Firing Pell a Titanic error says Johnson
plans and do something because David Silva is leaving and in some positions we are going to do it.
“But I don’t know how many or how much because the market is
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.
“One of my biggest challenges was to get rid of that mentality.
“My biggest thing here is to take out the DNA where West Ham are flaky and don’t get the results when they should.
“I felt the last time I was here I was just beginning to get a handle on that. There have been always difficult. And there are still two or three months and things can change a lot.
“Also, there are incredible nice things still to fight for. We are in the
two occasions this season where West Ham could have won a game to go third, before I was here, and I need it to be that we get those opportunities again, we go third in the league.
“It can only happen with a bit of persistence, a bit of stability and continued development.
“I need to change the DNA, change those up-and-down seasons and change those up-and-down results.”
Such as losing twice to Crystal Palace this season.
Moyes added: “We have to stop that.
“There’ll always be a game in the season when it doesn’t go
Carabao Cup Final, we have the FA Cup, the Prenier League to try and finish second and two big games against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
“I am proud of my players, I admire them and I like to watch what they do.
“I admire them and I suffer with them when they are not able to get what they deserve to get.
“But if it is not enough then we will have to think about what we are lacking. There has been an incredible
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.”
Moyes is hoping new signings Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen can add some hunger and desire to the group.
He said: “On Thursday, Tomas took his wife and daughter to the club shop and bought himself some West Ham gear – some kit and a hat with a Hammer on it.
“Nowadays, you don’t talk level from our opponent but we have also dropped points we should not have dropped.”
City will attempt to cement a Champions League spot as they entertain West Ham today without injured Raheem Sterling who scored a hattrick against the Hammers in a 5-0 win on the opening day.
about players doing that, but Bowen is the same.
“His family’s right behind him, they’re really supportive and what we’ve seen is boys who are very humble, good lads.
“But we want to challenge them and we want to make them better.
“And I feel it would be a big thing for this club to get a group of players who give them that sense.
“I hope I’m here long enough to do it, to give them more of the same.”