Believe it or not, there's a lot of Yawnited fans who blame Fergie.
Believe it or not, there's a lot of Yawnited fans who blame Fergie.
It's not about blaming Fergie.
It's saying the club has been unable to move on since he retired. That's not blaming him, it's blaming the organisation.
One could definitely argue Moyes wasn't given enough time, but then he's not exactly a top manager to attract top players. LVG however definitely had enough time, and borked it imo. He sold players he shouldn't have (Chicharito for example).
Frankly it all went to shitters having to build a new team after half the players either left or got sold. It's still a work in progress.
That said, the current team on paper should be performing better than they are.
One only needs to look at how Sunderland are doing to judge if sacking Moyes was the correct decision.
They havent won in the premier league since last year
Given what Moyes has managed subsequently, it's pretty clear that he was not a good choice. He took over a League winning side, and brought in Fellaini at a grossly over-inflated price. Then finished outside CL qualification. He did bring us Mata though, so there is that.
LvG was given a lot of money and two years, and failed to improve on that. It wasn't just a matter of letting good players go, but signing the likes of Memphis and Di Maria being spectacularly bad.
I'm still not entirely sold on Mourinho. I know a lot of fans aren't. But we're 9 games in to the league season, even Sunderland aren't calling for Moyes's head just yet.
I try to rack my brain now to remember what my inital thought was with Moyes, can't remember if I was optimistic or not.