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David Moyes appointed new West Ham United manager
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West Ham United can confirm the appointment of David Moyes as the club's
manager. The 54-year-old Scotsman arrives with tremendous experience and
pedigree, having managed in the Premier League for 14 seasons, with eight of
the last nine ending in top eight finishes. The former Preston, Everton,
Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland boss has been voted the
League Managers' Association Manager of the Year on three occasions, in
2003, 2005 and 2009, and won 10 Premier League Manager of the Month awards.
He enjoyed a magnificent eleven-year tenure at Goodison Park, leading the
Toffees to the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and an FA Cup final,
before being hand-picked by Sir Alex Ferguson as his successor at Manchester
United in the summer of 2013.

Joint-Chairman David Sullivan said: "I would like to welcome David to West
Ham United. "This is a unique position for David Gold and myself - it is the
first time in almost eight years at West Ham United that we have appointed a
new manager during the season. "We need somebody with experience, knowledge
of the Premier League and the players in it, and we believe David is the
right man to turn things around and get the best out of the players at the
Club. He is highly regarded and respected within the game, and will bring
fresh ideas, organisation and enthusiasm. "He proved with Everton that he
has great qualities and we feel that West Ham United is a Club that will
give David the platform to display those qualities again."

Born in Glasgow on April 25 1963, Moyes enjoyed a 19-year playing career
that started with Scottish giants Celtic and took in spells with the likes
of Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town, Dunfermline Athletic and
Preston North End, finishing with over 550 league appearances. However, he
had always been destined for a future in coaching - having taken his
coaching badges at the age of just 22 - and when the opportunity came to
step up at Preston in January 1998, the then-34-year-old began his
managerial career. After saving Preston from relegation in 1997/98, he then
led them to the Division Two title in 1999/2000, before following that up by
reaching the Division One play-off final the following year, when they
missed out on promotion to the Premier League by a whisker.

In March 2002, Moyes took over at Everton, replacing fellow Scotsman Walter
Smith. He took over the Merseyside club when they were above the relegation
zone on goal difference and led them to safety with a 15th place position.
An impressive transformation of the club's fortunes followed and they
finished seventh in Moyes' first full season in charge. In the 2004/05
campaign, Everton finished ahead of Merseyside rivals Liverpool in fourth
position, their highest ever Premier League finish to date, and secured
Champions League qualification as a result. After establishing Everton as a
successful Premier League side with top eight finishes in his last seven
years in charge, Moyes was selected by Sir Alex Ferguson to take on the
daunting challenge of replacing him at Old Trafford in May 2013.

Moyes won the Community Shield at Wembley in August - becoming the first
Manchester United manager ever to win a trophy in his first season in
charge, but left the club after just ten months.

In November 2014, he took over at Real Sociedad for a year-long spell in
Spain's La Liga, leading the club to a famous win over Barcelona in January
2015, before returning to the Premier League in the summer of 2016 with
Sunderland, where a difficult year ended in relegation last season.

Moyes will meet his new players for the first time at Rush Green on Tuesday
morning, before taking charge of the team for the trip to Watford in the
Premier League on Sunday 19 November.

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West Ham name David Moyes as new manager on six-month deal
By Sky Sports News
Last Updated: 07/11/17 8:51am
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West Ham have announced David Moyes as their new manager on a six-month
contract. The 54-year-old, whose Sunderland side were relegated from the
Premier League last season, succeeds Slaven Bilic, who was sacked on Monday
with West Ham 18th in the table. Moyes, who has also managed Preston,
Everton, Manchester United and Real Sociedad, becomes the 16th manager in
the Hammers' history and is expected to immediately take training with the
club's players that are not on international duty. "I'm really looking
forward to meeting the supporters, being in the stadium with them and seeing
them get right behind the team, and my team also," he said. "We need
everybody with us. It's a big job we have in hand now but, with everybody
together, I'm sure we can get the right results between now and the end of
the season."
Joint-Chairman David Sullivan said: "This is a unique position for David
Gold and myself. It is the first time in almost eight years at West Ham that
we have appointed a new manager during the season. "We need somebody with
experience, knowledge of the Premier League and the players in it, and we
believe David is the right man to turn things around and get the best out of
the players at the Club. He is highly regarded and respected within the
game, and will bring fresh ideas, organisation and enthusiasm. "He proved
with Everton that he has great qualities and we feel that West Ham United is
a Club that will give David the platform to display those qualities again."

West Ham were thrashed at home to Liverpool in what proved to be Bilics
final game in charge and Moyes first task will be to take on Watford at
Vicarage Road live on Sky Sports on Sunday November 19.

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David Moyes to West Ham: Last chance to show his true qualities?
Last Updated: 06/11/17 5:26pm
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Can David Moyes take his chance at West Ham? It might be the last one he
gets at this level unless he can offer up a reminder of his qualities as a
manager, writes Adam Bate.

During his recent appearance on The Debate, Tim Sherwood brought up the
example of Pepe Mel. Why, he wondered, was the Spaniard able to get a chance
to fail at Deportivo after previously losing his job at Real Betis and West
Brom? Would a British coach have been afforded yet another opportunity at
the top level? Sherwood now has his answer.

