Its stick or twist from our perspective. I think with Moyes in charge, we'll never be in danger of relegation, and we'll always be top half-midtable. He has his imperfections as a manager, many of which we've discussed, but stability is not one of his failings i'll grant him that. He doesn't suffer fools, he manages a productive 'team' atmosphere and he has a knack of getting consistency out of players. He's not a risk-taker and this club will never be in masses of trouble as we've seen elsewhere, because of that.
But then do you achieve ambition without risk, whether it is financial or tactical?
By the same token, I don't feel we'll ever win silverware or challenge the top 4/6 with Moyes for that reason. And that has as much to do with our prominent financial predicament as it has to do with Moyes tactical ineptness, naivety and failure to proactively change things when we all so desperately need him to. 2009 aside, we've been pish in the cups, and we lack the strength in depth to compete in Europe if we even managed to qualify for it.
With a new mindset, a fresh approach from a different manager, we could push on as a team, break into the top 6 and get the regular European money that would see us grow. Moyes is no 'one in a million'. He's done a sterling job but we have identified 5 or 6 managers in England alone, in this very thread, that have displayed similar achievements working to a budget. The flipside is that the loss of that stability could also upset the applecart and prompt a decline.
Stick or twist?. Knee-jerks aside, i'm leaning more toward twist.
