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Calls for end of Moyes‘s tenure…

April 23, 2024 at 5:51 am Leave a comment

… have become so numerous in comments of West Ham fans that it would be a greater miracle if David Moyes was still manager of the club by the end of the season than it was when the Scot succeeded in avoiding relegation twice in 2019/20 and 2017/18.

West Ham failed to produce a miraculous turnaround in the EL semifinal against Leverkusen, and lost twice in the PL, last weekend 2-5 at Glasner’s Crystal Palace, and it now seems almost certain the Hammers will find themselves outside the European places in the Premier League by the end of this campaign.

Hamburg Hammer writes on WHTID that for a manager taking such great pride in solid defensive football, Moyes has now been found out. And he adds: “I don’t see him coming up with a masterplan to turn things around again.”

WHTID columnist Kirk Blows therefore thinks that now is the perfect time to respectfully thank Moyes for his achievements over the past four years and move on.

He argues that the squad needs a huge overhaul – in fact a rebuild given the club has the second-oldest average starting XI in the top flight – and the team is crying out for fresh ideas and new impetus.

That’s perfectly right, and so is another writer for WHTID, Gary Hyams, who lists eight reasons why West Ham should part company with the Scot and concludes that “30 per cent possession is a mad way to play football. This is not the West Ham way.”

Rightly so. Moyes has won West Ham the first trophy in 43 years, but now it’s time to say “thanks, Mr. Moyes, for everything, it has been a massive delight to achieve three consecutive seasons in Europe and win silverware in Prague.” But given the circumstances it is time to move on.

Well, things have got so desperate lately that it could happen that on my next trip to London I will not want to watch West Ham…

In the meantime rumour has it that West Ham could be interested in appointing Ruben Amorim (Sporting Lissabon) as their new manager next season. The Portuguese had a meeting with West Ham chairman David Sullivan.

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