2025/26 David Moyes

What’s the point? I understand Hes trying to be realistic and I appreciate that however there has to be something to be excited for. It is supposed to be a competition to win after all or perhaps I am missing something.

Either it’s a permanent closed shop and they are not bothered because they all get paid anyway or they are all incapable of pushing on and don’t care because they all get paid anyway.

The fans are being kidded in my opinion .
He struggles to pick a team and is at his best when it is picked for him. Also his in-game decision making is usually three weeks too late. He will keep us in Europe soon due to the number of places available but we will never really challenge with him at the helm. Too conservative.
 
Lose today and he should go.

He won't, but he should. Let's look at his achievements this season — ignoring him keeping us up last season as that's now irrelevant:
  • Second stage exit from league cup against a side that started the season with 5 league defeats in a row and ultimately didn't go on to win again for over 3 months
  • Oversaw three embarrassing home defeats where his side utterly collapsed or just never got started, conceding 11 goals in the process
  • Heavily involved in the recruitment process and willingly overlooked crucial positions that needed strengthening, instead opting to spend £30 million on a youngster despite already having a clear and far superior player in that position
  • By his own admission, chooses to play a centre half horribly out of position at right back "for his height", despite us rarely looking threatening from set pieces and getting worse on a weekly basis in defence. Actually thinking about it, he actually has O'Brien taking 'long' offensive throws, which makes the decision even more baffling
  • Cannot get his strikers capable of looking like they belong in this division. Has he not got the right coaches? Why did he sign a striker exactly in the same mould as Beto yet was even more unproven and therefore a huge risk?
  • Seems to be hiding behind officials' decisions instead of taking responsibility for the performance of his side
I'm already convinced regardless of what happens this season that he must depart in the summer, today if we go out I'd be delighted if he was shown the door.
 
Lose today and he should go.

He won't, but he should. Let's look at his achievements this season — ignoring him keeping us up last season as that's now irrelevant:
  • Second stage exit from league cup against a side that started the season with 5 league defeats in a row and ultimately didn't go on to win again for over 3 months
  • Oversaw three embarrassing home defeats where his side utterly collapsed or just never got started, conceding 11 goals in the process
  • Heavily involved in the recruitment process and willingly overlooked crucial positions that needed strengthening, instead opting to spend £30 million on a youngster despite already having a clear and far superior player in that position
  • By his own admission, chooses to play a centre half horribly out of position at right back "for his height", despite us rarely looking threatening from set pieces and getting worse on a weekly basis in defence. Actually thinking about it, he actually has O'Brien taking 'long' offensive throws, which makes the decision even more baffling
  • Cannot get his strikers capable of looking like they belong in this division. Has he not got the right coaches? Why did he sign a striker exactly in the same mould as Beto yet was even more unproven and therefore a huge risk?
  • Seems to be hiding behind officials' decisions instead of taking responsibility for the performance of his side
I'm already convinced regardless of what happens this season that he must depart in the summer, today if we go out I'd be delighted if he was shown the door.

I was with you until the Dibling comment

"Heavily involved in the recruitment process and willingly overlooked crucial positions that needed strengthening, instead opting to spend £30 million on a youngster despite already having a clear and far superior player in that position".
 
He won't go in the summer, it'll be the year after. Hopefully with 2 seasons of top half finishes under his belt.

As frustrating as it is, we're not in the [Poor language removed] we've been in for the last 5 years so there's zero chance of any change. And nor should there really.

The team wasn't great, it's had a load of new players added to it and will need similar this summer.

We'll do well in games where our backs are against the wall but won't offer much going forward. Certainly without Ndaye and KDH in the team.

Lack of proper fullbacks are absolutely killing this team, and it'll remain that way all season.

I'm not a fan of Moyes and wanted him gone long before he did in 2013 but there needs to be some realism here.
 
I was with you until the Dibling comment

"Heavily involved in the recruitment process and willingly overlooked crucial positions that needed strengthening, instead opting to spend £30 million on a youngster despite already having a clear and far superior player in that position".
Well he did have Ndiaye, and Grealish was always going to be on the left this season. So it doesn't make sense to me to neglect other positions or whine about 'only having £30 million for a striker' and instead spend loads on a player that was never going to contribute much this season.

And clearly Moyes was heavily involved in the process as he made it clear in the summer that no player is brought in that he doesn't agree with.
 
He won't go in the summer, it'll be the year after. Hopefully with 2 seasons of top half finishes under his belt.

As frustrating as it is, we're not in the [Poor language removed] we've been in for the last 5 years so there's zero chance of any change. And nor should there really.

The team wasn't great, it's had a load of new players added to it and will need similar this summer.

We'll do well in games where our backs are against the wall but won't offer much going forward. Certainly without Ndaye and KDH in the team.

Lack of proper fullbacks are absolutely killing this team, and it'll remain that way all season.

