David Moyes addressed the media during his press conference this morning, ahead of the West Ham United vs Wolves clash tomorrow.
West Ham boss David Moyes will be desperate for his side to bounce back in the Premier League against Wolves after our 5-0 hammering at Fulham last weekend.
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The Hammers manager spoke during his press conference today about how tough the schedule is for his players this time of year, and how it can cause fatigue – something that Tony Gale criticised the Scot for doing last week.
Sure, this time of year is always hard for the players, but Moyes can’t have it both ways. He made only one substitute during our clash with Crystal Palace a couple of weeks ago, and that didn’t come until the 89th minute!
As Tony Gale said, the more you tell players that they’re tired, the more tired they will feel. It really is very basic psychology.
However, Moyes has fallen into the same trap yet again, and it’s terrible news for us ahead of Wolves as far as I’m concerned…
David Moyes makes big press-conference mistake
The Scot spoke to reporters at Rush Green today ahead of our clash with Wolves on Sunday afternoon.
And Moyes responded when asked to provide an update on his players’ fitness after the Freiburg win, as quoted by WHUFC.com:
“We’ll assess the players when we have the chance. It’s such a quick turnaround. I don’t think there is enough time between the games. Does that mean I am going to be rotating the side? I don’t know right now. We’ll see how the games go and how the lads are performing, and where their energy levels are. It’s the same for all managers and teams at the moment. We all have the dilemma with this number of games. We also have a Carabao Cup game next week that some teams don’t have, so we’re in a busy run. Hopefully we can get through that, which would then give us more games in January and make the schedule even more busy. But all the teams at this time of year have got a heavy workload.”
Moyes would do himself a massive favour if he didn’t even mention the schedule. The fact that he bangs on about it during every single press conference gives the players an excuse to underperform if you ask me.
The Scot keeps making the same fatal error, week-in, week-out, and it’s beginning to really grate on me.
These are professional athletes we’re talking about and let’s not forget, Moyes has spent some serious cash building a very strong squad – it’s not like he doesn’t have the option to rotate is it?
David Moyes has to change his press conference strategy in my opinion. The same message he keeps giving us about player fatigue is making me tired just listening to it!
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