2025/26 David Moyes

[Mase]

You can finish mid table and also expect some decent football to watch and see a long term plan on style and to actually look like we’ve been coached

I get what you’re saying but come on, you don’t get to midtable in the premiership without being “coached”. unfortunately there is not enough players in the squad that should be a part of a long term plan.

 

[Flynnthistle]

He's an old school manager, who will only play players he knows and sanctioned. Club signings, for the advancement of the team, not interested. Too stubborn.

It's a really poor premier league this year, we are where we are despite of him, rather than because of him. And it perhaps appears better as his predecessors were even more negative than him. We simply have to aspire to something better than this. 4 cbs, set up for a point against a team that haven't won in 10 or something. Absolutely rotten.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Probably thought he could get a point by paying that back 4. Ridiculous team selection in my view. There’s no excuse for Keane and Gueye to still be in the 11.

 

[blueboy72]

Should point to the fact that we did actually play good football under Moyes in his first spell here. I'm hopeful if given a bit more time it'll improve.

There are still some major issues in the squad, mainly the full backs, that'd make any manager struggle to get this team playing the way you want to see it. For now, I'm frustrated by an up and down season but content enough to say we are better than a year ago when he took charge.

Well he was still very cautious last time and negative. Taking forwards off for defenders to see out draws.
Yes he had 11 yrs to build something,
It was an easier time with only a
Few teams spending big money and 13/14
Teams all spending very little.

He had a RB on the bench who
Came on for 5 minutes threw 3 crosses in
And one led to a goal

 

[Flynnthistle]

Well he was still very cautious last time and negative. Taking forwards off for defenders to see out draws.
Yes he had 11 yrs to build something,
It was an easier time with only a
Few teams spending big money and 13/14
Teams all spending very little.

He had a RB on the bench who
Came on for 5 minutes threw 3 crosses in
And one led to a goal

100% I remember it being almost exactly like this, there were certain games, maybe not as much as this time around, that he set up simply not to lose, winnable games. He's done a good job on paper. A horrible job to the eye.

 

[Swartzy]

I do think he should have taken Branthwaite off earlier, he was starting to look pretty goosed and when he got that yellow it looked like he felt something.. prob just knackered, but not worth risking anything with him..

 

[mmmmsnouts]

I’m not gonna sit here and scream for the sack but at the same time, I could do with him not starting 4 center halves next game

 

[jceverton]

Should point to the fact that we did actually play good football under Moyes in his first spell here. I'm hopeful if given a bit more time it'll improve.

There are still some major issues in the squad, mainly the full backs, that'd make any manager struggle to get this team playing the way you want to see it. For now, I'm frustrated by an up and down season but content enough to say we are better than a year ago when he took charge.

Nah we really didn’t play good football under Moyes. We may have played some decent stuff in patches but consistently no way we played good football. I was bored senseless for most of his first tenure. He’s always been a negative manager. That’s why Martinez first seasons was such a pleasure. No one can pretend we’ve played good football this season, it’s plain to see we are one of the dullest teams to watch in the league.

 

[bullybeef]

Didn’t realise at the time that he got booked for celebrating the equaliser.

He’s dead right though… this game is becoming devoid of any fun, passion and enjoyment.

 

[jceverton]

Didn’t realise at the time that he got booked for celebrating the equaliser.

He’s dead right though… this game is becoming devoid of any fun, passion and enjoyment.

Yeah and he’s one of the main drivers of that!

 

[windymiller]

Well, actually you called it weird that I'd raised a discussion from a few weeks previous. So you've actually changed your story.

Please, vault ahead and prove me wrong if it's the case. burden_of_proof*

That was also weird. You're a weird dude.

 

[Rita_Poon]

That was also weird. You're a weird dude.

Pick one.

 

[windymiller]

Pick one.

Nope. You can be weird in many ways. It's nice that their's still "characters" in the game.

 

[bullybeef]

Yeah and he’s one of the main drivers of that!

Harsh.
To be fair to him, I’d almost given up hope until he took over last season. He’s at least given us something more to enjoy than Dyche and all those other duds that went before.

Do you not remember the football under TFSW, Allardyce and Koeman to name a few.

 

[Ferguson1878]

Didn’t realise at the time that he got booked for celebrating the equaliser.

He’s dead right though… this game is becoming devoid of any fun, passion and enjoyment.

He should know he’s responsible for about 50 per cent of it