I think West Ham have some decent players and would have finished well clear of the bottom three if they hadn't sacked Slaven. I've never quite got the idea of why you have a manager to solve problems, if as soon as a problem becomes slightly pressing you sack him. Unfortunately their new big ground and huge crowd have produced outrageous expectations of a mid-table squad. The team's reaction has been to under-perform.
If they want to close the gap between reality and the over-inflated pretty bubbles of their own expectations the first logical move would have been to import a glamorous and successful manager. They've gone for David Moyes, which has to be the cheapskate solution. How that one will work out I don't know. I'd have thought one of the first decisions to make would be whether it is ever worth playing to Andy Carroll when he only plays ten times a season. I'd be working on a hefty shove to push him out of the January window.
If they want to close the gap between reality and the over-inflated pretty bubbles of their own expectations the first logical move would have been to import a glamorous and successful manager. They've gone for David Moyes, which has to be the cheapskate solution. How that one will work out I don't know. I'd have thought one of the first decisions to make would be whether it is ever worth playing to Andy Carroll when he only plays ten times a season. I'd be working on a hefty shove to push him out of the January window.