The position of West Ham manager David Moyes is looking less and less tenable. Souček et al. they lost 1-5 to Newcastle in the second leg of the 7th round of the Premier League, and the 59-year-old Scot has had a game full of humiliation. Not only was he let down by his own players, but he also came under the trust of his own fans, while the visitors mocked the misery of the London club.
When the beleaguered Hammers conceded a fourth and a fifth, the television footage perfectly illustrated the London club’s current misery. The camera focused on David Moyes’ gloomy expression, behind which the empty seats shone.
After all, wherever the Scottish manager looked, he found empty seats. Fans left the stadium in droves, protesting Moyes’ failed and unattractive tactics, lack of ambition and continued mediocrity. In the last season, the predatory club is now living on the edge of relegation.
Newcastle fans mischievously sprinkled salt into the five London wounds, who enjoyed the result very much. At the end of the game London Stadium was filled with their mocking chants “They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere you look: empty seats,” rang out from the Magpies sector. And Moyes also got loaded, who heard the popular song about the morning dismissal.
The Scot is criticized for still prescribing dull defensive tactics to his charges, which are then useless when the Hammers concede five goals. Individual errors from Lukasz Fabianski and Nayef Aguerda left little for the coach to do, but the second and fifth goals clearly demonstrated just how deep the holes were in West Ham’s defence.
“We’ve been beaten and it’s up to us to show how we can bounce back,” Moyes said. But the fans want his head now, they have lost all trust. “I’m already a big boy. It wouldn’t be the first time I’d leave a job. I’ve enjoyed this job a lot, but I hope we’ll break it and there’s still a lot of days ahead of us,” he added.
The performances of Tomáš Souček, who came on as a substitute against Newcastle in the 63rd minute at 1:3, are also subject to criticism. “The Czech midfielder, who was great during his first years at the club, is far below his peak this season. Moyes still puts him in the starting line-up. But he cannot go back to the time when Souček thrived alongside Rice. And his expired.”
