Well, not exactly "all". There's plenty of coverage of today's events – unfortunately sans playlist – about on the site. Much has been made here of who is really to blame for United's hilarious plight and indeed that's the question Owen Gibson is asking:

Few could argue that David Moyes was not ultimately the architect of his own downfall. But he was far from the only person culpable in a comedy of errors that has seen England's biggest club plummet from league champions to also-rans within 10 tumultuous months.

Moyes lost the players, the fans and - finally - the boardroom through an inability to show that he was making progress on the pitch. That forced the hand of the club's absentee owners as they contemplated a long overdue rebuilding operation and concluded the former Everton manager could not be trusted to oversee it.

In the end, they had no option. But it was as much their mistakes as those of Moyes that led them to Tuesday's cursory announcement.

You can read the whole of Owen's piece here. Don't worry, there is a BTL section for you all to contribute to the debate, so we're not leaving you in the lurch.

Thanks for reading and for all your comments, emails and tweets. Sorry I couldn't use them all. Have a good evening folks!

"Given the thoughts of some that Ferguson suggested Moyes to make himself look better," writes Rob Hardy, "then I suggest The Fall’s Kicker Conspiracy for Dave’s ipod."

Manchester's second-best ever band after The Bee Gees, you can have that*.

*Yes I know they're actually from Salford, but Manchester United aren't technically in Manchester.

We're going to be ending this in around five or ten minutes. Because I've got to go home. Get yer comments in quick, folks.

Courtesy of Giles Allison: "If Wenger quits at the end of the season as has been suggested by many, which would be the more appealing managers job? (Likely) Champions League football, but having to follow a club legend, or a European-less season following what can only be called a disaster."

Oddly I can see Martinez or Klopp, two of the better-looking (not like that) names being bandied about, preferring to work at Arsenal where they could shape the club in their own image, rather than join a club so successful so recently.

Here are some memes, if that's your thing.

Paul McKeown kindly donated five minutes of his lunchtime to making you all smile via the medium of this blog.

"Dan, I am a little late getting to this, pesky work," writes Chris Sutcliffe. "Has any one mentioned Marcelo Bielsa, his Athletic Bilboa ripped MU apart last year."

I'm often surprised at how little his name gets mentioned for top jobs. He's off to Marseilles in the summer though, I believe.

Thanks to Josh Hopkins, who draws attention to this. Seems legit.

"I think the most surprisingly thing out of this entire story is that not one news organisation has a quote from Harry Redknapp. What's the world coming to?" parps Graeme Neill.

Legal disclaimer: that last bit was a joke.

"So why have I not yet read a single response from Ferguson about this?" demands a furious Gene Salorio. "Not even a 'no comment' or even a 'Sir Alex Ferguson could not be reached/did not return a phone call.'

"I haven't read any of the columnists reporting whether he was consulted about or even informed of Moyes sacking."

We did try to get hold of him, but to no avail.

"I find it strange that Solskjaer’s name hasn’t been raised at all," writes Liran Kessel. "Do you think he would have been a candidate had he not moved to cardiff, and struggled so far? He had a long and successful apprenticeship with United’s youngsters and did wonders with Molde."

No. Cardiff have been utterly useless under him and looked far better under Malky McKay. Coaching in the Norwegian league and at a junior level haven't provided Solskjaer with the managerial talent to keep Cardiff up; he's nowhere near a club of United's stature.

Want to know how people inside football are feeling? Hannah Ellis-Petersen has a round-up here.

"I know The Smiths have already been covered," writes Malachy O'Neill, "but the lyrics in 'How Soon is Now?' provide an uncanny resemblance to David Moyes' tenure at Man Utd:

There’s a club if you’d like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry
And you want to die

"He might not want to die but managing Aston Villa next year might prove to be a fate even worse than death."

Here's a tweet from The Wedding Present's David Gedge:

You know it's another David's birthday tomorrow. He'll be 51 and probably will have enjoyed the other 50 more. Guess who it is.

"Hi Dan," begins Mischa Watson, writing in response to Kiran Kulkarni (see 2.37pm). "Manchester United won the title with 89 points last season, irrespective of the challenge other clubs put up, that sort of points total wins you the title most seasons. Yes there is a transition period, but Moyes should have done better than 7th place."

