Moyes.

This was originally posted on the wall of a friend who was arguing for the case of David Moyes and I thought I might as well put it here to share with everyone, with some slight amendments.

David Moyes.  Love him or hate him, he’s definitely on every Manchester United supporter’s lips now.  And for those of you who want to see the back of him, either look away now or read on and keep your mouth shut.

Is he incapable? I’m not too sure. Maybe his 10 years at Everton isn’t proof enough that he could handle Manchester United. But then again, going by this logic, the only manager who could handle Manchester United would have to be someone who has actually managed Manchester United before.

Is 6 months enough to determine if he is incapable? I’m not too sure. But just because he’s lost a couple of games everyone is calling him incapable. Nobody ever said anything about beating Arsenal, thrashing Leverkusen 5-0 at their own backyard. Incapable managers don’t beat Arsenal or Leverkusen 5-0 at their own backyard. Everyone only knows how to complain about losing to Newcastle, West Brom, Everton and Swansea at home, but nobody ever says anything about the comeback win at Hull, the victory against high-flying Arsenal or shutting Leverkusen five-zip at the BayArena.  For the uninitiated, Arsenal is top of the table now, Leverkusen is second in Germany.

Is there anyone better than him – and available? I’m not too sure. Everyone is mentioning names like Guardiola, Klopp, or even Sir Alex himself. But look, why would you want to leave a club you are managing decently well and take over what could be the most pressurizing job in the world right now?  And who’s to say Guardiola or Klopp or Mourinho could bring the best out of a team moulded by Sir Alex?

Some people say that players are not inspired to play for him. That’s the biggest piece of BS that I’ve ever head. To be honest, if that is indeed the case, I think it should be the players who should pack their bags and go, not the manager. This whole blame game focused only on how David Moyes is not doing a good job, but nobody even remotely tried to say anything about the players. I believe if Moyes had the chance to build a squad that he wants to build, things could be very different.  You may say a great leader must be able to motivate his players to play for him, which is true.  But I think a leader should also have the right to get rid of people who are disinterested and unmotivated to be under him.  I didn’t think Sir Alex Ferguson could motivate all the players he’s ever managed, and for those whom he couldn’t, he simply showed them the door.  It didn’t matter how big a star he was.  And If he could motivate everyone and turn them into worldbeaters, we won’t be making jokes off Sebastian Veron, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Kleberson and Kieran Richardson. Would we?

So I’d say get off his back and let him try to get things right. He sees the players everyday at the training ground and I believe he is trying to fix things. I’d only worry if he’s looking disinterested like some of the players.