Thursday, April 26

Arnie is Hammer of the Year

It's hard to believe that the diffident winger who was sent off at Southampton and booed off against Brighton is now the Hammer of the Year. It's been a remarkable turnaround for Marko Arnautovic under David Moyes. We might not like Moyes' cautious approach but Arnie has really responded to being switched to a central striking role and being told that if he doesn't run he doesn't play. Ten goals so far is impressive and Moyes has to get some credit. 

Marko started to become a cult figure after scoring the winner against Chelsea and getting into the crowd to celebrate (not easy to cover that distance at the London Stadium) and then cemented his status by crossing his arms at Stoke and then celebrating scoring in front of the incandescent Stokies and being sworn at by Mark Hughes as he trudged off. The only problem with Arnie being Hammer of the Year is that he seems to thrive on paranoia and thinking that no-one likes him. Perhaps we should have voted him bottom of the poll in order to really fire him up for the final four games.

1 comment:

mj said...

I like Moyes's approach!! To be fair I liked Big Sam as well! Goes to show what 50 years of hurt can do to a person...