2025/26 David Moyes

[summerisle]

Yeah tbf that's definitely an understatement. I'm not trying to play down the absolute basket case of a club we were for a good 5 years or so, but tbh in the end we managed to emerge miraculously unscathed.

No relegation, new rich owners and new stadium, debts mostly cleared and some financial headroom after years of austerity, most of that awful squad clearing out on the expiry of their contracts. The opportunity was there to have a clean break from those mad years and start a completely fresh project.

The biggest hangover remaining in my mind is the psychological trauma of fans who were put through so much that now they're happy to just exist in the PL without being in immediate danger.

One of the worst things you can do in football is be comfortable treading water while everyone around you is improving. Clubs have bounced back from worse and ended up in a better position that what we're in now. If we're not careful we will fall back into the same cycle of changing managers every 2 years and end up with another frankensteins monster of a squad. We need to get a young project manger, back them and trust them to build a new identity. Under Moyes we will never be able to escape the ghosts of the past.

We need leadership from the top.

This from Kinnear in December :

'The second half of the season will undoubtedly have some bumps along the way as we compete in the most challenging league in world football, but I believe with our ownership, manager, team and supporters fully united we can surmount any challenge.

I know that within the Club, every player and member of staff will wake up each morning striving with each sinew to ensure ‘the School of Science is on its way back’.

A lot of words, more action would be nice.

 

[jackyboy]

Just shake hands and move on

 

[Thomasc]

48 points under Dyche with the PL wanting us killed and with no real spending

47 points under Moyes when we're in a new positive era and having spent £110M

...you have no business calling your pov on Moyes as 'reasonable'

I mean, our neighbours and Chelsea have spent half a billion and gone backwards, but ok if you say so.

 

[jceverton]

you can’t build a squad with it mate

Well Moyes can’t that’s for sure.

 

[Drico]

Just shake hands and move on

Just make sure to have a good hawk of spit on to it first.

He likes "gritty", does the Moyesiah. A mark of respect.

 

[davek]

I mean, our neighbours and Chelsea have spent half a billion and gone backwards, but ok if you say so.

I repeat: we've got 47 points. If you think we've seen a good return on the investment made then not many will agree with you.

 

[chopper6]

of good quality 3-4?

is this in B&M?

Do some research before coming out with more tosh like this buddy.

I’ve literally just given you three clubs who have absolutely done this over last few years.

Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth

They’ve also spent some larger fees too, but go have a look how many they’ve bought in for ‘modest’ fees.

It’s absolutely possible to get 3-4 good players in for 100 million.

I agree we need further investment, but again you said “100 million buys you one good player” which is nonsense

 

[BlueStevie35]

I repeat: we've got 47 points. If you think we've seen a good return on the investment made then not many will agree with you.

Is the season finished Dave? We still have 12 points to play for

 

[Drico]

Do some research before coming out with more tosh like this buddy.

I’ve literally just given you three clubs who have absolutely done this over last few years.

Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth

They’ve also spent some larger fees too, but go have a look how many they’ve bought in for ‘modest’ fees.

It’s absolutely possible to get 3-4 good players in for 100 million.

I agree we need further investment, but again you said “100 million buys you one good player” which is nonsense

As David Moyes's dad, Bill Kenwright, once said, "you don't need 100 million to buy a 100 million pound player."

 

[jceverton]

48 points under Dyche with the PL wanting us killed and with no real spending

47 points under Moyes when we're in a new positive era and having spent £110M

...you have no business calling your pov on Moyes as 'reasonable'.

Agreed, the simple fact is Moyes has got this squad performing worse than last season’s squad under his management. To top it off he’s spent £110m doing it. If the owners have any ambition they will replace him in the summer before he wastes any more money.

 

[johnjoeefc]

I repeat: we've got 47 points. If you think we've seen a good return on the investment made then not many will agree with you.

I think we are probably around about where we would have expected to be

 

[Moomin]

We need to give more Moyes another season of playing dire football like Allardyche and let him whimper out of the cup games for us.

Oh Davey Moyes

 

[Drico]

Agreed, the simple fact is Moyes has got this squad performing worse than last season’s squad under his management. To top it off he’s spent £110m doing it. If the owners have any ambition they will replace him in the summer before he wastes any more money.

They do have ambition.

That ambition is to flip the club. We have years more of this slow death mediocrity to come...

 

[jackyboy]

Will never ever change will it? Always the nearly men with him.

 

[davek]

Is the season finished Dave? We still have 12 points to play for

Yep.

4 points top whack.