Fans opinions just like journalists were that the replacement to Ferguson should be of the top drawer. Moyes has never, ever, ever been seen as that. Moyes has bottled every big game for Everton and won less than Macliesh, Martinez and Laudrup and many Everton fans started to grumble about him and thought about change. Liverpool fans mocked, and fans of big clubs wanted no part of him. Rumours of him going to Germany arose and many said he should prove himself there, BVB and Bayern weren't interested but instead Shalke, a Spurs like club.
If Chelsea, City or Arsenal appointed Moyes it'd be frowned upon as a very risky appointment. Real Madrid and Barca no chance. Bayern and BVB no chance etc etc.. now all of a sudden he's this unheralded gem that United intend to clean up and show off. This management genius cut from the same cloth as Ferguson (must have missed his Aberdeen like achievements with Everton).
The papers, just like Sky are rewriting history and the truth. Moyes is bang average and I am buzzing they appointed him because he is a good and not great manager. They can sugarcoat and spin and it's laughable, fact is United fans will shut themselves and Moyes isn't a major draw and commands little respect on the world stage. I can see this for what it is but the media is doing there utmost to hype this.
The upside of this is the bigger the hype the harder the fall. I believe wholeheartedly Moyes will finish third and potless. The same the season after. And that's when the knives will be sharpened and when the media changes tact. Bookmark this, I've never been so certain.