Moyes Had No Time To Succeed Or Fail At Manchester United

[alan_stubbs]

Moyes: I wasn't 'given time to succeed or fail'.

David Moyes claimed he had no time to "succeed or fail" at Manchester United, as Louis van Gaal made a losing start at Old Trafford.

Moyes, in an exclusive with the Daily Mail, said he moved from Everton to Manchester as he believed he had time to build a successful team, after predecessor Alex Ferguson stood aside after 27 years in the job.

But the Scotsman labelled the job "impossible", as United let him go less than a year into his six-year contract in April.

Moyes was speaking in the days leading into Saturday's Premier League curtain-raiser, which saw Swansea City trump United 2-1 at Old Trafford.

"It was a step into the unknown and, looking back now, it was near enough the impossible job," Moyes said.

"But it was the right job for me. I'd been at Everton for more than 11 years. We'd qualified for the Champions League, got to an FA Cup final, I'd been voted manager of the season three times. I was among the most expe

[duncanmackenzie]

who gives a s';';t he was quick enough to dump everton, when he thought the blues had served his purpose, find it very hard to feel any sympathy to his so called injustice at united.

[alan_stubbs]

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Don't see any injustice myself; he just wasn't up to the job. Had he been allowed to serve out his full contract, United would have been in ruins. Just my opinion of course
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[Everton_Freak]

1878 Curse Strikes Again.

[alan_stubbs]