Simon Jordan delivers strong verdict on West Ham United boss David Moyes’ future live on talkSPORT
David Moyes is “nowhere near done” as West Ham manager despite the club being in a wretched run of form this year, according to Simon Jordan.
After a single win in the opening seven games of the Premier League season the Hammers are sitting in the relegation zone, despite spending considerably in the summer transfer window.
That has led to speculation over the Scot’s future, but former Crystal Palace chairman Jordan is unequivocal in his stance that Moyes is a victim of his own success and he still has plenty left in him as boss at the London Stadium.
Speaking on talkSPORT on Thursday morning (29 September) in a clip posted to Twitter Jordan said: “You are always going to be the victim of previous deeds or you are going to be the beneficiary of them.
“Beneficiary tends to mean you get a new contract and and a big bag of money. Victim tends to be that you have to keep those standards up. And nothing lasts forever.
“As an owner you’ll know when a manager’s done. David Moyes is nowhere near done, he’s far from beaten.”
After Jim White quoted the form stats Jordan did concede: “It’s not great. And of course it cannot come at a worse time for David because he cannot, not that he does, he cannot suggest he hasn’t been supported.”
Reason
Nobody can deny that things aren’t right with West Ham so far this year, and Moyes himself is certainly not immune from criticism for presiding over it.
His reticence to use some of his new signings such as Flynn Downes and Maxwel Cornet, while sticking with misfiring incumbents like Tomas Soucek and Pablo Fornals is definitely on him.
But he can’t be held fully responsible for the fact that his two biggest stars from last season, captain Declan Rice and fellow England international Jarrod Bowen, have been so far from their best as yet.
Record signing Lucas Paqueta is still finding his feet, which is a risk with any new arrival to the Premier League, and Nayef Aguerd has been out injured ever since preseason.
Moyes has plenty of improvements to make, but if it weren’t for him then the club would not have been pushing so high up the table and advancing through the Europa League last year.
Boards cannot be sentimental so if they genuinely didn’t see the former Everton and Manchester United boss as the man to take them to the next level they might decide to move on, but unless there is a proven top level replacement available it would be a mistake right now.
Whoever ultimately made the call to refuse Amadou Onana’s wage demands might require a talking to however, as the way the Belgian international is settling in at Everton would certainly look perfect to take over from the out of form Soucek right now.