The Times' Jonathan Northcroft discussed how the United board plotted the downfall of Moyes weeks in preparation, but if you watch Sunday Supplement, the panel that consisted of Steve Bates, Jason Burt and Charlie Wyett, they were less empathetic.
Football is a results based business. That's what we keep telling ourselves. Put aside United's impressive media and advertising adventures for a moment.
United's closest rivals have done the double against them this season and that hurts. The players, the fans, even the board that has the likes of Sir Alex and David Gill, of whom have the club integrated in their DNA. Humiliating performances against Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton were all notable turning points for Moyes.
While watching those performances, it's clear that there was a specific philosophy that their counter-parts played. Liverpool playing with their blitzing, blistering football; Manchester City outscoring whoever they play; Everton having the confidence to break down the opposition.
What was United's philosophy this season?
They didn't have one.
United's 4-0 against Swansea in their first game of the season looked like the United of old yet we compare that to their performance against Everton, the passing game isn't United's way.
Quick attacking, overlapping fullbacks, crossing, quick on the second balls, that is the "United way" that has been under review in the last week since Ryan Giggs has taken charge.
Unfortunately Moyes just didn't show enough guts to make the hard decisions, e.g. leaving Rooney out in the second leg against Munich.
It's easy to say now that Moyes was never the right fit, but we all thought he could do it. We thought he was cut from the same cloth as Sir Alex Ferguson and he showed at his time at United, he's not.
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