I know this is a bit off-topic but how well has Tony P done for your boys. Really has done a fantastic job, admittedly not over this season but he's really turned it round.
Amazing, innit. He's the absolute best manager for this kind of situation.
In short ManUtd spent 64 Million on Champions squad and made weaker themselves. Moyes paid 27 Million for Fellaini which is almost same as what City paid to sign Fernandinho.
Not quite made themselves weaker, but got weaker in comparison to others. Transfers aren't all down to Moyes, remember, particularly not the fees.
Arsenal signed Ozil which galvanized the team but why didn't same happen when ManUtd signed player of similar quality?
Because United are used to signing top class players. Arsenal, on the other hand, have spent the past 6 or so years raffling off their best players and then nurturing through youth to replace them. Them signing Oezil was utterly unprecedented, whereas Mata moving to United was merely an excellent move for United.
Liverpool signed Mignolet to replace a quality keeper in Reina. They haven't improved massively, I mean the signings.
Yeah Liverpool are an interesting one. I still hold that the signings of Kolo Toure and Mignolet have improved them quite a bit despite being only minor upgrades, but most of their improvement has been through squad harmony and keeping key players fit. It's been the first time that they've had Lucas - an amazing player - fit for an extended period of time for a while, and with Suarez staying, Sterling breaking through, Sturridge improving massively and Gerrard as good as ever their improvement has been more organic than most.
If rumors are true then Moyes rejected Strootman and thiago which was a shocking decision.
Undeniable. Though I'm not sure the Strootman rumour was right. Regardless, if he didn't even try for Thiago that's silly of him, despite the fact that Thiago would probably have turned him down for Bayern anyway.
One of the reason why I always insist on not bringing him in debates saying Well Fergie ignored midfield for 4 years, he played park in midfield. You know why? Because he can and still get results.
Benefit of doubt to Moyes though as he wanted to study all the players closely before making a move in the market which is very good thing to do. So lack of signing or strengthening was not because of funds, it was by his choice.
Hey, we mustn't downplay Park! He was a great player in his pomp.
Thing is about Moyes, he did everything right in the transfer market, wasn't rushed, examined players, got advice from his new staff and then... he and Woodward did nothing. That's certainly one big criticism that's fair.
And this season it's been destroyed by every team. Cleverley said he was asked to play restricted role, at least from what we have seen this season Moyes is not a fan of expansive football.
To be fair to Moyes, Cleverley isn't very good when he tries to play expansively. He's at his best when he's constant motion, one-twos up and down the pitch and spreading play with short passes. He's more static this season than I'd like, but I'd say he's done alright really.
I agree and I made this point few weeks back. Players deserves blame too for halfhearted performances but IMO it's manager's duty to get the best out of them.
And that's one the reason why I said I will judge him in the next season as he will have enough time to replace all the half arsed players and get his own but this season has been a failure considering he took over Champions squad and fighting for 7th spot after spending 64 Million on 2 players.
Oh, a complete failure, indeed.
The players deserve blame, so does Moyes, and so does Ed Woodward. Nobody's coming out of this season covered in glory other than maybe David De Gea, Janujaz and Rooney.
