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Exactly. They/he will get it right eventually, but anyone inheriting that squad from Fergie was always going to struggle in their first year.
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Exactly. They/he will get it right eventually, but anyone inheriting that squad from Fergie was always going to struggle in their first year.
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It'd be silly to write United off finishing top 4 just yet.
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nigelcoyb
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Imagine if Ferguson hadn't hand picked him instructing the troops to fall in behind the unproven dullard .... instead the board convened and announced "after careful consideration the new manager is MR PERSONALITY 2013 ..... MR DAVEY MOYES!!!"
Burning effigies of the charlatan on the Stretford end would have had him out weeks ago.
Fascinating reading Redcafe and the verbatim excuses we used to get on Everton forums the exact same stuff is being churned out even down to money worries (pmsl) - it is voodoo I have no doubt about it.
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They played fairly well today really. There are quite a few games where I can still see them slipping up though:
Sunderland (A)
Chelsea (A)
Stoke (A)
Arsenal (A)
Palace (A)
City (H)
Liverpool (H)
Newcastle (A)
Everton (A)
Southampton (A)
Moyes always struggles to be positive against the big sides and to break down stubborn defences. Their own defence isn't as watertight as it could be either.
Van Persie might come back and score a hatfull or they might find a midfield maestro to ignite them. Surprisingly, especially for a Moyes team, I don't feel that they have enough grit, determination, organisation or doggedness to go unbeaten between now and the end of the season.
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It is when every week you're struggling to put teams away and conceding goals like United are. It wouldnt be if it was a few wins and the odd blip.
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Which is what I don't get when their bulb fans say Moyes' is turning them into Everton.
If United were Everton, they wouldnt be leaking goals left right and centre.
davek
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I absolutely do believe United will get top four. Should I not state that if that's what i think and then argue why?
Maybe I should say 'they may get top four'...but that's not what I believe will happen.
I think it's you being a bit inflexible, tbh.
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Only a fool would, mate.
I think there's one round here somewhere...hold on, he'll be back in a minute.
It strikes me that Moyes doesn't know how to approach this job. He's forced to play 'The United way' - which is to say, Sir Alex's way. You can tell he's trying to suppress his naturally cautious approach - United fans, if nothing else, do recognise that he's throwing the kitchen sink at teams in an effort to get results. But it's just not coming off consistently enough.
United have lost four out of ten games at home. Three of those defeats have come in their last four home games.
It's very hard to spin that as showing any evidence that they will improve.
I don't think Moyes is capable of rising to this challenge - and I don't think United will finish in the top four. The competition is just too fierce. I curse fate we're showing such improvement in a season that Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, City and maybe even Spurs are all looking so good. United are lost in that mess, too.
United have lost four out of ten games at home. Three of those defeats have come in their last four home games.
It's very hard to spin that as showing any evidence that they will improve.
I don't think Moyes is capable of rising to this challenge - and I don't think United will finish in the top four. The competition is just too fierce. I curse fate we're showing such improvement in a season that Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, City and maybe even Spurs are all looking so good. United are lost in that mess, too.
davek
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You've been making precisely that case for the past fortnight...now you're *not*.
I absolutely do believe United will get top four. Should I not state that if that's what i think and then argue why?
Maybe I should say 'they may get top four'...but that's not what I believe will happen.
I think it's you being a bit inflexible, tbh.
Saying you believe it is not the same as stating it as a matter of fact, as if you've been in a DeLorean to the Summer of 2014 and already seen the table.
Doesn't surprise me though, you do it all the time. Declared there was no chance we'd beat Southampton only a few days ago.
They're in trouble. It all depends who they bully in January.
Plus teams like Everton shrugging them off.
If they don't get CL then their attraction diminishes. This makes them struggle more and makes it harder to try and bully teams like Everton.
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