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David Moyes doesn’t think he needs success at West Ham to change his perception of his management record.
The Hammers have enjoyed a strong start to the season and enter Monday’s clash with Chelsea just one point behind Frank Lampard’s side.
Moyes was brought into the relegation battle 12 months ago, but now West Ham is looking up amid talks about a contract extension.
Combined with the form he kept West Ham in the final games of last season, it’s the best period Moyes has enjoyed since leaving Manchester United in 2014.
Since then, a manager who was often considered an outstanding player with Everton endured disappointing spells with Real Sociedad and Sunderland before ending his first stint at West Ham without renewing his contract despite avoiding the threat of relegation. in 2018.
But when asked if he was changing people’s opinion of himself as a manager, Moyes said he would be “disappointed” if that was the case.
“Soccer clubs can sometimes be the wrong place,” he said. “You may not have the required level of players and obviously the coach is to blame for that.
“Some of the jobs that I’ve had have been very good, great jobs, some have not turned out as well, but maybe not as bad as some people thought.
“Being a soccer coach, you are not always going to be successful. It is very difficult to have a career and continually succeed as a coach.”
Instead, Moyes said he hoped to change the perception of West Ham by playing better soccer.
“When I came back, I don’t think it was a club that was absolutely loved for different reasons,” he said.
“I would like him to be loved for the football we play, and I would like the connection between the fans and the club and the whole world to be much closer, and if we can play the games, we can show it.”
West Ham on Friday extended Michail Antonio’s contract to tie him through the summer of 2023.
Antonio joined the Hammers as a winger when he signed from Nottingham Forest in 2015, but has excelled as a forward more recently, with his goals at the end of last season key to West Ham’s survival.
Although he’s now 30, Moyes believes Antonio is still developing on paper and may offer an even bigger threat.
“He’s been around a lot,” Moyes said. “We put him in as a center forward because of an injury to Sebastian Haller. He had played as a center forward before but not only, there he was not recognized, but when he had the opportunity he scored the goals and began to believe.
“His retention game wasn’t always great, but with the work he put into training and development since then, he has incredible speed and power.”
Antonio has returned to training after a hamstring injury, but Monday’s game may come too early for him.
“We have missed it, but it is a credit to the other players that we are still scoring points without someone who after the lockout was one of our key players,” Moyes said.
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