29 May 2026 14:22:02
Moyes often in the past quoted Whisky Nose as being a manager of whom he praised the most highly, but the 2 management styles couldn’t be quite different as if Moyes could learn a lot from his mentor if he homed in a little more as Fergie's title winning teams were also built on youngsters coming through from the academy set up and also played much more attractive football than the tosh we’ve all witnessed the last couple of months… Moyes never trusts youth, Fergie did and ended up with Beckham, Scholes, Giggs, Butt to just name a few… My fear is that Moyes now being the age he is, is unable to change in his ways and has become truly Jurassic and a bit of a dinosaur type manager, I hope I’m wrong but I don’t think I am… For me we need a change of manager in time for pre-season to show ambition going forwards and a manager who trusts younger players and plays a more up to date attacking game whoever that might.
I expect what will happen is that the current owners will start with him as gaffer next season, but if things spiral fast then he will be replaced. One things for sure, what we have all witnessed on the pitch these past couple of months and also in Moyes' interviews afterward each match has been nothing less than unacceptable for this our beloved club.
29 May 2026 16:17:51
I think football has been overcomplicated with tipy tapy football and you need to play certain ways, yes, everything evolves, but set pieces and long throws have come back in the last couple of seasons. Can't wait for teams to play with 2 strikers again because it will come back. Centerbacks love it, just marking 1 guy between them, especially when it's us. Just stay organised and press together and defend together.
We have Beto closing down their keeper and we are all in our own half. They keep possession with ease and attack as they want. The opposition keep pressing us on the edge of their box and we end up back with Pickford, with them still pressing, and hoof we give it back to them. So either bad tactics by the manager or just bang average players we have.
29 May 2026 20:57:29
Even with world class players, hoofing the ball and gifting teams possession will never win you games. The occasional direct ball can create a chance, but only when unexpected. Teams know to double up in the forward and cut off the second-phase ball if it's your main line of attack.
As for Moyes and his tactics, he does himself no favours with terrible subs (or lack of) and flogging the dead horse of one lone striker with no support until the game is long gone and over.
30 May 2026 06:04:21
Spot on, RonMac.