The second half of the season is set to be an important one for David Moyes and West Ham United.
Moyes has already guided the Hammers into the last 16 of the Europa League as group winners, but their patchy Premier League form has hindered them somewhat.
At the time of writing, the east Londoners find themselves in eighth position in the table, a place and a point behind this Saturday’s opponents, Man United.
Moyes’ XI will certainly have to do better than their sub-standard performance against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
After an ineffective period on the pitch at Anfield, Said Benrahma was substituted, and that’s surely sounded the death knell for his Hammers career.
The Athletic (subscription required) note that the player was already walking to come off as soon as it became clear that the visitors were looking to substitute a player.
It says much about the player’s current state of mind that he looked to have just accepted the fact that he wasn’t going to get a proper run-out.
David Moyes needs to look at himself too, after rotating his squad in what presented the Hammers with a genuine chance to do something special in the competition.
His strongest XI might have given the Reds a game, but instead the Hammers were annihilated 5-1.
After the game against wolves I began to think that Moyes had at last taken the shackles off with the previous 2 games having been so good as regards tatics and Liverpool were there for the taking but Moyes reverted back to his defensive game which with some of the players he put in the team just didn’t have a clue what they were supposed to be doing if this is how things are going to continue then Moyes has to go and go now his preferred style of play does not work the powers that be need to stop worrying if they have to make a pay off and start worrying about the club the team and most of all the fans who 60000plus traveled up there and had to endure that total crap performance and let’s be fair it’s not the players fault it’s down to Moyes the tatics he employs and very rarely changes from plus playing players out of position it’s no wonder the calls for him to go keeps louder It’s time. TO GO MR MOYES