Moyes needs time on his side

We all knew it was going to be a tough job for David Moyes to take over from Alex Ferguson after his remarkable reign at Old Trafford, but few could have imagined just how torrid the task would prove.

I thought at the time of Moyes’ appointment it was the right decision, albeit possibly a little on the cautious side in that it looked like United were mainly concerned with trying to find someone of similar ilk to the man stepping down.

But, even with them now well off the pace at sixth in the Premier League, looking unlikely to get into the top four and staring down the barrel of elimination from this year’s Champions League, I still believe that David Moyes is the right man for the job. United didn’t want a ‘Galactico’ manager to take over in the summer as I think the Old Trafford hierarchy — and in particular Ferguson — felt they wanted it to remain more about the team and club, rather than have some potentially big ego waltz in and make it all about them.