Manchester United picking David Moyes as manager surprised Old Trafford legend Willie Morgan
Manchester United picking David Moyes as manager surprised Old Trafford legend Willie Morgan
Eyewitness to Matt Busby's handover to Wilf McGuinness going so badly fears a repeat now Fergie has retired
History repeating? Morgan isn't convinced Moyes is up to managing Man United
Manchester
United are in danger repeating the mistakes they made with Sir Matt
Busby over 40 years ago as they try to replace Sir Alex Ferguson.
United
great
Willie Morgan witnessed the turmoil caused by Sir Matt’s departure,
which sent the club into decline, culminating in relegation in 1974, and
fears history could be repeating itself.
Morgan
was surprised the Old Trafford giants
let Fergie chose David Moyes as his successor, just as Sir Matt had
selected Wilf McGuinness in 1969, and claims the former Everton boss
does not understand how big the job is.
Moyes has lost three of his first seven league games, and Morgan doubts the Scot is up to the task.
Writing
in
his autobiography On the Wing, the former winger said: “Football goes
in circles and nothing lasts for ever, as Manchester United found out
when Sir Matt retired and left a void that the club struggled to fill
for a long time.
“Many fear the same may occur now that Sir Alex has decided to call it a day.
“Like
Sir Matt, Fergie ran the club from the top to the bottom. Nothing happened without him knowing about it or hearing about it.
“He
knew all his players, whatever age or team they were in, and he knew the names of their parents. Part of the furniture: Ferguson has a stand and now a road named after him
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“It is amazing the effect that can have on a young player,
when someone of the stature of Sir Alex knows your name and how you are
doing at the club.
“When
I heard that Fergie was retiring, my mind went straight back to the time
that Sir Matt made his announcement and sent shockwaves through the
club.
“Sir Matt decided he would move upstairs and appoint his
successor. This proved to be a disaster and we were assured that there
was no chance of this happening again.
“So
I was more than a little surprised when I heard that Fergie had chosen his own successor and had carried out the interview.
“Was I surprised by the appointment of Davey Moyes? I have to admit I was, and he certainly wouldn’t have been my first choice.
“Moyes took over a sleeping giant when he got the Everton job. And he managed to keep them sleeping for 10 years.
“Everton
are
a big club who should be winning trophies. Don’t forget they were
league champions when Sir Alex took over at United. I just don’t know if
Moyes has any concept of how big a club United is and the task he has in
front of him.
“Winning is not only expected from the supporters,
it is demanded, and it should be done in a United style, and that means
attractive and attacking football.
“Only time will be a judge of Davey Moyes and the decision to make him manager.
“But
it
will be a tragedy if a world-class player like Robin van Persie spends
the next couple of years in a team in transition and not one collecting
the medals and trophies he should be doing.”
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