That's a pretty good riposte, although I'd say that if the other teams weren't so poor then surely United wouldn't have managed 89 points?

A fair few people have been bandying Roberto Martinez's name around as the next United manager. I don't think that would be the worst move and to my eye he looks like a better manager than Moyes. But United have hired a manager from Everton with no experience of managing a massive club before and look how that turned out. I can't imagine that the club would entrust a £100-200m budget to someone who's never had anything like that to spend, unless they had a seriously sparkly CV.

I am not publishing effin' Coldplay on here.

Kiran Kulkarni is speaking a lot of sense here:

"We shouldn't forget that when Sir Alex won the title in his last campaign, there was minimum challenge and threat posed by Mancini's City, Benitez's Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool & others. Point to be noted is he did not do well in Champions League as well as Europa League. Lost to Atheltco Bilbao as well.

"Sir Alex had many chances to sign quality midfielder. Arturo Vidal was available for around £15m. Why blame Moyes for everything?

"Do the Glazers need to float United shares on a stock exchange to buy a midfielder and a couple of no-nonsense defenders? When will Cleverly & Fellaini realize they are footballers and not golfers?

"If Klopp reckons United not attractive & as big as Dortmund, it says it all. United is in IDENTITY Crisis. Glazers should be OUT to Save United !"

"If only Dave had had a folder titled 'Exciting attacking football', or 'Forward passing', or even 'Just chuffing run around a bit', maybe it would all be different," LOLs Matt Dony, who is kidding himself if he thinks I'm going to let him have the pseudonym Max Power.

"Good Afternoon!" writes the deceptively breezy Derek Robertson. "Admittedly, losing one's job is never fun, or easy to deal with, but all the people spouting faux outrage about it being a travesty etc need to get a sense of perspective.

"1) He was headhunted to front a billion pound sports empire. By every conceivable metric, he had failed miserably, and didn't look capable of even steadying the ship, never mind turning it around.

"2) He'll walk away at least £6 million better off, possibly more, so need never work again. sure, his ego - not to mention his reputation - may never recover, but it' not exactly the same as a cleaner with 4 kids to feed in (insert depressed generic UK town) being turfed out without any compensation, is it?

"As the saying goes, nice work if you can get it..."

As a caveat here, I do know Derek, and he's often defended United from my criticisms quite strongly. So for him to be this disheartened with Moyes says a fair bit.

Hell yeah, The Horrors.

Here's some information courtesy of someone who wishes to be known as Handsome B. Wonderful. I'll let them have that, because I like the Simpsons reference.

In respect of David Moyes' case, don't you worry. I've argued in front of every judge in this state -- often as a lawyer.

It's likely that they have served notice of termination in accordance with his employment contract, but will want to arrange a settlement for less than he is entitled to under the contract, getting him to waive his right to sue MUFC in exchange for a reasonable payout.

Well he's on Twitter. He's not here at Guardian Towers.

#counting

Back in January, our very own Danny Taylor reported that Wayne Rooney will now be consulted over all transfers. Can anyone really picture someone like Klopp being willing to run things by Wayne? He's liberal enough with the eff-word at the best of times...

It came to my attention during Jamie's webchat that some of you were arbitrarily posting Game of Thrones spoilers in the comments section. Rest assured your IP addresses have been logged and Sandor Clegane is on his way round for a word. You little Joffreys.

I'm something of a music nerd, so do keep the suggestions for Dave's iPod coming. As a City fan, Elvis Costello's 'Brilliant Mistake' is my favourite suggestion so far, courtesy of a man called John's iPod.

"I certainly don't take pleasure in the banker who fixed us up with the Glazers doing the sacking," writes Patrick Gannon, "and the ownership of the club is the real rotten problem for sure. But I'm surprised by how generous people are being to Moyes, he got just about every big call wrong. Most of all he showed no evidence that he was adaptable or would change, thus how could anyone have kept hope that things would get better?
An Evertonian friend of mine used to say he found Moyes' lack of self-awareness embarrassing... I thought about that as I was cringing on Sunday when he claimed United were the better team against Everton (before going two down and getting the Lever Arch Set Pieces folder out) and he seemed to actually believe it. Nice guy (as media types keep reminding us) or not... Moyes is the reason Moyes got the sack."

