If recent reports are to be believed, David Moyes is close to signing a new contract with West Ham.
The Scot remains a divisive presence amongst Hammers fans, his penchant for safety first football going against the ‘West Ham way’ that’s long been a hallmark of the way the first-team plays.
Moyes will point to his recent European record as a way of sticking two fingers up to the naysayers, however, the Irons abject showing at home to Arsenal might just shock the board into action that they should’ve perhaps taken at the end of last season.
One could argue that the team won the Europa Conference League despite Moyes not because of him, and if the club really want to progress then they need to be looking at a more forward-thinking manager.
It’s believed that director of football, Tim Steidten, is at odds with Moyes, and no wonder when you consider the great work that he’s done bringing in the likes of Mo Kudus and Edson Alvarez et al.
If the club need to lose one of them, it surely can’t be Steidten.
Losing 6-0 at home is virtually unheard of, and the last time that West Ham were on the end of such a hammering on their own patch was way back on Boxing Day 1963 when losing 8-2 at Upton Park to Blackburn Rovers.
It wasn’t just the fact that Arsenal were better in all departments, it’s that Moyes had no clue whatsoever as to how to stem the tide.
He stood on the sidelines looking like the football dinosaur that he is.
If West Ham’s owners truly want to take the club forward, then the manner of that performance against the Gunners has to be the watershed moment.
Hand Moyes a new deal, and the board are asking for everything they get.
Arsenal can’t be that good losing at home to such a ‘terrible’ team at home a few weeks ago! We have been badly let down by Stedten not recruiting anybody to replace Benrahma etc but of course everybody says it’s Moyes fault if it goes wrong, we’ll bring in some trendy unproven young manager Carrick maybe who couldn’t wait to run away years ago instead of take any responsibility for bad results. All that will happen is after a burst of a few good results we’ll soon be fighting relegation again.
Far too many games in the last 4 years where the team have not put in any effort. It is this lack of effort that paints the picture of a team that isn’t playing for the manager. Moyes couldn’t have picked a more defensive team than he did at the weekend and they still shipped 6 goals. He is a one trick pony and that is no longer good enough.
West Ham fans hold yr heads in shame!
Moyes is about the best manager you are likley to attract.
He has done a fab job with little money.
Get real yr not one of the big 6 and a long way from ever being