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| Moyes has created anger and frustration Posted: 18 Mar 2014 03:44 AM PDT
A beginning of the end, hopefully, of David Moyes’ era in charge of Manchester United Football Club.
Forget about the lack of a football philosophy, forget about the fact that, despite the obvious need for a couple of world class signings, this squad should be good enough to at least finish in the top four, here’s a man who can’t motivate his team ahead of a game against their biggest rivals. The resilience and stubbornness that characterised his Everton side – and which many thought to be the only positive of his brand of football – were nowhere to be seen against Liverpool, as United exposed themselves to yet another obliteration and were thoroughly outplayed by the club we’ve derided for years for their decline, which United are now seemingly looking to emulate. United have suffered heavy defeats before, of course, even against Liverpool – though even the 4-1 shellacking in 2009 didn’t feel as bad – but it’s the matter in which defeat arrived that will be hard to forget. And therein lies the problem. Often this season, way too often this season for a club of United’s standards and traditions, the dismal fashion in which defeats have matured has been as angering and frustrating as the results themselves, with an astounding lack of performances coupled with a shocking lack of fighting spirit. Moyes’ indecisiveness off the pitch, channeled through his tragically inept press conferences, has achieved where countless rival managers had failed: it has exposed the club’s psychological frailties. No longer do United take the pitch expecting to win, they now simply hope to weather another storm, knowing full well that it’s more than likely that they will not. Moyes deserved to be given a fair crack this season but his incompetence has reached such levels that it has rendered pointless even the valid excuses that could have been used to defend him. Granted, the squad he was left with was not in the same league of City’s and Chelsea’s, but then why wasting a summer pursuing unrealistic targets only to end up with Marouane Fellaini? Furthermore, and that’s a lot more damaging on a long-term prospective, even when Moyes got his man he has been utterly incapable of getting the best out of them, Juan Mata being a prime example. As it has emerged today, Moyes now appears to be losing the faith of some members of his staff and he can only blame himself for that, given the way he’s conducted himself since arriving at the club. For months now, Moyes has looked like a haunted man, scared of perpetuating his football philosophy into a club whose ethos seems to scare him. The prospect of United playing long balls to Fellaini is hardly exciting, but if Moyes trusted himself he’d have deployed the Belgian further up the pitch by now in a desperate bid to turn things around. However, Moyes clearly doesn’t trust himself, hence his continuous remarks about trying to find a solution, and has left himself and the club stuck in a limbo that it’s neither here nor there: United don’t look like the United of old and they don’t even look like Moyes’ Everton, for Moyes’ teams during his tenure at Goodison Park at least bolstered some resilience and had the look of a side sticking to a plan. A manager who doesn’t trust himself can’t expect any trust from his players, nor should he be given any, for it’s the manager’s job to motivate his men, rather than vice-versa. Moyes is obviously a decent man and must indeed wonder whether he hasn’t brought his career to an abrupt end by accepting the job, but United must act quickly and replace him before it’s too late. Continuity just for continuity’s sake is a terribly dangerous attitude to have, for it’s results that should generate continuity, rather than simply expect that given enough time, results will arrive. David Moyes could remain at United for ages and he’ll never be a world class manager, if time was the only ingredient of a successful recipe, teams wouldn’t change managers, they’d simply tell fans to wait until the year in which their squad will miraculously turn into a successful outfit. Time is a wonderful gift to have in football, but it’s only a luxury that works when it is associated with a plan, something that’s been conspicuous by its absence in Moyes’ case. The comparison between his inaugural season at United and the job Brendan Rodgers has done at Liverpool is perhaps the most damning statement of Moyes’ deficiencies, as well as being the reason as to why he shouldn’t be trusted with any budget at all this summer. I liked David Moyes and I wanted him to succeed and I obviously still do but he hasn’t done anything to justify the faith that many had put in him and he should be sacked before things get any worse. Admitting a mistake it’s the first step towards rectifying it. |
| News of internal rift sparks doubts over Moyes’ future Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:45 AM PDT News has leaked from within Manchester United today sparking rumours David Moyes’ future is perhaps not as cut and dry as his 6yr contract suggests. Recent results and, more worryingly, performances have been unacceptable but many onlookers still believe Moyes maintains the clubs backing. However, the latest news would, in most cases, make Moyes position untenable.
The strong rumours circulating are that, when asked why he had not attended a management meeting by Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs replied “because he (Moyes) doesn’t ******* listen anyway”. Other sources suggest further senior players have openly described Moyes and his coaching staff as “clueless”. If true, surely this is the beginning of the end for Moyes? What do you think? |
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