Thanks to Michael and to Jamie for their sterling work so far. I join you bringing the news (via Sky Sports) that Manchester United are yet to agree a severance deal with Moyes. Does this mean he hasn't technically been sacked yet? I'm not an expert in anything apart from The Simpsons seasons 2-9 employment law I'm afraid. Don't worry though, United fans, he is gone, I'm sure of that.

Readers, friends. I'm going to be relinquishing the keyboard now as I've got a a Fiver to write, but fear not, Dan Lucas will be here to take you through an afternoon of Moyes-related news, reaction and tunes. Please email dan.lucas@theguardian.com from here on out.

Thanks for all your emails and tweets, it's been as fun as one could hope for from a man getting fired. Bye!

We went and asked some Manchester United fans standing outside of Old Trafford what they were thinking, and this is what they said

Ut oh, the Bristol Post have opened up a can of worms ...

Nod to @ElGolinho for this suggestion

Good to see the Bristol boys fulfilling their SEO quota

'The British media too share along with Moyes' predecessor should own up some responsibility for the chaos at Old Trafford right now, writes Kiran Kulkarni. 'The press and the media in UK never let David settle down. They started to disrespectfully rule out United's chances of a win even before the bus reached the stadium.'

'Surely the biggest problem to be addressed is the Glazers' ownership of the club. Millionaire football club owners who take money out rather than put it in.' sobs Richard Skelton. 'I would put up with five years of mid table mediocrity if it somehow resulted in getting rid of the Glazers, establishing an ownership model that involved supporters as shareholders, and coming again at the end of the decade.'

Five years of medicority? Not sure that would go to well with the ol' sponsors, not to mention the 'global fans' in the 'emerging markets.'

I'll take my corporate hat off now.

A few unenviable records that Moyes has broken, for you to chew on.

• Moyes's ten month in chargeis the shortest reign for a United manager in 87 years.
• The 11 league defeats that David Moyes oversaw this season is their most in a season since 1989-90, when they lost 16 and Liverpool last won the title.
• United's six home defeats in the league this season are more than the previous three seasons combined.
• United have taken just six points from a possible 36 against the top six teams.

Speaking ahead of his side's Champions League semi-final meeting with Bayern Munich, the Italian said: "I feel sorry for David Moyes, but that's the life of a football coach, sometimes it doesn't go well for you and you are sacked.
"I'm sure Moyes is going to get another team and another opportunity, but I always feel bad when a coach is sacked. "I am a little surprised because Manchester United don't normally do this."

Not exactly the definitive no that Klopp gave! Although maybe I am just being a bit Sky-Sports-News-Hypey. Yeah I am. He's Real Madrid manager.

Here's how Madrid are looking Ronaldo/Bale wise, ahead of their massive game.

Can I just say, I have been enjoying an absolute smorgasbord of what might be on Moyesey's iPod this morning. Apologies I haven't had time to get to them all – I've only two ears – but particularly good shouts include ...

The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (hat tip Graeme Neill)

Depeche Mode - Wrong (hat tip @ErrorGorrilla)

Gregory Isaacs - Rumours (hat tip Cian O Suilleabhain)

Lastly, and probably most appropriately being from Manchester and that, here's The Smiths, rubbed in by Karl Smith ( an LFC fan living in Paris)

'I think putting all the blame and claiming incompetency on a guy who won the LMA Manager of the Year award 3 times is pretty blinkered', writes Evan Crichton. 'Some players and members of the board should be taking a long hard look at themselves.'

Is chief exec Ed Woodward getting away with it a little bit?

The people have spoken! The king is dead! Long live the king!

Gary Neville, meanwhile is NOT HAPPY at the handling of Moyes's sacking.

"Football managers now just get tossed around, chucked about, disregarded, rubbished. Decent men, good men just get thrown away and that's not just David Moyes, that's all the way through football."

Also from Dwight Yorke (cheers Hugh Geoghegan)

"I think for togetherness and getting the results and playing a certain way, a brand of football that is more eye-catching, the Man United way, I feel that Ryan Giggs is the right person."

Read the full article here.

A lot of sense here from John Punter, on the email.

'I do feel sorry for Moyes and I think he'll be hard-pressed to get close to a top six/seven club now. I am an Spurs fan (alas) and I don't want him anywhere near the White Hart Lane home dug-out...which is funny because BEFORE his United tenure I'd have probably been happy to have him as our manager.

