West Ham moving to the London Stadium has put “extra pressure” on David Moyes, according to Sky Sports’ Adam Bate.
The journalist explained that home attendances have almost doubled since the Hammers made the switch from Upton Park.
Bate added that fans of the club may have mixed feelings about Moyes losing his job, with a change perhaps needed due to the style of play he adopts.
“Attendances have almost doubled since the stadium move and that changes the dynamic too,” Bate wrote for Sky Sports. “For an additional 30,000 supporters, the joy of victory is more visceral, the pain of defeat more pronounced.
“It is easier to put down a phone or turn off a television than trudge back through Stratford, alone in thought or together in misery. That undoubtedly brings extra pressure.
“But these supporters are not deluded. They understand that nights like the one they enjoyed in Prague are not normal for West Ham. They have lived through the lean years. There is a gratitude for the good times under Moyes and a realisation that change brings risk. Even so, wanting it to look different to this is understandable.”
The debate to stick or twist with Moyes has seemingly been endless, with the manager constantly surrounded by talk of his future in East London.
Many supporters of the club will be keen for the boss to stay on for another season after he famously guided them to the Europa Conference League trophy last time out.
Moreover, they are into the knockout stages of this season’s Europa League, while they sit eighth in the Premier League table.
But there will be plenty of other supporters who will refer to the recent 6-0 hammering by Arsenal and explain that it is time for Moyes to go.
It was a miserable day for the man in the dugout, with the heavy defeat bringing out plenty of supporters advocating for a new manager.
But that decision will more than likely only be taken by the powers that be at the London Stadium, with Moyes perhaps still in the dark about his destiny this summer.
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