funky chicken wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:08 am
Very good points made. And to be fair even Moyes himself has said the same, with regards to your first paragraph. Albeit, perhaps a bit too blunt for the supporters to want to hear. But I could absolutely see where he was coming from and with the pressure he was under at the time of the interview.
Nothing’s really changed since he took the job in terms of accepting he is arguably one of the best manager we can get to work alongside the current owner, when you consider what he has to deal with.
Should we have a change of ownership and a new philosophy of how we’d like to run the club, then questions over the manager come into play. But to be fair we’re no different to must clubs, as different managers fit into different clubs. Would a hands on manager, who wants more control, work at a club like Brighton, for example. Would a Thomas Frank succeed at a club that won’t have the same recruitment team in place as he had at Brentford?
I think what has changed is that he has been backed massively, both financially and emotionally, since his return to the club. Only Pellegrini comes close.
I detest those in charge of the club, but outside of the obvious infrastructure issues, I have to admit I struggle to see why they are shouldering the blame to the point where it could be considered that nobody will ever succeed here.
The money has been put in recently, we had good enough players that with good management were able to finish 6th, 7th and reach a Euro semi. We spent loads in summer, the third most I believe. Sullivan and Brady somehow have managed to hardly even speak publicly now too.
It was and is absolutely possible for a manager to use the resources available at West Ham in terms of playing squad and money to build and coach a good team that achieves a sound level of success.
Moyes has underperformed massively this season and I really don't see why Sullivan or 'West Ham United' should shoulder the blame for that. They weren't really getting the credit when we did well recently.
Keep us up and win the Conference though and who cares, it will somehow actually turn into an amazing season; more so for the way that the trophy would be tangible evidence of what the entirety of the three years has meant to us.