David Moyes - A question of trust?

As Moyes took on the center stage, not many expected him to win a treble in the opening season, but they didn’t expect him to claim just 7 points out of the first 6 games and suffer losses against Liverpool, West Brom and Manchester City.

The problems with Moyes have not been simple, but very confusing. While it may not seem to be a big problem on the face of it, deep inside it has been the root cause of Manchester United’s poor showing this weekend.

Well begun is half done, goes a popular saying. However, with Moyes, that didn’t seem the case. He began the transfer window on a quieter note as his counterparts around Manchester and London were busy working their socks off.

A £28 million signing of Maraoune Fellaini on deadline day does not seem to be a great way to start the season, does it? Added to this, Moyes’s lack of reputation around Europe made sure he lost out on signing Thiago Alcantara and Cesc Fabregas.

Rather than addressing the much needed concerns in the squad, Moyes went for a defensive midfielder who was not really the player we needed. We needed a proper, strong centre back, a left back to compete with Evra, and a box-to-box midfielder who could drive the team like Jack Wilshere or Luka Modric does.

The next mistake was the way he played his team. It was evident from the beginning that Moyes went in for a defensive approach and was not ready to take risks. The way Manchester City dominated United was something shameful and was uncalled for.

Why isn’t Moyes playing Kagawa more often?

His reluctance to play Shinji Kagawa was another thing that pointed out his incapability to play the way top teams in Europe play nowadays. Shinji Kagawa is a true trequartista and a real master of the pass, and is excellent in the final third.

However, in Moyes’s system he demanded more work rate, something which Kagawa does not really offer. This can prove why Young was played more often than Kagawa, even though he has been poor.

Now, this is what seperates great managers from those in the masses. They have the vision, they take the risks, they impose their own style of play that takes their teams the extra mile. Jurgen Klopp is a brilliant example of this.

Going back to the defense, his insistence on playing the old guard has the cost the team badly. Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic were once the best defenders in the world but now they are nowhere near that level. Rio Ferdinand is losing out against pacy players and Vidic is becoming weaker in the air.

David Moyes has come in and is expected to stay here for a long time but he must adapt to the Manchester United way of football and needs to get out of his Evertonian mentality. Else, Europe is going to be a far-fetched dream for the Old Trafford faithful.

Maybe, the lack of a managerial change in 26 years has propelled me to think this way of a new manager two months into his job, I still do respect Sir Alex’s words and will trust the new manager.

Let us hope Moyes makes his mark at Old Trafford sooner rather than later.