SAD NEWS: West Ham fans under attack AGAIN!
The mainstream media often do themselves no favours with West Ham fans. On one hand, they demand respect for manager David Moyes, yet on the other, they stir up controversy, which in turn creates more ill feeling among supporters.
The latest pundit to openly criticise Hammers supporters is BBC reporter and former Tottenham player Garth Crooks. Crooks recently joined those cautioning “be careful what you wish for,” but this time he explicitly stated what many have implied.
Speaking yesterday, Crooks said: “As for Moyes, well, he has departed on good terms and left the club in a far better state than when he arrived,” he told BBC Sport.
“The West Ham fans have driven him out and wait to see what Julen Lopetegui can do. Be careful what you wish for.”
What Crooks fails to grasp is that while the fans have parted on good terms with David Moyes, every critique from his media allies against West Ham fans compels us to defend our reasons for wanting a change. This only perpetuates more ill feeling at a time when we should be celebrating Moyes’s contributions.
Crooks does have a point that fan pressure played a significant role in Moyes’s departure. However, he neglects to mention the many nuanced reasons why fans might want the Scotsman to leave. With a game against Manchester City still pending, West Ham have already conceded 71 goals this season—a Premier League record for the club. To put it bluntly, we’re bloody awful.
As for Crooks’s point that the club is in better shape than when Moyes arrived, that’s a subjective view. West Ham possess the second oldest squad in the Premier League and need more than just a few new signings in the next transfer window; the squad requires major overhaul. Many players are too old to play effectively, some are out of contract, and others, like Maxwel Cornet, Danny Ings, and , want to leave due to lack of playtime.
The assertion that the West Ham squad is in excellent shape doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. In fact, with the smallest and second oldest squad in the Premier League, it’s arguably unfit for purpose and requires significantDivin Mubama rebuilding.
Moyes has also overseen considerable financial mismanagement, which has seen the club haemorrhage significant sums on players like Nikola Vlasic and Gianluca Scamacca, the latter of whom has proven himself one of Europe’s finest strikers, which should really be cause for major embarrassment for Moyes. Quite how his media chums allow Moyes to remain unchallenged on the subject of Scamacca is a mystery.
With financial fair play and PSR sustainability regulations being ever more strictly enforced, West Ham cannot afford to lose large sums on players who fail to make an impact.
Pundits like Garth Crooks often make their points with broad statements and lack a deep understanding of the issues at hand. There’s never any discussion of the financial missteps, the broken West Ham defence, the team’s relegation form this year, or even Moyes’s recent signings like Kalvin Phillips.
Instead of a detailed and nuanced debate, figures like Crooks often resort to repeating football clichés like “be careful what you wish for” without truly considering the implications of their words.
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