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

the golden visionary · September 16, 2021

twoblue said:
We had some of the most uninspiring seasons the since moyes left. So we are in no position to criticise them.
no one is expecting West Ham to be top at christmas

We had a few uninspiring seasons while moyes was here aswell

degsy · September 17, 2021

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
He's doing very well there

Basically rescued his career

This.
While he was with us I was never his biggest fan, his attitude after his departure left a bit to be desired too.
He was on a hiding to nothing and I called it for what it was eg. Busby / McGuiness Mk II.
He sunk further, hit bottom, but now has his mojo back at West Ham, he suits them like he suited Us and he's there for as long as he wants or until The Dildo Bros. get ideas above their station and decide they want a foreign flavour of the month.
Anyway, I'm over him and unless he's playing us I don't mind if he does well...well by W Ham standards anyway.

degsy · September 17, 2021

JobForTheMoyes said:
Quick response! lol lol

There's no point in any other type...anybody can go away, have a think and come back with a..."and here's what I should've said" comeback.
In realtime, face to face, if you can't get out a snappy reply in under a second - don't bother.

tommytowne · September 17, 2021

2021/22 version of Leicester City a few seasons back.

JobForTheMoyes · September 17, 2021

tommytowne said:
2021/22 version of Leicester City a few seasons back.

Nah, they control games far more than them. Doubt they will come close to their achievements either :-D

tommytowne · September 17, 2021

JobForTheMoyes said:
Nah, they control games far more than them. Doubt they will come close to their achievements either :-D

I made the remarks purely based on the fact that one club emerges from the pack every season that performs better than expected.
Wet Spam are that team in my humble opinion.

JobForTheMoyes · September 17, 2021

tommytowne said:
I made the remarks purely based on the fact that one club emerges from the pack every season that performs better than expected.
Wet Spam are that team in my humble opinion.

You are probably right, but West Ham have been at this level since coming back from lockdown. Think we dropped a clanger not getting him back.

tommytowne · September 17, 2021

JobForTheMoyes said:
You are probably right, but West Ham have been at this level since coming back from lockdown. Think we dropped a clanger not getting him back.

Time will tell.
Let's be honest he knew full well he'd fail at Utd. A blind man could see that. But a nice pay packet nullified that.
Maybe his last chance of showing what he's really made of.

JobForTheMoyes · September 17, 2021

tommytowne said:
Time will tell.
Let's be honest he knew full well he'd fail at Utd. A blind man could see that. But a nice pay packet nullified that.
Maybe his last chance of showing what he's really made of.

Its such a shame we were skint in his later years. Imagine he had been able to sign Lukaku instead of Bobby Dazzler.

davek · September 19, 2021

Aberblue · September 19, 2021

tommytowne said:
I made the remarks purely based on the fact that one club emerges from the pack every season that performs better than expected.
Wet Spam are that team in my humble opinion.

Could be Brighton - they've got maximum points from every game bar one (against us).

Toffe3m4n · September 20, 2021

That could be a turning point for them. They were unlucky in some regards, but hard to think that drama with the pen won't affect them to some degree. Moyes got a bit of a leathering in the media after that.

JobForTheMoyes · September 20, 2021

Toffe3m4n said:
That could be a turning point for them. They were unlucky in some regards, but hard to think that drama with the pen won't affect them to some degree. Moyes got a bit of a leathering in the media after that.

If so, I think it will galvanize them. They played very well, despite missing Antonio.

degsy · September 21, 2021

Toffe3m4n said:
That could be a turning point for them. They were unlucky in some regards, but hard to think that drama with the pen won't affect them to some degree. Moyes got a bit of a leathering in the media after that.

The last minute sub for the Penno, was a Hero or Zero move.
But this goes back years, Moyes is a walking example of Napoleons requirements for a General.

"Ability is of little value without opportunity, I had rather my generals be lucky than able." - (attributed to Napoleon)
Moyes isn't - never was.

JobForTheMoyes · September 22, 2021

degsy said:
The last minute sub for the Penno, was a Hero or Zero move.
But this goes back years, Moyes is a walking example of Napoleons requirements for a General.

"Ability is of little value without opportunity, I had rather my generals be lucky than able." - (attributed to Napoleon)
Moyes isn't - never was.

Ahem!