Moyes Watch @ Real Sociedad

[davidloach]

Bet he'll try and sign Arteta this January. Good move for him, he'll probably do well with a smaller budget again.

 

[davidloach]

I kinda hope he does well so it makes United's situation look even worse

 

[Bilko]

Good luck to him , hope he does well, must of been a tough 18 months he's gone through.
Think he's a better manager than the one we saw at united, did a lot of good things for us with possibly his mistake being staying here too long.

 

[TheFinnFan]

I wonder if he's After any of our players soon

 

[caught]

Mostly NEA, partly due to the fact he's unlikely to do anything other than okay. The schadenfreude I enjoyed up until last April was enormously satisfying but I think we've well and truly moved on from him now.

 

[neil999]

i just cant imagine him speaking spanish lol

 

[squonk]

Wish him well but at the rate they go through managers can't see him lasting.

 

[1966efc]

Only a couple of gunfights to take a knife to over there.

It's the bull fights he needs to worry about.

 

[orly]

Bet he'll try and sign Arteta this January. Good move for him, he'll probably do well with a smaller budget again.

Not sure about that - Sociedad was the scene of Arteta's greatest failure as he was bought to replace Alonso.

 

[BlueShark]

His tenure with us is long gone so sure, all the best DM. Whatever ill feeling I bore him with the manner if his departure and initial attempt to purloin Baines and Fellaini on the cheap evaporated with his spectacular failiure and humiliating Utd exit.

This is a good opportunity for him.

 

[Andy McGurk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29977924 anyone read this? Particularly this paragraph?

Sociedad - the Spanish Everton?
In many ways, Moyes should feel comfortable in his new environment because there are some striking similarities between Real Sociedad and Everton - and not just the fact that their colours are blue and white.

Like the Toffees, 'La Real' are a provincial northern club with a good track record of developing local young players who have enjoyed a fair amount of success over the years, despite being forced to live in the shadow of more famous local rivals in red (Athletic Bilbao).

And like Everton, the general perception of Real Sociedad within Spain is of a well-run, stable and solid mid-table club, strong enough to ensure they rarely find themselves ensconced in relegation battles but lacking the necessary funds to regularly compete seriously for major honours.

Real Sociedad have had 15 managers in the last 14 years

The last trophy claimed by the Basque club came when they defeated Atletico Madrid on penalties to win the Spanish Cup in 1987 - exactly the same year as Everton's most recent English league title triumph.

One more similarity (although Everton fans may dispute this point), and which Moyes will be quickly forced to accept, is that Real Sociedad are the quintessential 'selling club', recently losing star players Antoine Griezmann (to Atletico Madrid), Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) and Asier Illarramendi (Real Madrid) because they simply did not have the financial power to resist the calls of big boys.

Personally our 9 league titles and 5 FA cups compared to their 2 league and 2 cups puts us ahead of Sociedad,

 

[Bluerover]

I wish him the best in his new role.

I firmly believed he should have moved on after the Cup Final, and certainly the last few months with us and the start with the Mancs had a sour taste.

Anyway, I have moved on.

 

[Fuleco]

Good luck la.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I wish him luck, but I think it's an odd career choice personally.

I'll be stagggered if it works out for him there

 

[Moomin]

Wait a minute, did someone say something about Osman learning a foreign language last week for his coaching badges??