After
the Manchester derby thrashing and the much needed win over Liverpool in the
Capital One Cup, the headlines had been David Moyes – about how his performance
as the manager of Manchester United has been so far. Critics are everywhere but
there are sections of fans as well as former United players coming out in
defense of Moyes.The
game against Liverpool showed how Manchester United can and should play. Will
David Moyes be tempted to be conservative and stick to the old school thinking
of ‘never change the winning team’?, or will he goes back to his preferred (but
with mix results) strategy – meaning that Ashley Young will be back in the
starting XI! With Robin Van Persie doubtful, will Moyes decide to give Javier
Hernandez the opportunity to start alongside Wayne Rooney again or will Shinji
Kagawa be given his preferred No 10 roles behind Rooney. But expect to see
Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick to resume their midfield partnership, as
well as Rio Ferdinand-Nemanja Vidic partnership.
Whichever
team Moyes pick also has Shakthar Donesk away next Wednesday in mind. United
fans might see changes in centre half partnership (as per Ferguson style) but
experience factor will be vital. While West Bromwich Albion is not exactly a
top team they are not an easy team to play with either and the United team that
will run out on Saturday cannot afford to take their opponent lightly but a win
at Old Trafford should be a formality, given the fact that other title
contenders have trickier fixture.
David
Moyes knows himself that a job with such big expectation is not going to be
easy – after what Sir Alex Ferguson did for Manchester United for the past 20
over years will not be replicate – ever - by any manager. Ferguson himself had
reminded fans during his farewell speech to support their new manager and
United board themselves gave Moyes a six year contract – highlighting the fact
that time is need – and will be given. Credit should also be given to Moyes for
accepting such challenge and he himself acknowledged the magnitude of the task
ahead. Already Moyes sounded warning to United fans of more ‘disappointment to
come’ as he charts his way to guide United to further success. The good thing
about what happened in the season so far is that Moyes and his team will be
able to learn from it and hopefully comes May next year United will still be at
the top of the table.
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