Archive for January 6, 2020
Interesting FA Cup Draw for WHU
West Ham have been drawn to face Slaven Bilic’s West Bromwich Albion in FA Cup fourth round.
David Moyes‘s men will take on the Baggies, now managed by former Hammers manager Slaven Bilic, at London Stadium on the 25th of January, 3 p.m.
West Ham booked their place in the competition’s last-32 by defeating League One Gillingham 2-0 at Priestfield on Sunday.
On Monday evening they were drawn against Championship promotion-chasers West Brom, who saw off fellow second tier side Charlton Athletic in their third round match.
Slaven Bilic managed the Hammers in their last season at the Boleyn Ground and their first season at the London Stadium, but was sacked in autumn 2017 when West Ham was dragged into the relegation battle. He had to give way for David Moyes who saved West Ham from the drop, but wasn’t considered the right man to reach “the next level” and was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini at the beginning of the 2018/19 season. However, now Moisy is back to stop the Hammers’ free fall in Pellegrini’s second season, and the Scotsman has delivered two wins on his first two games back at West Ham, and recently has declared that for him “the FA Cup is joint equal with making sure we’re as high up the Premier League as we can.”
Moyes said that the Hammers “need to do everything we can to get through in the Cup” and that he would love to reach the final this year as he did with Everton in 2009, when the Toffees eventually were beaten 1-2 by Chelsea.
Slaven Bilic has been out of the game since his departure from West Ham, until he took charge at the Hawthorns last summer. He has enjoyed a superb start to life in the dugout at the Midlands club, who currently sit second in the Championship table.
That’s really going to be a very interesting encounter at the London Stadium on the weekend of 25 January 2020!
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