First off, let me start by introducing myself as Greg, a United fan who never believed David Moyes was the right man for the job when the news broke almost 12 months ago. Despite having ten solid years at Everton, one thing was missing. A trophy.

Now, it’d be easy to raise the argument that he was dealing with peanuts for a budget at Everton, but on more than one occasion during his tenure, he could (and probably should) have lifted a trophy only to choke on the big stage.

However, all that being said, he was Sir Alex Ferguson’s man. ‘The Chosen One’ they proclaimed. Sir Alex begged us, all as one, on the pitch after lifting yet another title, to support the new manager. When Sir Alex says something: you listen, you respect and you do. But, goodness me, no one could ever have imagined it would be this bad, could they?

So now the fans have to ask themselves: Where does that support for the manager end? When is the time to say ‘okay, we’ve had enough now’?

For some it was after week one. I don’t think that was an incredible intuition, more just a fear of what might be.

For most though, it came on Tuesday night, after yet another capitulation. The most frightening aspect of it all for me though was that, in terms of this season, it wasn’t actually that bad, in terms of a performance. I know that might surprise some of you to read that and, believe me, it doesn’t fill me with joy either, but compare Tuesday to last Sunday against Liverpool. The performance levels were miles apart. They had to be. Had we played the same way, it could have been six or seven.

All Tuesday proved is that we are miles off the pace.

Now here comes the important part that the board must seriously look at. Is it a question of poor management or simply the personnel on the field.

I’ve heard the argument being made all season that this squad were not so long ago champions. However, I’m in no doubt that it was also the weakest squad Sir Alex ever presided over. The issue is that the others have vastly improved their squads, whilst we’ve stagnated. I truly believe David Moyes was let down by the board last summer and it leads me to question as to whether that’s why their patience seems to be unbreakable at the moment.

However, for the good of balancing things up, he has managed to spend upwards of £60 million on two players and we’ve gone backwards.

I truly believe that Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini (yes even him) will be good Manchester United players. I think they both have the ability to exceed at United. Why? Because they have proven pedigree in this league and we all know it. I certainly remember dreading facing Everton at Goodison Park because Fellaini was a nightmare for our lacklustre midfield. A lot have jumped on the bandwagon of slating Fellaini, but I’ll stick my neck out and say he’ll come good eventually.

Let’s be honest, no one has covered themselves in glory this year. Had we just signed Robin van Persie summer past for £25 million and watched the performances we’ve seen this campaign, are you saying we’d be happy? I don’t honestly believe that we would have been.

However, there were plenty of players at the start of the season that, in my eyes, had already shown they weren’t good enough. I understand why Moyes chose to stick by them, apart from anything else, you can’t sell players when you can’t get the faces to replace them.

I do think that David Moyes is ready to be ruthless this summer (if he gets the chance to), he has to be. We know Vidic is going. I can’t see Ferdinand or Evra staying (it’s probably time we said farewell to them both anyway). Nani, Anderson (permanently), Young, Cleverley, Hernandez and Smalling will all be lucky to survive the cull too.

It’s all very well ridding the club of players that can’t perhaps cut it, but there is no doubt that we possess some of the best players around at Old Trafford. This is where my problem lies with Moyes. He doesn’t quite seem to know how to manage, prepare or motivate any of them. He got more out of his Everton squad last season than he has out of United’s group of players this year and that, to me, is very telling.

David Moyes is more excited about the summer holidays than British schoolchildren right now. He is crawling his way to the finish line that is the end of the season and, with every further embarrassment, more and more fans are standing in his way, determined that he doesn’t smell the freshly cut summer grass as United manager.

So that’s the only way I see him holding onto the hot seat. Avoid further embarrassment. There is only one problem with that plan: Bayern Munich.

If we capitulate, and that’s a very real possibility, Moyes might just not see this one out. Bayern beat the, so called, invincible Barcelona 7-0 over two legs last year. They are better this year. What are they going to do to us?

I’ll leave you with one question:

Did you ever think there would come a day where you were walking to Old Trafford, or tuning into the game on TV, wondering how many we’ll lose by tonight?

Greg.