2025/26 David Moyes

[dannyboy]

Moyes has ultimate responsibility and final say - I think people understand that.

Moyes isn’t coming in banging on the desk demanding to sign the likes of Aznou though. There are other people involved bringing names to the table. (5 or 6 of them)

I preferred it back in the day when you could just say it was just down to the manager who was being brought in. Whoever was responsible for the summer didn't do a good enough job.

In the long run some of these signings might improve but early indications are not good for Dibling and Barry.

 

[NathDogg]

Its mad though as it was so obvious the subs/set up was wrong within 10 minutes of Barry coming on. It needed Moyes to be pro active, it wasn't difficult to see. To do nothing just basically handed them the win. It doesnt matter that it came in the end of added on time, for those last 20 minutes there was only one side set up to win and that side wasn't us.

I'm absolutely fuming at the lack of reaction to what was going wrong. They were absolutely dreadful yet that lack of in game management had them walking off thinking they're 1970s Brazil.

Does Moyes ever do anything proactive? His game management is as inflexible as his team selections

Not a clue why he picks 9 subs when he has zero intention of selecting half of them. See players blowing out of their arses and does nothing but watch and wait.

Whats the point of dibling, Rohl and Alcaraz under Moyes?

 

[Blue peter]

Well if Moyes insisted on getting rid of Thelwell and his right hand man Purdy walks because of the structure he wanted to put in place then clearly that responsibility lies with Moyes. The only thing i find bizarre is why you think last summer's disaster wasn't the likely outcome of Moyes's decisions.

That’s why once Moyes goes, the business needs to put in place a clear structure where the manager / coach, does not have the final say. There should be agreement as to signings between the various stakeholders.

 

[dannyboy]

Criminal to have a 3rd choice keeper on, making his debut with our tails up and all we mustered was a illy shot straight at him.

Reminded me of the fa Cup game against their kids, powder puff stuff and you knew the sucker punch was coming.

Few crosses wouldn't have gone a miss either. Barry being absolutely garbage really did stop any chance of us building attacks to test him.

 

[little elfin]

I’ve honestly lost count of how many home defeats we’ve had now. It’s beyond a joke.

That ‘scared to lose’ game plan keeps blowing up in our faces.

We’re at the business end of the season and we’re still tripping over the same bloody stones.

Even when Ndiaye drifts out wide right, we’re still obsessively forcing everything down the left. People keep saying it’s not an issue, but they’re deluded.

Player who should’ve been out the door ages ago keep getting praised, yet always the first one hooked every single match.

To the lot saying the bench isn’t good enough: look at how the squad’s been managed all year. You can’t freeze players out for months and then expect them to be world-beaters the second they step on the pitch.

Same system, same predictable subs, zero impact. No tactical flexibility, no guts to take a risk—just a load of big talk before kickoff that means absolutely nothing.

 

[jceverton]

I preferred it back in the day when you could just say it was just down to the manager who was being brought in. Whoever was responsible for the summer didn't do a good enough job.

In the long run some of these signings might improve but early indications are not good for Dibling and Barry.

It clearly is down to the manager, he's even stated it in black and white. Why do you think we gave the DOF role the bullet, Moyes insisted on it.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Not a clue why he picks 9 subs when he has zero intention of selecting half of them. See players blowing out of their arses and does nothing but watch and wait.

Whats the point of dibling, Rohl and Alcaraz under Moyes?

There's no point Nath. It's my biggest irritation with Moyes is his double standards with players performances. Dibling has a bad half he'll take him off and ruin his confidence. McNeil has a bad half and he'll play 70 minutes plus. Aznou comes on in the cup and gives us some dynamism with his dribbling and directness but gets rewarded with zero minutes after. The message seems to be if you're not in Moyes inner circle you might as well forget about trying to impress him as his mind is already made up on you

 

[dannyboy]

It clearly is down to the manager, he's even stated it in black and white. Why do you think we gave the DOF role the bullet, Moyes insisted on it.

Well then it was really poor from Moyes. We have to hope there's more to come from Dibling but the signs aren't good.

 

[Lanolin]

If I’m being honest I thought we were pretty crap all game and got our tactics all wrong but to watch that last 20 minutes and not do anything to change it is just madness to me. We were offering absolutely nothing whatsoever and they kept breaking dangerously but we did nothing to turn it around. A winnable game that we never really looked like winning.

 

[mccole]

Madness he didn't use his subs to see out the game.

They had enough chances before the goal to give Moyes the opportunity to bring Rohl or Tim for Gueye who was very leggy to stop the play through the middle of the pitch.

Also moving Ndiaye who was our best player out of position is unacceptable for a lad who didn't nothing with Beto's injury, killed our attack.

Unlucky but ultimately poor

 

[dannyboy]

There's no point Nath. It's my biggest irritation with Moyes is his double standards with players performances. Dibling has a bad half he'll take him off and ruin his confidence. McNeil has a bad half and he'll play 70 minutes plus. Aznou comes on in the cup and gives us some dynamism with his dribbling and directness but gets rewarded with zero minutes after. The message seems to be if you're not in Moyes inner circle you might as well forget about trying to impress him as his mind is already made up on you

McNeil was ousted in the first half of the season though and has worked his way back in. It's clear from the comments and the lack of game time that Dibling isn't doing enough in training.

Im as frustrated as you because we need him to be the player we thought we were signing, but I don't think he's being kept out because Moyes has a grudge. He just hasn't been good enough.

 

[pedro789]

All of things we'e highlighting (terrible game management, not giving young players mins, scared to lose attitude) is exactly why he lasted less than a year at Man Utd.

His record against RS/bigger clubs is disgraceful for a manager that's been managing at the top level for as long as he has.

But you will (usually) get a solid mid table finish.

That's the trade off.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Gotta be real here - would be really nice if he didnt bottle the fkin derby for once.....

 

[dannyboy]

If I’m being honest I thought we were pretty crap all game and got our tactics all wrong but to watch that last 20 minutes and not do anything to change it is just madness to me. We were offering absolutely nothing whatsoever and they kept breaking dangerously but we did nothing to turn it around. A winnable game that we never really looked like winning.

I thought the first half an hour was good by us. Then we scored and it all went wrong for 15 minutes. Got back into the game after half time and then Barry made it all go wrong again.

Needed some fresh legs in there to help the midfield out. Iroegbunam would've done the job. Don't think there was much we could've done to win the game at that point but should've done more to ensure we didn't lose it.

 

[NathDogg]

There's no point Nath. It's my biggest irritation with Moyes is his double standards with players performances. Dibling has a bad half he'll take him off and ruin his confidence. McNeil has a bad half and he'll play 70 minutes plus. Aznou comes on in the cup and gives us some dynamism with his dribbling and directness but gets rewarded with zero minutes after. The message seems to be if you're not in Moyes inner circle you might as well forget about trying to impress him as his mind is already made up on you

Dos my fruit in mate, biggest issue I have with him, even with the decent job he’s done since coming back.