Moyes Got No Time At Old Trafford ...West Ham Have Let His Quality Shine

David Moyes went from being Sir Alex Ferguson’s Chosen One at Manchester United to the manager who left even West Ham fans underwhelmed.

- Robbie Fowler

So it’s been one of football’s good-news stories to see how the Scot has rediscovered his mojo to the extent that some Hammers supporters now refer to him as the ‘Moyesiah’.

This afternoon at the London Stadium he has the chance to show Manchester United just how good he is.

But the reality is that regardless of the result when West Ham faces Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, Moyes is a top-class manager.

What we are witnessing is – unlike his ill-fated spell at Old Traf ford – Moyes benefiting from the one precious commodity that enabled him to build his reputation at Preston North End and Everton. Time.

It would have been easy for the Hammers hierarchy to have thanked David and sent him on his way after he had kept them in the Premier League in 2020 having succeeded Manuel Pellegrini.

And, of course, West Ham HAD parted company with Moyes two years earlier, after he had completed another rescue mission to keep them in the top flight.

This time, however, the Hammers stood by their man – and are now reaping the rewards of a European campaign after a sixth-placed finish last season.