The story of Manchester United will
be incomplete without mentioning, Sir Alex Ferguson. He’s a big part of
the story of Manchester United Football Club. In becoming one of the
greatest managers in the beautiful game, Ferguson wrote the history of
United in gold. And so It was no secret that whoever was going to
succeed him at Old Trafford was always going have a tough job on his
hands.
I am sure David Moyes has since found out
that Robert Green’s rule no. 41 holds true in the situation he has
found himself. Although, a rare privilege; Moyes was given the
misfortune of succeeding a great man in Alex Ferguson. In doing this, he
was always going to be in the shadow of his predecessor. According to
Robert Green’s rule No 41; the problem with stepping into the shoes of
the great Alex Ferguson is itemize as follows:
- The overbearing Ferguson fills the vistas before you with successes of the past.
- Moyes has no room to create his own name.
- The superstitious belief that if Sir Alex Ferguson succeeded by doing A, B, and C, Moyes can re-create that success by doing the same thing.
The three scenarios itemized above have
left David Moyes facing huge criticism for the crisis that the English
champions have found themselves in right now. Moyes has been blamed for
virtually everything that had gone wrong with United and has not being
equally praised when the team played well, a situation which has become a
rarity this season.
However, I feel Moyes has been unduly
criticized by a section of the fans who had failed to really identify
what was wrong with United. The current United squad has not just been
good enough when compared to what is available across the City, Arsenal,
Spurs, Chelsea and may be Liverpool. According to Joey Barton, this
United midfield is possibly the weakest in the premier league era.
But how did United arrive at this sorry
situation. Many have forgotten that United and the Glazers have not
invested in a world class midfielder since Owen Hargreaves in 2007 who
was expected to bring the kind of energy that was once provided by Roy
Keane. Injuries eventually got the better of Hargreaves and Fletcher,
Paul Pogba was allowed to leave for Juventus on a free transfer. And it
is now six years since a world class midfielder was signed at United. I
feel David Moyes should not be crucified just yet. He inherited a
problem that was there for the past 6 years, but only the personality of
Ferguson diverted our attention from it. The Glazers have simply not
invested in areas of need in the team.
Now, the fans must not judge Moyes based on the methods of Sir Alex;
he must be provided with the necessary funds required to build his own
team. Until then, it does not make sense to not support him to make
success of his time as manager; Ferguson enjoyed lots of that. But if
the funds are not made available, then may be, it could just be time for
the Green and Gold Campaign to return to the Theatre of Dreams.
Written by
M. DeYa
[www.thesocceropinion.com]
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