David Moyes is the new manager of West Ham. One of the bigger jobs in
English football comes his way despite having overseen Sunderland's
relegation during his only season in charge there; despite having lasted
only 12 months at Real Sociedad; and despite becoming a byword for the
decline of an empire in his 10 months at Manchester United.

In a little over four years, a hard-earned reputation was all but shredded.
Moyes came to be seen as a beaten man whose very demeanour represented the
antithesis of success. This was the body language of defeat with his
downbeat assessments now viewed as a hindrance rather than merely pragmatic.
The Scotland job seemed the only card left in the deck.

Instead, he has a chance to redeem his reputation and remind everyone of the
qualities that marked him out as a plausible candidate for that Old Trafford
gig in the first place. A chance to show that for all the derision, this is
a man of real substance. A man who has been named LMA Manager of the Year
more times than Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho combined.

In short, Moyes must rediscover his confidence. Get his groove back. Locate
his form. While the underwhelming response of West Ham supporters to his
appointment is a challenging backdrop - there is already a 'Moyes Out'
campaign underway - there is reason to believe he can do it. In many ways,
the circumstances are certainly more appealing than in the past.

Replacing Slaven Bilic at West Ham is nowhere near as daunting as replacing
Sir Alex Ferguson at the other United. Nor does it present the off-field
challenges of an appointment abroad. This is more akin to those Everton and
Sunderland assignments, and Moyes is entitled to believe there are greater
parallels with the former than the latter.

At Sunderland, as at Manchester United, he assumed control of a club whose
manager had walked away rather than been pushed. Existing players who had
been briefly galvanised by Sam Allardyce were left deflated by his departure
and the club had neither the time nor the funds to finance a fillip. The
underlying issues that had been there all along were laid bare.

West Ham appear more upwardly mobile and there is plenty for Moyes to get
his teeth into ahead of winnable fixtures against Watford, Leicester and old
club Everton. A manager who prides himself on defensive organisation is
taking over the team that has conceded the most goals in the Premier League
this season. Moyes will be more than justified in prioritising it.

In fact, there are those at West Ham who are likely to welcome a little more
protection. Winston Reid is a fine penalty-box defender and in James
Collins, Mark Noble and Pablo Zabaleta there are other solid professionals
who can be expected to embrace the work ethic that Moyes favours. A good
start and perhaps the new man can carry the group with him.

Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman says David Moyes will turn things
around at West Ham if he is appointed as manager. Criticised for being so
quick to state that Sunderland were in a relegation battle last season, it
may be that this is the dose of reality that is now required for the big
names at West Ham. This is a team that finds himself among the bottom three
in November, after all.

The hope will be that Moyes can provide much-needed clarity of instruction.
In attack, his preference for a crossing game should suit the strengths of
the team's target man Andy Carroll, who once denied Moyes' Everton a place
in the FA Cup final in his Liverpool days. Javier Hernandez might be less
enthused by his own reunion with his old boss.

Time will tell. But, for Moyes, it is all on the line now. On the face of
it, salvaging West Ham's season should be straightforward enough. But given
the travails he has endured in his last three appointments, Moyes will need
to achieve the feat with some aplomb if he is to rehabilitate his own
reputation in the process. The opportunities will not keep coming.

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Steve Lomas: David Moyes needs to get West Ham formula right
Last Updated: 07/11/17 8:33am
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Former West Ham midfielder Steve Lomas has backed David Moyes to get the
best out of the club's summer signings. Moyes was confirmed as Slaven
Bilic's successor on Tuesday morning, becoming the 16th manager in West
Ham's history. Moyes has been out of work since resigning as Sunderland boss
following their relegation from the Premier League in May but Lomas believes
he will lead the Hammers to safety, provided he gets the best out of players
such as Javier Hernandez and Marko Arnautovic. Lomas told Sky Sports News:
"David is a vastly experienced manager. He's a brave manager, he took the
hardest job in football in following Sir Alex Ferguson [at Manchester
United]. "He knows the league and if he can doing close to the job he did at
Everton, it'll be a great signing." He continued: "There is a better squad
to work with [compared to Sunderland]. Ultimately it's about getting those
players gelled, motivated. "The key is getting the right formula on how to
play. Due to suspension and injuries, Slaven wasn't able to get the best out
of Hernandez, Arnautovic, but certainly the squad is in a better place than
Sunderland last year."
Lomas said Bilic's sacking came as no surprise after just two wins in 11
Premier League fixtures this season, leaving them in 18th place. "Slaven is
a good football man but I was at Saturday's game [against Liverpool] and
there was a feeling of inevitability that this would happen," said Lomas.
"His little spat with the owners at the start of the season, being in his
last year of contract, maybe he lost a bit of strength within the changing
room. It was going to happen sooner or later. "He needed to hit the ground
running this season and it hasn't happened for one reason or another. "His
signings have done alright in patches - Arnautovic hasn't really done it,
Joe Hart's probably been the pick of the bunch, Hernandez has looked sharp
in patches. "The team selection and continuity hasn't helped. They just
haven't been able to get the right formula to get the best from these
signings."

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