Final thing; for me the biggest illustration of his limited managerial capability is less his failure at United (which most would have failed relatively) and more how impressive Martinez has been at Everton with pretty much the same players.'

The only thing I would say is that Martinez has actually made a lot of signings since he joined Everton: Barry, McCarthy, Lukaku, Deloufeu, McGeady, Traore, among others, although it has all been done on an extremely efficient budget. Players like Fellaini, Anichebe and Jelavic have all been sold for a pretty penny, too.

It is true though that existing players, notably Coleman, Naismith, Barkley, Stones have come on leaps and bounds, which is to Martínez's credit. It's bad news for Toffees, but the Spaniard is definitely a contender for Manchester United.

Football, bloody hell.

Nothing is certain, but I can't see Giggs behind given the job on a full-time basis, even if he wins all four of Manchester United's league games. I expect him to be involved in some capacity, but much more likely to be a link between the existing players and a new man, much as Phil Neville is now. Giggs been taking his coaching badges and spoke to Stuart James last month about his philosophy going forward. This is well worth a read.

"I think you've got to be natural as much as you can as a manager, find your own style, not try and be somebody else. Different people have different characteristics ... I might have a playing philosophy but you have to be adaptable as well ... you have to be adaptable and maybe not be: 'I'm going to play like this.' You evolve really."

'Moyes obviously listening to The Who's Behind Blue Eyes this morning, while the rest of us are singing Won’t Get Fooled Again' whistles Iain Sedgley.

‘No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies’

I can't see why Ancelotti would leave Madrid for this circus, unless he's pushed of course, while Hiddink will be taking the reins from Van Gaal for the Dutch team, once the World Cup is finished.

'Why is the shortlist of successors so short? What is Hiddink up to? Heynckes? Or luring Ancelotti from Real even?', asks Ben Somner.

I'd say the shorlist is so short because there aren't that many world-class managers available. I would love to see Jupp Heynckes get it but at 68 years of age, he is probably too old to be considered a long-term solution. With such a large investment due in the summer, Manchester United will want a man that will bring a new philosophy to the club for years to come. That said, after gambling on Moyes, I can see somebody proven getting the post. Van Gaal is exactly that, and could arguably get the best out of RVP, provided he stays fit.

A musical suckerpunch, courtesy of Christopher Barrie

If you have any other suggestions as to what Moyes might be listening to this morning, I'm all ears, so to speak. Email/tweet/etc

The carousel begins to spin ...

'Can you confirm when Klopp told the Guardian he didn’t want the United job, was it before or after the sacking of Moyes? If it was before the sacking might this have now altered his standpoint, particularly if he gets a firm offer from United?'

Through the mysterious channels of Rafa Honigstein, Klopp's words were said after the sacking, so I'm afraid for all fans of Jurgen that it's looking unlikely.

On Moyesey's headphones this morning ...

Does anyone else think lead singer Glenn Tillbrook looks a tiny bit like Moyes?

No word yet from the main man himself, we're expecting a statement in the near future. And by 'statement'', I mean a League Managers Association press release, having a pop at the Manchester United board for being 'brash', or something. And by 'the near future', I mean anytime in the next week.

Another thing to point you towards is our gallery: a blow-by-blow account of how it all went up the junction for Moyesey.

Hi all,

First up, a massive thanks to Jamie, it's been a busy morning for him.

Here's a little video, in stunning Dolby Digital Surround Sound, that he's made for you all, which is nice isn't it?

Michael Butler will be continuing the webchat as a live blog, with breaking news, plus the latest reaction.

Do keep your comments, emails and tweets rolling in.

Email: michael.butler@theguardian.com

Tweet: @michaelbutler18

Or, below the line.

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:55am

Ok, that is it for me. Thank you very much for all the questions.

Cheers

Jamie

Malus:

'Hi Jamie,

Do you think there is any chance Blanc would come in? a young manager with a united history and someone who's won titles albeit in France. Surely he ticks all of the boxes?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:50am

There's a chance, but I think he may be on the B list

Lardons:

'Personally, I think it should be Klopp but that it will be Van Gaal.

For Klopp to already rule himself out already is pretty definitive.'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:53am

My instinct is that Klopp is a better fit but today he has said no way, so that would seem pretty definitive. However, this is football...

