What he actually said about David Moyes was that he was suited to the structure at that time of a business leader and a football leader.
Now. I was not impressed with his appointment but he had done very well at Everton.
The other problem he had was certain players not respecting him and not playing for him. Ring any bells.
As he said LVG was a highly successful and highly regarded manager.
Ok. Sometimes things just don't work out.
For me Jose should have been appointed to replace SAF particularly with the rise of City.
To say that he is a serial winner is an understatement.
GN is quite right. As soon as they decided to not back him he was a lame duck manager and a group of players decided to underperform to force him out.
The only manager who I cannot understand why he was appointed is Ole.
What I recall at the time was that Neville praised the appointment of Moyes and disagreed with his sacking. Of course Moyes had done well with Everton, a perennial midtable club, but he was never the right man for the job to manage a club that was in contention for the PL and CL trophies every season.
Van Gaal also had a resume, a better resume that Moyes of course, but Neville should have seen what most supporters saw -- that Van Gaal was never the right fit for Old Trafford. But not a word at the time from Neville.
Mourinho was a reasonable appointment and I supported it and on the point that once the board decided not to back every single transfer request it's a fair argument to make that at that point he should have been sacked. But does that really make sense? Let's think that through for a moment.
Mourinho demanded we bring in Sanchez, a decision which by the end of the season proved to be a colossal disaster. Bailly, another Mourinho acquisition, had gone south. His brief for brilliance in the transfer market, at least for United, wasn't looking great. If according to Neville now Woodward should have sacked Mourinho then, where was Neville then in demanding that Mourinho be sacked? Nowhere.
Even now, Neville backs the manager even when fair questions are raised as to whether Ole should remain manager.
If it weren't such a risk I really wish we could see Neville, Keane and Scholes actually try their hand at managing a football club. Wait...haven't they all and failed?