I'm not a fan of Moyes and wanted him gone long before he did in 2013 but there needs to be some realism here.

We are 12th.

Well he did have Ndiaye, and Grealish was always going to be on the left this season. So it doesn't make sense to me to neglect other positions or whine about 'only having £30 million for a striker' and instead spend loads on a player that was never going to contribute much this season.

And clearly Moyes was heavily involved in the process as he made it clear in the summer that no player is brought in that he doesn't agree with.

We needed a player for the right.

We signed one who has huge potential. If not this signing it would be a gamble or someone better than Ndiaye which would have been challenging.

If we had young players with huge potential in every position outside of the first 11 then we would have competition for places and development for a new team with huge potential upside.

The fault is with this coward of a manager.

Using McNeil who should be sold over Dibling hopefully has the owners asking questions.
 
We are 12th.



We needed a player for the right.

We signed one who has huge potential. If not this signing it would be a gamble or someone better than Ndiaye which would have been challenging.

If we had young players with huge potential in every position outside of the first 11 then we would have competition for places and development for a new team with huge potential upside.

The fault is with this coward of a manager.

Using McNeil who should be sold over Dibling hopefully has the owners asking questions.

We are, and 4 points off 5th with arguably 4 of our most important players coming back over the next few weeks.

Not sure where I said we're in the top half right now and will stay there for the rest of the season, but crack on
 
We are 12th.



We needed a player for the right.

We signed one who has huge potential. If not this signing it would be a gamble or someone better than Ndiaye which would have been challenging.

If we had young players with huge potential in every position outside of the first 11 then we would have competition for places and development for a new team with huge potential upside.

The fault is with this coward of a manager.

Using McNeil who should be sold over Dibling hopefully has the owners asking questions.
We did, BUT we more needed a right back, or another option up front. I think the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding this season is constantly seeing the two strikers switched out for each other as they're crap and offer nothing, yet there is nobody else.

I'm happy with Dibling being here, but I'd much prefer a £30 million right back for the here and now, or for that money to be used on several positions instead as we were and are so lacking.

I agree though that right now the key issue is the manager.
 
We are, and 4 points off 5th with arguably 4 of our most important players coming back over the next few weeks.

Not sure where I said we're in the top half right now and will stay there for the rest of the season, but crack on

Its not as if anything has changed in the league table though is it?

After recent months and the latest results we could drop lower.

Surely the point of the season is at minimum either:

A: To improve on last seasons league position

B: To develop young players

Were failing at both.
 
Lose today and he should go.

He won't, but he should. Let's look at his achievements this season — ignoring him keeping us up last season as that's now irrelevant:
  • Second stage exit from league cup against a side that started the season with 5 league defeats in a row and ultimately didn't go on to win again for over 3 months
  • Oversaw three embarrassing home defeats where his side utterly collapsed or just never got started, conceding 11 goals in the process
  • Heavily involved in the recruitment process and willingly overlooked crucial positions that needed strengthening, instead opting to spend £30 million on a youngster despite already having a clear and far superior player in that position
  • By his own admission, chooses to play a centre half horribly out of position at right back "for his height", despite us rarely looking threatening from set pieces and getting worse on a weekly basis in defence. Actually thinking about it, he actually has O'Brien taking 'long' offensive throws, which makes the decision even more baffling
  • Cannot get his strikers capable of looking like they belong in this division. Has he not got the right coaches? Why did he sign a striker exactly in the same mould as Beto yet was even more unproven and therefore a huge risk?
  • Seems to be hiding behind officials' decisions instead of taking responsibility for the performance of his side
I'm already convinced regardless of what happens this season that he must depart in the summer, today if we go out I'd be delighted if he was shown the door.
Hard to fault that ,you must remember though that lots on here have never seen us as a good side just a side that has to scrap for leftovers . I never wanted him and I am sure many others would get more out these players . His tactics are just baffling every week .
Why he has Pickford kicking it long and Jack running like hell out of defence just to stop and give their players time to get back is inexplicable
 
We did, BUT we more needed a right back, or another option up front. I think the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding this season is constantly seeing the two strikers switched out for each other as they're crap and offer nothing, yet there is nobody else.

I'm happy with Dibling being here, but I'd much prefer a £30 million right back for the here and now, or for that money to be used on several positions instead as we were and are so lacking.

I agree though that right now the key issue is the manager.

Its not either or.

This mupper is seeking praise for not signing one of the two full backs we were in talks for last January.

Boyland has said we had £200mil allocated to spend in the summer.

Moyes has signed and not signed players.

Hes then elected to change the playing style and not develop players.

...


The utter clown said McNeil & Rohl have done well in training.

What does that tell you?

We are 12th and treading water with a coward of a manager who will not take any blame for anything.

Europe or develop players.

Hes failing at both. Its also GRIM viewing.
 

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