2025/26 David Moyes

[Simon Buttle]

Much better today, hopefully we can keep that sort of performance up over the season and Monday night was a one off and just a bit of rustiness.

 

[hetion]

Surprised and pleased he started Barry today. Really thought he was going to be too cautious about it.

 

[Drico]

Much better today, hopefully we can keep that sort of performance up over the season and Monday night was a one off and just a bit of rustiness.

It's the manager's job to keep this thread quiet. It was deservedly voluble last Monday. Glad it's like a church in here today. That sound of silence is bliss.

 

[Bedfordblue]

The results are staring you in the face. Thelwell has gone and the DOF role has been scrapped. The whole recruitment structure has completely changed. The discussions they have had with Moyes also revolved around him moving upstairs and bringing someone like Baines or Coleman through. Results will ultimately dictate what happens but those are the discussions they've had.

Wasn’t aware of all that, did you manage to take any minutes during the meetings / interview?

 

[Simon Buttle]

The results are staring you in the face. Thelwell has gone and the DOF role has been scrapped. The whole recruitment structure has completely changed. The discussions they have had with Moyes also revolved around him moving upstairs and bringing someone like Baines or Coleman through. Results will ultimately dictate what happens but those are the discussions they've had.

Id far rather someone like Carsley, the other two are nowhere near up to taking on a PL role, that's a mental idea.

 

[knowing your history]

Anyone who thinks this club is actually going to get relegated under Moyes is completely deluded imo. It was a bad first game no doubt but this win already means the club have had a better start than the last two years combined which shows how bad the starts were under Dyche.

Just watched Fulham who I think will be 9th-11th in the league this season. Won down there after being behind at half time so shouldn't really feel vastly inferior to these teams now with proven quality like Grealish in through the door.

Would be great to get a good unbeaten home run going. Next three up are Villa, West Ham and Palace so no reason at all why 7 points can't feel achievable especially with Branthwaite back and a couple more new signings in.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Anyone who thinks this club is actually going to get relegated under Moyes is completely deluded imo. It was a bad first game no doubt but this win already means the club have had a better start than the last two years combined which shows how bad the starts were under Dyche.

Just watched Fulham who I think will be 9th-11th in the league this season. Won down there after being behind at half time so shouldn't really feel vastly inferior to these teams now with proven quality like Grealish in through the door.

Would be great to get a good unbeaten home run going. Next three up are Villa, West Ham and Palace so no reason at all why 7 points can't feel achievable especially with Branthwaite back and a couple more new signings in.

Does anyone really think that though?
If anything the concerns are over where his ceiling is surely?

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

Does anyone really think that though?
If anything the concerns are over where his ceiling is surely?

Just that horrible bloke from the guardian.

 

[knowing your history]

Does anyone really think that though?
If anything the concerns are over where his ceiling is surely?

It was probably just hyperbole in the immediate aftermath of Monday night but there were still posts floating around of serious relegation battles. Depends on the definition but to me that isn't getting to xmas and being on something like 28/29 points after 19 games as I think Moyes will comfortably achieve.

It is in total meltdown under Lampard and then Dyche having to reel out some nerve jangling 1-0s.

That was only three years ago and I think today is the first big step that the club have finally come out of the malaise and it is a bright new era ahead.

 

[southbluey]

Much better today. He’s doesn’t have a lot of options within the squad currently but he has done well to duck tape something resembling a starting 11.

 

[RomanReigns]

He needs to tell his players to use the proximity argument at the ref. Just yell proximity at the ref next time he gives a pen for handball.

 

[Rita_Poon]

He needs to tell his players to use the proximity argument at the ref. Just yell proximity at the ref next time he gives a pen for handball.

Something needs to give.

 

[Bluepablo]

Thought it odd that Grealish said in his MOTD interview that Moyes hadn’t played him & Ndiaye together in training. Sounds a bit bizarre if he had the intention of playing them both.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Thought it odd that Grealish said in his MOTD interview that Moyes hadn’t played him & Ndiaye together in training. Sounds a bit bizarre if he had the intention of playing them both.

Motivational technique/psychology.

If you think about it, Grealish has been crushed by being coached to an inch of his life by Pep. This is part of trying to get him being spontaneous again.

 

[jceverton]

Id far rather someone like Carsley, the other two are nowhere near up to taking on a PL role, that's a mental idea.

Completely agree about Carsley, he'd been the one to bring through for me.