West Ham is a snake pit and their desperate move for David Moyes as replacement for Slaven Bilic speaks volumes
Scot will not be a popular choice because most West Ham fans will take one look at him and think there is more of the same
IT IS an act of desperation.
David Moyes, who took Sunderland down last season, will soon become West Ham’s new manager.
This is one dog’s dinner of a football club now.
Slaven Bilic, honourable and always acting with the best intentions, is better off out of there.
This place has turned into a snake pit.
What are West Ham and where do West Ham want to be?
Nobody, not even the axeman David Sullivan, can say any more after they made the decision to fire Bilic after the 4-1 routing by Liverpool.
It says everything about the shoddy work that goes on behind the scenes there that the world and his wife knew before Bilic.
PAY THE BIL Slaven Bilic SACKED by West Ham
Class, that.
The Croatian coach, who has credit in the bank because of his super-cool manners, could no longer do his best work.
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His working conditions, especially after the disastrous handling of the summer transfer window, became intolerable.
So, too, did the poisonous atmosphere at the club.
West Ham, with their disastrous move to the London Stadium still an issue for players and fans, have lost their way.
Moyes will not be a popular choice because most West Ham fans will take one look at him and think there is more of the same on the way.
There is no getting away from Bilic’s hang-dog demeanour, chin on the floor after every damaging defeat stripped away his confidence and his self-belief.
In his place comes Moyes, the man who tipped Sunderland to be relegation candidates before a ball had been kicked last season.
The negativity filtered through the Stadium of Light and they went down with a whimper.
West Ham, in a way only West Ham would dress it up, are convinced Moyes will inherit a better group of players.
It is the same group of players who are 17th in the Premier League and just a point above the relegation zone.
Before the year is through they will play Moyes’ former club Everton, along with the serious players in contention at the top of the Premier League.
Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal follow in succession before another trip to Tottenham on December 31.
Moyes has the job of lifting them, taking them clear of danger when he is appointed West Ham’s interim manager.
Chances are, the natives will not be that into him.