“I’ve been the manager - I couldn’t tell you what the West Ham Way is!” ⚒️ David Moyes | Up Front

Sounds a bit vacuous. Hopefully Dave and Simon can cut through the nonsense, square that particular circle, and have the courage of their convictions to finally find out, what anything has to do with the price of cheese.

If you were an England fan that was frustrated by the way England played with the talent they had in the euros, Moyes was EXACTLY the same at West Ham. best way to describe it. Kudus, Bowen, Paqueta, Ward Prowse, Alvarez and playing a low block hoping for set pieces. Still an absolute legend of the game but that was the truth of it.

I must say watching England at the Euros was like watching the Hammers last season. Best players out of position, reluctance to make subs, allowing opposition possession.

Leverkusen 2nd leg. West ham way summed up in one match. Heart guts passion and walked off the pitch to 60000 fans chanting their names!

That's probably the most moyes statement ever

To anyone who wants to see what West Ham fans were frustrated about under Moyes, go and watch Newcastle vs West Ham last season. We lost a game we could have won by four. Our attacking players were ripping Newcastle to shreds, the minute we got the lead, he bottled it and tried to shut up shop with about 35 - 40 minutes to play. He robbed the attacking players of a wonderful performance, the club of a result that could have seen us back in Europe, and the away fans of a thrilling showing after a 6 hour trip up north. It was painful. It was like a boxer winning the first six rounds and then being told by their coach to not punch for the next six..

Lifelong Everton fan. Heartbroken when David Moyes left EVERTON. Second only to the great Howard Kendall

The fact West Ham are having to do a complete rebuild now Moyes has gone speaks volumes he left us with a tiny and old squad , good riddance Moyes go and haunt another club if you can find one.

Tedious man. Tedious football.

The West Ham Way to me is the traditions served under managers Greenwood and Lyall attempting to play attacking football with technique and flair and bringing youngsters through the Academy. Also giving the Club a family feel with good habits installed throughout the Club. A lot of it died with the sacking of Lyall although Bonds brought it back a little and on the pitch the teams of Redknapp were typical West Ham teams. Sure it wasn't overly successful but it must have been a decent philosophy in cups anyway considering Greenwood won FA Cup and Cup Winners Cup and Lyall won two FA Cups, a League Cup Final and still holds the clubs highest place finish.

How I wish Simon would interview José.

I'll tell you what the West Ham way is David, it's NOT setting up every single game to defend/draw only to concede nearly 80 goals in a season! I really appreciate Europe and the cup but his playing style is prehistoric! Glad we moved on.

Hi Simon. I’m 75 and avid West Ham fan. I watched your podcast with David Moyes and as you both professed ignorance of the West Ham way I thought I would enlighten you. It’s quite simple really. The West Ham way is training our own academy players since late 50s/early 60s to play for the club in 1st team. It was very successful, in those days for a middle league team in terms of finance and history. I’m guessing that when we won FA Cup 1964, European Cup Winners Cup (2nd British team to win European trophy after Spurs) 1965, and before Celtic, the Lions of Lisbon gloriously won in 1967. FA Cup 1975 FA Cup 1980 we had pride in our home-grown players in our team. The FA Cup was our first trophy win since we lost in 1923 to Bolton, The White Horse Final, the first at Wembley. Important point you ALL forget. ONLY 1 team wins Premier League each season, leaving 19 failures, some valiant, some poor, some rich, some struggling. We accept that we won’t win league, statistically, even though Leicester did. it happens once in a blue moon, less now. No English manager has won Premier League as far as I know, since 1992-1993 I believe. The last one was Howard Wilkinson with Leeds the year prior to Premier League starting. Some of our wonderful West Ham Academy players. Declan Rice Bobby Moore Frank Lampard Junior & Senior Paul Ince Geoff Hurst Rio Ferdinand Anton Ferdinand Joe Cole Martin Peters Michael Carrick Sir Trevor Brooking Glen Johnson Mark Noble I’ll give you context with 2 other teams, NEITHER is OLD SCHOOL ELITE. Chelsea. I used to watch them occasionally in late sixties when West Ham were away I would go to Stamford Bridge and other local London DIV 1 teams. They won Div 1 in 1954-55 I think with lowest points ever. The in mid to late sixties they had a marvellous youthful side. Chelsea academy players, managed by Dave Sexton, ex West Ham player from 1952-1955. Ron Harris, Allan Harris, Peter Bonetti, Bobby Tambling, Barry Bridges, Bert Murray, John Hollins, Peter Osgood, Ray Wilkins, Graeme Le Saux, Bobby Smith, Terry Venables, Jimmy Greaves. They were exhilarating to watch. They won FA Cup in 1970 and had a long hiatus until the money turned up with Abramhovic. They won nothing till Jose turned up. Spent lots of money and did well and changed image and again struggling now. Here is my point. I’m sure in that period, Chelsea fans loved their team playing exciting football and not winning trophies BECAUSE they had a team they felt was home grown and played a certain way. Crystal Palace, the entertainers also did the same. As your memory is so bad Simon I am sure you have forgotten this too. Terry Venables won Palace promotion all the way from the Third Division to the top of the First Division in his stint as boss. He had youngsters such as Kenny Sansom, Vince Hilaire, Dave Swindlehurst Billy Gilbert. ALL promoted from the ACADEMY like West Ham to assemble his young and attacking side. The moral is Remember where you came from and what you can achieve with your academy. If you don’t know learn. As I said earlier, ONLY 1 club win the League every year and 19 fail to do so. As always money will buy success BUT most [maybe 18/20] wont be able to achieve their lofty aims with the current rules around finance. It's NOT a level playing field and it NEVER has been, grow up, accept the inevitable and support your club and encourage them to play attractive football to entice more fans to experience what WE ALL DID starting on our football journey. Just because you and/or Moyes doesn’t understand loyalty of and to players coming through academy doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. In those days you managed what you had, not spend billions playing football manager. Good luck for new season. Edward

No one talks about the West Ham Way more than the media

It's definitely not 20% possession against almost every team we played. How would you know, you only know one way of playing football. Low block

The fact that he hasn't been linked to any club speaks volumes about how everyone sees him

It's the Ron Greenwood /John Lyall way of playing. We may not have been consistent in the league but we entertained and attacked. Harry Redknapp gave it a good go too. It's the style of play that made a lot of people with no links to east London become Hammers fans. I was never Moyes out, I appreciated his efforts and the stability he brought but the style of play was often a tough watch, particularly in the final two seasons.

I'm not a West Ham fan, so I've no axe to grind with the club. But Moyes's assertion that West Ham should be about mid table baffles me. It's a club in London, and a club with the highest average attendance of all London clubs. Mid table? I don't accept that, and I don't think West Ham fans do either.

Just a quick note. Pelligrini converted Dec from a CB to a DM. His development was pretty natural aswell. I think the best thing you did for Dec was bring in Tomas, as prior, he was carrying Nobes and Wilshire. But Rice's progression had other people involved. Pelligrini for the position change, Noble for big brothering him, you for bringing in Tomas, Tomas himself, his family, himself, the fans. Everyone.

2 blokes whose egos are bigger than canary wharf