West Ham are NOT planning to sack David Moyes despite the 4-0 thrashing at Brighton that saw fans turn on the boss with the relegation-battling Premier League strugglers.
- West Ham in grave danger of being dragged into a relegation fight this term
- David Moyes’ team lost 4-0 in Brighton to put pressure on the Scotsman again
- Face some crucial weeks that could help decide the immediate future
West Ham have no intention of sacking David Moyes despite the club’s 4-0 gutting in Brighton.
The Hammers were plunged further into danger when Roberto De Zerbi’s side tore them to shreds on a punishing afternoon on the south coast, although the result has not affected David Moyes’ future, Sportsmail understands.
Goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Joel Veltmann, Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck gave Brighton all three points, who returned to winning ways after two games without a win.
The terrible result – and the performance – saw West Ham crawl further towards relegation scrap as Moyes’s side are increasingly forced to look over their shoulders.
However, the Hammers’ rather chaotic placement in the league, at present, has left owners, including David Sullivan, unfazed as they back Moyes to get the team out of the rut they are currently in.
The 4-0 defeat at Brighton will have no impact on David Moyes’ immediate future
The West Ham boss is under pressure with the club finding itself in a relegation fight.
Moyes has found himself on the precipice at two crucial moments this season, it has been reported. They include a game against Everton in January, which West Ham won 2-0, and last weekend’s – eventual – 4-0 defeat of Nottingham Forest, both at home.
Speaking after the loss, Moyes said going from the high point last weekend to the low point this weekend was ‘football for you’.
That’s football to you, isn’t it? We won well last week at home and today we lost again badly away from home.
‘What went wrong? I would have to praise Brighton but we lost a terrible first goal on a penalty, [which] we should have dealt easily. The second one was from a corner kick, so we’re climbing right away.
“And at the time it wasn’t all about good play by Brighton that got them the goals, I felt we certainly could have dealt with the penalty kick situation.” [and] I felt like we should have handled the corner better than we did.
The result saw Brighton further cement their European football credentials the next term, while West Ham plunged further into trouble. Moyes, clearly frustrated after the match, admitted to harboring feelings of ‘anger’ at the team’s performance.
‘[There was] everyone’s anger,’ he said, ‘the followers’ anger, I think; the coach’s anger, the players are angry, they are disappointed in themselves. So, it happens and that’s how it has to be. We’re not accepting what happened today, we’re going to try to do something about it and play a lot better, we’re going to try to make sure the next performance [is much] better.
West Ham’s 4-0 defeat at Brighton comes just a week after they swept Nottingham Forest by the same scoreline.
But it hurts me. They ask you just 20 minutes into the game and it’s painful. We’ll look at it and move on.
With West Ham supporters becoming more recalcitrant on match day, Moyes was asked if he understood the frustration among the fan base with the team having seen an alarming drop in form and performance this season.
‘Yes, I think most of those you speak to have watched the last two and a half years and it has been European football. We need them behind us. The good supporters are just as supportive when things are bad as when they’re good, and for the last few years he’s been very good here.’
Moyes went on to say that if his team had won in Brighton, it would have made them feel “much calmer” in the midst of a brutal relegation fight.