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[dave.woodhall]

When Moye gets sacked there'll be a lot of sympathy for the impossible job he was landed with. He won't have that sense of ridicule that Steve McLaren or (excuse the sacrilege) Sir Graham were dogged with. I think he'll end up like a rich man's Graham Turner - a perfectly good manager at a certain level who found himself doing a job he didn't have the experience for.

My understanding was that the rationale for appointing Moyes was continuity as they expected the Backroom staff and the infrastructure that had been built by Siralex  to remain in place. For whatever reason this did not happen and he ended up with a new coaching team. As you say it looks like it has been too much for him.

At this point. Had he gone somewhere like Spurs or Arsenal first he might have had more chance; he'd certainly have got more European experience and been under more pressure. Similarly, had Turner gone to Wolves first before Villa he might have had a better chance of succeeding. But in both cases, you don't turn down those sort of opportunities.

[Ron Manager]

Its all starting to look like a repeat of the Frank O'Farrell /Wilf McGuinness  situation again. Moyes should have two seasons at least to get it right.and Sir Alex (like Matt Busby) should have stayed away from Old Trafford,

[SamTheMouse]

I know you have to take this sort of hearsay with a hefty pinch of salt, but the reports suggest the players were distinctly unimpressed with Moyes' training methods, which were apparently much more focused on physical fitness than technical possession work with the ball as was previously the case under Ferguson. I've also read that the midfielders were supposedly told not to get ahead of the ball.

Sounds exactly like MON.

[Malandro]

just seen some front pages, 'Goodbye Peaches' where did he get that nickname from?

[Desi]

 
Security guards at United training ground say Moyes arrived at 05:00 BST - BBC Sport

Early start!!!!

[villasjf]

He gets my vote for manager of the year if we had beaten them twice manager of the century.

[FrankyH]

Confirmed on SSN

[TopDeck113]

And now it's official.

[Virgil Caine]

Confirmed on SSN

And on BBC Breaking News. No word as yet on interim manager.

[Chris Smith]

Also on BBC. It was always going to be a tough job to be the man who followed Ferguson but as Gary Neville said last night, this is just brutal.

[TopDeck113]

Well that's now two Scottish managers that Ferguson recommended who failed to last a season...

[Jarpie]

It would've been almost impossible job for any manager following Ferguson, especially as he stayed in the club. Wouldn't want Moyes in Villa, too old-fashioned traditional english/scottish/irish manager/coach, we need someone with fresh set of ideas, preferably from abroad.

[silhillvilla]

Fergie back for last 3 games ?

[Jimbo]

Gotta feel sorry for Moyes. He never quite got the hang of intimidating players, referees, journalists, which is the bedrock of Man Utd's success, and he's been hung out to dry for it. Too nice. He'd be an infinitely better option than Lambert, but I doubt there will be a scramble for his signature just now so we can wait and see what our ownership status is at the end of the season before making any move. I'm hopeful we can attract a manager on the way up, rather than one on the way down.

[claret and blue blood]

we appoint Moyes , we'd finish top 8 no danger, who wouldn't want that at the moment ?