2025/26 David Moyes

[yarablue1994]

Yeah I think European qualification as an expectation is daft. For me my expectation is to move into the 8th-10th bracket, I think bottom half would be very disappointing but obviously the margins can be very fine so I’m not going to lose my head if we finish 11th by a couple of points or whatever.

Peoples expectations on a European spot are fueled by the fact that we wont get relegated so the only other thing to play for is Europe. There is zero chance of Europe happening at least for this season. You have Liverpool, Arsenal, City, Tottenham, Palace, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Brighton and Newcastle to beat to Europe and that is simply not happening without any firepower.

 

[Efcjake]

Yeah I think European qualification as an expectation is daft. For me my expectation is to move into the 8th-10th bracket, I think bottom half would be very disappointing but obviously the margins can be very fine so I’m not going to lose my head if we finish 11th by a couple of points or whatever.

My expectation is a little lower 10-12 but anywhere around 8-10 being good for this year to push into Europe for the next. I think that's a reasonable timeline.

What I'd rather focus on here is what has happened with our summer recruitment.

How have we spent what we've spent on young players that Moyes won't trust instead of improving the starting 11 beyond KDH and a Grealish loan?

Was Moyes consulted and asked if he wanted the likes of Barry, Dibling and Aznou or if he'd have rather had signings that could go into the team from day one?

Having over 2/3rds of our transfer spend being determined to be unprepared to start league match surely can't have been the recruitment plan?

Is this Moyes rejecting players he didn't want? Is it just him refusing to trust the youth? Or did the recruitment team bring in players he can't use?