Believe in David Moyes: Oh ye of little faith!

This is a post as a counter to several I have seen over the past few days with regard to how “fans” want Moyes out of Manchester United. I love my club and would die rather than change my colours for anything else. I have always seen it as my one true love and will always be so.

Last summer we all were hit by the worst piece of news we could imagine. Of course any rational human being will tell you one day even the greatest will have to step back and walk away.

But when have we football nuts ever been rational. I was feeling so lost when the greatest manager to grace the game decided to call time at Old Trafford.

Barely 24 hours later we have the chosen one. David William Moyes. In his last home game in charge just prior to lifting his 13th league title, the Godfather had only one thing to tell us;

In tough times, the fans stood by me, the club and players stood by me. Your job now is to standby Our new manager.

Notice the words used? Not yours, not mine, ours! He is our man!

We all want quick results, and ready made glory. All these expectations about managers and who people wanted. This is who we have chosen. He is our present whether you like it or not.

Fine teams take years to create and impossible to sustain. Over time though it matures like fine wine to give us a joyful delight. Look at all great teams through the history of this great sport.

The Liverpools of the 70′s and 80′s, the AC Milan’s under Sacchi and Cappello in the 90′s, the mighty Barcelona that beat us twice in UCL finals. you think that happened over night? Of course not!

It took vision and patience and a whole lot of blood, sweat and tears. This is exactly what Moyes is doing for us. He is spending this year trying to get together his team for the future.

He wants to see what the current lot gives to his team and give them all the chances they need before he moves in to make decisions that will affect the club forever. It has begun with the loan spell given to Anderson and be sure this wont be the last of his team rejects who will leave in the summer.

There is the argument that this was a team that won the league last year.

True it was but it has shown what a shrewd tactician Fergie was to use this less then an adequate squad to go through the motions and claim the title. We mostly did as he put it “rescue jobs” week in week out to fight back from losing positions.

The cracks were already starting to show in midfield and then of course no one notices how Scholes yet again retired with Fergie. In the 2011-12 season the only reason we could catch up with City only to lose to city on goal difference was because the maestro decided to come back and help the team.

That and the acquisition of a certain RVP pushed us to title number 20. This season we have injuries to Micheal Carrick, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie simultaneously.

Three of the best we posses and we have fans throwing bricks at Moyes? What do you expect him to do, play instead of them?

There was this thought I had before this season started.

Its this belief I carry with me, and it has never felt stronger. The resolve to back Moyes to the very end, to the very last moment he is with us.

The path to glory has always be strewn with thorns and stones, but it is through this hardship that one finally reaches the pinnacle of success. This time though is great for the club.

I think we need this kind of a lackluster season by united standards to weed out the fakes. We are too spoiled as football fans. We haven’t seen much failure thanks to Alex.

We need to learn what loving your club means even it is sitting in the cold hard rain on a cold January night watching them lose to a team near the bottom of the league.

We need to learn to have faith in a man who gave us his all for 27 years and all he asked in the end was a little more faith in his last decision for the future of that club we love.

Doubting Moyes in a way does mean we doubted Ferguson. The man won us the world, who are we, mere mortals, to question his choice?

Oh ye of little faith, show me we are made of more; because if not, how different are we from clubs like Chelsea and Man City who we mock for the way they treat their managers?

Glory glory Man United.

IN MOYES I TRUST.