The West Ham United fans in the Transfer Tavern are hoping the new era under David Moyes will transform the club’s fortunes this season.
Another humbling Premier League defeat for West Ham on Saturday evening signalled the end of Slaven Bilic’s tenure as manager of the club. The writing had been on the wall for Bilic for a number of weeks with the club in miserable form despite their productive summer transfer window. The hierarchy at West Ham wasted no time in appointing a successor, as David Moyes was confirmed as the new manager on Tuesday morning.
The immediate reaction from the Hammers was initially one of bewilderment and disappointment considering Moyes’ atrocious managerial record since leaving Everton in 2012.
Despite this, the general feeling amongst the Claret and Blue contingent in the Transfer Tavern is that the club need to rally together during this period of instability for the club, to ensure they stay clear of a relegation dogfight this season.
But a video posted by the club’s official Twitter page featuring a clip from the training ground has already began to divide the fans opinion of their new manager’s training techniques.
The Boss doing some on work with @Obiang14… pic.twitter.com/Hci39u4wev
— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) November 8, 2017
A handful of the supporters are highly concerned by the simplicity of the training techniques, whilst others trust that Moyes’ approach is the best way forward for the club in their current position.
The Irons will be hoping the back to basics approach from Moyes will breed some positive results in the coming months, starting with a win at Vicarage Road after the international break.
Here’s what the fans had to say on Twitter…
Really enjoying all these proper training videos. Gives us fans hope
— Jamie Harrison (@JamieHarriison) November 8, 2017
I bet Billic is watching that & thinking ‘ I should have done that’
— Dave Lewis (@davehammer1967) November 8, 2017
I'm sorry if you need Moyes to teach our best midfield how to turn and open your body up to see the play …. we are in trouble #basics #under10slearnthis #moyes
— Kevin Warren (@Kev_wozza) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/ArasorHD/status/928336995323138048
https://twitter.com/bradwr1/status/928346840419962882
Surely he was taught that at age 9!!!
Do me a favour !!!!— Tom Casserley (@TCasserley) November 8, 2017
Think it’s back to basics for a lot of our players cause they seemed to have lost their way in the last year.
— Derek Greaves. (@delboy314) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/Wham2214/status/928413405316251648
The board should sack him for this, you don't need to wait on results! It's obvious what's gonna happen after that.
— عيسى ' (@Isa_muz) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/Bethammer1/status/928382768253472768
https://twitter.com/collinsano/status/928578573484613632
