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I mean, I understand the hire, I really do. I know the Glazers probably value loyalty as highly as anything else. And Moyes certainly has great knowledge of the game.

But by nature I am skeptical of a perennial midtable manager taking over a top 3 biggest club in the world. I mean, you're giving Manchester United to a manager whose only experience with the Champions League came almost a decade ago in qualifiers..

Football begins and ends with European success now. Moyes will be handed a fantastic team in a great situation, but there is no time for a learning curve when you manage Manchester United.

Didn't we, Liverpool, do exactly this when we got Brendan Rodgers?

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Posted by LSUSOBEAST1

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Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:19 pm to McRebel42

Well yes, but it's slightly different whenever you finish 8th in the league. He has much more leniency than Moyes will.

Let's not forget what SAF did when he first took over:

2nd place
11th place
13th place
6th place
2nd place
Won the league

My point is that managers don't immediately just slot in, especially ones who are expected to stay at the club for a long period of time. Sometimes there is an adjustment period. But in the modern game, where success literally hinges on European qualification, big clubs can't afford that period.

We've seen it with Chelsea (with AVB) and we've seen it with Liverpool.

I'm surely not saying it will happen with United - as I said SAF is leaving Moyes about as good of a situation as you can possibly imagine. But if come this time next season, and Moyes happens to be fighting for fourth place, United fans/administration will immediately regret not chasing Mou/Klopp/Pellegrini/Ancelotti.

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