DC1234:

'JJ - Diego Simeone? He's got that fiery, tenacious side, his team personifies this, and there is an element of romance or whatever you might call it in his priors with Beckham and United - from villain to hero?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:54am

You should move to Hollywood and make a sum penning blockbusters...

Seriously, he is a good candidate but maybe it is a little soon for him...

goto100 has got his ear to the ground.

'Jamie, I'll ask again. How realistic are expectations about the amount (150 - 200 million I have heard) that Utd can spend on players in a rebuilding this summer?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:48am

That's what we're told on a consistent basis: that there is a heck of amount of money available if needed. So let's see

yougottabekiddinme asks:

'On player power, outside of he transfer window, is there any mechanism/contractual clause for actually offloading/sacking a player? Not for late night transgressions or pretty-face head butt related incidents but you know for not actually doing their job?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:52am

all of that would seem to fall within the 'gross misconduct' category so yes there is a mechanism. But if you are talking about players, how do you prove they are not doing their job? Very difficult if not impossible

CaveHill has an theory.

'Can't believe Jamie Jackson is writing off David Moyes managerial career already! One crazy year in the MUFC post Fergie soap opera will not stop him getting a good job (Spurs?, Celtic?). His time at Everton was excellent given the financial standing of that club. As a United supporter God help the next manager with these Yanks in charge of our great club.'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:45am

I don't disagree necessarily. Let's wait and see...

RaRaRossputin asks:

'It seems a lot of sources are suggesting that Moyes has been sacked not simply because of the poor run of form this season, but also because of the supposed 150 million pound transfer budget available this summer (i.e. a lack of trust in him spending this money properly); do you think this is true?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:47am

Yes, i do.

ID9349644 asks:

'You've obviously been closer to Moyes than us, attending pressers etc. Was there ever a time that you felt Moyes actually felt comfortable in the role?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:41am

I think he became more comfortable - it shouldn't be forgotten that taking over United is a massive ask, especially after Sir Alex Ferguson. My theory was that he might one day make them successful but possibly not with the most exciting football and the fans would not have countenanced that...

Adurman asks:

'Jamie, is there any realistic chance of Klopp taking the job do you think?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:37am

Well, he's saying no, but a concrete offer to manage Manchester United: hmm...

ComingThroughFine asks:

'Jamie, do you think this will lead to a major clearout of players at Man U?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:36am

Yes. It was on the way anyway

poohbcarrot asks:

'What do you think Giggs' first team selection will be?

Will there be any surprises and what formation do you think he'll opt for?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:35am

Will he pick himself...?

KhakiSuit asks:

'JamieJackson could you speak a little on the dynamics of how this story got out (especially further to Gary Neville's remarks)? Is it deliberately leaked the club? Is it a mole on the inside?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:36am

It is more than my life is worth...

lagodeluna asks:

'Given that part of Moyes' problem was not taking over til 1st July and not "hitting the ground running" wouldn't Louis v Gaal be even worse as he'll be in Brazil with the Dutch National team till then?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:34am

Yes, how they would get around that I'm not sure... Very tricky as LVG could not be seen to be distracted from the World Cup

ckarkkent begins the blame-game.

'Alex Ferguson has to shoulder some of the blame. Moyes was the wrong choice. Next manager decision is crucial plus a major restructuring in the summer is needed'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:31am

I agree that Ferguson has to take responsibility for basically turning down Mourinho and plumping for Moyes, though he obviously did so in good faith.

Here's daelen!

'Hi Jamie.

What are your thoughts on a Class of '92 back–room takeover? In the movie version of real life, this is what would happen in my mind, but has a club ever had collective management and been successful?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:25am

Think answer is a resounding 'No' to second part of your question. The class of '92 is a fascinating narrative strand and kind of sums up why football is so riveting: it is an absolute yarn-fest...

goto100 asks:

'Given the evidence of player revolt in the decision, doesn't Mark Hughes have a shout? They cannot argue with him. His playing career is on a level with more or less anyone in the current squad. He can surely deal with egos. If they don't respect him, then maybe the players must go next time and not the manager?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:27am

Not sure Hughes fits the current bill. Utd want, even need I suggest, a manager who has won titles and who know how to handle elite players...

