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I want to say first I think he has done a great job as not only have we finished in 6th but the morale and team spirit seems as best as I can remember it for a long while. He has also spent money well, all things a manager needs to ensure. However if wanting to play devils advocate a little. This year he has had the first world class player we have had in the side for a long while in Declan Rice. It is not inconceivable that without Rice we would have ended up a respectable12th. We saw how our push for Champions League faltered when he got injured. We always say one player doesn't make a team but in some cases that player can make a big difference. Villa without Grielish, Liverpool without Van Diijk, Palace without Saha and West Ham without Rice are all quite different teams. My point is had we finished 12th I think we would be giving him credit but not necessarily thinking he is irreplaceable. If we could have only one of Rice or Moyes sign a new contract I know who I would choose. I imagine he is wanting assurances that Rice won't be sold, I hope so.
I am a sometimes an optimist and I think the club are going to keep Moyes and Rice (at least for one more year, and I think we will spend a reasonable amount and have a proper go.
David Moyes to sign new 3 year deal with West Ham, despite Everton interest.
According to this, Moyes has been given permission to restructure the entire recruitment at the club, which will see various scouts hired, as well as a director of football (wonder if that will be Irvine).
https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/june/12-june/david-moyes-signs-new-long-term-contract-west-ham-united-manager
That is a very positive article.
Never had an appointment that I could not help but feel uninspired by, had the complete opposite impact. He is perfect for our club & if ever there was a case of right manager for the right club & it being a perfect match, this is it.
I really hope, when we do hit a rough patch, we all keep our nerve & allow Moyes to get us out of it instead of knee-jerk decisions. I feel if he is here for the next 3 years we will be an established top half Premier League club.
That is all
Moyes exudes class IMO.
Hats off etc.
This season our play has evolved. We have had more possession in 5/8 games & have been pushing 60% possession in a couple. We seem to look to control & dictate games more this season & this goes back to something I felt last season, that our all round performances were better before Lingard came in.
He currently has his highest win percentage as a manager, here (48%), but it’s even higher if you only include it from after lockdown 1 (53%).
An opinion piece in the Grauniad today. I found it interesting, and not just in the context of Moyes but football opinions generally.
So I can understand why people were sceptical about that statement, but at Preston and Everton, where he had time to build a squad and install an identity, he did very well. Hopefully now he's been given time here he can carry on at his current rate.
It's really nice when you have a manager who is so easy to like as a person, we have had a few over the years with of course the late great John Lyall at the top of that particular list, along with the likes of Billy Bonds, Zola, Slav and even Harry in the early years. Moyes enters that list for me.
It's also a mark of just how honest Moyes is that he is able to recognise publicly the part Rice plays in our overall success. I know it's only what everyone knows anyhow but very honest of Moyes. If he does leave at the end of the year it's another Rooney moment for Moyes. It must have really hurt him to lose Rooney knowing he was as irreplaceable as Rice will now be to us.
Football however has got a nasty way of building you up and knocking you down, he’ll know that he’s in a purple patch at the moment and he won’t take it for granted.