{"id":297554,"date":"2023-12-08T23:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297554"},"modified":"2023-12-08T23:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:26:10","slug":"david-moyes-defends-his-lack-of-substitutions-by-citing-pep-guardiola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/david-moyes-defends-his-lack-of-substitutions-by-citing-pep-guardiola\/","title":{"rendered":"David Moyes defends his lack of substitutions, by citing Pep Guardiola"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> David Moyes defends his lack of substitutions as he cites Man City&#8217;s Pep Guardiola as the reason why he won&#8217;t waste West Ham&#8217;s options off the bench<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>West Ham&#8217;s David Moyes has made just 41 subs this season, the league&#8217;s lowest<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He cites Manchester City&#8217;s Pep Guardiola while defending his lack of changes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City have dipped, but Gary Neville is WRONG to say they\u2019re complacent &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Moyes has cited Pep Guardiola when defending his lack of substitutions, saying it is unfair to single out West Ham for criticism when the manager of defending champions Manchester City also makes minimal changes.<\/p>\n<p>No Premier League boss has made fewer subs than Moyes\u2019s 41 this season.<\/p>\n<p>His first change comes on average in the 70th minute, which is the latest of any boss in this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Hammers supporters have complained about Moyes\u2019s reluctance to tweak his team, despite the Scot overseeing an impressive four-game unbeaten run ahead of Sunday&#8217;s trip across London to Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>In Thursday\u2019s 2-1 win over Tottenham, he used a single sub \u2014 replacing forward Mohammed Kudus in the 88th minute.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/21\/78754631-0-image-a-3_1702072602284.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>West Ham manager David Moyes has defended his lack of substitutes during league games<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/21\/78754661-0-image-a-5_1702072666548.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moyes has cited Man City&#8217;s Pep Guardiola among his reasoning, noting their minimal changes<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would continue with the approach, Moyes said: \u2018Pep does it a lot, doesn\u2019t he? I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve mentioned it to Pep, but we just felt we had players on the pitch (against Tottenham) who were doing it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/21\/78751703-0-image-a-2_1702072328605.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sometimes making changes, freshness helps, but I didn\u2019t want to bring people into the game who were not up to the speed of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was so quick with the intensity and the jobs players were doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our injury record this year has been incredible. We\u2019re probably one of the clubs with the least injuries, but we understand there will be a period where it comes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I will need to find ways of getting others on (the pitch) but they need to play themselves into the team and into form as well. They need to show that I can put them in.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The West Ham subs snub adds to the workload for Moyes\u2019s regular starters. Lucas Paqueta, who put in a big defensive shift from the left wing on Thursday, complained of tight calves in the first half at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but played on. \u2018I\u2019ve got to see how much they can keep playing,\u2019 Moyes said of his first-choice stars. \u2018I\u2019m needing the other players to show me their form when they\u2019re given the opportunities.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Moyes is not sure West Ham can trouble the Premier League\u2019s top six this season, despite them trailing sixth-placed Manchester United by only three points.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday could take them into the European places in the table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/21\/78754651-0-image-a-4_1702072643170.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Moyes&#8217;s\u00a0first change comes on average in the 70th minute, the latest of any boss this season<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12843709\/David-Moyes-defends-lack-substitutions-cites-Man-Citys-Pep-Guardiola-reason-wont-waste-West-Hams-options-bench.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>David Moyes defends his lack of substitutions as he cites Man City&#8217;s Pep Guardiola as the reason why he won&#8217;t waste West Ham&#8217;s options off <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/david-moyes-defends-his-lack-of-substitutions-by-citing-pep-guardiola\/\" title=\"David Moyes defends his lack of substitutions, by citing Pep Guardiola\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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