David Moyes picks out lowest moment from West Ham tenure

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David Moyes is reaching the end of his current contract with West Ham United.

David Moyes has told the London Evening Standard that the infamous defeat to Burnley was not the lowest point from his West Ham tenure so far, but rather that moment came when the Hammers were dumped out of the FA Cup by Wigan Athletic in January.

As reported by the London Evening Standard, Moyes is coming towards the end of his contract at the London Stadium and it remains to be seen whether he will remain in charge of the club beyond the summer.

It has been a turbulent spell for Moyes with the Irons, but it is ultimately one that can perhaps be remembered for a positive outcome with the former Sunderland boss ensuring that West Ham will be playing in the top flight again next year.

There have certainly been stages of the campaign where it has appeared that Moyes may not even make it to the end of the season still in the job, perhaps most notably when Burnley won 3-0 in the capital back in March and the fans were completely unable to hide their anger and frustration towards the players on the pitch and those making decisions behind the scenes.

But while Moyes admitted that that was a sad day for him, he insisted that the loss in January left him feeling much worse.

“The lowest point? The Burnley defeat, with all that went on, was one of them but the FA Cup defeat at Wigan was, for me, worse because I wanted to do well in the competition,” he told the London Evening Standard.

With five points currently separating the Hammers from the bottom three, it would not be a surprise if some of the supporters felt that the defeat to Wigan was actually beneficial – as humiliating as it was at the time.

Cup runs can really capture the imagination, but they can also hurt squads that do not have the depth to battle until the latter stages on two fronts. Wigan themselves went down the year they won the cup, and Southampton are not technically mathematically assured of safety heading into the final day of the season having reached the semi-final this year.

A cup run may have been great for West Ham, but it appears just as likely that it could have hurt them in the league. And when the curtain comes down on the season, the fact that they have stayed up will surely override any disappointment over missing out on progressing in the FA Cup.