And that’s about it from Friday’s blog. Thanks for reading everyone.
There’s only one man who could play us out…
So, West Ham boss David Moyes *thrusts mic in face*… would YOU like to have done a Chelsea and spent £320m on eight new transfers in the transfer window, ballooning your squad to 33 players?
“I’m not sure I would. I think sometimes you want to build a team and take it forward. It’s not an easy job. The hardest part as a manager is who to leave out,” said Moyes ahead of West Ham’s London derby clash with Chelsea at the London Stadium this weekend.
“It can take time, I can tell you that with us bringing new players in. I think when you spend £600million, it should give you half a chance. But money isn’t the only thing to do with football, you’ve got to get the team right, you’ve got to get other parts of it going well.
“Hopefully we can give Chelsea a good game, obviously they are a really good team, they’ve got some really talented players they’ve bought in, but they will need time to gel just like the ones we brought in in the summer have taken a bit of time to gel as well.”
West Ham are only a point above the drop zone after a difficult campaign but Moyes is looking up not down.
“I believe we can have a good season. We have still got a lot to play for. I think we’re showing a little bit better signs in some areas but we’re going to be challenged by good teams like Chelsea, we’re going to be challenged in the European competition, which we’re going into again in March, and we’re in the next round of the FA Cup.
“We want to try and keep ourselves involved in as many tournaments as we can. But our focus is solely on the Chelsea game and trying to do the best we can against Chelsea.”
