David Moyes

[brap2]

Moyes in was all about a solid footing.

Done the trick. Stopped the rot.

What’s next?

[Raptor]

Moyes in was all about a solid footing.

Done the trick. Stopped the rot.

What’s next?

Peps available by all accounts

[Fynci]

Moyes in was all about a solid footing.

Done the trick. Stopped the rot.

What’s next?

Stabilisation, and then move on.

He has one more year, and we should assess after that. I know it's not the popular view, but regardless of who comes in it'll be a coin toss in 26/27. I want a more stable foundation before we look further ahead, and I think Moyes is the one to craft that.

[Goaljira]

If this is the best we can expect, then whats the point in carrying on? Its one thing going into games against the classic 'Top 4/5/6' knowing we're unlikely to get anything, but to get played off the park by newly promoted teams or teams with budgets half that of ours is just shite.

RE-OPEN THE VOTE!

[Cereal Killer]

If this is the best we can expect, then whats the point in carrying on? Its one thing going into games against the classic 'Top 4/5/6' knowing we're unlikely to get anything, but to get played off the park by newly promoted teams or teams with budgets half that of ours is just shite.

RE-OPEN THE VOTE!

Thought we’ve done better than usual against the bigger teams this season…

And most teams have had budgets bigger than ours for many many seasons…


Apart from that

[TheRam]

That third goal at the weekend.

Jesus Christ.

McNeil picking the ball up and playing a through ball that can be telegraphed from the moon. Then doing his little, jump and head bow before he starts to run back, by the time he’s done that he’s out of the game. Same shite every time.

Mykolenko has three opportunities to win the ball, and gets played around like a fool. Solid defensively apparently even though we never see him actually win a tackle and most the goals we concede always come down his side. Those three crosses within ten seconds as well. Fuck me

Keane dragged out of position, nowhere where he should be when the ball arrives in the box. Fucking go away, nine years of this ffs

Tarkowski running towards the ball thinking too much about being the hero with the block instead of just dealing with it safely.

Two of these are getting new contracts.

We’re so far off being a serious football club.

[sam of the south]

That third goal at the weekend.

Jesus Christ.

McNeil picking the ball up and playing a through ball that can be telegraphed from the moon. Then doing his little, jump and head bow before he starts to run back, by the time he’s done that he’s out of the game. Same shite every time.

Mykolenko has three opportunities to win the ball, and gets played around like a fool. Solid defensively apparently even though we never see him actually win a tackle and most the goals we concede always come down his side. Those three crosses within ten seconds as well. Fuck me

Keane dragged out of position, nowhere where he should be when the ball arrives in the box. Fucking go away, nine years of this ffs

Tarkowski running towards the ball thinking too much about being the hero with the block instead of just dealing with it safely.

Two of these are getting new contracts.

We’re so far off being a serious football club.

Depressingly bang on here

[brap2]

Stabilisation, and then move on.

He has one more year, and we should assess after that. I know it's not the popular view, but regardless of who comes in it'll be a coin toss in 26/27. I want a more stable foundation before we look further ahead, and I think Moyes is the one to craft that.

48^, 48, 49*
15th, 13th, 12th*

^Without points deductions
*one game to be lost yet

I just think…maybe we’re stable enough right now?

Media will howl, opposition fans will revel in it when we suffer here and there, would feel unfair to Moyes to be ‘dismissed’…but the alternative is what, wait until his form drops and sack him in disgrace, or wait until he does a good enough job that we are either successful or boringly stable and sack him then?

Stadium move is done. Internal positions are filled.

..I think there might be an opportunity to get cooking here.

[Bluedylan1]

Still livid with everyone at the club - manager, players - all of them.

Completely unforgivable the way they've capitulated in the last 6 games from an amazing position.

Sick of the lot of them. Couldn't give a toss about anyone potentially leaving, manager included.

[Kerryblueboy]

We really going to let Moyes buy players this summer look at last year dibling barely used same with aznou Rohl and recalling Armstrong from a good loan to leave him on the bench if he gets transfer control he will lumber us with older players with no sell on and on the decline let’s part ways now before it goes sour

[Shogun]

Just going to reset the poll

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[Shogun]

The main reason I don't think Moyes should be managing us next season is that there's an obvious mismatch in terms of recruitment with the players he wants (Grealish, KDH, Soucek, Bowen) and what the rest of the recruitment team want (Dibling, Aznou, Rohl, Barry). That's not to say that either of those are right or wrong, I would definitely rather watch Grealish than Thierno Barry for example, but when you look at the lack of minutes for someone like Dibling especially who we've paid £40m+ for then how's that going to work in the future?

I also think it would be different if buying Moyes' players was likely to result in success but we've meekly gone out of both cups and bottled it when Europe was on the line, so is the reward of buying ready made players really worth the risk of not being able to shift them and losing money on them almost immediately? Not for me.

There's not much point sacking Moyes and bringing in someone like Thomas Frank but the obvious man to pursue would be Iraola and you'd imagine he'd get a lot more out of those recruitment team buys than Moyes has done this season.

[Bumble]

Feel like he has sacrificed youth development in favour of a stable team of older players for a more guaranteed chance of points and success. We didn't get the success, out of both cups early, our younger players have lost a year of their development and we are left with a side that needs major surgery to progress next year.

The fact we have used the fewest players (22), 8 of those players have played the most minutes (2500+) and made the fewest subs (123), compared to the rest of the Premier League, tells it's own story as to why they all fell off a cliff the past 6 games and looked goosed after 70 mins.

The man can't see further than the next game and do we really want that moving forwards.

[Raptor]

Feel like he has sacrificed youth development in favour of a stable team of older players for a more guaranteed chance of points and success. We didn't get the success, out of both cups early, our younger players have lost a year of their development and we are left with a side that needs major surgery to progress next year.

The fact we have used the fewest players and those players have played the most minutes, compared to the rest of the Premier League, tells it's own story as to why they all fell off a cliff the past 6 games and looked goosed after 70 mins.

The man can't see further than the next game and do we really want that moving forwards.

It was a really short-sighted appointment from TFG, in my opinion, from the very beginning. If there wasn’t already that history with Moyes, I think most people would’ve viewed the appointment in the same way they’d view someone like Big Sam or Dyche — because, if we’re being honest, that’s probably the bracket he sits in at this stage of his career.

People are starting to take off the sentimental glasses and look at the reality of the situation: a boring, stubborn, massively uninspiring manager whose football is dull and drab, and whose points-per-game this season was comparable to Dyche’s in 23/24.

If the board genuinely think he’s the answer, I’d love to know what the question is.

[Bumble]

Definitely over Dyche. At least Moyes usually has a decent home record.

That decent home record didn't work out too well.