Angad Mejer asks:

'Do you think Fergie would be asked to take over if Utd fail to get a good manager?
Bringing back Fergie would cause chaos since a few players aren't happy with him, like Rooney.'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:22am

Yeah, Fergie returning, even temporarily, would be a fair yarn but can it happen? Yes. Will it? Not sure, to be honest...

theDN asks:

'Jamie:

Guardian reporting Klopp is unavailable. How about Giggs as manager assisted by Meulenstein, Scholes, Gary Neville?

Ferguson in a more prominent Director of Football role as a sounding board.

Or am I dreaming?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:19am

That may be a dream but who knows? This is football after all... You mention Gary Neville there who is an interesting name. He is obviously United to his bones and big friends with Giggs etc. I could definitely see him being an option - short-term, at least - to assist Giggs... Scholes too

Chris Harrison has piped up:

'OK Moyes has gone....what about the 'back room' staff he brought over from Everton and replaced the incumbents with? Do they stay or will they follow Moyes elsewhere?

Are the 'Set Piece' binders to stay like we are playing a weird version of American Football?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:15am

To be honest, I would be staggered if Moyes's backroom staff will stay. P Neville being a former Utd player is an interesting one... Might he stay on? Not sure...

as asked by pottys99

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:10am

Sadly, he may never come back from this to a very top club, but Moyes remains a very good manager with 11 years operating at the sharp end of the Premier League at Everton. He is a football man (and a very nice man) through and through so he may take some time out, take stock, and then listen to offers because he will surely be in demand from more middle ranking clubs...

JacquesCustard asks:

'Who is going to be Giggsy's coaching team considering Moyes ill-advised sacking of the previous lot* and the uselessness of those that Moyes brought in who will be sacked too?

*It all started wrong straight away with this didn't it? Fergie knew it. Everyone else knew it. Why-o-why-o-why?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:07am

Nicky Butt may assist - he is already a coach at the club

... from darkwyvern

'A lot of the reporting this morning is implying that the players have had a big influence on this decision behind the scenes, with some senior players disillusioned with Moyes's methods and undermining him to the club hierarchy.

With that in mind, would Louis van Gaal really be a wise choice, given his reputation for being arrogant, demanding and insistent on imposing his way on players - or else?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:00am

Yes, I was thinking about this before - whichever way you slice it, Moyes being sacked is a reaffirmation of the power of players. In a nutshell, they did not fancy him, believe in him or trust him and he's gone.

In January I reported they were questioning him - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/08/manchester-united-players-manager-david-moyes-credentials-champions-league - and there was far more things occurring than could be reported...

LVG's man-management is an interesting element, too...

begbian is in the house.

'Hi Jamie,

Apart from Wayne Rooney, was there a single squad player that was actually behind Moyes? And do you think his sacking was a result of player power?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 10:05am

Its a fair question. Put it this way, and its said in the kindest possible way, I'm struggling to remember hearing anything too positive about Moyes with regard to his training methods, style of play, man-management and I'd suggest these are thee vital elements of the job...

Brasil82 asks:

'One man above all others has the clear credentials so why isn't Brendan Rodgers being linked with the vacancy? Because he's at a better club?'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 9:56am

Maybe he will be in time and I have heard him mentioned... But for obvious reasons feels a little distant. The interesting one is Jose Mourinho: he wanted to come pre-Chelsea and now that he would be following the man-after-the-man in Sir Alex Ferguson would he be tempted?

If 'word' somehow got to Utd he was interested, what then...?

... from TomBridges

'I think United should take the current Everton manager. Martinez plays the right style of football'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 9:49am

Martinez would be a interesting choice and I think the players at United would be keen to play for him. What he has done at Everton this year has been impressive...

Hoppo asks:

'Does this all show that management at the elite level is now the preserve of a select group of candidates with the right experience? Moyes was as well thought of as any manager last season, but was quickly shown to be out of his depth.'

Guardian staff

JamieJackson

22 April 2014 9:47am

It's a good question yet Brendan Rodgers had nil experience of a top line club and look how well he's done at Liverpool

We do have a real, proper football journalist here to answer your questions: Jamie Jackson will be online shortly I believe.

In the meantime, here's the zeitgeisty way that United announced the news:

From what we understand, Ryan Giggs will be named interim manager later today.

As was reported in The Guardian yesterday, David Moyes has been sacked as Manchester United manager. I'll be bringing you all the latest news and comment as it comes in, as well as helming the discussion for the next little while.