Rightly so.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
This is why I'd move Moyes on in the summer. He's never changing - and at some point we need that change. It's why Martinez was so successful in his first season after Moyes: he had the Moyes team and added bravery. Of course, that bravery soon turned kamikaze when the Moyes influence began to fade over time and the squad became more Roberto-like: hello Aiden McGeady...
So, we need an upgrade: a manager as competent as the Moyesiah with that little bit of devilment and bravery. Not as simple an upgrade as it might seem, but definitely something we need to target.
larrygobfiend
Player Valuation: £40m
We need him for at least 2 more seasons. He’s done a brilliant job.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
It’s about matching elite mentality with elite competence. We can’t seem to find a manager with both.
I’d argue Martinez had elite mentality, he didn’t care who we were playing, but he didn’t have the competence to consistently back it up. The way we went for it v Arsenal at Goodison at the end of his full season is what you want though.
Moyes is miles more competent than Martinez is but he sees a sky six badge and immediately instructs everyone to protect what we have and see if we can nick it.
Koeman before he completely derailed was another one in thrall of a badge.
Silva never really said enough about anything to know what was going on with him but he couldn’t get anything over the line either and hasn’t in his entire prem career
Lampard didn’t really care who we played but just wasn’t competent enough to back it up.
Dyche just throws out the same formula every game, some times if it works and the opposition is poor you win like he did v Liverpool at Goodison and with Forest at Anfield. Sometimes you get decimated 6-0 at Chelsea. I don’t particularly think he cares who we’re playing though.
The issue is Moyes is never going to win 3-0 at Anfield whoever he is managing no matter how poor the Liverpool team is or how good his team is. Equally he’s not going to get pumped 6-0 at Chelsea.
The problem is though it just removes much hope. We’ll probably finish somewhere between 8th-12th this season, which is an obvious improvement. But we’ll look back on another season of only breaking the glass ceiling once which was away at United. It’s likely to be another season of no Derby wins, another season not winning at Emirates, Etihad, Stamford Bridge, Spurs stadium. Another season of early cup exits.
Once you’re not in the relegation scrap the mid table becomes very boring if every season there’s 12 games where you expect nothing, you can’t compete in your local derby, and your trophy chances are close to zero.
kiss the crest
Player Valuation: £35m
brian labone
Player Valuation: £8m
How dare you question the great Mr Moyes, he thinks he owns the club, as regards not telling us why our2 centre were missing, we as fans have got no right to question him after all we are only paying his wages, please go now.
preposterousvelios
Player Valuation: £15m
He won't change it as it would mean starting either George or Dibling
Moyes won’t change anything. This is the entirety of the point.
I’ve cryarsed about hideous lineup after hideous lineup, and poor or nonexistent sub after poor or nonexistent sub but in away games he’s got results more often than not and yesterday we were close to getting a draw from the best team in the league at their place.
Without changes to our approach, though, we won’t sort the home form and the results we do get will still be a tough watch.
Gone in the Summer. Rightly so.
Take away the whole Tarks and Branthwaite situation for a minute, O'brien and Keane stepped in and done brilliantly last night..
We didn't look missing at Cb..
We didn't look missing at Cb..
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Apart from Ieane giving away what should have been a nailed on pen and somehow both being completely absent for their first goal they did ok.
I didn't see a penalty given.
I did see Pickford flap a cross though.
We lost last night, but you can't question the effort we put in.
We could have been 2-0 up at half time..
Yes give him another window or even 10 and nothing will change, we will be mixing it around the European spots, which is basically mid table these Days. With 8/9 games to go the team in 14th palace could still finish 8th.
But we will be one of the lowest scores most season and have plenty of glorious failures and maybe the odd cup semi defeat
JLW
Player Valuation: £70m
If he had the Villa squad they would be between 8th-11th
Same goes if he had the Utd squad
HIs style of play or lack of it and his soiling of kecks when he sees certain badges of the opposing team is the reason why he will never be able to make the next step.
The only thing Moyes is consistent at is inconsistency
it’s likely to be were you don’t know
we’re 8th with the worst strikers in the league ( nearly )
we was a mistake away from a totally draw
you say “well we won’t go to anfield and win 3-0” or there or here
like all clubs do it except us when it’s
not true
you don’t fix whats not broke
he’s here for next season and i’m glad
