David Moyes - Taking a knife to a gunfight at West Ham, Part 2

[Alan Whittle]

 

[Death]

He's bringing a rock hard erection to a bum fight.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I believe, he is a disciplinarian and doesn't suffer fools. Plus, he has a pretty rigid structure. To an extent he also has a map of how he wants the team to fly. He also demands adherence to his plans. It's his way or highway, as Haller, Anderson, Yarmolenko (I think) are finding out at West Ham. Everyone in the system, know their roles and there's no playing-out-of-the-back-even-when-you-are-[Poor language removed]-at-it nonsense when Moyes is around. You don't have to be world class to earn your spot, just do your things tidily and you will prosper. Dawson is the latest example. From what I am hearing on WHU boards, they are also impressed by the improvements in Ogbonna / Diop this season.

Even with us, he had pretty solid defensive units across the years: Hibbert / Neville / Coleman at RB, Yobo / Jagielka / Distin / Heitinga / Lescott at CB and Baines (I don't remember anyone else) at LB, none of them world class defenders individually but as a unit you will be hard pressed to find a better/ cohesive defense. If I remember correctly, Stones was also his last acquisition before he left for ManU. So yeah, he understands how to maximize the qualities of whoever he can afford.

That's why I think he IS a good manager who improves the players / system he gets, and not buy the best out there. Of course, he was super defensive while with us, but based on how his West Ham are flying, I suspect it was more to do with Kenwright's shallow pockets rather than his desire and this is not meant as a dig at Kenwright.

Respect....

I think you are right there, as his Preston side were a very attacking team.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

i really don't want to finish below west ham

I’d prefer to finish above city

 

[DonJulio]

Come on dirty Leeds. Put this lot back in their box.

obsessed

 

[twoblue]

Of course they don’t. But you do remember Moyes when he was here don’t you? All the knife to a gunfight and plucky little Everton rhetoric. He got us close but bottled it every time. Wasn’t that long ago mate.

Unless you still got a little stiffy for him and that why your a little upset.

I just think hes a decent manager. Until ancelloti we haven’t had a better one.
May be you can’t see that. Whether we bottled it or not, we were certainly punched above our weight had decent team.
May be you are too emotional to look at things other than black and white

 

[4737carlin]

Not like Moyes to lose at Old Trafford... o hang on

 

[marsh]

Such a typical Moyes team performance. He will be made up they never got wacked and only lost by 1 goal

 

[McBain]

Such a typical Moyes team performance. He will be made up they never got wacked and only lost by 1 goal

Because you know with all of the World Class players at his disposal he should have swatted them aside and been out of reach at half time.

 

[marsh]

Because you know with all of the World Class players at his disposal he should have swatted them aside and been out of reach at half time.

Is that you David?

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Given they were missing three starters, they did alright. Without the OG they would have scraped a 0-0, I think

 

[Leylo]

Got to say he has been doing a good job,but wait until the crying arses are back at the athletics stadium.back to being shabite

 

[4737carlin]

Got to say he has been doing a good job,but wait until the crying arses are back at the athletics stadium.back to being shabite

West Ham fan was saying this on radio last week, no team has benefitted more from empty stadiums

 

[larbert toffee]

West Ham fan was saying this on radio last week, no team has benefitted more from empty stadiums

We certainly haven't

 

[Tin-Tin]

Hammers fans are just starting to realise