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Form in 2023 (all comps):
Leeds 2-2 West Ham (PL)
Brentford 0-1 West Ham (FA Cup)
Wolves 1-0 West Ham (PL)
West Ham 2-0 Everton (PL)
Derby 0-2 West Ham (FA Cup)
Newcastle 1-1 West Ham (PL)
I think some of the recent key changes have been:
Dropping Soucek/Cresswell
Aguerd returning
Sticking with the back 3
Brave enough to start Benrahma
Settling on this 3-4-3 formation is a positive move. It allows Emerson to build up some confidence in the side & gives us good defensive solidity. The injury to Zouma & now Kehrer doesn’t really leave us with much left here other than Johnson playing RCB.
Antonio I think gives us much more as a starter getting a run of games than a sporadic, impact sub. I don’t think it benefits him sitting out the side & then being given 25 mins to do something; he takes most of that just getting his touch right.
Coufal seems to be getting some sort of form back, in terms of getting forward & delivering crosses. Looks a bit sharper. Oggy has been really good since coming into the side & Aguerd just brings the quality of the back 3 up a level.
Rice & Paqueta are working nicely as a CM at the moment. Bowen is starting to impact games & Benrahma gives us a nice out ball. The pressure is on him though to start being better with it. He was so wasteful at Newcastle. If he’d made the correct decisions, we’d have been leading at half time, & you could see the frustration on many players faces (including one clip of Cresswell warming up as he decided to shoot & not pass).
We still have reasonable options on the bench with Soucek, Downes, Fornals, Lanzini, Ings & that’s not including the likes of Zouma, Cornet & Scamacca.
We should be well set now to steer away from the bottom 3 &, even though we have some tough games, we should be looking to take points off Chelsea & Spurs.
Obviously it could all go wrong but it’s great to see some positivity on here.
My position to a T.
Time for a ceasefire (by Paul Walker)
https://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=44500
#koyi #whufc
There is a new cadre of younger managers out there with new ideas and hopefully we will secure somebody who can take us forward.
I think that if I was DM, I would look to step down even if we stay up, he has had a good run in the game and should look to get out whilst still ahead.
We should have been all over that
Similarly, it's not just about the settling on the pitch when it comes to new signings. Paqueta, Kehrer, Scamacca and Aguerd have all moved to London from other countries. I'm not sure what their families are doing, but it takes a bit of time to settle into a different culture. Once they settle down off the field, I think we'll see a lot more of them all on it.
I think the core players who've been with Moyes for a few seasons have regressed. This might be because many of them are getting on, but also maybe an element of complacency and perhaps Moyes isn't very inspiring or motivational? As a fan, he doesn't come across as the most exciting of managers and I wonder if this is how some of our players see it.
Too slow at immersing new signings into our team. Yes, I do agree with comments above that next season the likes of Paqueta, Kehrer, Scammaca etc should feel more at home both on and off the field (assuming they're still here), however if we sign new players, it'll be the same situation with the new signings all over again. Benrahama is a great example of a player who's been with us for a fair amount of time now but Moyes hasn't really developed his game into a regular and consistent first team player. I don't think Moyes knows how to find a striker like a younger version of Antonio who'd suit our system.
Lastly, my big question/concern is if we have a dip in form at some point in the season (every team has them to some extent), it could become a toxic atmosphere with our fans and this could manifest itself internally in the club (ie with the players).
Kehrer - Zouma - Aguerd
Coufal - Paqueta - Rice - Emerson
Bowen - Scamacca - Benrahma
Fabianski, Ogbonna, Johnson, Soucek, Fornals, Lanzini, Cornet, Antonio, Ings (this doesn’t include Cresswell or Downes).
We’re probably now not too far away from this 11, which is what Moyes will probably want when everybody is fit. That 11 includes all our summer signings except Cornet. Ings is also on the bench.
But it’s been a slow process, filtering players in slowly over time. Kehrer was thrown in quickly due to the injuries we had at CB at the start of the season (Johnson playing as a CB in a back four) & suffered for it (plus he was also played at CB & RB). Aguerd was injured from the start. Cornet picked up an injury by October. Emerson had a much more settled phase into the side & his form now is showing it. Scamacca also had a phased in period where it showed with his goal return, before some niggly injuries disrupted him. Paqueta came straight into the side but that put pressure on him to perform immediately. He was also moved around from a number 10 to a number 8. Ings has only just signed. Areola hasn’t yet done enough to displace Fab but that time will come given Fab’s age.
You just know it’ll happen.
Well after that set of results surely Moyes has got to go,and that must be Antonio’s last game, he was completely anonymous- again.
On that basis Moyes is going soon than later and Antonio is gone at the end of the season!
Before Rafa 😂
Alderz is updating his spreadsheet with win percentages on every manager that has been linked
And Ham, well Ham is just clowning around as usual