2025/26 David Moyes

blueboy72 said:
Some talented players are bellends probably the reason we never won a thing under him, you have buy or take chance on them sometimes
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Actually, on seconds thoughts I took a look at Craig Bellamy’s honours list. I think he really could have made the difference. That Carling Cup he won at Liverpool as a bit part player can’t be ignored. Absolute serial winner of trophies he was.
 

jceverton said:
Moyes got 1.63 PPG last season. Spend £100 million, I’d say 5% increase in points per game would be decent, 10% good, 15% excellent. So that would be 65 points, 68 points & 71 points respectively.
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This doesn't work so simple. The three promoted sides have spent and seem to have spent well, so the usual two whipping boy sides aren't so readily available this season. When the league contains more quality there is a more even spread of points, so with more competition there will be more surprise results, especially as there are 9 sides battling through european competition. Sides will get injuries and suspensions, and mystery bouts of flu through the squad and all that caper. Transposing management improvement in some way onto total league points is quite some mental gymnastics. Fair play though.
 
Kevsleftpeg said:
Or maybe the massive disparity in transfer budgets/wages explains it. 6/7?
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In his 11 years we had a go in 22 domestic cups. Got to 2 semi’s and 1 final
In that time. Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Swansea, Wigan, Birmingham all won a domestic cup.

He had 5/6 goes in Europe, last 16 was his best performance. In that time, Celtic, Rangers, Fulham abs Middlesbrough all reached finals.
What’s your next excuse
 
evertondotcom said:
The same scouts then sausage
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So? scouting players proves zero. Those same scouts will have scouted multiple players for different positions, it’s the final decisions you make that are important. Data analysis plays more of a role than scouting nowadays. Moyes effectively forced Purdy out. I also thinks it’s hard to believe, given their previous relationship, that Smith wasn’t doing some data analysis for Moyes. Ultimately Moyes gets to choose which player he wants.
 
Rita_Poon said:
This doesn't work so simple. The three promoted sides have spent and seem to have spent well, so the usual two whipping boy sides aren't so readily available this season. When the league contains more quality there is a more even spread of points, so with more competition there will be more surprise results, especially as there are 9 sides battling through european competition. Sides will get injuries and suspensions, and mystery bouts of flu through the squad and all that caper. Transposing management improvement in some way onto total league points is quite some mental gymnastics. Fair play though.
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Not really it’s a pretty logical way of looking at things. Ultimately you’ve got to use some metrics to judge improvement, points seems more reasonable to me for judging progress than league place.
 

jceverton said:
Not really it’s a pretty logical way of looking at things. Ultimately you’ve got to use some metrics to judge improvement, points seems more reasonable to me for judging progress than league place.
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Colin Jackson was the best 110m hurdler in the world for nearly a decade, and his world record stood for 13 years. He never won Olympic gold.

So, let's turn that logic up to 11, and let's see what you've got.
 

Rita_Poon said:
Colin Jackson was the best 110m hurdler in the world for nearly a decade, and his world record stood for 13 years. He never won Olympic gold.

So, let's turn that logic up to 11, and let's see what you've got.
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Not my fault he bottled the olympics! You’re not comparing anything even remotely similar. Don’t get talking about logic when it comes to your posts 😂😂
 

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