Friday, 28th March, 2014
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has told Manchester United fans that how they support David Moyes will be a "real test".
Moyes, ushered into the Old Trafford entrance by the retiring Sir Alex Ferguson last summer, has struggled to live up to expectations at the club.
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A 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Manchester City on Tuesday evening was the sixth time Manchester United have lost on home turf in the Premier League this season.
And sitting just seventh, they are unlikely to qualify for next season's Champions League unless they can win this season's edition.
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A group of fans have hired a plane to fly above Old Trafford tomorrow with a banner which reads "Wrong One, Moyes Out". But Taylor has slammed the tactic and told Manchester United fans that supporting the club in bad times is the real test of a fan.
"I don't think it's something you need to see or want to see", he told the BBC.
"Sometimes as supporters you can feel quite upset but sometimes you've also got to show a bit of class.
"Everybody can support a team when they're doing well – that's easy.
"But it's like life, the time you find out who your friends and supporters are is when things are going wrong.
"That is a real test of good supporters."
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