It's a pointless award, really. Almost always goes to whoever wins the league.
Winning the league and Carabao Cup with Man City isn't a huge achievement. It's almost an expectation nowadays because they have a large, ridiculously talented squad and unlimited finances.
What Moyes has done with a small squad and the improvements he's made eclipses what Guardiola has done with City, IMO.
For me, it should have been between David Moyes, Marcelo Bielsa, Dean Smith and Brendan Rodgers. I don't think anyone would have predicted them to have the season they did, with the resources available to them.
Dean Smith didn't get close, the top six were Pep, Bielsa, Moyes, Rodgers, Farke at Norwich and Chelsea Women's Emma Hayes. The actually votes don't seem to have been published
Farke won Championship MotY and Hayes won WSL MotY
For me, it should have been between David Moyes, Marcelo Bielsa, Dean Smith and Brendan Rodgers. I don't think anyone would have predicted them to have the season they did, with the resources available to them.
Dean Smith.............. wash your mouth out, can’t stand the man!
For me, it should have been between David Moyes, Marcelo Bielsa, Dean Smith and Brendan Rodgers. I don't think anyone would have predicted them to have the season they did, with the resources available to them.
Dean Smith.............. wash your mouth out, can’t stand the man!
I don’t like him either, but if you’re looking at teams that did better than expected you can’t say exclude him, IMO.
More reports Everton are looking to speak to Moyes as he was in the running before they appointed Ancelotti. Moyes’ family are still up north & he lives in a London flat currently.
Lampard’s better than an assistant manager IMO. At least a championship manager and maybe a lower table Premier League one. Somewhere like Brighton if Potter was poached.
And Nuno leaving Wolves due to his family being in Portugal - although may now be ‘easier’ for them to come over. However that would also have been the case for staying at Wolves.
Does make you wonder why he has not signed a new deal yet. He should have had one back in January when we were sat in the top five. It’s now June & he still doesn’t have a new contract. If he was to leave now the last year would have been for nothing. All the media reporting Moyes is their main target alongside Nuno. The owners need to sort this out.
I think it’s quite common for managers living away from their families for the length of their contract given that they normally do not fulfil the full length of it. Their families have a fairly stable life and it would not benefit kids etc to constantly move around the country.
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Sorry but it reminded me of the film Airplane
Winning the league and Carabao Cup with Man City isn't a huge achievement. It's almost an expectation nowadays because they have a large, ridiculously talented squad and unlimited finances.
What Moyes has done with a small squad and the improvements he's made eclipses what Guardiola has done with City, IMO.
Farke won Championship MotY and Hayes won WSL MotY
This year's winners were...
The Sir Alex Ferguson trophy for the LMA Manager of the Year:
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Barclays FA Women's Super League Manager of the Year:
Emma Hayes MBE (Chelsea)
The FA Women's Championship Manager of the Year:
Jonathan Morgan (Leicester City)
Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Year:
Daniel Farke (Norwich City)
Sky Bet League One Manager of the Year:
Grant McCann (Hull City)
Sky Bet League Two Manager of the Year:
Michael Duff (Cheltenham Town)
LMA Special Achievement Award sponsored by Prostate Cancer UK
Steven Gerrard MBE (Rangers)
The Palace job would suit but not sure they would offer a sufficient budget that would be needed to take them forward.
To be honest I can’t see Moyes returning to a club with no unfinished business. He was there 11 years. Time to move on from that.