Moyes right boss for Man Utd - Poyet

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet believes David
Moyes is "still the right man" for Manchester United
- but says he needs time to get things right.
The Black Cats host United in Tuesday's Capital
One Cup semi-final first leg.
Moyes has had a difficult first season in charge
with his team seventh in the Premier League and
knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by
Swansea.
Poyet said: "He needs time and I hope he gets it to
prove he was and is still the right man for
Manchester United."
Moyes, whose side are 11 points adrift of league
leaders Arsenal, has come in for criticism after the
Swans became the fifth visiting side to win at Old
Trafford this season, with West Brom, Everton,
Newcastle and Tottenham having previously done
so.
The Sunderland manager continued: "It's difficult to
feel it (the pressure Moyes is under), but you can
see it and I don't think it's nice, I don't.
"But I am sure that David first is strong enough and
good enough to do the job, and secondly, everybody
knew that after Alex Ferguson, it would be very
difficult, very difficult."
Yet Adam Johnson believes United's current
problems could work to the Black Cats' advantage.
Sunderland's former Manchester City winger said:
"Hopefully we can try to catch them when it is
probably the most difficult time they have had in 15
years.
"If there's any time to play them, it's probably now,
so we can try to make the most of that.
"But they are still a top-quality team with top quality
players and the key is to go to Old Trafford not
down."
Poyet, meanwhile, has urged his bottom-of-the-
table side to put a "nightmare" season to one side
and relish the opportunity to reach a final.
The 46-year-old, who will be able to call on fit-
again defender John O'Shea to face his former club,
said: "It's the nice part, the nicest. It's nice to come
here and talk about a semi-final and not talk about
points and relegation.
"I would like to say it's the nicest part of the season
because the rest has been a nightmare with the
position in the table, so let's try to enjoy this one
and go on and do something important for the club."