Moyes Watch @ Real Sociedad

[daz4matty]

Good luck to him
I think he will do a great job there
If he reads this thread ossie is goin half price up to jan 31st

 

[davek]

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,

Another great contribution to truth and accuracy from the BBC.

'Sociedad are the Spanish Everton'....yeah, spot on, except we resemble them about as much as we resemble Hamilton Academicals, you paedo harbouring Pravda *****.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

No reason to wish him ill just yet

If he comes in with derisory offers for some of our players, then I'll start hoping he fails

If he's learned his lesson since then, I wish him well

Quite fair I feel

 

[PITA]

six points from ten games

A typical Everton start under Moyes. I believe that this means that he will get them in the top 7.

 

[PITA]

Guillem Balague on Sky sport's just said and I quote "this is the best squad of player's Moyes has ever worked with and I include all his Everton sides in this". Never put Guillem down to be a bluffer.

So that includes the United squad that romped away with the EPL the year before?

 

[sageyefc]

Will have to learn the language, the spaniards will find his scottish accent hard to understand, especially when he starts talking in the third person again

 

[Blue 1]

Good luck to him, fair play for doing something different. How many British managers have moved out of their comfort zone like that?

Yeah, he did my swede in the last couple of years here and I wasn't sorry he left when he did, and he was a right bell at United, although I think he was something of a scapegoat and the arsehole senior players there have a lot to answer for, but he was the right guy at the time he took over and built pretty solid foundations for Martinez to work from. Signing the likes of Mirallas, Coleman, Stones and Baines for less than £15m is no mean feat.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Good luck to him, fair play for doing something different. How many British managers have moved out of their comfort zone like that?

Yeah, he did my swede in the last couple of years here and I wasn't sorry he left when he did, and he was a right bell at United, although I think he was something of a scapegoat and the arsehole senior players there have a lot to answer for, but he was the right guy at the time he took over and built pretty solid foundations for Martinez to work from. Signing the likes of Mirallas, Coleman, Stones and Baines for less than £15m is no mean feat.

Well said mate, thats exactly how I feel. Hes gone, Everton are still here, Im still here, good luck to him - end of

 

[evilwebby]

Can he even speak Spanish?

 

[Billy Dean]

Moyes just spoke his first Spanish words to the press:

"Traigo un cuchillo a una pelea de pistolas"

 

[davek]

I think we all know how this one ends.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Can he even speak Spanish?

I think the Catalans took pity on a Scot in their fight for independence against the nasty overlord.

 

[MikeH72]

An Idiot Abroad 4

 

[sageyefc]

Whats he going to do. Cant be wearing those snide cardies in that heat

 

[BluenosePaul]

Wish him all the best! Wish he was still here!