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As for preferring to play on the front foot they did that last night but still made a complete mess of it.
His approach worked the past two seasons & I’m sure the players appreciated if when we were winning 4-1.
I think the board will wait till the last game in Jan though to move him on, means no new signings for January for Gold and Sullivan to worry about for a new manager and means they can flog the club off in March if they can get the right person in and get West Ham to safety by then or out of the relegation spots.
The next three matches will decide his fate as we play Leeds, Wolves and Everton, after which we play Newcastle, Chelsea and Spurs. After last night we need six points from the next three matches.
David Moyes was supposed to have been given three games to rectify the mess we find ourselves in, two down & no positive return? He was also expected to reach 20 points by the halfway point of the season, that is now not going to happen. How are the board going to play this going forward win @ Leeds, then draw the next two but lose the last three of the block of eight then decide his time is up by which time the transfer window will have closed. IF as has been reported G&S are looking to sell the club then a Championship one is less valuable.
Unfortunately the expected return dates of the last two may be too late.
It could also be argued that it doesn't matter who he has at his disposal, his tactics are not working and, as has been mentioned numerous times, we've been sussed out.
In which case, unless he can change his approach, I think (reluctantly), he needs to go.
We struggled towards the tail end of last season, but fortunately we were still scoring some set piece goals that this season don't seem to be going in.
Maybe Moyes believed his own hype and thought we were better than we actually were, and that we were/are good enough to break down set defences. This is clearly not the case, with only 13 goals in 17 matches, but it gets worse when you look at the breakdown of those goals. 3 penalties, 2 from corners, 2 quick counters and one deflected effort that wrong footed the keeper. 5 goals from open play that weren't either counter-attacks or rather fortunate, in 17 matches.
Admittedly we've been unlucky with injuries, and have barely seen 2 of our new signings in Aguerd and Cornet, and, if we're being honest, Paqueta has yet to live up to expectations, but Moyes has to realise that we need to play much more on the front foot and attack with pace. As much as he might not want to believe it, we haven't got the quality to unpick defences that have had time to get into position on a regular basis, so we need to attack them before they have time to get set.
As had already been said, if Moyes is sacked, it will be to bring in a Moyes type manager, which isn't really something I'd like to see us do, but Moyes has got to get his head out of the sand and start making some changes. Fabianski and Cresswell are the two that are really big calls that need to be made imo; Fabianski has been beaten by too many shots that you think shouldn't be going in, and Cresswell was embarrassed for pace against Brentford last night. Then he needs to get us playing with more urgency, don't be afraid to play more direct at times as a slow, patient build-up isn't reaping any rewards.
Hes a lot like Southgate in where when it's going good it's very good but once the game starts going away from him he doesn't know how to change the momentum, he's got no plan B or C
It's been a blast but everyone looks miserable playing under him and think we need new life or risk getting relegated which this team is far too good for
West Ham have won just 11 Premier League games in 35, and from April they've managed just five wins in their last 23.
For further context, those 11 wins came against: Crystal Palace, Norwich X2, Watford, Wolves X2, Aston Villa X2, Everton, Fulham and Bournemouth.
How West Ham is that - you can be forgiven for thinking that you cannot make it up