2024/25 David Moyes

[Librarian]

hang on. We’ve been on the brink of relegation for years with a shocking team and people are complaining that Moyes isn’t going to win us a trophy. I remember very recently West Ham fans (after winning a trophy) wanting Moyes out because they wanted more progressive football. Look at them now. Football fans are probably the weirdest throughout all sports

I’ll give him one more chance

 

[Titus Bramble]

Still doing a good job with a squad lacking in quality in many areas. You can bemoan the stroke of luck we got for the equaliser (bit odd if you do like), but this is what can happen if you get up the pitch and have strikes on goal. Fortunate, yes, but it comes about because we were looking to get forward and attack, something we weren’t doing for the first half of the season.

 

[Librarian]

Most I would expect would except 10th as a good start but would love a trophy or final to go with it as many have said we expect to beat the average teams but near the end we expect most times to lose at the business end.

A lot of water to pass under this bridge

Summer surgery on the squad could go either way with a lot of departures representing an opportunity and a hazard at the same time.

Moving to the new stadium could be a lift but we’ve also seen teams struggle to adjust to their new stadiums in the past, so again difficult to know.

 

[Kev The Rat]

If he finishes 10th in his first full season after many years of us almost getting relegated into non existence. That would be a very good achievement. Stop being impatient weirdos

I said his max is 10th, I mean I wouldnt be at all shocked if we finished 13th or something.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

If he finishes 10th in his first full season after many years of us almost getting relegated into non existence. That would be a very good achievement. Stop being impatient weirdos

No big club would accept this

 

[Rob17896]

He inherited the champions of England and one of the best teams in the world and took them to midtable.

The re-wrting of history around Moyes is off the charts.

He inherited a team that treated every manager post Ferguson with contempt. That club is only just realising it has no divine right. He did not even get the season and he was doing as well as most. You do have a strange view of things to back up your preset ideas. Moyes is not Carlo but he is good.

 

[davek]

I agree with Dave that Moyes hasnt achieved much here since he came back. I am not convinced he can get us any better than 10th next season either.

The game has moved on frankly and Moyes represents an earlier era. Give him next season and then get someone more progresive in.

He stays / he goes - I wont sweat it, tbh.

More of Moyes means settling for more distancing of ourselves from our great past and managing expectations in the present and near future...on the other hand it'll mean we'll stay safely in the PL.

Moyes means being comfortable numb to Everton: you dont get too stressed, but you dont get too excited either.

 

[Thomasc]

They won the European equivalent to the Autoglass Trophy.

Boring

We’d give a right arm to win that.

Watch how much Chelsea or Fiorentina celebrate when they win it.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

He inherited a team that treated every manager post Ferguson with contempt. That club is only just realising it has no divine right. He did not even get the season and he was doing as well as most. You do have a strange view of things to back up your preset ideas. Moyes is not Carlo but he is good.

Player power has ruled that club since Ferguson left...that's why they're currently 2 places below us in the league.

Rooney said it himself that certain senior pro's at that time made Moyes's life very difficult.

Its also the same player power that seen off Jose,Oli and Rangnick.

Moyes was on a hiding to nothing at United.

 

[davek]

Boring

We’d give a right arm to win that.

Watch how much Chelsea or Fiorentina celebrate when they win it.

Chelsea have won a few real Euro trophies. They wont be arsed about that one.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Chelsea have won a few real Euro trophies. They wont be arsed about that one.

That's simply not true mate...You're just punting this to diminish Moyes's achievement in that competition.

 

[davek]

That's simply not true mate...You're just punting this to diminish Moyes's achievement in that competition.

He's never been near a decent status trophy apart from when he had us 1-0 up against Chelsea in the 2009 final.

 

[brieverton]

Thought yesterday was a big win for him in the context of the whole time he has been back. I thought it was going to be a meek surrender and that the season would just fizzle out.

The away form has been largely good and that offers encouragement.

Next Sunday is a big game for everyone and I'm glad he alluded to that yesterday.

Obviously things need to come together for transfers in the summer. Beyond that he needs to manage the transition to our new home bearing in mind a pretty dreadful home record in recent seasons which needs to be arrested.

And he needs to take a scalp or two at his Sky 6 bogey grounds. I get that we've gone there with poor teams and low expectations but even so his record is a burden on him and the club and you can only put a stop to that by winning somewhere.

 

[MikeH72]

He's never been near a decent status trophy apart from when he had us 1-0 up against Chelsea in the 2009 final.

Apart from getting to a final and then taking the lead, he’s NEVER BEEN NEAR A TROPHY!!

I guess your man Gareth Southgate has never been near one either then?

 

[MikeH72]

No big club would accept this

What about one that hasn’t been in the top half of the table since October 2021?