David Moyes is gone. Finished. It is only a matter of time. The ineptitude that was so clear to so many before he walked through the door at Carrington last June now hits you so hard in the face that everyone who watches United knows what it was like to face Mike Tyson in his prime.
We all knew it would be this way. Moyes has always been a bad manager, he just happened to be part of the furniture at an Everton team where avoiding relegation was a success. The fact that he was there for a decade is, contrary to popular belief, not a sign of his talent. It is the opposite, it shows just how useless he is. How many times in the 10 years Moyes was at Goodison did a club above them approach him to be their manager? I certainly don't remember any but what everyone will remember is how many times in that decade were other teams looking for a good manager. Hundreds, and none of them ever thought to go for Moyes. Imagine for a second the stick United fans would have given City or Chelsea had they used Moyes as one of their many coaches. And all of it would have been deserved.
So why then was Moyes accepted at United? Simple, the man who could do no wrong picked him. Sir Alex Ferguson could have demanded the removal of George Best's statue outside Old Trafford, giving the excuse that he wasn't a good role model to some of the young players coming through, and there wouldn't have been a peep from a section of fans and any discontent from others would have quickly been silenced.
The truth is that for all his success Fergie made plenty of mistakes when he was at United. He should have won the European Cup at least three more times and not have lost the league at least twice. Is it greed to want these as well as the success we had? Of course it is, but this is about winning, if you aren't supporting a football team and wanting to win everything then you're doing it wrong.
Fergie was above criticism though and it wasn't only his success that kept him there. It was the so-called "Top Red". The section of United fans who consider themselves somehow 'better' fans. The devoted, the loyal, the one true fan. They have sat atop their ivory towers for years, using insults to control the mere ordinary fans below them.
Now they cry for Moyes to be given more time, they remind us that Fergie was even though this was a different age and United were an abject failure when Fergie took over. They say that anyone calling for Moyes to be sacked is not a real United fan. What is a real fan anyway, is there an official test? Do FIFA have a handbook to guide you? Can you be an unreal fan?
The thing is that the 'Top Reds' are not United fans. They don't care in the slightest what happens to United, all they want is for people to see them as better than everyone else. And they want to control.
Well now is the time that we must take back control. However you want to be a United fan is up to you, if this means calling for Moyes head then so be it. Do not let those who have no real interest in the club control you into tempering your passion, direct that passion where it is deserved; towards an mediocre manager and the clubs owners who now must sack him. The sooner the better. He is destroying the club more each day, a title winning side that has added £60million (Fellaini & Mata) worth of players and brought up one of the best young prospects in a long time (Janujaz) now is not even being laughed off the pitch after being beaten by a Stoke side managed by Mark Hughes. There is no laughter because it is expected, even the United haters can't be bothered laughing any more, in the space of 10 months things have become that bad.
All caused because the last man on earth who should have been picking the next United manager did. Ferguson's massive ego may have helped bring success but it also brought failure and stupid decisions, this one being the biggest.
Forget about the 'Top Reds', consign them to the same dustbin to which Moyes' reign must be sent immediately.
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