on January 11, 2026, 2:17 pm, in reply to "Newcastle signed two new strikers for £100m plus...."
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As well as Ramsey and Elanga. Previous Message
They lost Zabarnyi, Kerkez, Huijsen and Oattara for a combined fee of about 200m and spent much less.
Brighton lost Pedro among others. Brentford sold Mbuemo. Palace Eze. Newcastle haven't really been able to replace Isak, likewise WHU with Kudus. And of course Wolves are totally screwed after losing Cunha, Silva and Ait Nouri.
Contrasting this we didn't at the time lose anyone of significance (even DCL's departure was mostly met with meh). Previous MessagePrevious Message
Dyche had lost the team last season and Moyes basically has hadd all the players he had plus he got several new ones last summer. KDH is currently missing but he has still been available more than unavailable.
So this isn't quite comparing apples and apples. Of course Moyes still has had a big impact. Previous Message
Last season
After being without our best centre half missing all season
Losing KDH for a month
No decent right back
young players brought into the club playing in a brand new stadium
One season of a decent but not extravagant transfer window
Is everyone losing their minds !?! Previous Message
last season they, like everyone else associated with the club, would have been delighted with what they saw. Now they've invested a fair amount in the playing squad, they are maybe asking some more uncomfortable questions and perhaps giving a bit of negative feedback which he doesn't take kindly to.
If this is the case, it's difficult to see him remaining in post beyond this season, but a strong finish as key players return might be enough to turn it around. Previous MessagePrevious Message
The zen-like calm manager quietly making a silk purse out of a sow's ear with rational managerial decisions on team choices and and tactics has been replaced by a finger-pointing, player under the bus throwing nark who cant see what's going on in front of him.
He's still in there somewhere. Maybe he knows he's on the hook for the players he signed but not knowing what to do with them and he's feeling that pressure. We're missing players, but so are others. He needed to show that he could adapt without them and bring through the lads signed in the summer. Either they're all shit or he cant do his job in that respect.
Whatever, the shine of this manager has dulled considerably in the last couple of months or so.
All that said, I can see him sitting the senior players down and finishing this season off with a more than respectable flourish and we'll probably get top ten IMO. It'll be a very respectable season in the end but one scarred by this winter. Previous Message
11 points up vs this time in 2025. City and Villa next up (+8), then Arsenal (+6).
It’s frustrating at times, I agree. Moyes is not without his faults, I agree. But the progress is indisputable. There’s no guarantee at all that the next flavour of the month doesn’t turn into one of the many pumpkins we’ve endured over the last decade+.
Again, I’m not preaching giving the man a permanent pass. But I think we can allow for a bad patch when he has (literally) half the squad unavailable and has only had one transfer window to try and improve things.
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