Jacob Steinberg, who normally knows his stuff, writes in today's Guardian that some of the West Ham players questioned David Moyes' defensive tactics for the game at Spurs. To be fair Moyes played a much more attacking side against Forest and saw the side win 4-0. He played that same side against Brighton, which should have been quite attacking on paper. But with Paqueta and Benrahma out-muscled and Rice and Soucek bypassed, with Ings isolated up front, it just didn't work. A defensive horror show ensued with Ben Johnson being at fault for the first three goals. You can't really blame Moyes for Johnson's 'mare, but it is worrying if the players are questioning his tactics.
However, there is surely no point in changing the manager now as there is no obvious replacement and no transfer window to work in. We have to hope Moyes uses his experience to get us out of trouble - but to keep his job next season, having spent £160 million, he has to give the fans something to be optimistic about from the final 12 matches.
2 comments:
No point in changing the manager now ? You must be joking, Moyes has clearly lost the plot and the dressing room now.
Relieve him of his duties ASAP, put Noble in a caretaker position with Nolan alongside him and watch the players fall in love with football again and start playing with the handbrake off as I'm afraid under Moyes he has killed them with his negative inept tactics.
Under Moyes West Ham are down, under anybody else they can stay up it really is that simple.
Also you say you can't blame Moyes for Johnsons nitemare,well you can because Moyes picked him in the first place when clearly he's not good enough at this level, unfortunately he's a 12 year old Sunday football player in a man's body.
With Coufal and Kehrer injured Moyes didn't have much choice but to pick Johnson. Ben looked promising a couple of seasons ago but seems to have gone backwards. Football is all about opinions. I'd get rid of Moyes if it appears he has completely lost the players. But the side has got results against Everton, Chelsea and Forest recently so there is some hope he can turn it round, though admittedly it was dire against Spurs and Brighton. I don't think Noble or Nolan has the experience to take on a relegation struggle and Moyes has kept us up twice before. I agree there's an argument for getting a new boss in the summer if things don't improve, but let's see what happens in the next three home games. COYI
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