**West Ham Assistant Manager Paco Jemez does a lot of talking in the media, but does he talk too much?**
Since the arrival of Paco Jemez, West Ham’s fortunes have changed under the leadership of Nuno Espírito Santo.
Before the Spaniard became assistant in January, the Hammers played 17 matches under Nuno – winning three, drawing five, and losing nine.
Since Paco’s arrival, our form has improved massively, we look much a much better side. In the twelve games since his arrival we’ve won six, drawn three, and lost three.
Before Paco arrived we were doomed, everyone thought we had no chance of staying up, but his arrival has given us a crucial boost, we’re still in the relegation zone but we still have every chance of staying up, and that’s partly down to Paco Jemez.
Some of the players have been keen to big up the former Rayo Vallecano and Cordoba head coach in interviews. However, it’s not just them doing interviews about him.
The 55-year-old often does interviews, not just with the clubs website, but with Spanish media outlets, this isn’t something that happens much, especially in the Premier League.
He’s even spoken after matches talking about the game previous, spoken about players performances on the pitch and in training. However, the most interesting thing he has spoken a lot about is the impact he’s made in East London.
Last month, Paco said: “West Ham’z situation was even worse than what I found in Ibiza.
What we’ve done in so few matches is no easy feat in such a competitive league.
More than tactical issues, the first thing was to change the dynamic and the morale, which was very low. Not only of the players, but also of everyone involved.
We had to bring joy, make training sessions more dynamic, and get the team to play with less pressure.
Little by little, the team has been finding a different rhythm. We believe in staying up, without a doubt. It’s not over yet. There are eight games left, and everything is decided now.”
It’s unusual to see an assistant manager talk so much, but he’s an experienced manager in his own right so he knows what he’s doing, he’s not going to say the wrong thing. But should he be doing it?
Well as long as we’re performing on the pitch I guess it doesn’t matter, but if he’s doing this in the business end of the season when we need wins, and we’re not getting wins it could start to wind up the fans.
If we manage to stay up he will be an absolute hero for both the fans and Nuno Espírito Santo, so hope that’s the case.
But if not, if we are relegated, maybe he could become manager in the Championship? He’s improved the team, he seems to have a great relationship with the players. I’ve definitely seen stranger things happen.