WHY MOYES FAILED AS MAN UTD MANAGER TODAY · Why Moyes Failed as Man Utd Boss

Old trafford and Manchester United will be
welcoming a known visitor for the first time
since April 2014. David Moyes' reign as Man
Utd boss lasted just 10months even though
he was handed a 6 year contract and many
pundits have had their say on why Moyes didn't live up to the club's expectation.
Moyes had spent an astonishing 11 years as
manager of Everton and was trusted to do a
great job at United even though he never
won a trophy there. His record of ensuring
that they were in the top half of the table given his extreemly small transfer budget
made him a likely succesor to Sir Alex
Ferguson. Moyes was appointed barely 48
hours after Sir Alex Ferguson announced his
retirement and even though he knew it was
a tough path to follow he acted too slowly. His first error was underestimating the size
of the job and over estimating his
credentials.
Once the season begins to wrap up, diligent
managers usually ensure that their summer
transfer targets are contacted so as to get them ready for preseason. But the Scot
failed to do so but surprising went on a one
month holiday which would end at the start
of the preason. On resumption he
announced that he will be dropping some
of the staffs who worked with Sir Alex Ferguson and bring in his own men. Sir
Alex's assistant Micky Phelan and first team
coach Rene Maulensteen was replaced with
Everton coaches who had no experience at
big clubs neither had they won a tangible
trophy in their carrers. One would think that a man who had no trophy as manager
would listen to the advice of his
predecessor who won multiple trophies.
Moyes wanted to be his own man and he
proved that when he won the community
shied and said '' This is a trophy for Sir Alex Ferguson, because he got us here. I want to
build my own dynasty''. Moyes spent most
of his transfer time targetting unrealistic
players. He had no impressive CV to attract
world class players neither did he have an
impressive football style worthy of luring the best but he still went ahead chasing big
names. The first omen was when Thiago
Alacantara changed his mind about joining
United and rather followed his Barcelona
icon Guardiola to Bayern Munich. He
immediately moved for Fabregas who was at Barcelona, his dream club but failed.
Moyes also recently claimed that he tried to
bring back Cristiano Ronaldo to the club and
even made a £99 million bid for Gareth Bale.
But when it was increasingly clear that
things would not work as planned, he could have looked for other option but he failed
to do so leaving other clubs to sign them at
United's detriment. It was one of the worst
transfer windows ever and he finally
brought his former player Maroune Fellaini
for a whopping £27million on deadline day. The windows closed and the international
break resumed with an embarrising 4-1 loss
to City. Moyes hammered his players
describing them as girls. The champions
league draws were out and rather than stay
positive he hammered his players again saying '' Man Utd need six world class
players to win the champions league''.
He banned the players from taking chips a
night before games and this upset alot of
them. He initially played a good attacking
play but when things didnt work, he turned United to an Everton side playing long balls
and crossings. United fumbled terribly and
star playes became unhappy. Robin Van
Persie was rumored to be unhappy with the
training methods and when he began to get
injured, he handed a transfer request which the club denied.
As the months went by Moyes did not
change or heed the warning of coach and
player Ryan Giggs that players were
unhappy with his approach. United were
knocked out of the FA Cup in the new year by Swansea city and lost to Sunderland on
penalties in the Capital one cup Semi final.
When it was looking clear that a top four
would be impossible, he recruited Juan Mata
from Chelsea for £37million and still went
ahead playing long balls. Man United were held at Old trafford by relegation struggling
team Fulham and they notched up 88
crosses in the game. The highest ever in EPL
history. Caretaker manager of Fulham
Maulensteen said after the match '' it would
be easy playing United if this is how they play ''. Club captain Nemenja Vidic
announced that he will leave at the end of
the season and some players mocked the
manager when he was found reading a
motivational book on a plane United
suffered more defeats against rival teams and Moyes responded after the 3-0 defeat
to Man City '' We are aspiring to be like City''
an insult to a club that had won 20 Epl titles.
And when Brendan Rodgers Liverpool were
visiting Old trafford. Moyes said '' Liverpool
are favourites'' the time was already ticking for him and when United were knocked out
of the Champions League it was almost
done. Man United then travelled to Everton.
Moyes' former club who were enjoying
new Manager Roberto Martinez sitting 5th
on the table and playing sweet attacking soccer. Moyes was given a harsh reception
and United were also beaten. Mathematically
united couldn't be in the champions league
and rumours were flying that Moyes had
been shown the door. The rumours were
indeed true and United fired him and put Ryan Giggs in charge.
Moyes had a chance of being a good
manager had he listened to good councel
and made his players feel good about
themselves and this led to his doom. Should
he come to Oldtrafford, he will be out to sting back at his old employers but it
wouldn't matter if he does.