What if Moyes had today's budgets?

johnnydawg68 · January 10, 2018

Truth is he had some really good sides in the late Aughts. What if he'd had the money to go get a quality striker (Yak's one great season excluded)? When I think of all the band-aids we had to use upfront over the years...when the rest of the team was pretty damned good.

ijjysmith · January 10, 2018

I fear we’d still just be taking slightly more expensive knives to gunfights.

So not all that different to now.

Connor · January 10, 2018

Lots and lots of Per Krouldrops.

Woolly Blue · January 10, 2018

Everyone else would have had more money though mate.

blue to the bone · January 10, 2018

He had it at United and was gone in less then one season.

ilikecheese · January 10, 2018

We'd by Fellaini for £50 mil.

sageyefc · January 10, 2018

His big money buys where hit and miss.

zzebra · January 10, 2018

Scott Parker and Charlie Adam would have signed.

dannyboy · January 10, 2018

It's a difficult one to say. At the time I was convinced if he'd had £20m net spend each summer we'd have been right up there. Since then he hasn't exactly covered himself in glory though...

I will say that we were a lot closer to the top teams when he was around. We finished above Spurs on quite a few occasions, now they're on another level to us which is depressing.

Coggy · January 10, 2018

What Moyes achieved here considering his net spend was nothing short of fantastic.
He was shafted at United by the inept close season performance of Woodward.
He produced some really good sides on a pittance.

Gwladysstreetlad · January 10, 2018

Moyes would never win anything because his own inbuilt negativity would always prevent him for going all the way in any competition. We were the better side in the 09 FA cup final and the 2012 semi final but Moyes and his negative tactics were directly responsible for us losing on both occasions. He can do a great job at building a side and making them tough to beat and best of the rest if he's given time which for a lot of clubs isn't somthing to be sniffed at. I'll always be greatful for his first seven years here while he tighted up the ship and gave the club it's dignity back but I'll always hold him responsible for holding is back in his final three to four years because he refused to evolve. He'll never change and all the money in the world wouldn't make any difference. He knows were his level and doesn't have the bottle to ever go further.

Timak · January 10, 2018

I think we were a few players away from 5-10 extra points a season that would have seen us getting CL places from finishing 3rd/4th.

Anyone who moans about the signings he got wrong (Simon Davies was the worst for me) should be forced to look at what has followed since.