David Moyes was Man Utd's successor to Sir Alex Ferguson but, 10 months into his six-year contract, was sacked due to the team performing below their usual standards which, in this age, have proved impossible as no one can match what Ferguson had done with his group of players in that era.
United’s board saw seventh as a significant decline – which is where Moyes finished with the club – and the cause of that was the club falling to heavy defeats from rivals Manchester City and Liverpool, paired with multiple home losses from smaller clubs.
Since rejoining Everton after 11½ years away from the club, Moyes has made their relegation worries look laughable. And, with one loss from six Premier League games so far since his return, the Toffees look like one of the best teams in the top-flight at the moment.
When Moyes took over from Sean Dyche, Everton were 16th and only one point above the relegation zone but now look motivated to climb even higher than their current position of 14th – 13 points from the drop.
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2 Posted 21/02/2025 at 13:07:22
In fairness many of their fans thought otherwise and were incredulous at the idea. Ferguson completely fucked up nominating his pal as utd had peaked and needed innovation not a token presence.
But if you ever look at Ferguson's dealings his judgement wasn't as clever as the trophy haul suggests - ruthless - yes. But being virtually unchallenged in the transfer market he could afford to be. Ferguson invented buying silverware in this country.
I get the Moyes attitude the setup here was existence not competition and the chance to step up must have swayed his normal pragmatism. Still a massive tit for not seeing the reality.
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1 Posted 21/02/2025 at 12:02:41