West Ham United may have turned a corner under David Moyes but he is not the long-term answer.
West Ham have pulled away from the relegation places over the last two weeks with seven points from a tough run of games against Chelsea, Arsenal and Stoke City.
David Moyes has taken much of the credit for the turnaround and rightly so.
He has the Hammers more organised, disciplined, harder to beat and fitter.
But his dour defensive approach to the one-off Carabao Cup quarter-final against a second string Arsenal team has perhaps proved the Scot is not the man for the long-term in East London.
Hammers fans hate to see the club not taking cup competitions seriously no matter their situation in the league.
It reinforced the opinion of a large section of West Ham fans that the club needs a more progressive, innovative and forward-thinking boss come the summer.
Moyes was only signed on a six-month contract and even if he keeps the Hammers up they should try again to lure former Sevilla manager Unai Emery.
Emery turned the East Londoners down after they parted company with Sam Allardyce and went on to be appointed manager of mega rich Paris St Germain.
His days in France look numbered, though, with constant speculation over his future and reports his relationship with world record signing Neymar is ‘deteriorating’.
West Ham wanted Emery back in 2015 and looked set to get him too but he eventually decided to stay in Spain.
“Napoli offered me a project with economic strength but without the Champions (League),” Emery told Spanish newspaper El Pais at the time.
“And I had a nice option from West Ham, a very sizeable economic.”
When Rafa Benitez elected to take the chance of a lifetime to manage Real Madrid at the 11th hour when he was about to sign on the dotted line for co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold, West Ham appointed third choice Slaven Bilic who was replaced last month after two and a half years in the job.
Whether Sullivan and Gold can convince Emery they match his lofty ambitions is another matter given the club’s meagre net spend since their loudly trumpeted move to the London Stadium.
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