10 things we won't miss about the Moyes era

[Jacko93]

Love the 1 upfront thing, its like people forget that EVERYBODY plays 1 person upfront these days.

CHRIST.

Not even gonna read the rest, im sure its pyar tosh.

Yeah mate, but cause everyone plays one up front, we should blindside them by playing a rigid 4-4-2 formation that doesn't allow for much tactical fluidity, they wont be expecting that and our only worry will be who gets the first hat-trick of the game.

Know warra mean lad.

 

[Tubey]

It's a complete myth that people play with one up front - they don't, they play with two or three. Even the most rigid 4-5-1 changes its shape whether in attack or defence - if the attack is played down a wide area, you'll see the man on the opposite side cutting in and a central midfielder joining up from behind the attack.

The sole difference in the modern era is that instead of the second striker dropping a few yards to link play, the attacking midfielder or wide man steps forward a few yards to provide that link.

Yet even now, top sides still utilise a traditional 4-4-2 in their tactical set-up - either that, or I imagined the numerous occasions that Dzeko partnered with Aguero/Tevez, Rooney with van Persie/Welbeck etc.

 

[caught]

1. Salad tongs to knife fights
2. Buckfast to dinner parties
3. Jags to RB
4. Barkley to Leeds
5. Coal to diamonds
6. Body 2 body
7. Round to the left ear
8. Woods to the right
9. The grooming of Davie Weir
10. A pout to a gun fight

 

[degsy]

20) selling Rooney
21) 460
22) ( the ultimate catch ) never winning at the old sky 4
23) playing not to lose rather than to win
24) 15 draws last season
25) 89min subs
26) Moyes him self

 

[Petit]

And thus essentially played with a man down.

One man down who bangs in 20 goals a season?

Can´t really see you logic mate.

 

[Jags..class]

1. Salad tongs to knife fights
2. Buckfast to dinner parties
3. Jags to RB
4. Barkley to Leeds
5. Coal to diamonds
6. Body 2 body
7. Round to the left ear
8. Woods to the right
9. The grooming of Davie Weir
10. A pout to a gun fight

I hated that one.

 

[Eggs]

1. Everybody back for corners.
2. One up front at home against lowly opposition.
3. Failing to punish sides. We've had a couple of 4-0s and a 5-1 but the last real pasting that we dished out in the league was (7-1) against Sunderland in November 2007.
4. Continually playing forwards who have been on a barren spell for months.
5. Forcing poachers like Yakubu and Jelavic to play more for the team.
6. Telling the world what a good club we are for youth while prospects like Baxter, Wallace, Ruddy, Forshaw and Mustafi leave for first-team football.
7. Drawing more games than anyone else in the league.
8. The same team in the same formation week after week no matter who the opposition and whether they're out of form or unfit.
9. Buying players (Heitinga, Bily, Beckford, Naismith) and not knowing how to use them.
10. Our season generally not starting until March.

....gosh. I couldn't think of footy related things because I thought he was really good. I didn't particularly like his hair or the way he dressed but I'm not sure if that counts.

 

[westyuk1]

Regular relegation scraps to European football with virtually no money to spend. 6th this season was a great achievement. What a pointless thread.