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West Ham manager David Moyes got Arsenal and Bournemouth conundrum all wrong with display of real ineptitude

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West Ham boss David Moyes got Arsenal and Bournemouth conundrum all wrong with shocking display of real ineptitude.

David Moyes is under real pressure in his role as West Ham manager with performances getting worse and worse and games against Arsenal, Gent and Bournemouth to come in the next nine days.

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The Hammers just about scraped through our Europa Conference League clash with Gent last night with a draw.

And now the attention turns back to the Premier League when we welcome Arsenal to the London Stadium on Sunday.

KAA Gent v West Ham United: Quarterfinal First Leg - UEFA Europa Conference League
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That game is followed by the second-leg with Gent on Thursday and then a trip to Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.

I strongly feel that Moyes has made a massive error heading into this stretch of vital games…

West Ham boss David Moyes got Arsenal and Bournemouth conundrum all wrong

The Scot fielded a weakened team out in Belgium last night, and made six changes from the win over Fulham last weekend.

However, Moyes should have fielded his strongest team against Gent in my opinion.

Let’s face it, the likelihood is that we will lose to Arsenal on Sunday regardless, so why freshen the team up last night?

KAA Gent v West Ham United: Quarterfinal First Leg - UEFA Europa Conference League
Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images

The fact that we drew the game last night means that we now have to go all guns blazing in the return leg on Thursday, with a crucial game away at Bournemouth coming just three days later.

Had Moyes fielded his strongest side available last night, there’s every chance that we would have comfortably won the game.

That would have meant that David Moyes wouldn’t have needed to go as strong with his lineup next Thursday, keeping our key players fresh for Sunday’s clash with Bournemouth – a game that could well play a key role in the outcome of the relegation battle.

The Scot has badly mis-managed this vitally important run of fixtures in my eyes. And it really didn’t have to be that way. The team selection from Moyes last night proved to me that he doesn’t every look past the game at hand, and that lack of forward planning could end up costing us dearly in more than one competition this season.

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