Seeing as we've had a "best of" thread, perhaps it's time to flip the coin over.
We've had nigh on a decade under him now, and of course there have been some highlights - but for me, there have been far too many low points during his reign. And I mean REALLY LOW points - the sort of cringeworthy moments/results/performances that I've found it hard to think of something that matched it. Until the next shocker came along.
Shrewsbury. Bottom of the soddin' 92 weren't they?
Bucharest away. The only time I've not clapped the team off and actually boo'ed them. (We sent a postcard from Transylvania the next day to Moyes saying "This place isn't half as scary as that rubbish last night" or something like that).
Sporting Lisbon away. Utterly spineless performance, against a team who were (I think) on their worst run for decades. Their confidence was at rock bottom, the manager was drinking in the last chance saloon - and last orders had long-since been called - and their fans had turned nastily against the team. Cue another insipid, negative, cautious approach from us when we should have steamed into them from the off. Another painful exit...
Man Utd semi-final. Now the day itself was special, and the buzz at the end when we'd won was incredible - but we laboured to a penalties victory against a scratch Utd side. The team news came out as we were drinking outside and it was full of their stiffs with players rested for a more important (was it a CL semi or something) game in the offing. I still can't remember us taking the game to them, despite them being well below strength. Again, we toiled under a cautious approach when most sides would have been buoyed when clocking the team sheet.
Reading at home. My oh my....
Chelsea League Cup semi (2nd leg). Another cautious approach where we didn't go balls-out to overturn the 1st leg. The crowd were baying for something special, yet all we got was a whimper.
There have been more, and I'm sure there's one or two more left to unfold...
We've had nigh on a decade under him now, and of course there have been some highlights - but for me, there have been far too many low points during his reign. And I mean REALLY LOW points - the sort of cringeworthy moments/results/performances that I've found it hard to think of something that matched it. Until the next shocker came along.
Shrewsbury. Bottom of the soddin' 92 weren't they?
Bucharest away. The only time I've not clapped the team off and actually boo'ed them. (We sent a postcard from Transylvania the next day to Moyes saying "This place isn't half as scary as that rubbish last night" or something like that).
Sporting Lisbon away. Utterly spineless performance, against a team who were (I think) on their worst run for decades. Their confidence was at rock bottom, the manager was drinking in the last chance saloon - and last orders had long-since been called - and their fans had turned nastily against the team. Cue another insipid, negative, cautious approach from us when we should have steamed into them from the off. Another painful exit...
Man Utd semi-final. Now the day itself was special, and the buzz at the end when we'd won was incredible - but we laboured to a penalties victory against a scratch Utd side. The team news came out as we were drinking outside and it was full of their stiffs with players rested for a more important (was it a CL semi or something) game in the offing. I still can't remember us taking the game to them, despite them being well below strength. Again, we toiled under a cautious approach when most sides would have been buoyed when clocking the team sheet.
Reading at home. My oh my....
Chelsea League Cup semi (2nd leg). Another cautious approach where we didn't go balls-out to overturn the 1st leg. The crowd were baying for something special, yet all we got was a whimper.
There have been more, and I'm sure there's one or two more left to unfold...
