Someone's having a real laugh - gollum?

[Dr Nowt]

He's gone, get over it.

[Megadrive Man]

The second leg is three days before after they play us....

[Dr Nowt]

The ironic thing is, if they didn't sack him, it would make them the opposite of what they suppose they are; a big club.  In this era, not a single other big club would stand by and watch this happen, they'd boot him out and bring in a proper top class manager.

 

It would be failing to move with the times, which ironically, is one of the things hastening our own demise.

[MLB]

Hard to see him keeping his job much longer the way things are going. Those players obviously don't want to play for him. I just hope and pray that he has enough backing in the boardroom to be allowed the time he needs. Utd fans need to be realistic. They have a lot of dead wood and it's a big rebuilding job. No point in sacking Moyes when it isn't even his team. No, they should give him time to rebuild in his own image. Makes more sense than sacking him with a huge payoff after a matter of months. 

[J-V]

He's gone, get over it.

 

Lets hope........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[fowler9]

if worst comes to worst and they get rid I'm happy to give them a glowing reference on Roy Hodgson, surely after Moyes they'd be delighted to get a manager with a John West Tuna Cup on his CV

[Dr. J]

Hard to see him keeping his job much longer the way things are going. Those players obviously don't want to play for him. I just hope and pray that he has enough backing in the boardroom to be allowed the time he needs. Utd fans need to be realistic. They have a lot of dead wood and it's a big rebuilding job. No point in sacking Moyes when it isn't even his team. No, they should give him time to rebuild in his own image. Makes more sense than sacking him with a huge payoff after a matter of months. 

 

Doubt the payoff matters much - we spent a fortune paying off Hodgo, Kenny and their staffs - they can do the same. They're looking to save face.

[MLB]

Shhhh.

[Reckoner]

I'm with MLB on this. He needs time. It took ferguson 7 years to win the league and Moyes should be given at least 3 times that.

[FanchesterCity]

It's all too quick, and not good for rivals.

 

It's effectively a club going in the wrong direction, but you don't want them to realise it until they're lost in the middle of nowhere. Sadly, they're going to spot they're off the path pretty soon and correct it. Not good at all.

 

2-0's not insurmountable though, but if Moyes attempts to win the tie, it's definitely going to affect them for the Liverpool game. Let's just hope they don't pull off some miraculous recovery and go into the Liverpool game with their tails up. Far better they put in a real effort but suffer a demoralising defeat.

 

Quite funny on Red Cafe though... 'It's in the hands of the match going fans now'.

[Iceman]

'It's in the hands of the match going fans now'.

[Josef Svejk]

[Section_31]

It's all too quick, and not good for rivals.

 

It's effectively a club going in the wrong direction, but you don't want them to realise it until they're lost in the middle of nowhere. Sadly, they're going to spot they're off the path pretty soon and correct it. Not good at all.

 

2-0's not insurmountable though, but if Moyes attempts to win the tie, it's definitely going to affect them for the Liverpool game. Let's just hope they don't pull off some miraculous recovery and go into the Liverpool game with their tails up. Far better they put in a real effort but suffer a demoralising defeat.

 

Quite funny on Red Cafe though... 'It's in the hands of the match going fans now'.

 

You wonder if they've got the money to correct it though. They've spunked big bucks on Mata and fathead's wages, presumably any other 'stars' they want to keep or sign are going to be asking for similar money, with no CL income next year and a club mired in debt, it's not quite Leeds territory but they don't seem to be doing the 'moneyball' thing.

[Dr Nowt]

How all LFC fans feel tonight.

 

[Killjoy]

How anyone could think he would do an even half decent job there I'll never know. There is a massive difference between actually trying to win games and just trying to avoid losing.

I can see them bringing in Van Gaal.
 

[Grinch]

Often when taking the piss out of managers or players, you know they're better than you at what they're doing, but I'm seriously confident I could do a better job than him.  Instant improvement by either A) stop knocking constant crosses into your two quality but not great in the air strikers or B) sign Carroll & Nolan.

 

Lets hope they give him time and follows down the second path.

[Dr. J]

I think United need a feel good coming together to rally amongst themselves and the gaffer, something like this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtbBmwgxKc0

[Chairman Meow]

Dead Man Walking now surely.

[Kevin D]

Now, he belongs to the ages.

[Tj hooker]

I think he will get the 2nd leg to turn it around if it fails miserably then IMO he's a dead man walking either in the days after or at the end of the season, no point doing it straight away there season to all intence will be over

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Outgoing managers are usually left in place to take any potential hammerings before an easier run of games. I could see the game against us being the final straw.

[FanchesterCity]

You wonder if they've got the money to correct it though. They've spunked big bucks on Mata and fathead's wages, presumably any other 'stars' they want to keep or sign are going to be asking for similar money, with no CL income next year and a club mired in debt, it's not quite Leeds territory but they don't seem to be doing the 'moneyball' thing.

 

Yeah. To be honest, it depends who you listen to. Plenty keep harping on about how big they are, which we all accept, but it's as though that makes them immune from difficulty and it doesn't.

Of course their revenue is huge (by football club standards) but that's on the back of so much success. What happens when / if that stops? Suddenly all the money borrowed against future earnings MUST become higher risk than before?

 

I agree with you, it's not (yet) Leeds or Rangers type problems, but no matter how you look at it, a lack of success on the pitch WILL mean a lack of spending money in the long run, and even in the the short term, if the Glazers see a need to give United a huge shot in the arm with a spending spree, they must be concerned about who's going to be choosing the players.

 

Unlike some, I really don't wish ill on them, but I do like the idea that nobody is immune to things going sour. I really don't like the assumption that a top club will always remain a top club. Things can change.

[Dr Nowt]

If he goes, it will be either Ferguson or someone like Giggs til the end of the season, and because they realise he is neither going to turn around Olympiacos or get 4th in the league.

 

This could actually mirror Di Matteo for Chelsea, couldn't it.  They were down and seemingly out from the first leg under Villas Boas.

 

If they're going to sack him this season, it will be now. 

[Iceman]

"Youzz jobb now is to support the...support the...su....I've shit meself"

 

[fowler9]

poor bloke just needs a Director of Football to help him