But won't they just swan off to a more successful club in 2-3 years after "proving themselves" with a eighth place finish here? Are you just saying what you'd want without considering reality and the things that always happen in reality? We need stability. The only time we had any success in the modern era was when we had a stable manager. It doesn't have to be the same guy but the stability is crucial and a "young progressive" manager won't stay here.
Sure. Did any alarms go off in your head that Moyes already did that once? We were 16th in the year before Moyes ... and we were one point off relegation when Moyes was appointed. So the guy who already did it, and won a big-ish trophy recently, can't do it ... while the guy who has never done it and never won anything big can do it? I don't understand.
What on earth is this? C'mon. Honestly? So we've got Stubbs, Weir, Hibbert, Unsworth, Gravesen, young Rooney and Dunc. You'd likely have all of them starting (even though Hibbert and Rooney are very young -- this is year one Hibbert not 04/05 Hibbert ... we do have better RB options when healthy than Hibbert in his first year). But that's not a full team. So you're saying nobody from the current squad could beat out ...
Steve Watson
Alessandro Pistone
Niclas Alexandersson
Tomasz Radzinski
Mark Pembridge
Jesper Blomqvist
Steve Simonsen
Idan Tal
Scot Gemmill
Joe-Max Moore
Alec Cleland
Tobias Linderoth
David Ginola
Andy Pettinger
Peter Clarke
Kevin McLeod
Nick Chadwick
We're not in the pub thirty years ago, we can look this stuff up. I find it very hard to believe you truly believe what you are saying. Nobody now is better than any of them?
The only rational and logical conclusion? MOYES IN!