To the West Ham team, Hammers manager David Moyes may have delivered his most scathing and counterproductive message to date.
David Moyes received praise for the way he led his West Ham team in two prior seasons’ worth of competitions.
That acclaim was well-founded, particularly as West Ham advanced to the Europa League semifinals in their maiden season in Europe.
Despite the fact that West Ham underperformed in the Premier League the previous season, Moyes was able to keep the team afloat and secure the team’s first major prize in forty-three years.
However, Moyes’s poor squad-building efforts have been revealed this season.
West Ham is in the Europa League quarterfinals and currently sits seventh in the league.
Lack of West Ham squad depth exposed
But it is off the back of working the same 11 or 12 players into the ground.
West Ham looked completely exhausted from about 60 minutes of both games against Spurs and Newcastle in the last week.
And considering how much work they have on again this term, that makes perfect sense.
But with that burden, what’s puzzling is Moyes’ appalling management of his badly assembled team.
West Ham is caught in a vicious loop of their backups not being healthy or sharp enough to make a meaningful difference when they have a chance since some of them haven’t had enough game time.
As a result, the manager was finally put in the absurd situation of feeling insufficiently confident to make any substitutions during the match with Spurs, who made all five
Now, Moyes has delivered the most devastating and counterproductive message to the West Ham team he assembled.
Moyes delivers a devastating and counterproductive message.
Regarding squad rotation during the incredibly hectic run-in, the boss was questioned.
His reply was hardly a source of inspiration for West Ham’s outcasts.
During his pre-game press conference, which you can see here, Moyes stated, “I haven’t even thought about squad rotation.”
“We’re really eager for the upcoming games to begin.
We’re in a wonderful situation right now. Although it’s challenging and there are opposing teams, we must simply play each game as it comes.
Moyes said he is acting in accordance with his beliefs when questioned about his decision to not substitute players against Spurs after making costly changes in the second half against Newcastle.
The Scot went on, “You have to make the decisions that you believe are right for the team when you sit in the chair and do your job.”
Additionally, you can frequently get them wrong. We have to follow our decisions because we have made them on many occasions based on what we believed to be correct.
In response to a question regarding Edson Alvarez’s suspensions, Moyes also acknowledged that West Ham does not have the best team.
Moyes draws attention to the squad’s dearth of options.
What signal does that give to A) the team, whom he might require during the encounter?
And B) to the owners, who have allowed him complete discretion over transfers for the past four years so he may assemble the team whatever he pleases.
That team is the second oldest and joint smallest in the Premier League. There is a noticeable decline in quality between the starting XI and the replacements.
However, Moyes is the one who assembled this team once more.
It is therefore entirely counterproductive to draw attention to his lack of conviction in it.
especially if he wants to keep some say in hiring in the event that he stays on as manager after the summer.
