As the season drew to a close, Manchester United football club were preparing to appoint a new manager for the first time in twenty six years, that man was David Moyes. Nearly a year on and Manchester United are once again looking to appoint another man, who that will be only time will tell.
A poor appointment. A lack of tactical ability was apparent, the team was never consistently chosen instilling a lack of confidence in the squad causing them to doubt their manager. The most damning factor was the failure to play the “United way”. No longer the exciting attacking philosophy seen for many years royally treating their fans, instead negative football had took precedence and stunk rotten amongst the United faithful. The lack of goals reflected this. The final nail in the coffin came rather coincidentally at former club Everton with the Champions being well and truly humiliated by a team now humorously performing better without Moyes. That says all you need to know.
The Glazers have form in choosing the wrong man another sports club they have chosen to exploit, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have also seen some poor choices and a lack of funds in recent years. But, United fans need not worry the Glazers won’t let their prime jewel fail, instead they will simply hold it back.
The odds were always against Moyes, owners reluctant to spend, players who did not believe in his ability and being compared at every hurdle to the Legend that came before him. The list goes on. Recent reports show Moyes never had a chance; everything that could seemingly go wrong for Moyes did. So why did Moyes’ position eventually become Untenable?
The poor results of course played a part but this was the man to form a dynasty for the Old Trafford club; poor results alone didn’t get Moyes the sack. Losing the dressing room something managers can ill afford to do, after all the power no lies whether you like it or not with the players. It’s easier to replace a handful of staff rather than a large bulk of a squad something that the board will have realised. They’re football men, but there money men to.
Reports were rife all year round that a £200 Million war chest had been made available, suggesting the funds were there, with an abundance of players expected to leave in the summer. Why it was not made available earlier we will never know, or perhaps another Glazer lie is afoot.
Moyes was never the man to form a new dynasty at Manchester United that opinion materialised rather quickly after the man was appointed. Jamie Carragher suggested Moyes was the Man Utd equivalent of Roy Hodgson at Liverpool, following Hodgson’s dismissal Liverpool appointed a club legend, United have followed precedent.
