Moyes in push for stability

DAVID MOYES insists the biggest challenge he faces at West Ham is ridding the club of its flaky DNA.

The Hammers are in a relegation scrap with a third of the season left.

And with a nightmare run of fixtures – which starts with a trip to Manchester City today and then sees them face Liverpool, Southampton, Arsenal, Wolves, Spurs and Chelsea – Moyes knows things might get much worse before they get any better.

His plan, though, is to rid the club of the defects in its make-up and if he can do that then they will stop finding themselves in such positions every few years.

Moyes said: “We have to win one of these games and winning games against big teams is in West Ham’s DNA.

“But what we have to take out of our DNA is not winning when we’re in front, or playing games where it looks like we’ve not turned up.

“When I took over at Everton, I thought they were just happy staying out of the bottom three, and I hated the mentality.

“I hated that when we got to Easter and were safe we hardly won another game one year.

“One of my biggest challenges was to get rid of that.

“My biggest thing here is to take out the DNA where West Ham are flaky and don’t get the results when they should get them.

“I felt the last time I was here I was just beginning to get a handle on that.

“It can only happen with a bit of persistence, a bit of stability and continued development.

“I need to change those up-anddown seasons and change those up-and-down results.

“There’ll always be a game in the season when it doesn’t go right but what we need to do is pick up a Chelsea win or a Liverpool win – something along the journey.

“And if we don’t we’ll have to win all the games we’re expected to win and that doesn’t come easy, that brings added pressure.”