2025/26 David Moyes

[dannyboy]

Think the point they made on there is similar to my feelings, midtable is a lot easier to accept if you feel like progress has been made in other areas.

If those players had been given more game time, whether it went badly or not we would at least know where we're at in terms of our squad going into the summer window. Now going into this window it seems like we have an almost insurmountable task because we've done nothing to integrate the signings from last summer.

I don't think you can call the upcoming transfer window insurmountable because Rohl, Dibling and Aznou didn't get much game time. Frustrating but it's obvious Dibling will have to be part of our plans given we spent £40m on him and we've seen enough from Rohl to know he'll be in our plans.

 

[DayL08]

You mean sold players that they were able to replace with a negligible difference in abilities or even bringing better players without it adversely affecting their squad depth or quality, so it's afforded them the capacity to bring in players at a higher fee what an absurd concept

if Moyes would have lost 3 of his starting defence some fans would have used it as an excuse to give him a 5 year contract for him to rebuild.

 

[Rita_Poon]

No change in direction. I've been opposed to Moyes from day dot. Didn't want Dyche, don't want Moyes, neither are good enough. Dyche two years ago 48 points earned on the pitch, Moyes now 49, with potentially up to 3 more. Not exactly a sea change. Of course, if you want, you could cherry pick a period within a season to make it seem more stark but you don't like people cherry picking, as you pointed out earlier today.

well, we're all playing silly buggers to fit our argument. so, can't beat em, join em.

:/

 

[windymiller]

Everything becomes stick or twist though.

"Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't"

When we get a win the murmurs die down, draw or lose and he's a mentality problem*.

pickford
tete o'b branthwaite aznou
ndiaye garner mcginn kdh grealish
beto

That is what the aim was.

That's why we shouldn't react based on one game and look at the league table at the end of a season. 38 games is a pretty decent sample size.

 

[Rita_Poon]

You mean sold players that they were able to replace with a negligible difference in abilities or even bringing better players without it adversely affecting their squad depth or quality, so it's afforded them the capacity to bring in players at a higher fee what an absurd concept

Can you find me another example of a club with parity successes please?

 

[windymiller]

well, we're all playing silly buggers to fit our argument. so, can't beat em, join em.

:/

Are we? Seems like some are. I think I've been pretty consistent but you can show me where I've been inconsistent, if you like.

 

[Rita_Poon]

That's why we shouldn't react based on one game and look at the league table at the end of a season. 38 games is a pretty decent sample size.

also a fact. I like.

 

[Curtis]

Apparently we should never consider bringing in someone new as that could endanger our status as a premier league club. We need to stay with a man who offers progress to this club in the form of one additional point over last season, a similar midtable place in the standings and all we had to was to have our highest net spend in a summer transfer window and deny opportunities to develop our younger players so that Gana and McNeil can stink up the pitch. Thank you David Moyes you're truly the Moyesiah , please stay here for life

 

[Rita_Poon]

Are we? Seems like some are. I think I've been pretty consistent but you can show me where I've been inconsistent, if you like.

how is McGinn not a terrier type standard bearer get stuck into the oppo player please?

 

[windymiller]

how is McGinn not a terrier type standard bearer get stuck into the oppo player please?

Never said he wasn't, simply said that we had Gana.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

My guess is Moyes will start the year next term but be removed before Crimbo. He lost me on his subs and when to bring them in. Last six games have been horrific and he knows it

 

[Swartzy]

Moyes made the wrong decision because everything has gone downhill the past month or so. We're now sat here left to wonder about the points you raise on giving the others more game time.

But I just thought it was interesting the lads on the podcast raised the points you do yet said Iroegbunam has been a step down from Gueye in the middle of the park. Would this have been what we'd have all said about Dibling and Rohl if they'd kept Ndiaye and Garner on the bench for a couple of weeks?

Being the manager of this club isn't easy. Moyes has got it wrong, but I guess my counterpoint is would playing these young lads a lot more mean he'd have got it right? I'm not convinced.

If you remember rightly though Gana was totally pants for us this season until Afcon came around, he than disappeared for a month, people forgot, and his stature suddenly shot up again.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Does he require the same set up at big club fc when he lands and can said big club guarantee that status. We saw how badly things went at spurs this season, Frank was hot property 12 months ago, can't get a job sweeping up hair now...

Well in theory the set up they have at Bournemouth is what we're trying to copy with our set up. Multi club model with shared data and scouting. Manager has a lot of influence on transfers and identifying players that suit his system.

Not saying we're doing it as well as they are but thats definitely the idea behind how how we've set the club up under TFG, how we're working with Roma and random stuff like the 'strategic partnership' with Nagoya Grampus. If we're copying them why not just steal their guy to do it for us.

 

[Curtis]

If you remember rightly though Gana was totally pants for us this season until Afcon came around, he than disappeared for a month, people forgot, and his stature suddenly shot up again.

And then he became undroppable even though that status was unearned , played full 90 minutes every game and he returned with a bolstered sense of self worth thinking he was a box to box midfielder to very mixed effect

 

[TheFinnFan]

Maybe it's because we can easily draw a straight line between the disappointing end to the season and the manager

Manager osnt blaimless