Because it smacks of small time.
If my wife and I agree an amicable split after 11 years I'll always care for her and will wish her health and happiness in the future.
But I'll be f*cked if I'll welcome her new fella into my house!
It's a little thing called dignity.
Yeah, err who's getting married?
What about if your wife was in fact the manager of a football club that you loved and not your wife at all, a manager that transformed said club back into a great club after it had become massively s**t, and stayed with us despite having no chance of genuinely competing for any quality players for 11 years? Is that worth showing your appreciation for?
What about despite the above getting us to a final, into Europe, breaking the top 4 (1 of only a couple and the first to do it when it was done).
What about finding quality players for naff all money.
None of these things are worth some applause before he leaves..
I'll applaud what he's done for us, because its not small time.. its appreciation for what he's done.
It's appreciation for bringing back this dignity you are so keen to preserve, but for some reason feeling like somehow acknowledging
Moyes efforts will diminish it.
That's worth my applause whilst he's still manager. The only thing small time is peoples sad obssessions with how other fans view what we do.
Moyes has earnt my respect and a decent round of applause, would you prefer he stayed till he died? He had to leave some time.. 11 years is surely a justified amount? United surely a justified reason? And the above sure justifies showing our appreciation before he goes?