05 Jan 2026 01:16:38
Moyes saved us from relegation last season, something for which, I am extremely grateful.
However, if we are to progress, and become a top six regular competitor, we must thank him, then seek an alternative who is in tune with the modern game.
We can have death by a thousand cut, or a swift clean break. Bed someone in now, to do the ground work for next season .
05 Jan 2026 07:22:41
How about Nuno, Frank or that young progressive manager at Celtic?
05 Jan 2026 08:39:06
Frank saved us? Look what happened. Dyche saved us? Look what happened. Moyes saved us? Anyone see a pattern forming here?
05 Jan 2026 08:55:43
Maybe our fans should be more realistic? Constant change hasn't been good for the club in the last decade and caused us to flirt with relegation far too many times. For the first time in years, we are in January and not looking over our shoulder at the bottom of the league. All this after having to bring in 9 players to integrate into the team/squad.
I think we should let him have time to build a proper squad rather than jump back into the unknown.
05 Jan 2026 09:27:23
So I get it, because we made the wrong choice of managers since moyes left us for man utd and they where, all crap, that means we now have to keep moyes here because we might make the same mistake again, so let's just keep the dinosaur and make no progress.
05 Jan 2026 09:54:02
So who are you going to replace him with? Any idea?
05 Jan 2026 10:12:18
Not at all, skylark. What i'm saying is that we have made progress under DM, especially in comparison to previous managers, whether those of you who hate him like it or not. With a couple of windows, the squad will vastly improve and then we can worry about the style of play.
So, you think Ancellotti was crap? Hard man to please eh.
05 Jan 2026 10:29:24
Ancellotti was / is a great manager but he also was the wrong choice as he was never going to stay so we just wasted time and money bringing him in , I just want this club to have a bit of ambition, man utd and Chelsea have both sacked there manager and are sitting above us, moyes just doesn't fill me with excitement.
05 Jan 2026 10:59:56
There was only one club he was going to leave for and, unfortunately, they came calling. That was the best appointment of the FM era without a shadow of a doubt.
I get your point about ambition but it takes time to get to that stage. Firstly, the building blocks have to be put into place. We lost 13 senior players last summer, some that were classed as first team players, which is basically starting from scratch. We also moved to a new home, of which we will see the benefits in future seasons, which has proven to be a hard task for the majority of teams that have done the same. It's about patience for us fans more than anything really.
The team we have at the moment will change over the next few windows and then we will see a better style of football. We can't expect too much right now as we are playing square pegs in round holes, yet again, in some positions and we have a fair few players who just aren't good enough. It will take money and, once again, patience from the fans. It's like we've been in transition for a decade!
I known the answer already but I will ask anyway. You always comment that you didn't want whatever manager we get, so, who would be your ideal replacement? Either for right now or next season? For all these 'crap' managers that we've had, who would excite you enough into becoming more positive?
05 Jan 2026 11:18:43
I will ask you the same question, who would you like besides moyes, it's not an easy question to answer but it's easier knowing who I don't want , , most teams are looking for the perfect manager to take them forward and win trophies and they are hard to find but my god the ones we have picked since moyes left have been shocking , frank, raffa, dyche, Sam, Ronald, have got to be some of the worst Dessissions this club has ever made.
05 Jan 2026 12:41:00
I'm not after a change of manager just yet mate. As I've alluded to above, I can see progress happening, it might not be rapid progress but things are definitely moving in the right direction. Just bolster this squad with more quality, improve the areas that need attention and I think we will see further progress over the next couple of windows.
I'd let DM continue to steady the ship for another season or two and then see where we are then.
05 Jan 2026 13:02:27
We can’t keep sacking managers mate because we loose a game, our backup midfield is echos of a past we will repeat again if not sensible, I agree with most our fullbacks hinder us more than help.
05 Jan 2026 14:51:32
Agree with blue potato. The table doesn't lie. We have made progress. As i have said on a few occasions enjoy the wins and take the losses with a pinch of salt, we will frustrate as we aren't the finished article.
05 Jan 2026 16:57:18
The job was to save us from an almost certain relegation under Dyche, and improve the squad in the summer. Whilst there are still many positions that need improving, Moyes has achieved both these things.
We’re a win off 5th place. Makes no sense to get rid now, there’s a case for changing in the summer and giving the long term manager the war chest. Iriola would be great.