David Moyes: Scotland re-United

Challenges

If Manchester United have a poor start to the season and are well off the title pace come the new year, the United fans will start to get restless, and the #MoyesOut campaigns will begin. With Sir Alex Ferguson on the board of directors and likely to attend every home game for the foreseeable future, David Moyes could easily find himself undermined from a relatively early stage. Moyes’ big challenge will be to reinvent himself from a manager whose team tends to play direct football and often relies on others’ mistakes to one which can force the pace, dominate the opposition and control a game.

The biggest of all perhaps is to put the Wayne Rooney saga to bed once and for all. United’s once talisman has been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons lately and Moyes would look to sort this out quickly. Rooney is perhaps not happy with his involvement after the arrival of Robin van Persie from Arsenal who has become a huge revelation in a season. With Moyes having already worked with Rooney when he was 16, the chances of him staying look better now. The Boss has also been adamant that ‘he is NOT for sale.’ That must be clear enough to say that Rooney is surely in his plans.

United have lacked the firepower in midfield they earlier used to possess with the likes of Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and others. That is one area he also needs to sort out.

What could Moyes add?

With the transfer season almost at its end, Moyes has failed to lure any noticeable signing so far. The arrival of Thiago from Barcelona was rumoured until Pep Guardiola stepped up and snatched him away. Fellaini is another man tipped to follow the Scot from Merseyside but is he worth it? The Belgian has proved to be a handful against various top sides including United, when he almost single-handedly got Everton a 1-0 win. But the issue is that he has mostly been playing behind the striker in a much more advanced role than earlier and with the likes of Kagawa, Welbeck and Rooney for that role, Fellaini might just create more questions than answers. With Fabregas in his sights, midfield is where he is looking to add more quality to give that extra gear to United’s gameplay and also the much needed support to Carrick.

Conclusion

United have been handed a tough start to the season in the Premier League and that could be very crucial for the new man who would be looking to get onto winning ways right from the word go. The fans need to be patient and Moyes has to keep them that way with a good start. He cannot afford any mistakes now and I imagine that both he and all the Mancunians will already be hoping and praying that, one day, United fans will be chanting his name with the same amount of affection and adoration with which they sing the name of the great Sir Alex Ferguson.