David Moyes
David Moyes heaped the praise on the job Sean Dyche has done at Burnley but insisted he holds no fear about West Ham’s upcoming trip to Turf Moor. The Hammers put in a fine performance last season with a come from behind victory in Lancashire and Moyes is using that as inspiration for Sunday’s clash. Burnley are currently in the relegation zone and West Ham the top four, but Moyes knows it will still be a tough match.
David Moyes said: “Like everybody we expect Burnley to find a way out of the bottom three, which Sean does most seasons. They will be finding it a bit tougher, the Premier League has got stronger this season, that is my feeling. But Sean is a real fighter, his teams are brilliant at how they stay in games and make it difficult for you, they go to away games and they are very hard to beat. Turf Moor is never an easy place to go and get a result, we played well there last year so I am hoping we can do the same this season.”
Moyes has praised Dyche for the work he has done under tight constraints at Turf Moor but the Scot is heading into the encounter with confidence.
David Moyes said: “We have got an incredibly tough game at Burnley, they are renowned for how they play, Sean Dyche has done a good a job as any manager in the Premier League over ten years with what he has got available to him. We have to consider the opposition, but do we go to Burnley with fear? No, we don’t. But we are going with a real feeling of confidence that we can perform and cause other teams problems as well. I think Sean has done a brilliant job and because he has had not had great resources, let’s be fair, he has not had the money some of the other clubs have had, he has had to pick up players from lower leagues that probably take a little bit of time to see if he can turn them into Premier League players, mould them into how he wants to play.”
West Ham go into the match with a number of injury concerns all centred around their defence with Angelo Ogbonna recently joined on the sidelines by Aaron Cresswell, Ryan Fredericks, Ben Johnson and Kurt Zouma. However, Moyes did not want to dwell on the setbacks but focus on who he has available to him.
David Moyes added: “That’s what happens in football, everybody who has been in football has had to wait for an injury or to get an opportunity to get into the team. When you get that then it is up to you to take it. I try not to talk about the injured players, I want to concentrate on those that can play and how they are doing and make sure we give the boys the confidence and then it is up to them to do well.”
