Lukasz Fabianski has just hinted that David Moyes is trying to make an absolutely huge change at West Ham United.
The Hammers boss has overseen a massive turnover in playing staff at the London Stadium.
Moyes brought in eight new signings in the summer transfer window, whilst 11 were moved on.
West Ham have a much stronger squad now. The players who came in are elite. The likes of Gianluca Scamacca, Lucas Paqueta, Nayef Aguerd and Maxwell Cornet are all huge upgrades on some of the players who left.
The challenge for David Moyes is to start getting his current crop of players to gel together and then in turn, get them playing a more attractive brand of football.
He has said on numerous occasions that he wants his West Ham team to evolve from a counter-attacking side into more of a possession based one.
And it seems as though one of his players has hinted that Moyes is really trying to get that plan in motion…
Lukasz Fabianski drops David Moyes West Ham style change hint
The 37-year-old Hammers goalkeeper has enjoyed a fairly impressive season to date.
However, one thing that always holds hiM back is his ability with his feet, and poor distribution.
It is almost impossible for West Ham to play out from the back when Fabianski is playing.
That’s not because a lack of effort during training though…
The experienced stopper told Polish website Sport.pl how times are changing in the goalkeeping training department at West Ham:
The goalkeeper training has changed a lot, especially in terms of trying to introduce match situations. Now, there is a lot of training related to the elements of cooperation with players. There is also a lot of training related to playing with your feet, which has been talked about for a long time. Training in this respect has changed a lot. Such individual elements are definitely a big change. This is no longer the kind of training where you typically go to the side by yourself. This is not the case anymore. Now training is more detailed.
The fact that Fabianski is being asked to change and evolve his game at 37 is a sign that Moyes really wants his team to move on from the playing style that made us so successful before.
In truth, we have been found out, so the need to mix things up is an urgent one.
Hopefully we start to see the fruits of the 37-year-old’s labour on the training ground.
If West Ham are to make real progress during the remaining two thirds of the season, we need to start playing it out from the back and retaining possession more.
And Lukasz Fabianski improving with his feet will be crucial for that. If he just can’t adapt though, it will obviously be time for Alphonse Areola to come in.
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