I'd like to know what the club see in Moyes, because it's clearly something I don't see.
Time For a Statement From The Board?
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You could hear it, but it was far from being the whole ground.
What annual salary does Moyes get and how much compensation will you have to pay if he's sacked? Are there available figures?
Enough to be heard through all the noise.
We talk about changing managers as if its a disgrace, so what if Chelsea swap managers often, so does Barca and Madrid and many other clubs i cant see whats so wrong about that, a clubs goal is to manage to always compete with the best or be the best. We kept SAF for 20 years because he was an amazing manager if he wasnt we wouldn't have, what exactly is the "The United way" and what is so wrong with not having one manager for 20 years as long as the club keeps on winning trophies?
He's apparently in the top ten paid manager's in world football.
What do you want explained? I'll give it a shot.
So basically no matter what they'd say you'd disagree with anyway?
What the club see in Moyes, it's something I don't see.
as a plc the board also somewhat have their hands tied making any statement because of the potential fluctuation in the share price - particularly if they say one thing then do the other
Women. Explain women.
What for?
Not at all? They could help bring something to light? He could be doing anything behind the scenes that the club have acknowledged and admire.
To whom? You see if I was to explain them to aliens, then the 'female of the species' would suffice.
If I am not mistaken he is on 5.7m for year (seventh highest paid football manager in the world).
Statements are pointless. The first statement the press get should be when he is sacked - up until that point it should be implicit that he has the support of the board.
Well if he wasn't, he wouldn't have anything to substantiate his stay right? I think it's reasonable to assume that behind the scenes he is doing well.
How would you describe David Moyes to an alien?
The club sees what they saw when he was appointed. Do you really, with all this discussion not know why he was appointed?
I do want to know what Moyes' plan is, if he has one. A statement in general will do no good though.
I'd struggle to explain he wasn't shite. Any potential redeeming qualities require a bit of context and an appreciation they wouldn't have.
It was all said last year when he was appointed. Why repeat themselves? Giving explanations for why the manager is there? Really? The only time you should expect explanations from the Board on managers is when they are signed, or when they are sacked.
We've been lucky to have the same manager for 26 years, but surely you noticed how this "board talking about the manager" malarkey usually works out elsewhere?
I do. But surely the board didn't envision it being this bad? Surely some second thoughts are kicking in. Why are we going to persist with Moyes? What has he done to justify more patience?
Statement. 
We aren't Liverpool FFS. Next people will be wanting the board members to wear a "Moyes out" t-shirt.
We aren't Liverpool FFS. Next people will be wanting the board members to wear a "Moyes out" t-shirt.
Should all managers make their plans public?
Are you saying the Caf is full of aliens?
I'm not very up on the way these things work .... so does it mean he'd get 5 x 5.7m (£28.5m) if sacked in the summer?
I can't imagine what they could tell you that he's doing behind the scenes that would convince you that what you're seeing - or can't see, as you put it - is either not as important as you thought, or on the way to being fixed. Statements are easy. You just say that he's a talented manager, retains the full back of etc..
Boobs
potentially 5.5 times that if he is sacked then
£31.35m... we could have another fellaini for that!
though in truth one would hope there are clauses to allow for early termination but I suspect a years salary would be the minimum we would have to pay
Yeah, sort of this. I know he's not shite, but a lot of what he's done has been shite so far, maybe he's just a slow learner? Maybe time will fix things? Or maybe those aliens don't believe that time is a viable excuse and will zap him to death.
If there isn't any clause in the contract (that allows the sack) then likely yes.
I'm extremely fearful for the direction Moyes is taking us. I just hope the board know what they're doing. I also don't think it's too unreasonable to want some communication between the hierarchy and fans during this period of absolute dog shit.
So whenever the club are having second thoughts on any decision, they need to inform you?
All your other questions are the same. Maybe from within the club, the cataclysmic change is seen as mitigation for some of the poor form, and the balance is not enough to axe the manager.
Like the way you're thinking.Statement.
We aren't Liverpool FFS. Next people will be wanting the board members to wear a "Moyes out" t-shirt.
Fair point, they can't be your average spastic board saying one thing today and another after the next game.
Very few contracts are now written that way, as I understand it. Most of them contain either break/compensation clauses with a set fee/scale, or a clause that says he only gets paid full whack until he starts working again, at which point it's either reduced or stopped entirely.
If he goes I'd guess he'll get a year or two of salary and a few nice paperweights.
Good point.
If the board came out and backed him it would just increase the pressure on him because it'd mean they felt he was doing badly enough to need them to come out and back him. Votes of confidence are stupid, either sack him or back him. The worst thing we can do is keep him but not give him money in the summer, thankfully it seems that won't be the case.
Here's one:
The Board said: