In preseason, football forums were full of anger against David Moyes because of the draws and losses against mostly Asian teams, where United had decided to go on a marketing tour for more revenues and visibility for the club.
It was lost to some that David Moyes had not worked with any players of this very large squad except for a teenage Rooney. That he was meeting most of them in person for the first time. It is a mammoth and exciting task for him i am sure.
Most did not want to give consideration to the fact that it was a period to acquaint with the players, to try new things, give chances to young players, that certain players were rested due to prior engagements, that new ideas and combinations be tried.
It was on this premise of inconsequential(being non-competitive) games that some dismissed Moyes. This phenomenon is prevalent in this group to the extent that players like Wayne Rooney are termed overrated even though the facts prove otherwise. Welbeck, Nani, Ferdinand, Evra and Carrick have been ridiculed and dismissed at some point or other.
Players can perform badly, they can lose form, luck can desert them,or maybe in the period of learning, we aught be able to take these things in accessing them, and resist the emotion to dismiss them based on the outcome of one or a few games without looking at mitigating circumstances. Does anyone still, remember the De Gea debacle??
Was he not commanding against Swansea? its clear he worked on that side of his game. Let us not be rush especially with young players.
As it stands Moyes has done well in the two games, his team has performed well and gotten good results, however the season is long and the glaring midfield weakness is still apparent, it is early days to put a definitive overall judgement on DM. The same goes for this, his first signing period which transcends him and reflects also on the new chairman as well. Players could still come in before the September 2 deadline although we, the fans, would have preferred them earlier, we must cut the new team some slack, SAF was at United for 27 years and even he did not get every player he wanted!
Siginings or not, we should not forget we have a title winning squad , that is still capable of retaining the title, with capable players, some experienced such as Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand, RVP, Rooney, Carrick and some fast improving young players who are coming into their own such as Welbeck, Rafael, De Gea, Evans and Jones. It is well to remember we also have new young players that will need to find their feet in the team; Zaha, Janujaz, Lingard, Keane and Powell come to mind. And others that are to prove their worth, Shinji Kagawa and Young fall into this category. It might be that these player Fletcher included may rise to the occasion and close that gap.
We are continually outspent by City and Chelsea , yet we retain the ability to compete with a mixture of buying and promoting from the youth and have won 5 out of the last 7 titles , only relinquishig the title to Chelsea by a single point and City on goal difference! We remain the standard by with the EPL is measured and the team to beat.
As SAF appealed, we must stand behind David Moyes, and as the fans at Swansea showed, it is vital to retain our top player Like Rooney. While we cannot desist from pointing out the errors and where we need to improve, it is well to remember that this season just like the last both Chelsea and City were rated favourites to win the title, yet a season later we stand as champions, and having sat on an 11 point cushion to the effect. I say bring on Chelsea, Liverpool and City in succession, The EPL ends in May 2014 not in September , we are United, we do what we want and this fight has just begun.BELIEVE..... GGMU!
It was lost to some that David Moyes had not worked with any players of this very large squad except for a teenage Rooney. That he was meeting most of them in person for the first time. It is a mammoth and exciting task for him i am sure.
Most did not want to give consideration to the fact that it was a period to acquaint with the players, to try new things, give chances to young players, that certain players were rested due to prior engagements, that new ideas and combinations be tried.
It was on this premise of inconsequential(being non-competitive) games that some dismissed Moyes. This phenomenon is prevalent in this group to the extent that players like Wayne Rooney are termed overrated even though the facts prove otherwise. Welbeck, Nani, Ferdinand, Evra and Carrick have been ridiculed and dismissed at some point or other.
Players can perform badly, they can lose form, luck can desert them,or maybe in the period of learning, we aught be able to take these things in accessing them, and resist the emotion to dismiss them based on the outcome of one or a few games without looking at mitigating circumstances. Does anyone still, remember the De Gea debacle??
Was he not commanding against Swansea? its clear he worked on that side of his game. Let us not be rush especially with young players.
As it stands Moyes has done well in the two games, his team has performed well and gotten good results, however the season is long and the glaring midfield weakness is still apparent, it is early days to put a definitive overall judgement on DM. The same goes for this, his first signing period which transcends him and reflects also on the new chairman as well. Players could still come in before the September 2 deadline although we, the fans, would have preferred them earlier, we must cut the new team some slack, SAF was at United for 27 years and even he did not get every player he wanted!
Siginings or not, we should not forget we have a title winning squad , that is still capable of retaining the title, with capable players, some experienced such as Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand, RVP, Rooney, Carrick and some fast improving young players who are coming into their own such as Welbeck, Rafael, De Gea, Evans and Jones. It is well to remember we also have new young players that will need to find their feet in the team; Zaha, Janujaz, Lingard, Keane and Powell come to mind. And others that are to prove their worth, Shinji Kagawa and Young fall into this category. It might be that these player Fletcher included may rise to the occasion and close that gap.
We are continually outspent by City and Chelsea , yet we retain the ability to compete with a mixture of buying and promoting from the youth and have won 5 out of the last 7 titles , only relinquishig the title to Chelsea by a single point and City on goal difference! We remain the standard by with the EPL is measured and the team to beat.
As SAF appealed, we must stand behind David Moyes, and as the fans at Swansea showed, it is vital to retain our top player Like Rooney. While we cannot desist from pointing out the errors and where we need to improve, it is well to remember that this season just like the last both Chelsea and City were rated favourites to win the title, yet a season later we stand as champions, and having sat on an 11 point cushion to the effect. I say bring on Chelsea, Liverpool and City in succession, The EPL ends in May 2014 not in September , we are United, we do what we want and this fight has just begun.BELIEVE..... GGMU!
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