Moyes has said on many occasions that he controls the transfer policy, the buck stops with him etc. Well, if that's the case, then he should shoulder some of the blame for dithering and perhaps not being ballsy enough - if those are the accusations that some are levelling at the board.
They're two cheeks of the same arse.
If Moyes is truly cheesed off that he wasn't able to drum up the funds to support his targets, then he really should have no option but to sack it off. He'd have reasonable grounds to, based on the fact that he really can't see us giving him the ammo to take us to the next level (whether I think he is good enough to do so or not is another question for another thread).
We've missed a big boat here. We're right up there in the pack chasing one of the European spots, and we're still in the Cup. With our current threadbare squad we clearly need strenghening. Negredo wasn't cheap, and Fer was a risk. But surely with the former, if we manage to finish in the top 4 then he's exactly the sort of player who might give us an edge in a CL qualifer. Or certainly another option during such a match. As for Fer, I find it hard to fathom that we weren't aware of his recent injury and have taken advice as to the likely recovery period and whether now was the best time to be taking the plunge. It would have made sense for our offer to be based on such advice, and by all accounts our offer was agreed by FC Twente. We then tried to move the goalposts, for reasons still to be confirmed despite numerous rumours etc.
We're on the cusp of achieving something, but now in danger of blowing out when it matters. And even if we were to finish top 4 or win a cup, we're hardly equipped to compete in European football. The warning signs are there if we don't finish in a European slot - our big-ticket players such as Fellaini & Baines will move onto to play at that level elsewhere (no-one would begrudge them that), so the fact we've sat on our hands during this window is even more annoying. With Negredo, even if we coughed to the fee Sevilla wanted, we could have softened the blow with the Sky money in the summer, or the "windfall" from the CL (if we made it) or the Fellaini fee if, as expected, we sell him were we not to finish the season strongly. This was one gamble where the risks could be calculated and spread against.
John Stones is not the kind of player who would give us that edge in European football. Yet again, Moyes moves quickly for a defender-prospect (one who clearly comes with huge potential), but nowhere near what we need NOW. Why does Moyes never seem to dither over these sort of players, but when it comes to further up the park or bigger price tags he takes forever?
Christ, I'm not even making sense to myself here. Truly gutted, and totally deflated here. The board and the gaffer both need replacing as we're never going to be anything other than treading water.
Rant over. COYB.
They're two cheeks of the same arse.
If Moyes is truly cheesed off that he wasn't able to drum up the funds to support his targets, then he really should have no option but to sack it off. He'd have reasonable grounds to, based on the fact that he really can't see us giving him the ammo to take us to the next level (whether I think he is good enough to do so or not is another question for another thread).
We've missed a big boat here. We're right up there in the pack chasing one of the European spots, and we're still in the Cup. With our current threadbare squad we clearly need strenghening. Negredo wasn't cheap, and Fer was a risk. But surely with the former, if we manage to finish in the top 4 then he's exactly the sort of player who might give us an edge in a CL qualifer. Or certainly another option during such a match. As for Fer, I find it hard to fathom that we weren't aware of his recent injury and have taken advice as to the likely recovery period and whether now was the best time to be taking the plunge. It would have made sense for our offer to be based on such advice, and by all accounts our offer was agreed by FC Twente. We then tried to move the goalposts, for reasons still to be confirmed despite numerous rumours etc.
We're on the cusp of achieving something, but now in danger of blowing out when it matters. And even if we were to finish top 4 or win a cup, we're hardly equipped to compete in European football. The warning signs are there if we don't finish in a European slot - our big-ticket players such as Fellaini & Baines will move onto to play at that level elsewhere (no-one would begrudge them that), so the fact we've sat on our hands during this window is even more annoying. With Negredo, even if we coughed to the fee Sevilla wanted, we could have softened the blow with the Sky money in the summer, or the "windfall" from the CL (if we made it) or the Fellaini fee if, as expected, we sell him were we not to finish the season strongly. This was one gamble where the risks could be calculated and spread against.
John Stones is not the kind of player who would give us that edge in European football. Yet again, Moyes moves quickly for a defender-prospect (one who clearly comes with huge potential), but nowhere near what we need NOW. Why does Moyes never seem to dither over these sort of players, but when it comes to further up the park or bigger price tags he takes forever?
Christ, I'm not even making sense to myself here. Truly gutted, and totally deflated here. The board and the gaffer both need replacing as we're never going to be anything other than treading water.
Rant over. COYB.
