Last year we lost to a team in much poorer form than us in the cup semi while winning all the league games around about which meant nothing, the year before we lost a championship side at home in the cup, while likewise tonking everyone in meaningless end of season fixtures.
You combine that with the derbies and I do think there's a dodgy mentality at the club under
Moyes, where we choke and struggle when the going gets tough. Your actual elite managers, your Fergusons and Wengers would have found a way to win those games. Joe Royle probably would have done, actually.
I think
Moyes is a decent manager, but until he can guide his team through semis and finals and produce big performances with the pressure on, he can't be considered a great. And we pay him the salary of a great and fans on here treat him like a great and to me he's just the step below that.
Which is a shame because as much as his team selections sometimes drive me batty, I like Moyes, I do. I just don't worship him and so I end up being much harsher on him then I would like in reply to those who do.
