West Ham United have endured another torrid season and are a club at a crossroads.
West Ham are still not safe from relegation with four games left to play and lost 4-1 to Arsenal last time out.
The Hammers had turned a corner under David Moyes after he took over from sacked Slaven Bilic in November.
West Ham were languishing in the relegation zone with just nine points when Moyes joined and now sit 15th on 35 points, six above the drop zone.
Survival was Moyes’ brief when he took over on a six-month deal and his tenure will be a success if he achieves that.
But if the board do take into account how the fans feel it does not bode well for the former Manchester United boss.
That’s because Hammers supporters have given the Scot a new nickname ‘dithering Dave’.
Fans have already grown tired of the negative style of football employed by Moyes, who many regard as too similar to Sam Allardyce.
And they have also been hugely frustrated by his failure to make seemingly obvious substitutions at crucial times.
Against Stoke at home last week Moyes played with one up front and waited far too long to change things handing Stoke the initiative until Andy Carroll grabbed a lifesaving equaliser at the death.
Moyes was at it again away at Arsenal, dithering when his team made it 1-1 and instead of bringing on Carroll to relieve late Gunners pressure he waited far too long and West Ham paid the price conceding three late goals.
The West Ham fans in the away end chanted ‘make a substitution’ at length but it was too little too late when Carroll did eventually come on.
A search on Twitter throws up plenty of posts using the nickname as a hashtag. And the worrying thing is Sunderland fans had the same nickname during his ill-fated spell at the Stadium of Light.
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