2025/26 David Moyes

Not on our current form.

He better make top half or that's a waste of £110M last summer.

I've said for a while: fail to get top half in this terrible league with spending like that and he should be sacked in May.

With spending like what? 12 other teams spent more than that last summer alone? Why are you still trying to make that sound like a big amount?
 
We've seen nothing to suggest he can defend though, in his solitary first team outing or his u23 appearances.

What it Moyes is protecting him from criticism by saying he's not playing him solely because he's not strong enough when in reality it's because he's not a good enough player yet? Is that archaic management or clever management and shielding of a youngster who needs time to develop all parts of his game?
Well I think it's fairly obvious Moyes doesn't think he can defend. Not sure it's clever management if Moyes signed off the signing of Aznou knowing his limitations and thus not playing him because of those limitations. If Aznou was bought for the under 21s then sure give him time to improve his limitations but you don't buy an ambitious player from Bayern Munich who has been capped by his country let us not forget with the intention of not seeing him as first team capable. So either Moyes has done a Kroldrup with him or he's being too cautious with him. Either way with Mykolenko not exactly playing brilliantly himself it's left us with a big issue at left back compounded by Moyes squeezing round pegs into square holes playing Coleman ahead of him against Wolves in the league cup, Garner at left back against Brighton (home) and Branthwaite against Brighton (away)
 
That depends. If we finish 12th we hire a similar style mananger to Moyes and give him 130mil this summer, then yes we need top 10. You can’t watch this dross and finish mid table. If we got Iraola and we buy young players and we play a much more entertaining style and we’re trying to win games at home and on the front foot and and going after teams and you can see a plan, then I could accept being 12th/13th first season. After that yes he will need top half

Thats what i said for this season

12th ish with young players is fine.

Otherwise 8th at least and europe.

The key is to develop the young players and build a squad.

The best Fbs in the prem had strength.

Strength doesn't mean you're a beast.
Jordi Alba was a strong balanced Fb, just because he wasn't big doesn't change that.

Ashley cole
Kyle walker

2 fb's that could have walked into any team.

Archie Gray at Spurs could be another Gary Neville if played at RB, as he was at Leeds.

All sorts of different types of them.

With Moyes, has he ever signed a good one apart from Baines? Coleman of course wouldnt have been his signing.
 
How is taking a team that has been in and around the bottoms 5 for 3 years … to say 12th … a “waste”

Not saying we could t be higher … but it’s not a waste , he’s improved us
To be fair Davek has got a point. The league isn't great and we need to get out of the mindset of because we've been so bad the last few seasons we can't expect to be ambitious going forward. I think we've got enough quality to qualify for Europe as I don't see anyone in and around us playing at a level we can't at least match. So if we finish 12th it would be a failure in my opinion
 
How is taking a team that has been in and around the bottoms 5 for 3 years … to say 12th … a “waste”

Not saying we could t be higher … but it’s not a waste , he’s improved us

We play rubbish football for the most part and we're not pushing on and taking chances that get you top half for sure at the end of the season.

For sure I'd sack him if we dont get top half. We weren't far off that under Dyche in the points deducted season if the 8 points had been added back in to where they should never have been taken out of.

The only thing that would ever have me saying Moyes is worth having back is if we get European football next season.
 

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