Many fans were and continue to be underwhelmed by the chosen one. His first season in charge has been a record braking one, but rather than being in the Guiness book of records, Moyes achievements would appear in the ASDA'S own lager book of records. His achievements include, 1) 1st home loss to West Brom since 1978. 2) 1st home loss to Newcsatle since 1972. 3) 1st league loss to Stoke since 1984. 4) 1st ever home loss to Swansea. 5) 3 defeats in a row for the first time since 2001. It remains to be seen whether breaking the club's transfer record to sign Juan Mata for a reported £37.1 million will be a success or not. Although in Moyes' defence, he is not the money man at United and Mata appeared to be a universally popular signing amongst pundits and fans. Jokes aside it is clear that Moyes does not have the full backing of the fans which is so crucial for any manager in the fickle world of football. His apologetic open letter to the fans smacked of cowardice and desperation, like dumping your girlfriend via Whatsapp messenger. All you need do is search M, O, Y, E on Twitter and the hashtag #MoyesOut immediately appears. For most club's fans (Newcastle for me) a season in 6th place and a quarter final in the Champions League would be a magnificent season. But United fans are used to success, and lots of it. There seems to be a sense that Moyes has not embraced United's attacking philosophy. He remains inherently cautious as a tactician and almost too eager to hold on and protect leads rather than killing teams off. Perhaps this is a product of a poor start to the season, and not wanting to fall further behind rivals. That may be understandable to most teams, his old team Everton included, but not Man United. The fact remains that he inherited the same team which won the league last year, with the addition of Fellaini and Mata. Yet Moyes has been unable to hit the same heights as seasons gone by. The way United played against Olympiakos up to RVP's third goal was reminiscent of Fergie's teams of the past. There was a hunger, desire and energy about their play, streaming forward at every chance. However, once RVP's free kick went in United reverted to type for this season andproceeded to nervously hang on for the remainder of the game. Fergie's teams has an arrogance as well, which was subconsciously instilled into the team. It said, "we're superior to you. Even if you're 1-0 up after 89 minutes we'll still score 2 in stoppage time". It is this arrogance and confidence which Moyes and his players so patently lack at the moment. This inevitably filters down to the stands, then transmits to the players on the pitch, and the cycle continues. Somehow United have lost the fear factor which they once swaggered around the Premier League with. Whether Moyes will be given a stay of execution is difficult to say. Given the chance to replace him with say, Gus Hiddink, it would be interesting to hear whether the most patient United fan would be tempted. There is always an argument for stability at clubs, and Fergie was undoubtedly the most poignant example of that being successful. But how much longer will the United fans tolerate it?
