il_martello_di_genovesi wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:18 pm He was terrible. Forget about Antonio. There were other wrong calls on top of just disrupting the game for very little reason. Waving his hand in the air non stop. Early on a blatant throw in for us was ignored so they could break. He was useless.

Booked Bowen for getting fouled!

Johnson, Cornet and Ings are all experienced first team pro’s, they were obvious changes in a period where the legs had all but gone. At that point it was about galvanising the side up the pitch rather than anything overly tactical. But again the quest to clear Moyes of question and accountability ...

Cresswell had to take that one rather than turning his back. A shame, as he’s generally played well.

It would be somewhat appropriate, given the fan social media output, to go from Moyes to a manager sacked by his country for disloyalty.

You have no objectivity at all. Someone has said Villa wouldn't appoint Moyes and they are probably right. That isn't an insult to Moyes, he isn't the right fit there in there current circumstances. You can describe a potential/hypothetical situation where villa have problems - be it financial, rel...

You are talking about when they were or if they could be in a bad situation. What about as a proactive move from where they are now. Being "proactive" means spending more money. Villa need to qualify for the Champions League just to stand still. It amazes me that people still do not get t...

For all the Aston Villa admirers, their previous four managers before Emery were Steven Gerrard, Dean Smith, Steve Bruce and Roberto Di Matteo. They also face potential financial fair play issues. Newcastle are a bit different as they are now owned by a sovereign wealth fund.

Bubbles Fortuna wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:24 pm I don't think it's a huge surprise that a well run but club wouldn't hire Moyes.

Based on what, exactly? Are the only well-run clubs in the world the ones at the very top of the tree?

BondsoBob wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:58 pm Sorry mate, I don't see it that way at all. I don't think he will manage another Premier league club. For a start the fans at most clubs would be up in arms.

Sure they would. Why would they possibly be against hiring someone with his recent performance?

sendô wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:18 pm Those 60,000 cockneys need to make themselves heard.

No sit silently grumbling at every misplaced pass. Singing, chanting, cheering, screaming, and making the bowl a cocophany of noise that spurs our team on and makes their team shink back.

Wouldn't put my money on it though!

Eh? Aside from Fornals and Fabianksi, everyone else is long gone. Haller, Anderson, Diop, Yarmolenko, Ajeti, Perez, Balbuena, Fredericks, Wilshere, Sanchez, Nasri and Martin. Can't exactly say they've been preventative in anything Moyes has tried to implement! That is one of the potential upsides i...

Yeah, I don't think there can be any way Moyes doesn't know about any of the constant negativity. People try and rewrite history and say Everton fans were happy to see him go at the time, but that was more a case of a sugar high as it all went pear-shaped for him while they had a good season. Replac...

History has kind of shown the only way it works out is if it doesn't involve less success. The arguments against Moyes are getting almost word for word what was said under allardyce (and to an extent curbishley). Thing is, Moyes is a better manager than Sam and Curbs by a fair margin. He has proven...

The fact that I had to ask what the connection was makes it tenuous. Now had he said up there with Graham or Waddell …. Believe it or not, Tim Howard actually believes Moyes is a better manager than Ferguson. "(Best manager?) David Moyes. I spent nearly a decade with him. He bought me to the f...

Skandi Brudson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:23 pm A tenuous link in fairness

You should have told Sir Alex and Alan Irvine. I'm sure they would take your opinion on board.

Skandi Brudson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:16 pm In with Fergie, Busby and Shankly? In what sense?

One of a group of seven Scottish managers to have lifted European silverware.

To be fair, its pretty obvious how much Alan Irvine loathes David Moyes: "I couldn’t get out to Prague so I watched it from home and I was kicking every ball. I was desperate for the team and David to do well. I’m thrilled. “I’ve had a whole load of messages from loads of people asking me to pa...

I don’t think he’s trying to be either critical or complimentary - he’s just stating what we could all see with our own eyes. He wasn’t especially comfortable playing David Moyes style of football. Not a great revelation is it? But that's not what the actual quotation was about though. It sounded l...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/06/thilo-kehrer-history-west-ham-club-monaco-ligue-1-psg Kehrer summing up things up quite succinctly. Weird signing. Is it just me or is the headline weird? In context he seems to be trying to be complimentary, but the meaning is twisted in the headlin...

It’ll be interesting to see where he ends up. If I was him I’d take a break for a while. He was sounded out about replacing Rodger, but Celtic seem in better form now. Everton seems an option, though I’d be surprised if he went there given the state they are in. Some suggest the fans there wouldn’t ...