Received: £43.5m
It's fair to note that he's taking over a team from the greatest football manager of all time (*or one of the, if you don't agree with this claim). That's a very difficult transition. It's easy to transition when the clubhouse is in a funk from a bad manager because the new appointment brings in hope. There's never hope that the new manager will be better when he's replacing the greatest*.
Take that, and add to it an aging squad and poor, overpaid transfers and you've got a difficult situation. Moyes' always upbeat personality surely aids this somewhat, but it's certainly too soon to count him out. If he's not fired after his first season, I also expect him to start doing better.
canuckblue
Player Valuation: £50m
In your opinion. Not one shared by a lot, if the posting on here is any indication.
Fair enough. But if his career was defined by big budget buys rather than his hidden gems, I don't think people would call him a market genius.
They weren't terrible buys (other than Bily...who was awful), but they also weren't exactly brilliant business.
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