Rio Ferdinand says West Ham ‘couldn’t deal’ with workload this season
Rio Ferdinand has claimed that the West Ham squad “couldn’t deal” with how many games they had to play this season.
David Moyes’ side played 64 games as they pushed deep into every single competition during an impressive 2021/22 campaign.
The former Manchester United ace singled out Michail Antonio for his drop in form as he lead the Irons’ line without any backup all season.
Despite just falling short of their targets, Ferdinand insisted it was still a “great” season for the east Londoners.
“Too many games, their squad couldn’t deal with it,” Ferdinand said as per his ‘Vibe with Five’ podcast
“Antonio lost a bit of form as well – he was their main goal-getter before.
“It’s been a great season for West Ham though, Moyes has created something there now – a great atmosphere at the stadium.”
Momentum.
Ferdinand often spouts a load of nonsense but he has hit his West Ham assessment on the head.
That just shows how glaringly obvious the problems at the club have been this season.
It sounds quite arrogant that the Hammers can complain about having not won the Europa League, or qualified for the competition again.
It is very easy to forget how far they have come in such a short period of time under Moyes and the Scots fume after the Brighton loss is most likely a reminder of that to the players and fans.
His rant seemed rather odd but rather than focussing on all of the positives, he took the opposite approach and in hindsight – that is very good managing.
The 59-year-old has done an excellent job but there is still a lot of room for improvement.
With the club on the fringes of bursting into the top six and establishing themselves in Europe, the summer transfer window couldn’t be bigger – they have to get it right.
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