He keeps neglecting the centre of midfield which is the hub of the team. We have always enjoyed our best periods playing with a footballer in there, whether that's Gravesen, Fernandes for a spell, Arteta or Osman, even when Pienaar was occasionly played there, the team functions better. Heitinga and Neville at home to Bolton is ridiculous, I could accept one of them alongside someone like Osman, that would be fine, but together? It's no surprise the team played the way it did.
Until he sorts that area of the pitch out we are going to have similar problems. Throwing forward type players (Straq, Donovan) in various attacking positions isn't going to solve anything.
Great Dane....
Your points are all very fickle and weak!
Bar the playing football on the floor in the wind but you can't really say we didn't do that 1st half/ pre injuries.
Osman, Barkley, billy CM would not work, anichebe didn't have 45 mins in him never mind 90. And moyes was clearly angry with physio/ coaches regarding rodwell's injury.
Come on... He doesn't have the players he needs at his disposal. The sooner that is realized the better!
Great Dane....
Your points are all very fickle and weak!
Bar the playing football on the floor in the wind but you can't really say we didn't do that 1st half/ pre injuries.
Osman, Barkley, billy CM would not work, anichebe didn't have 45 mins in him never mind 90. And moyes was clearly angry with physio/ coaches regarding rodwell's injury
.
Come on... He doesn't have the players he needs at his disposal. The sooner that is realized the better!
Look, I criticise Moyes as much as anyone, and he deserves a lot of it.
But you can't blame him for tonight. He was completely undermined by three injuries, played a fairly positive line-up considering what he usually plays.
At the end of the day, there were three players on the pitch at the end that wouldn't have been under normal circumstances. Donovan would have played 60 minutes, Stracqualursi not much more and Saha would probably have been withdrawn at some point too.
Mindless calling Moyes for all sorts when it's clear he wasn't to blame for what happened tonight is just stupid. It undermines the times you can have valid criticism of him.
You can't have your cake and eat it. He played 4-4-2, he started Donovan. That's what most fans wanted, and yes, the centre of midfield was still not ideal, but other than that, let's be realistic.
So, in short, stop having a melt and think about what happened.
Great Dane....
Your points are all very fickle and weak!
Bar the playing football on the floor in the wind but you can't really say we didn't do that 1st half/ pre injuries.
Osman, Barkley, billy CM would not work, anichebe didn't have 45 mins in him never mind 90. And moyes was clearly angry with physio/ coaches regarding rodwell's injury.
Come on... He doesn't have the players he needs at his disposal. The sooner that is realized the better!