David Moyes has been sacked as manager of Manchester United after a widely-criticised season, in which the holding Premier League champions will receive their lowest league tally in history.
On Sunday night, the hashtag #moyesfilms started trending. It included such gems as:
And:
As well as:
Puns:
And some simpler efforts:
Truth is, of course, that film-based mockery had been a theme for some time.
Yes. The internet had a lot of fun with David Moyes.
There were Photoshop gags...
So many Photoshop gags.
Video game gags...
Hyperbole, maybe...
TV graphics-based gags...
And cruel gags.
Some of his signings also came in for a bit of stick.
And there were questions over how much they wanted to be there.
Every forum had a witty pundit.
The jokes just kept coming.
But hey, at least Moyes managed to make his former Everton fans happy. This was the first season since 69/70 that the Toffees beat Manchester United in both league games.