Whenever Everton and David Moyes are performing well, social media seems to go into overdrive telling West Ham fans exactly where we got it wrong… we “sacked the Moyesiah”.
In case you missed it, Everton beat Chelsea 3-0 at the Hill Dickinson yesterday — presumably the away side forgot to huddle and bless the football before kick-off — and have now moved into contention for the Champions League places.
Moyes has done an outstanding job since returning home, and European football of any description would be a huge vindication. Make no mistake, it would once again prove he is a highly capable manager and very good at what he does.
Incredible Steidten-David Moyes and West Ham's director of football struggled to get along
Tim Steidten was banned from the West Ham training ground by Moyes
The Moyes West Ham Fans Remember Was Different
But before rival fans pile in, it’s worth pointing out that the David Moyes who left West Ham is not the same one we’re seeing at Everton now.
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The man in the Toffees dugout is rejuvenated, rested and motivated — and crucially, reunited with his trusted lieutenant Alan Irvine.
Irvine was not alongside Moyes during his final year at West Ham, nor during spells at Sunderland or Manchester United. In fact, you can almost draw a line through Moyes’ results at West Ham from the moment his right-hand man departed — the win percentages tell their own story.
Factor in that Stuart Pearce, Mark Warburton and set-piece coach Paul Nevin also left around the same time, and it adds important context.
Yes, fans were frustrated, but by the end, West Ham were regularly being thrashed. Add in the David Sullivan factor and the Tim Steidten saga, and it becomes clear this wasn’t a simple case of a club making the wrong call.
The truth is, West Ham were already spiralling before Moyes left — and that responsibility sits far higher up than the dugout.