Big Joe had one decent season, then joined the other 9 years of turgid s**t. We've had nearly a decade of progress.
What Moyes has achieved has been superb:
Pre Moyes
1992-93 13th
1993-94 17th
1994-95 15th
1995-96 6th
1996-97 15th
1997-98 17th
1998-99 14th
1999-2k 13th
2000-01 16th
2001-02 15th
Moyes arrives
2002-03 7th
2003-04 17th
2004-05 4th
2005-06 11th
2006-07 6th
2007-08 5th
2008-09 5th
2009-10 8th
2010-11 7th
2011-12 7th
We spent over that time less than nearly everyone
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[TD]#[/TD]
[TD]Nett Spend 03/04 - 12/13[/TD]
[TD]Purchased Gross[/TD]
[TD]Sold[/TD]
[TD]Nett[/TD]
[TD]Per Season[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Chelsea[/TD]
[TD]£704,500,000[/TD]
[TD]£180,000,000[/TD]
[TD] £524,500,000[/TD]
[TD] £52,450,000[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Manchester City[/TD]
[TD]£605,220,000[/TD]
[TD]£187,400,000[/TD]
[TD] £417,820,000[/TD]
[TD] £41,782,000[/TD]
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[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD]£441,880,000[/TD]
[TD]£264,580,000[/TD]
[TD] £177,300,000[/TD]
[TD] £17,730,000[/TD]
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[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Manchester United[/TD]
[TD]£365,250,000[/TD]
[TD]£241,850,000[/TD]
[TD] £123,400,000[/TD]
[TD] £12,340,000[/TD]
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[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Aston Villa[/TD]
[TD]£216,850,000[/TD]
[TD]£108,375,000[/TD]
[TD] £108,475,000[/TD]
[TD] £10,847,500[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Tottenham[/TD]
[TD]£369,900,000[/TD]
[TD]£267,550,000[/TD]
[TD] £102,350,000[/TD]
[TD] £10,235,000[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Stoke City[/TD]
[TD]£93,670,000[/TD]
[TD]£15,595,000[/TD]
[TD]£78,075,000[/TD]
[TD]£7,807,500[/TD]
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[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Sunderland[/TD]
[TD]£188,280,000[/TD]
[TD]£112,100,000[/TD]
[TD] £76,180,000[/TD]
[TD]£7,618,000[/TD]
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[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]QPR[/TD]
[TD]£74,800,000[/TD]
[TD]£2,650,000[/TD]
[TD]£72,150,000[/TD]
[TD]£7,215,000[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]West Ham[/TD]
[TD]£143,880,000[/TD]
[TD]£108,225,000[/TD]
[TD] £35,655,000[/TD]
[TD]£3,565,500[/TD]
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[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]West Bromwich Albion[/TD]
[TD]£80,485,000[/TD]
[TD]£50,990,000[/TD]
[TD]£29,495,000[/TD]
[TD]£2,949,500[/TD]
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[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Fulham[/TD]
[TD]£85,830,000[/TD]
[TD]£68,745,000[/TD]
[TD]£17,085,000[/TD]
[TD]£1,708,500[/TD]
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[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Newcastle[/TD]
[TD]£185,800,000[/TD]
[TD]£171,700,000[/TD]
[TD] £14,100,000[/TD]
[TD]£1,410,000[/TD]
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[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Norwich City[/TD]
[TD]£28,350,000[/TD]
[TD]£17,410,000[/TD]
[TD]£10,940,000[/TD]
[TD]£1,094,000[/TD]
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[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Everton[/TD]
[TD]£131,050,500[/TD]
[TD]£122,416,000[/TD]
[TD] £8,634,500[/TD]
[TD]£863,450[/TD]
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[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Swansea[/TD]
[TD]£29,470,000[/TD]
[TD]£27,325,000[/TD]
[TD]£2,145,000[/TD]
[TD]£214,500[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Wigan[/TD]
[TD]£88,865,000[/TD]
[TD]£89,000,000[/TD]
[TD]-£135,000[/TD]
[TD]-£13,500[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Southampton[/TD]
[TD]£56,965,000[/TD]
[TD]£60,150,000[/TD]
[TD]-£3,185,000[/TD]
[TD]-£318,500[/TD]
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[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Reading[/TD]
[TD]£22,220,000[/TD]
[TD]£28,550,000[/TD]
[TD]-£6,330,000[/TD]
[TD]-£633,000[/TD]
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[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal[/TD]
[TD]£252,500,000[/TD]
[TD]£267,770,000[/TD]
[TD]-£15,270,000[/TD]
[TD]-£1,527,000[/TD]
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Our combined wages/transfers are around 14th spot - our average finish is of course not.
We reach a cup final and semi's
We got into Europe repeatedly
We were the first and one of only a couple of teams since to actually breach the top 4 in the sky era
We did this on less than 10mil.. total
His record signing was 15mil which is pennies. Doesn't even make the top 250 signings, yet we are now a properly feared club that no one wants to play against.
You know what.. He's done us proud and it takes a special level of bitternes to ignore all these things and think that one top day makes for a better decade.