JAKARTA Memories of today, 10 years ago, April 22, 2014, the famous English football club Manchester United (MU) officially fired David Moyes from the coaching chair. The dismissal was carried out in line with the poor results received by MU in various competitions, from the struggle for the Premier League title to the Champions League.
Previously, Manchester United's legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson had appointed Moyes as his successor when he retired. Manchester United's management also fully supports Ferguson's plans. Moyes is considered the right person to maintain MU's glory.
Sir Alex Ferguson is known as one of the greatest managers of the entire mass. His work of coaching MU from November 8, 1986 was amazing. Instead of just bringing Manchester United to rule the Premier League, Ferguson was able to bring the team nicknamed the Red Devils to be the team feared by world-class clubs.
The result was jarring. Ferguson was able to bring MU Berjaya with a total of 38 trophies, from 13 Premier League titles to two Champion League titles. Later Ferguson expressed his desire to retire. Ferguson's desire to focus on spending time with his family is behind him.
Ferguson officially retired on May 8, 2013. Even so, Ferguson doesn't want Manchester United fans around the world to bother with his retirement decision. This belief is trying to be built by Ferguson by preparing his successor at MU.
The figure Ferguson chose was David Moyes. Ferguson likes Moyes' leadership capacity in coaching English football clubs. The admiration came with Moyes' success in bringing Everton to compete in the Premier League.
In 2004/2005 alone, Moyes was able to bring Everton to finish in fourth place in the Premier League. This achievement was even more complete when Moyes was able to keep Everton in the last seven of the Premier League in the following seasons.
Ferguson also said there was no longer any reason not to make Moyes the new Manchester United coach. Moyes was then officially appointed MU coach in June 2013. Ferguson also considers the decision to have been approved by many parties.
MU already has its own analysis. This fact makes the Moyes recruitment process carried out together.
"It seems that there is an accepted view that there is no process. It's nonsense. We feel like we are doing everything in the right way: secretly, thoroughly, and professionally," Ferguson said as quoted by Daniel Taylor in his writing on The Guardian page titled Sir Alex Ferguson: David Moyes's Manchester United Failure Not My Fault (2014).
Moyes also started his first coach career at Manchester United. Moyes felt he could continue the positive trend of the Ferguson era. Moreover, with Ferguson's total legacy squad, from David da Gea, Wayne Rooney, to Robin van Persie.
However, the hope is only hope. Efforts to train MU are not just an ordinary challenge. MU, who is usually perched at the top, is actually made to be in the middle board. The narrative of defeat and draw came to Moyes squad, compared to victory.
The bad result got worse with the fact that MU did not qualify for the Champion League in 2014-2015. MU also eliminated the FA Cup in the third round. The bad result was complemented by the fact that MU was in the semifinals of the League Cup.
Manchester United's management takes a stand. The owner of the club feels that MU is no longer looking for a coach who can process like Ferguson in the beginning at MU. MU is actually looking for a coach who can maintain MU's glory. Moyes was fired by MU on April 22, 2014.
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MU fans were then divided into two camps. Those who say Moyes is not worthy to train MU who often hunt for English League titles and those who say MU is impulsive in making decisions. They feel Moyes still deserves the opportunity to prove his capacity.
In total, Moyes coached 51 games in all competitions, and United have only won 27 of them. The Red Devils have lost 11 league games this season one more loss to Ferguson's defeat in his last two seasons combined," explains Sam Borden in his article on The New York Times entitledManchester United Fires David Moyes as Manager (2014).
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