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But then again you don’t know if all the signings were his choice.
Scam for instance does not suit his football.
However if he was doing well he could be sold for a huge profit and that’s what I think the owners saw.
Right now I can’t see a loss but sold for same sort of value that he was purchased for.
Not convinced Emerson was either as he nearly joined 2 other teams before and all seemed very last minute.
And how many of the current squad will want to stay?
Scamacca, Aquerd, Kehrer, Emerson, Cornet, Areola, Zouma, Coufal, Bowen, Benrahma and Soucek joined because we are a top flight side with the possibility of European competition. I doubt if any of them would want to play in the second tier and probably have release clauses in their contracts should that happen
Add Cresswell, Fabianski and Ogbonna whose contracts expire at the end of the season and might be thinking of retiring along with Lanzini who looks set to leave on a free.
Plus Antonio who might want a transfer regardless of whether we get relegated or not
Now we sit in a position whereby we have 15 games left but can't really sack him now, hence the position were in
Have some sympathy to the board, given how amazing Moyes has been I don't think they would've expected to be in this position so soon, hence why they may not be confident in firing him
I don't know if Moyes is going to turn it around, recent showings have me doubtful but what I know is this team is far far far too good to be in this position
Always said to my mate (biggest football fan I know) that I think Moyes is a dinosaur, but he's been done so well you can't help but be behind him
Now BOTH (and this point is important) the points and the performances have been far from good enough, if one of those were in a good state like we were paying well but not getting the points or vice versa I'd be more sympathetic but we've been dross basically since day 1 and it's only getting worse game by game
We need 20 more points from the next 15 games i.e. around 7 wins. Moyes record for the last year or so does not inspire confidence and I can't see how he is going to deliver 50% win ratio. Even a new manager would struggle to deliver that sort of win ratio, but it is worth trying as we have a decent squad.
He said: “When you play with five at the back and the three, like we set up today, maybe our strikers felt a bit isolated when we got the ball up to them — they didn’t really have enough around them, not enough support.”
It basically gave Spurs the encouragement to be pretty comfy in possession & with their play, which meant they didn’t need to do anything to score two goals & win the game.
P.s. I don't even like Redknapp (used to though when he managed us before) but I'd prefer him over Moyes
Apart from the two goals neither keeper really had to make a decent save.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/20/david-moyes-could-survive-sack-as-west-ham-struggle-to-find-replacement
Saints and Leeds are having a tough time attracting a new manager as I suspect most potential candidates want to wait to wait until the summer to see where they'd be managing next season. We'd probably have the same problem.
Rafael Benitez is interested in replacing Moyes as West Ham boss. (Mail)
He was interested in the West Ham job though but wanted a longer contract than eighteen months.
I can also see the board’s view though, if they give a new manager say a three year contract and they sack him after a year they’ll have to negotiate the next two years worth of contract, and at the same time shelling out for a new manager.Also it’s not just one bloke is it, they always bring a bus load of coaches, medics and back room staff.
It's not too late for Moyes to keep the job in my view but he really needs show he can produce now, which for me means to go on a run of results that doesn't leave us sweating in the last three matches and to make it to the final of the conference. If we carry our league form into the conference and end up fighting for survival to the last couple of matches then I think he has used up all his credit.
David Moyes: West Ham boss has full support of club's board
So that the kiss of death for Moyes. Whenever a board comes out in support, the manager is usually gone in a few weeks